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RegisterAgendaKeynotePanelistsBreak-Out SessionsRecording!welcomeEquity IssuesTechnology & EducationFebruary 24th, 2011Part of EMID's Equity & Integration Lecture & Learning SeriesClick Here to RegisterClick Here for DirectionsClick Here for Campus MapAgendaAgenda8:00 am Registration8:30 am Keynote Speaker: S. Craig Watkins9:30 am Q & A with S. Craig Watkins10:00 am Break10:15 am Panel Discussion and Q & A 11:45 Lunch & Networking12:45 pm Break-Out Discussion Group 11:45 pm Break2:00 pm unConference Sessions3:00 pm Closing, Evaluation, & Door Prizes3:15 pm AdjournKeynoteKeynote SpeakerS. Craig WatkinsS. Craig Watkins studies young people's social and digital media behaviors. He teaches in the departments of Radio-Television-Film and Sociology and the Center for African and African American Studies at the University of Texas in Austin.Watkins is the author of The Young and the Digital: What the Migration to Social Network Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future (Beacon 2009)Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement (Beacon Press 2005)Representing: Hip Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema(The University of Chicago Press 1998).He was also a key contributor to the McArthur Foundation's (2009) Digital Youth ProjectClick Here to Visit S. Craig Watkins' Website Panelists

Education Historian Blogger Special Education Advocate

Ira Socol

founding executive director Teach For America • Twin Cities

Daniel Sellers

Associate Professor University of Texas Austin

S. Craig Watkins

Assistant professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Cassie Scharber

ruslana westerlund

10:15-11:45Kay Fredricks Roomour panelistsIra SocolDaniel SellersS. Craig WatkinsDr. Cassie ScharberRuslana WesterlundEach panelist has been chosen for their commitment to equity, diversity, and education.Break-Out Sessions 1Break-Out Sessions 12:45-1:45Featured Sessions:Ananth Pai- Klas Room 206Ira Socol- Kay Fredricks RoomTim Wilson- Kay Fredricks RoomDavid Bly - East Hall 106Carl Anderson- Kay Fredricks RoomCassie Scharber - East Hall Room 5 Break-out sessions in the afternoon will be more informal and discussion oriented. If you would like to lead a discussion or have a topic you would like to present please contact Carl Anderson at carl.anderson_emid6067.net .RecordingKeynote & Panel RecordingThis session was live streamed via Elluminate. Online visitors were encouraged to post questions for our keynote speaker and panelists as well as participate in online discussion about the topics at hand.Click here to view a recording of the morning events. directionscomejoin our discussionFebruary 24, 20108:00am - 4:00pmLocationKlas Center Hamline University1536 Hewitt AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55104-1284 For more information contact:Carl Andersoncanderson_emid6067.netBreak-Out Sessions 2unConference Sessions 2:00-3:00Our final session for the day was structured around an unConference format where attendees grouped themselves around questions they generated throughout the day's events. This was a time set aside for both small and large group reflective practice. Ananth PaiMr. Pai's Third Grade Class

Meet with 3rd graders in Ananth Pai's classroom who are eager to tell you about learning fromvideo games.Click Here to visit their classroom website.To collaborate on notes for this session visit:http://tinyurl.com/TechEquityPai12:45-1:45 Klas Room 206Carl AndersonCarl AndersonMotivation, Discrimination, and Social LearningIn 1995 Alan Kay, Seymour Papert, and Chris Dede testified before congress in a hearing on technology in education. In this clip from their testimony Kay discusses motivation, Papert discusses how schools discriminate against learners, and Dede draws attention to the social nature of learning. Compare differences and similarities we face today with education and technology. Have things changed? What do the issues raised by these three men mean for educators? What do they mean for schools?To collaborate on notes for this session visit:http://tinyurl.com/TechEquityAnderson12:45-1:45 Kay Fredricks RoomTim WilsonTim WilsonProject CopernicusOsseo Public Schools is piloting a project allowing students to bring and use their own technology (laptops, iPods, cell phones, etc.) to school. Tim Wilson, technology director for ISD 279, will share what they are doing and discuss the impact this project has for student learning.Click here for more about Project Copernicus.Click here to visit Tim Wilson's website.To collaborate on notes for this session visit:http://tinyurl.com/TechEquityWilson 12:45-1:45 Kay Fredricks RoomDavid BlyDavid BlyMultiple Measures LegislationDavid Bly, as a house representative from Northfield, last year proposed a bill that would require the department of education to use more than just test scores to evaluate schools. The bill has been reintroduced this fall by Carlos Mariani. Come discuss this proposed bill and what it might mean for our schools.Click here for more about Multiple Measures legislation.Click Herefor an archive of live tweets from this session.

David Bly at MAAP Admin Conference Part I

Part Two12:45-1:45 East Hall 106 Ruslana WesterlundRuslana WesterlundRuslana Westerlund has been working in Minnesota Schools since 1995 since she came here as a Ukrainian immigrant. Since then she has worked to serve immigrant and refugee families. In her mission she has founded an organization called the ELL Bill of Rights which advocates for the needs of English language learners in schools.In her spare time she maintain a Facebook page Educators of English Learners EEL where she posts research, resources and news daily and serves as a great forum for teachers of ELL students to discuss and share ideas and resources.English Learner and Refugee Issues SpecialistConsolidated Programs DivisionMinnesota Department of Education Ira SocolIra SocolUniversal DesignJoin Ira for a discussion about Universal Design. What is it? Who benefits? How can it be implemented in schools?Links to Resources about Universal Design:Considering Universal DesignThe Universally Designed Workplace CSUN 2008/Free Universal DesignCSUN 2008/Flexibility - the first technologyTo collaborate on notes for this session visit:http://tinyurl.com/TechEquitySocol12:45-1:45 Kay Fredricks RoomCassie ScharberCassie ScharberWhat counts as literacy?This session will explore the changing nature of literacy and what "new" definitions of literacy mean for teaching and learning. What "counts" as reading and writing in your classroom? What "counts" as literacy on district and state assessments? Bring your questions and stories!To collaborate on notes for this session visit:http://tinyurl.com/TechEquityScharber12:45-1:45 East Hall Room 5

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