Panel: Home & School 2.0 - Envisioning a Transparent, Connected Learning Environment

Session 1

Gwen Pescatore (P), Deb Rzepela-Auch (P), Dania Henaidy (P), Andrea Abel (T), Sara Heckman (T), Nancy Kaufman (T), Gabrielle Morrison (T), Joe Mazza (A) — Knapp Elementary School, Lansdale, PA - North Penn School District

Efforts detailed within this session will include LIVE feed monthly Home & School Meetings using free, user-friendly web utilities that can be used on any platform, shared, transparent use of Twitter & Facebook, meeting the needs of diverse families and most importantly the family engagement core values in place that keep home-school partnerships moving forward at Knapp Elementary in suburban Philadelphia, PA.

Conversational Practice

Moderator Jeff Bradbury of @Teachercast will moderate a fishbowl conversation highlighting the efforts of the group.

Presenter Profiles

Joe Mazza

@PennGSE's @MCDPEL

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 23

Visual Narrative for Teachers 9am–12pm
- Visual Narrative for Teachers
  
  In this three-hour intensive workshop, you will work with the students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
  
  Registration required
Welcome 10am–3pm
- Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
- Connections
  
  Join us as visionaries from across a wide spectrum of our world come together to explore how making connections has been a fundamental aspect of their innovations.
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 24

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
  
  Lori Shorr - Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia.
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
- Encienda Educon
  
  Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 25

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
- Connections in Education
  
  Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of connections informs and transforms their practice.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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