Enzo Monfre is founder and CEO of Enzoology Education, a company specializing in science curriculum development. He creates video and other high interest content for science classrooms. Enzo is eleven. Mikala Ulmer created BeeSweet Lemonade, making lemonade sweetened with honey from the family’s bees. Mikala is seven. Charlie Sandefer’s company is Ask Dr. C. He […]
Steven Weigler and Ray Henderson with ScholarCentric and V. Scott Solberg of Boston University School of Education have looked at what skills the students who are successful in school had, whether they were from highly educated, successful homes in good schools or from lower SES homes and less successful schools – and conversely, what skills […]
John Boyer has a unique message: gigantic classes can build an environment with tremendous sense of communities and connection, engage students, and turn them into excited, lifelong learners. For three years, he’s been experimenting and perfecting the process. See preview here He has help with that, including one specialist in instructional technology, Katie Pritchard, and […]
First generation American success story Jaime Casap emigrated to the U.S. from Argentina as a child of a single mother, and grew up in Hell’s Kitchen when the name still fit the conditions. He knows the odds he overcame to achieve that success and become a vice-president at Google. Education was the key. “Education can […]
SXSWedu 2012 got off to a running start today with its opening session, “On the Horizon: Harnessing Emerging Technologies in Education.” Symbolically, technology was used to provide three different educational conferences in different locations in Austin and Washington, D.C. with a video link so that keynote presenters at each of the conferences could speak to […]
If you have been poring over the SXSW Interactive schedule for the tech-related panels that interest you the most, you may have overlooked some of the opportunities to be found at some of the lounges or other social events and parties that are around to be sampled. Can you sense the buzz of anticipation and […]
Last year another part of the whole South by Southwest experience was initiated, SXSWedu. While it shares the South By name and includes some of those involved in its older cousin, SXSWedu is considered a separate conference. This year’s convention will be March 6 – 8 at the Downtown Hilton in Austin. Highlights include a roster […]