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).
