Lee Finkelstein's Profile

Lee Finkelstein

Council for Aid to Education (CAE)

215 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10016

About Me

Lifelong Philly area resident, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Partnership Development Manager for CAE. Advocate for learning practices that combat student boredom, stress, and exhaustion in schools. CAE develops performance task based assessments of critical thinking & communication skills for middle schools, high schools, and higher education.

Contact Details

Email: lfinkelstein@cae.org
Twitter: @leefink
Skype: lee.finkelstein
Website: cae.org/cwra

Conversations I'm Presenting

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
  - Filmmaking for Teachers*
    
    Room 300
    
    Work with students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
    
    This three-hour interactive workshop has a limit of 30 participants.
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
  - Sustainability Panel
    
    The Franklin Institute
    
    Essential Questions:
    
    What does it mean to sustain innovation? How do people/organizations continue to grow? How do you avoid regression to the mean? How do you avoid mission drift? How do resources remain shared?
4. Reception 8–10pm
  - The Franklin Institute
Saturday, Jan 28
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Keynote
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.
    
    Submit A Proposal: http://bit.ly/encienda29
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
  - City Tap House - 2 Logan Square
Sunday, Jan 29
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
  - Sustainability in Education
    
    Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of sustainability in the context of education and educational movements.
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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