Future FocusED 2023

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Future FocusED 2023

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8:00am EDT

Registration & Breakfast Bradley Hall

9:00am EDT

Keynote Speaker: Graduating All Students "Innovation-Ready" Black Box Theater

9:30am EDT

Expanding the Nature of School: A Panel of Experts Black Box Theater

10:10am EDT

Equity by Design: The Power and Promise of UDL C17 (Classroom Level) Learning to Leave: How Real-World Learning Transforms Education Through New Ways, New Forms, and New Measures Rogers Room The Future Is About Becoming: The Importance of Identity-Rich Classrooms For This (and the Next!) Generation of Students Black Box Theater Hospitality Suite Faculty Room Self-guided campus tour Campus

11:20am EDT

Everyone's an alie(b)n: Discussing Identity Rogers Room Fostering Deeper Learning and Global Citizenship: Creating Meaningful and Mutually Beneficial Partnerships With Outside Organizations Black Box Theater Project-based Approach for Creating Diverse Perspectives for an Anti-bias Curriculum C17 (Classroom Level) Student Showcase: NuVu Research Level Lunch Bradley Hall

12:20pm EDT

Focus Space Research Level

12:30pm EDT

Skills Lab: Search Strategies Design Level Getting On the Same Page With Assessment: The 5 F Framework C17 (Classroom Level) Joyride: Building Meaningful Partnerships and Adaptive Toys Rogers Room This is the Future of Education Black Box Theater

1:10pm EDT

Skills Lab: Computational Thinking Through Unplugged Activities Design Level Making Meaning in American Literature C17 (Classroom Level) Students as Producers: Create Schools Where Learners Create, Produce and Share Rogers Room

1:50pm EDT

Skills Lab: Divergent Thinking with Featured Speaker John Spencer Design Level Creating a thinking classroom C17 (Classroom Level) An Invitation to Radically Dream: The Possible Future of Education Black Box Theater Classroom Design and The Evolution of Learning C16 (Classroom Level)

2:30pm EDT

Skills Lab: Podcasts with Audacity Design Level

3:00pm EDT

Creating a new vision for the next generation of inclusive independent schools Rogers Room Differentiating to Support Learning Diversity in the Classroom C17 (Classroom Level) Human Occupational Skills in the Era of Generative AI Black Box Theater

3:10pm EDT

Skills Lab: Take off with OnShape Design Level

4:10pm EDT

BVR Incubator Black Box Theater Skills Lab: Explore the Design Thinking Process Research Level

4:45pm EDT

Happy Hour Design Level

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Bradley Hall

8:30am EDT

Welcome Day 2 Black Box Theater

9:00am EDT

Moving Beyond Charity to Justice through the Curriculum Rogers Room

9:15am EDT

Chemistry Applications S3 English: Money, Money, Money Room 114 Illusions and Delusions C5 (Classroom Level) Intermediate Chinese: Home, School, Work Room 117 Intermediate French: Tech in Our Lives Room 225 Visual Arts: Intro to 2D Room 301 Visual Arts: Sculpture Lab Sculpture Studio: G1

10:05am EDT

Learning by Doing: The Impact of Student-Driven Inquiry Research Level Hacking the Future: Cultivating Genius in BIPOC Students through Social Justice Innovations Black Box Theater

10:10am EDT

Middle School Humanities Room 103 Hospitality Suite Faculty Room

11:00am EDT

Chinese: Learning from the Media Room 117 Conceptual Physics D5 (Design Level) English: View from Within Room 114 French Foundations Room 225 Integrated Math Room 218

11:20am EDT

Lunch Design Level

11:45am EDT

Learning by Doing: The Impact of Student-Driven Inquiry Research Level Brain Science and the Future of Teaching and Learning Rogers Room Building a Framework for Choice, Capability and Connection in a Learner-Driven Inquiry-Based Course Black Box Theater

11:50am EDT

Cuban Jazz Ensemble Room 15

12:50pm EDT

Engaging all students with STEM-trans-disciplinary learning design Rogers Room

1:25pm EDT

Chinese Foundation: Friends Room 117 Visual Arts: Mixed Media Room 301

1:30pm EDT

A Focus on Skills: The New Educational Imperative for the Changing Nature of Work Black Box Theater Classroom Innovation with PBL & Design Thinking Rogers Room

2:20pm EDT

Learning by Doing: The Impact of Student-Driven Inquiry Research Level

3:05pm EDT

NuVu Mini Lab Research Level The Future Is: Experiential Education Rogers Room

4:10pm EDT

BVR Incubator // Reflections Research Level