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Matt Harding, charts the growth of an of his big idea: dancing in the style of local communities to illustrate a world without fear.
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Stephen Ritz talks about seeding change by teaching his students how to grow, feed, build sustainably, and transform mindsets and...
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Kimberly Bryant, Founder of Black Girls Code, explains how her organization is changing the face of education by teaching computer...
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Nirvan Mullick discusses his short film "Caine's Arcade" and how one boy's imagination transformed a moment of...
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Founder of MoveOn.org, talks about the lessons talk includes lessons in movement building, such as staying persistent and listening in...
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Khalid Smith, Education Leader at Startup Weekend, talks about the process of uniting educators with designers and entrepreneurs and --...
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George Lakoff, Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at U.C. Berkeley, emphasizes that the bridge between existing...
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Co-founders of Smarthistory, demystify traditional representations of images, widen access to art, and use technology to reform art history...
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Karen Cator stresses the importance of creating the conditions for participatory learning, including the adoption of evolved digital-age...
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Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey, President of Say Yes to Education, Inc., talks about creating structures that allow for educational innovations to...
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Kiff Gallagher explains how his organization MusicianCorps works as an "operating system" for a field of fragmented artists, and...
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Naif Al-Mutawa, CEO of THE 99, fosters interfaith dialogue through a comic series that features Muslim characters and culture.
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William Brown, Director of the Eli Whitney Museum, explains how teachers can use innovation, non-tradtional education models to bring out...
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David Calkins’ robot competitions changed contestants’ lives. He believes competition and collaboration can enhance education.
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After a decade of making Star Wars games, Garry Gaber, President/CEO Escape Hatch Entertainment, turned his talents to education.
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Inspired to make American students more globally competitive, Tony Jackson redesigned his schools using four innovative techniques.
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Sandy Shugart, of Valencia Community College, is a published poet and songwriter.
He brings “music with a point” to BIF.
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Coming from China at age 17, Yvonne Chan had a dream: changing our educational system. Find out how she did just that.
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High School students Ashly Nand, Cesar Gomez explain how AVID and Roadtrip Nation have helped, empowered and guided them.
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Dr. Strober, Stanford Univ., explains how less specialization will inspire innovation and creativity, driving educational reform.
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Former-NBA-star-turned-mayor Kevin Johnson helped transform Sacramento’s lowest performing schools into the city’s top five.
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Co-founder of NeXtAdvisors, Deborah Quazzo, tells the story of Mr. Sun who changed the dynamic of public education of South Korea.
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Dr. Duval believes that if we are able to create in abundance and fail, we can learn why we fail, opening a door to innovation.
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Dr. Joel Westheimer, Univ. of Ottawa professor, believes policies like No Child Left Behind basically outlaw critical thinking.
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Matt Fritzinger, founder, NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League, explains its benefits to students, teachers, education.
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Neeru Paharia and her colleagues posed the question: What if every person in the world could get a free online college education?
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President of Viewpoints Research Institute, Alan Kay, articulates the differences between big ideas and powerful ideas.
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Understanding that kids are not "recipe learners," but instead like to make things, Gever Tulley decided to let them do just that.
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Setting out to make all knowledge accessible to everyone via the internet, Brewster Kahle founded Internet Archive.
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Dr. Bartels formed Exploratorium, where kids spend half the day in informal settings, exploring their own interests and passions.
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University of Utah Associate Professor Dr. Erin O'Connell uses gangsta rap to help her students engage with Homer's The Iliad.
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A post-high school road trip to find his passion led Mike Marriner to scale his experience to help American high school students.
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Hal Plotkin, Office of the Under Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Ed., explains President Obama's plans for the future of education.
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After his own traumatic life experience, Navarro founded a program empowering high-risk students to succeed in school and life.
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Anastasoff had the idea to create a "domestic peace corps," recruiting STEM professionals to become full-time teachers.
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Evolving the way we interact with technology, David Merrill designed Siftables: cookie-sized computers used for creative learning.
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Stephen Breslin, explains how letting kids play a key role in designing an interactive fountain freed their untapped potential.
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Maya Enista of Mobilize.org argues that – if inspired and empowered – Millennials (born from 1976-1996) can start leading today.
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In 1999, Dr. Sugatra Mitra placed an unattended computer in a city slum. Hear how his project proved curiosity can cause learning.
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Paul Freedman claims the real trick to accessing capital is to not worry. Learn how he funded online Ivy Bridge Community College.
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Trung Le sought to redesign schools with an aesthetic combining learning and design to stimulate discovery, growth, imagination.
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Curtis Wong outlines a tool allowing students to explore the full sky, or beneath Earth’s crust, and create tutorials/tests.
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Heather Joseph speaks on “SPARC,” a global alliance of librarians that works with many stakeholders to lift barriers to learning.
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Arial Sacks explains Teacherpreneurship, the idea that teachers can help plan solutions to student problems with time, resources.
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Erin McKean pioneered Wordnik.com, an interactive dictionary that has transformed the dictionary into a social gathering place.
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Hear how Christopher Rush co-developed a learning algorithm to test what students need, how they need it, and when they need it.
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Sharyn Gabriel initiated a digital art program utilizing games to capture students' attention, merging technology and education.
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Constance Steinkuehler started an after-school program for high school boys who do well in gaming, but struggle in school.
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Mark Horner describes the process of creating free, open licensed, digital textbooks and an open press.
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Khan Academy founder describes how a free online learning platform exemplifies the power of self-paced, web-based learning.
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Neeru Khosla, of CK-12 Foundation, introduces a low-cost tool that lets teachers and students customize the learning experience.
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Business major Jade Trinh speaks of stumbling into an entrepreneurship course that revealed an unexpected and exciting new path.
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Martha Kanter. U.S. Dept. of Ed., emphasizes importance of accessible education, critical thinking to job success and democracy.
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Indiana University East uses new models, fewer resources to go from lowest state retention rates to highest in four years.
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Gerald Richards, CEO of 826 National, describes unique storefronts where kids are stimulated to learn, create and share.
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At age eight, Adora Svitak began to teach students twice her age. Now 14, she shares revelation that learning is not a weakness.
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Lee LeFever and his wife make videos explaining complex things in minutes. Learn how they scale and spread a passion for learning.
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Jody Lewen, ED of the Prison University Project, explains fear of vulnerability is often the primary challenge for her students.
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With higher ed. no longer the sole source of knowledge, and its traditions irrelevant, Greg Anderson says we must adapt or die.
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Danny Hillis, Chairman/Co-Founder of Applied Minds, asks us to imagine a learning map that goes beyond existing search engines.
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Brewster Kahle’s mission to customize his son’s education led to scaling customized model beyond those who could afford it.
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Univ. of St. Thomas engineering professor describes using sense of play to find science, engineering lessons in almost anything.
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Considering past inequities, Univ. of Illinois professor explores aspects of modern education we will one day find unimaginable.
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William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Ed. Program Director, Barbara Chow, makes case for policy as doorway to innovation and change.
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Georgette Yakman’s immigrant grandparents, family with Asperger syndrome, artistic stepfather led her to add Arts into STEM.
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WGU Chancellor Mark Milliron’s radical proposal: Why not use data, technology to give learners real-time feedback on progress?
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Enrique Legaspi teaches at forefront of student interests, helping them create, curate and share work using video, social media.
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Kaycee Eckardt, high school teacher, New Orleans' 9th Ward, advocates chancing innovation, prototyping and piloting new ideas.
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