EduCon 2.9

January 27th–29th, 2017 at The Science Leadership Academy

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How can wearable technology be used to enhance learning?

Session 4

Chris Penny, Christine DiPaulo — West Chester University

Room 1179

We've heard a lot about how wearable technology like Google Glass could impact medicince (http://www.livescience.com/39207-google-glass-surgery.html) commerce (http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5341-glasspay-bitcoin-mobile-payments.html) and personal health (http://www.inc.com/scott-jones/future-of-wearable-technology.html)…but how about the classroom?

We will have a panel of perspectives ranging from entrepreneurs to local teachers and teacher educators and will address the question. "How can teachers and students benefit from the use of wearable technology?" The focus of this conversation will be the advantages, and disadvantages, and not merely a discussion of features.

Conversational Practice

We will use the What? So What? Now What? protocol for our conversation. WHAT is wearable tech? SO WHAT does wearable tech mean for our work as educators, for our students, for our schools, for teacher education? NOW WHAT do we need to do about it?

Conversation Links

http://www.chrispenny.com

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Presenter Profiles

Christine DiPaulo

String Theory Schools

West Chester University

Comments

Chris Penny

Google's Smart Contact Lenses:

http://mashable.com/2014/01/17/google-smart-contact-lens/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedburner&utm_content=Netvibes

Chris Penny

This new Spellista game for Google Glass is super interesting: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/06/us-wearable-gaming-idUSBREA0501120140106?p=BREA05012

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Friday, Jan 27
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9:30am–12:30pm
  - Filmmaking for Teachers*
    
    Room 1069
    
    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
    
    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
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
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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