{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":1220,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698866070,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"A case for Empathetic Geography","Handle":"a_case_for_empathetic_geography","ShortDescription":"Most young Americans can't find Ukraine or the Gaza Strip on a map. This is a problem. In order to empathize with other people, we need to *slow down* and learn where each of us come from and what matters to us. We need more empathetic geography.","Description":"Five years ago, I met a 90 year old Holocaust survivor from Bialobrzegi, Poland, and we became close friends. The time I took to understand where Bialobrzegi is located and what life was like in Poland, as well as the location and conditions of the three slave labor camps where he was forced to work as a teenager allowed be me to ask better questions and build a stronger relationship. Similarly, to understand a current event, such as Gaza and Israel and the West Bank, for example, a sense of the geography of the Middle East is crucial. Similarly, to understand Ukraine today, it's necessary to know what the \"Donbas\" region of Ukraine is and how Crimea fits into the picture, as well as where major cities and rivers are located.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"Conversational Practice\r\nAfter I provide a few examples of how Geography can lead to Empathy, we will break into groups and each person in the group will tell the other group members about a place that they care about, using a map as a visual aid. Participants will be encouraged to slow down and look closely at the map and the surrounding areas and ask questions of each presenter.\r\nWe will come back together to talk about what we learned from that exercise and how teachers and students can better empathize in our communities if we take time to understand the geography that matters to each member of the community.\r\n\r\nWe will come back together to talk about what we learned from that exercise and how teachers and students can better empathize in our communities if we take time to understand the geography that matters to each member of the community.","Presenter":["Steve Goldberg"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["MrGoldberg@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":28,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I have led a conversation at EduCon previously about using Google Earth to build empathy -- this format should be more interactive and have more time for discussion. If folks want to learn more about Google Earth, I'm happy to schedule follow-ups. I have over 5,000 placemarks saved on Google Earth. \r\n\r\nSome people would say I have Google Earth problem :) \r\n\r\nI contend that my placemarks are a record of the many places I've taken the time to slow down and learn about -- and I can make more connections when I refer to past sets of place marks that I've made.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1224,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698873175,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Breaking the Burnout Cycle: Weaving Wellness and Building Bonds among School Staff","Handle":"using_personal_stories_to_build_critical_consciousness","ShortDescription":"Teacher mental health is a real thing!\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s no secret that youth mental health is in crisis. Teachers aren\u2019t okay either. Educators experience substantially higher rates of depression than the overall population. Nearly 50 percent leave the classroom within five years. Teaching is considered as stressful as working as an emergency room doctor (Hechinger Report August 2023).\r\n\r\nEducators are invited to learn more about a unique program \"Adult Rites of Passage\", which mirrors the siblinghood groups offered to students at South Bronx Community Charter High School. The Adult ROP space provides two functions: one is to learn more about the types of activities that can be conducted in the student space by doing them in groups of adults. The second is to provide respite from busy weeks of lesson planning and give adults a space to unwind, be silly, reflect and connect.","Description":"","Link":["https:\/\/southbronxcommunity.org","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/southbronxcommunity\/"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"This will be a panel with students, staff and administrators. We will model using constructive, conversational practices.","Presenter":["Travis Delancey-Goodman","Jeannette Bautista","and John Clemente"],"PresenterAffiliation":["South Bronx Community Charter High School"],"PresenterEmail":["Robert.Gulya@southbronxcommunity.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":37,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1223,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698872209,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Building Social Emotional Skills through Personalized Advising","Handle":"building_social_emotional_skills_through_personalized_advising","ShortDescription":"How can you use one-on-one advising to meet young people where they are, build strong relationships and fortify student's confidence, self-advocacy, reflectiveness and prioritization skills?  At SBC, we meet with students bi-weekly and set personalized goals.  Join us to jumpstart advising at your school\/district or take your advising practice to the next level.","Description":"How can you use one-on-one advising to meet young people where they are, build strong relationships and fortify student's confidence, self-advocacy, reflectiveness and prioritization skills?  \r\n\r\nAt SBC, we meet with student one-on-one bi-weekly to build a strong coaching relationship and support a young person in setting personalized goals that carry over the course of a year.  Students lead their conferences twice per year with their advisor and parent and complete a \"Gateway presentation\" at the end of the year detailing evidence of their growth in their personalized goals and areas of improvement\/future focus.  This process models the process that staff embark on with their supervisors so they have a direct mental model for the journey over the year.\r\n\r\nWe will share our advising model and create the opportunity to discuss practices\/key takeaways and apply learning to one's local context.  We will also treat participants as experts and create an opportunity to share their practices.","Link":["https:\/\/southbronxcommunity.org\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sxswedu\/videos\/1878172858873414\/ (minute 36)"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"We will build in the opportunity to discuss practices and build an action plan for how to apply learning.  We will share stories and also create the opportunity for stories to be shared.","Presenter":["Natalie Ferrell","Cathleen Collazo","Angie Aponte","Sabrina Fernandez","Daniel Lipford"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["natalie.ferrell@southbronxcommunity.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":36,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sxswedu\/videos\/1878172858873414\/ You can see an advisor from SBC's story at a keynote at SXSW (starts at minute 36).","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1196,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698252803,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Developing a Sense of Place and Purpose: Using Urban Neighborhoods as Classrooms and Textbooks","Handle":"developing_a_sense_of_place_and_purpose--using_urban_neighborhoods_as_classrooms_and_textbooks","ShortDescription":"The 11th grade STRIPES program at Belmont Charter High School in the Parkside section of Philadelphia highlights how an urban neighborhood can become a powerful extension of the classroom. This conversation will discuss ways that teachers can connect with their neighborhoods in the service of inquiry-driven learning and culturally responsive teaching.","Description":"A Google search of \u201cplace-based learning\u201d brings up idyllic images of young, suburban children exploring a natural area. The STRIPES program at Belmont Charter High School in the Parkside section of Philadelphia breaks that stereotype and highlights how an urban neighborhood can become a powerful extension of the classroom. STRIPES is an 11th grade, semester-long, elective program: Exploring Parkside (sem 1) and Designing Parkside (sem 2). Students apply into the program and participate in either\/both semesters. Through the pandemic, STRIPES has taken different forms but has stayed true to its mission: Students learn through real-world, local experiences in the city of Philadelphia to develop a sense of connection, purpose, and possibility that empowers them to shape and impact their communities. STRIPES relies on three main pathways to attain its mission: authentic partnerships, integrated learning, and self-knowledge.\r\n\r\nIn this conversation we will discuss with participants the ways that they can connect with their neighborhoods and develop partnerships within the larger community. This is all done in the service of centering students\u2019 identity and experiences through inquiry-driven learning and culturally responsive teaching. STRIPES is a flexible format that can adapt to many themes and can exist within the public-school system. We will discuss both the curriculum planning and the logistics needed to implement this kind of program.","Link":["http:\/\/www.belmontcharternetwork.org\/bchs\/stripes"],"Audience":["High School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"At EduCon we will offer breakout sessions\/discussions centered around the main pathways of STRIPES: authentic partnerships, integrated learning, and self-knowledge. How do they work and what do they look like? Former and current STRIPES students will be among the facilitators.\r\n\r\nThe conversation will wrap up with a focus on the nuts and bolts: the logistical pieces of implementing such a program, including scheduling and rostering, grading, permission slips, and other logistical pieces. We will also share larger evaluation methods in place to gauge the effectiveness of STRIPES in meeting its stated mission. Participants will leave with the information and inspiration needed to propose a place-based unit or program at their school.","Presenter":["Alyssa Ripley","Taylor Lewis","Michael Friedman"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Belmont Charter Network"],"PresenterEmail":["alyssa.ripley@belmontcharternetwork.org","taylor.lewis@belmontcharternetwork.org","michael.friedman@belmontcharternetwork.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":30,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1219,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698865929,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Educators as Advocates and Policymakers","Handle":"educators_as_advocates_and_policymakers","ShortDescription":"Educators know the needs of students and schools better than anyone, but it can often feel like you\u2019re on an island of your own in your classroom. With this in mind, let\u2019s reflect on how we are already acting as advocates, dig into some deep questions, dream about what could be, see what ideas emerge, and walk through a number of policy tools, tips, and tricks!","Description":"Educators have a wealth of knowledge that is critical for policymakers to understand to act in the best interests of students, but they aren\u2019t always listened to by those in positions of authority or policy making. The goal of this conversation is to create space for educators to reflect on how they currently advocate, consider how they might like to advocate, discuss current systems and structures to build knowledge around avenues for advocacy, and dream of how we could collectively make sure our voices are heard. Here are some of the questions we\u2019re hoping to tackle:\r\nWhat are our responsibilities as educators to share our learnings and experiences with those in positions of power? \r\nWhose voices are currently at the table in our communities and whose are not? \r\nWhat is the landscape of policy structures and systems? And how can individual educators best navigate those to make their voices heard? \r\nHow can we build power collectively in our schools, communities, and the larger education environment so we don\u2019t each individually feel so alone in trying to meet all of the needs of our learners?\r\nWhat are tools, tricks, and tips that can help influence policy at the local, state, and federal level?","Link":["https:\/\/digitalharbor.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"This is a big topic and there are no single correct answers to these questions, so we\u2019ll be very curious to actively ask and listen to what the attendees have to say and to build upon their ideas and input during the session. We plan to set the purpose of the space, give background on why this topic is important, provide some tools, tips, and tricks, and then walk through some questions where we ask participants to reflect on how they currently advocate and why this is important to them too. Then we\u2019ll build upon that reflective foundation to look forward and have participants ideate on how they would like to advocate more and make some commitments about how they can do that. We\u2019ll ask people to share what they\u2019re thinking and to be asking each other questions to help each other clarify their visions.","Presenter":["Andrew Coy"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Digital Harbor Foundation"],"PresenterEmail":["andrew@digitalharbor.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":31,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1221,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698866546,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"PBL: Human-Centered Teaching and Learning","Handle":"pbl--human-centered_teaching_and_learning","ShortDescription":"What are the elements of PBL, and how can we leverage them for human-centered teaching and learning in our communities?","Description":"What are the elements of PBL, and how can we leverage them for human-centered teaching and learning in our communities?\r\n\r\nIn this session, we will unpack the elements of project-based learning and their applications for our communities and practices. Using some of SLA\u2019s systems and structures as a springboard, we will consider how elements of PBL can be integrated by design and used to create the conditions for learning to thrive in any context.","Link":["http:\/\/sla.philasd.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Inquiry, Research, Collaboration, Presentation, and Reflection :)","Presenter":["Amal Giknis + Brad Latimer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy","Center City"],"PresenterEmail":["agiknis@scienceleadership.org","blatimer@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":33,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Lehmann, we trust you to make adjustments to this description as you see fit. It'll be PBL 101: What is PBL --> How do the core values and the SLA rubric create the conditions --> Apply this thinking to your own jawn","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1207,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698680912,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Generative Age: An AI Symposium","Handle":"the_generative_age--an_ai_symposium","ShortDescription":"This session promises a playful and comprehensive exploration of AI's role in forging the future of education. Join us for this enlightening conversation as we explore the rapidly evolving world of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on education.","Description":"The conversation is about exploring various facets of AI's influence on education, with panelists sharing insights on its role in classrooms, risk-taking, bias and discrimination, creative arts, human interaction, and academic integrity. The session dives into the evolving world of generative AI and its impact on education.","Link":["http:\/\/www.AlanaWinnick.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"The presenter will facilitate roundtable conversations by handing out bags with spark topics that participants will pull from to discuss. We will come back together and share.","Presenter":["Alana Winnick"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Pocantico Hills CSD + NYSCATE"],"PresenterEmail":["alana.edtech@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":26,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Facilitator Alana Winnick is the esteemed author of \"The Generative Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Education.\" Over the past year, Alana has dedicated her time to extensive research, experimentation, and staying abreast of the ever-changing educational landscape. Her expertise and commitment have greatly contributed to the depth and relevance of our conversation.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1231,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698889982,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"What Can We Learn from Each Other's Expertise","Handle":"what_can_we_learn_from_each_other-s_expertise","ShortDescription":"Join an elementary school teacher, high school student, and college student to consider the strengths teachers at each of those levels bring to the table. What could teachers at other levels learn from each other?","Description":"The goal is to brainstorm the strengths that are common in educators at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. Then to discuss which of those strengths could benefit educators at the other levels. Some skills may be more age specific, but it seems likely that there are myriad ways we could learn from our colleagues at other levels. Our own experiences, as educators and students, will guide our questions and our own thoughts, but we are hoping others will add from their own experiences, whatever those might be.","Link":["https:\/\/jenorr.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will definitely collect the ideas that are shared with the goal to post them publicly in some way. \r\nWe will have guiding questions to ask orally and to have posted to help people reflect deeply. We will also be open to other questions and directions the conversation might flow.","Presenter":["Jennifer Orr"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Fairfax County Public Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["jenorr@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":35,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1188,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1697830941,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"What School Looks Like for Future-Ready Teens: Paradigm Shifts for Career + Life Success","Handle":"what_school_looks_like_for_future-ready_teens--paradigm_shifts_for_career-life_success","ShortDescription":"What needs to change in schools -- in your school -- for teens to be truly future-ready? What mindsets, what paradigms, what systems \u2014 big and small? We'll ask the big questions, dig in, and unpack the shifts needed at the district, school, and classroom levels. Then we'll shift into accelerator mode,  sharing real ideas for catalytic teaching and learning that guide teens to be future-ready.","Description":"Discussion: What needs to change in schools -- in your school -- for teens to be truly future-ready? What mindsets, what paradigms, what systems \u2014 big and small? We'll ask the big questions, dig in, and unpack the shifts needed at the district, school, and classroom levels. We'll provide examples of what some schools are doing to make these shifts as inspiration.\r\nWorkshop: Then we'll shift into accelerator mode, sourcing and sharing real ideas for catalytic teaching and learning that guide teens to be future-ready. We'll also explore how to make these shifts happen \u2014 starting small, piloting, etc.","Link":["http:\/\/www.jenniferlmgunn.com","http:\/\/www.myuniquegenius.com"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"The entire session will be rooted in conversation and creation. We'll incorporate whole-group and small-group discussion and idea sharing throughout. Crowd-sourcing ideas, group brainstorming, and the creation of artifacts participants can take home to their schools. A really creative, and collaborative. environment","Presenter":["Jennifer L.M. Gunn","Bennett Smith"],"PresenterAffiliation":["NYC Dept. of Education","My Unique Genius"],"PresenterEmail":["jennifer@myuniquegenius.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":32,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Jennifer L.M. Gunn is an educator, designer, and writer who believes passionately in progressive public education. She brings love and creativity to her work as an educator and instructional designer with over a decade of experience building highly engaging and impactful instructional materials for learning and development \u2014 for schools, companies and private clients. She believes ardently in education innovation, social-emotional learning, and meeting the diverse and evolving needs of learners. Jennifer created My Unique Genius, a new platform for career-connected learning and SEL. She also created Right to Read, a literacy acceleration series for teens, steeped in social justice. She also created the innovative learning models, The Big Idea Project and We the Change. Co-founder of the EDxEDNYC Education Conference for teacher-led innovation, she frequently writes about education, adolescent literacy and innovation in teaching and learning.\r\n\r\nGeoff Helt is the fonder of Forge School in Bend, Oregon. Forge provides a catalytic environment where kids can translate their passions and talents into more meaningful and impactful lives. Geoff\u2019s current portfolio of ventures is focused on creating paradigm shifts and innovation in education. In addition to Forge School, Geoff is leading the development of My Unique Genius to unlock the potential of millions of teens around the world.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11},{"ID":1230,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1698887614,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Why Would Students Come to Your School If They Didn't Have to?","Handle":"why_would_students_come_to_your_school_if_they_didn-t_have_to","ShortDescription":"Participate with friends and colleagues in a deep discussion exploring this question. Let's crowd source responses and create a Medium post before we leave that represents our conversation. Consider street data you notice that says young people matter in schools. Share practices that bring young people to see school as a home of opportunity. What's the spirit that you would like to see inhabit your school and others?","Description":"The key focus of this conversation is on the question of why would students want to come to your school if we didn't have compulsory attendance laws? Engagement and chronic absenteeism are worse than ever in recent decades. Home schooling is the most rapid growing education sector for ages 5-18. Parents don't see the need for students to go to school every day. Many teachers are more actively disengaged than they have ever been. Rather than focusing on what's not working in schools. Let's look at what may be the outlier educators and school communities among us and consider why kids, parents, and teachers want to come to school.","Link":["https:\/\/www.socolmoran.com\/","https:\/\/vascl.org\/","https:\/\/learningcampfire.com\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We intend to frame this conversation in the round through appreciative inquiry process questions to uncover and share strengths, assets, and opportunities within the conversation community that emerges during the session.","Presenter":["Pam Moran","Ira Socol"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Virginia School Consortium for Learning"],"PresenterEmail":["pmoran@vascl.org","irasocol@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":157,"ScheduleLocationID":34,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We are working with educators all over the US to support their work to codesign learning experiences that create a reason for students to value being in school and to find their learning and community of value to them. We've worked with educators from tribal schools in Nevada to suburban schools in Pennsylvania and urban schools in the D.C. area to explore, develop, and sustain how schools can become spaces that matter to parents, teachers, and students. This is our passion and mission work as educators.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":11,"ScheduleSlotID":157},"total":10,"limit":false,"offset":false}