Ed-Tech (16): Integrating informal and formal learning

At the March April spotlight, group members voted to hear more about products, companies, and apps that are having a positive impact on closing the achievement gap.

Research tells us that the achievement gap largely runs a socio-economic line, and that one of the most critical components of academic achievement is supporting work at school with learning outside of the classroom.

For May,... [read more]

At the March April spotlight, group members voted to hear more about products, companies, and apps that are having a positive impact on closing the achievement gap.

Research tells us that the achievement gap largely runs a socio-economic line, and that one of the most critical components of academic achievement is supporting work at school with learning outside of the classroom.

For May, we're springing into action with a super interactive, hands-on learning experience to foster a better understanding of how we can and should be integrating informal learning opportunities to strengthen understanding. The meetup will be our classroom as we engage in project-based engagement centered on connected learning, gaming in education, design thinking, and more!

This will be largely BYOD, so bring along your smartphone, tablet and/or laptop to get the most out of each learning center.

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The "Agenda"

7:00-7:15 Get your bearings, make a sweet name tag, chat with old and new friends, and grab a drink.

7:15-7:20 A big thanks + mini-presentation to go over the "rules."

7:20-8:30 Go play! We'll have thought leaders facilitating 4 learning centers: design thinking, coding made easy, game-based learning, and hands-on tinkering. Join friends from Evernote, LearningJar, Quizlet, Mindsnacks, Sokikom, Stanford Center for Teaching & Learning, LearnBoost, Breakout Mentors, and more to really learn a few new tricks and tips.

8:30-9:00 Wind down and dig into deeper conversation with colleagues and friends.

Throughout - Send out key insights you pick up at each station with #edmeet to share and learn asynchronously with attendees and our friends at our sister meetups in Seattle, Colorado, Austin, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and beyond!

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Huge shout out to our sponsors and the wonderful Amy Collier and Shaya Fidel for helping make this meetup the best yet!

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