EduCon 2.7

January 23rd–25th, 2015 at The Science Leadership Academy

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Edu-fying Design: Adapting the Designer’s Toolkit for Education

Session 3

Cynthia Warner, Alana Laudone — iZone (NYC Department of Education)

There is much talk of “design in education” - applying design thinking principles to make change in schools and districts. Borrowing methods from this field can be refreshing… but not always relevant to educator-innovators. How might we “edu-fy” design tools to make them responsive to the educator’s context? Join us for a hands-on session to explore key design approaches and build new versions that can empower educators to problem-solve and innovate in their schools! Together we’ll go from designing education to edu-fying design… and leave with new tools for change-making in education.

Conversational Practice

Together, we’ll go through a few design exercises. Grounded in these as examples, we’ll work in small groups to produce new resources that can support educators in applying design principles to make change. Participants will leave with a new resource or tool for approaching change through design in an education context.

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Friday, Jan 23
1. 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Reception 8–10pm
Saturday, Jan 24
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Keynote
    
    Lori Shorr - Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia.
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. 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.
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - “Philly Classic” Dinner
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
Sunday, Jan 25
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. 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.
3. Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
5. Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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6. Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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