EduCon 2.2

Encienda EduCon

Session Description

Join us for an hour of "lightning presentations" delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to share an idea, broken down into 20 slides, which automatically advance every 15 seconds. This will be an informal session taking place during lunch on Saturday.

Encienda EduCon Presenters

(listed alphabetically:)

Seth Horwitz: "Collaborative Vocabulary: Controlled Definitions and Social Context"
Christina Jenkins: "Alice: A Social Network for Atoms and Adams"
Christian Long: "When Experiential Education Wasn't a Widget"
Rodd Lucier: "A New Axiom for Educ(ati)on"
Jennifer Orr: "Schools as Community Centers"
Meredith Stewart: "What's With the Old Guy? A Place for Socrates in the Classroom"
Andrea Zellner: "The Writing Revolution: R U literate?"

For an example of a "lightning presentation" check out this video of Chris Lehmann explaining his ideas about "school 2.0".

Call for Presentations (deadline has passed)
Got a crazy idea you want to share with other EduCon participants? Think you can do it in 5 minutes, with only 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide? Submit a 1-2 sentence (short presentation=short proposal) description of your presentation idea by noon on January 22. This will be an informal session, held during lunch on Saturday 1/30.