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 […]
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 […]
The most intriguing education panel during SXSWedu (which will also be presented during SXSW Interactive) in March 2012 just might be Supersizing the Classroom: 3000 Students & Beyond with Virginia Tech’s John Boyer and Katie Pritchard. For years Boyer’s highly popular Geography 1014 World Regions class kept outgrowing every classroom space due to student word-of-mouth recommendations. For […]
Cindy Royal, Tyson Evans and Matt Waite all have backgrounds that one wouldn’t think would lead them to new media. Today, all three are in professions that are transforming the world of communication. The mission of this panel was to discuss what future communication professionals need to know, and how to teach it to them. […]