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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

We hope to share some of these examples at the SXSW and SXSW EDU conferences in March 2018 – but first, we need your help. Anyone can vote for a proposed panel through SXSW’s PanelPicker process, whether you plan to attend the conference or not, once you create a free PanelPicker account. Competency-based Learning In Your District.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

In thinking about how a semirural school district could support equity and opportunity for kids, they talked a lot about personalized and competency-based learning. The question of how a proficiency-based report card will affect college admissions is a common concern for families around the country.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads.

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