Learn how promising digital tools and resources are now available to help you strengthen teaching and learning in middle grades math and the policy changes that California must make to take advantage of these new opportunities. Policy leaders and experts in education technology will share and discuss what's becoming possible with the proliferation of digital technologies in California schools. Download the agenda to view the day's activities.
This conference is hosted by Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Policy Analysis for California Education and NewSchools Venture Fund. We thank our sponsor S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for making this conference possible. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. THIS EVENT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Dr. Ted Mitchell, President & CEO, NewSchools Venture Fund
- Tarkan Maner, President & CEO, Wyse Technology
- Dr. Jeremy Roschelle, Director of the Center for Technology in Learning, SRI International
MATH PANELISTS:
- Dr. Charles Weis, Superintendent, Santa Clara County Office of Education (Moderator)
- Phil Daro, Senior Fellow, Mathematics of America’s Choice and Co-Director of Tools for Change, University of California at Berkeley
- Dr. Neal Finkelstein, Senior Research Scientist, WestEd
- Dan Meyer, Math Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator
ACCESS/EQUITY PANELISTS:
- Dr. Tony Monreal, Porterville Unified School District (Moderator)
- Manny Barbara, Silicon Valley Education Foundation
- Courtney Cadwell, Teacher, Los Altos School District
- John Danner, Rocketship Education
- Dr. Matt Rosin, EdSource
POLICY PANELISTS:
- Dr. Michael Kirst, President, California State Board of Education
- Dr. Rick Miller, Superintendent, Riverside Unified School District
- Pat Sabo, Teacher and California Teachers Association State Council Member
MATH SOLUTION PRESENTERS AND EXHIBITORS:
- Agile Mind, ALEKS, CFY, CK-12 Foundation, Edmodo, Key Curriculum Press, Mathalicious, Motion Math, Monterey Institute of Technology and Education, World Wide Workshop