Engineering as a Catalyst for School Wide Change

Session 1

Chris Pilla, John Kamal — Science Leadership Academy

This conversation will examine how engineering can be used to empower students to build community through design, to take control of their physical environment, to use making as a path to expression, and to build confidence in solving large scale problems in the world. Chris Pilla and John Kamal teach students engineering at SLA’s two campuses. They will lead a discussion about ways to leverage engineering as a way to reconnect kids with their innate drive to tinker, build, and solve problems. The discussion will take place in SLA’s makerspace and machine shop where these concepts are carried out by kids every day.

Conversational Practice

TBD - but we know we want to hold it in SLA Room 304.

Presenter Profiles

John Kamal

Science Leadership Academy

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 27

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.
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.
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?
Reception 8–10pm

Saturday, Jan 28

Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
Keynote 9:15–9:45am
- Keynote
Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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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
Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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Making Connections 5–7pm
- “Philly Classic” Dinner
Networking Social 7:30–11pm

Sunday, Jan 29

Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
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.
Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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