Ignite Talks

DML2013 Ignite Speakers Announced


Ignite Chairs:
Alex Halavais; Antero Garcia

 

Thursday, March 14, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Sheraton 4/5

Connie Yowell and Mark Surman, Making as Learning: How MacArthur and Mozilla are weaving connected learning and web literacy into shared strategy to transform how we learn, create and work in the digital world

Meryl Alper, Making Space in the Makerspace: Building a Mixed-Ability Maker Culture

David Cooper Moore, I Didn't Want to Learn from Megaman

David Preston, Open Source Learning

Emily Goligoski & Damian Ewens, Open Badges at Work for Providence Learners

Andres Lombana-Bermudez, From Theory to Practice: Designing and Implementing a Connected Learning Experience

Christina Cantrill, More Passions, Not Fewer … the Rhizome Leads the Way!

David Cavallo, Transforming Rural Education in Developing Countries

Lee Thomason, Don't Stop the Questioning!

Justin Reich, Connected Learning and the Unclear Road to Equity

Leslie Kratz & Christine Ballangee Morris, Improvisation & Collaboration

Reynol Junco, Online Identity and Creativity

Barry Joseph, Franklin Wants a Badge: A (Literally) Crowd-sourced Critique of Badge Anxiety

 

Saturday, March 16, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. in Sheraton 4/5

Yasmin Kafai, Can Cheating be Learning?

Emilie Dubois, Canning the Revolution: Hipsters and their Hacks

Rebecca C. Itow, Participatory Assessment: Evaluate Reflections Rather Than Artifacts

Kevin Mikslaz, Building Resilience Out of Failure

Ksenia A. Korobkova, The Practice of Sociological Imagination in Online Fanfiction

Timothy Young, Teach Me Stuff: Connecting Passionate Coaches with Eager Students

Jason Russell, Social Media Designed for Civic Good

Isaiah Saxon, Fearless Kids and DIY.org

 

About the Ignite Sessions

Ignite talks are radically different from traditional conference talks. We're looking for humor, wit, energy and inspiration to be packed into one powerful five-minute talk. Visual and conceptual impact is also a must. To view ignite talks from last year's DML Conference, click here.

 
If you haven't seen an ignite talk, be sure to do a quick search for "ignite talks" to watch some of the thousands of Ignite Talks out there or check out these sites for a quick tutorial:
http://ignite.oreilly.com
http://www.speakerconfessions.com/2009/06/how-to-give-a-great-ignite-talk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignite_(event)


Please note that selected participants must pay for their own registration, as well as arrange and fund their own travel to/from DML2013.

Ignite Talk Proposal Deadline: February 8, 2013 (closed to further submissions).