Digital Learning Day Live Chats
As part of the Digital Learning Day celebration, the Alliance has brought together education experts for a series of live chats on the best practices in digital learning and how to improve the educational experience and outcomes for all students.
Details on each of the three live chats are below, followed by a separate “Cover It Live” chat box dedicated to that specific chat. Scroll down to access a chat or click on it from the link below:
Live Chat Schedule
9:00 am – 11:30 am ET: DLD 2013 Morning Chat: Focus on Instruction, Lesson Plans, and Innovative Strategies and Tools
Join the experts below and educators from around the world to talk about the lesson plans, including the live, interactive plans shared for Digital Learning Day, implementing technology in instruction, and tips and tools that can help meet the needs of students. You can ask questions, talk with colleagues, and brainstorm new ideas.
- Peg Cagle, Educator, Lawrence Gifted/Highly Gifted Magnet, Los Angeles Unified School District
- Erin Frew, Principal, Cleveland Public Schools, OH
- Jill Griebe, Educational Recovery Specialist (Literacy), Eminence Independent Schools, KY
- Hope Johnston, Distance Learning Advisor, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, NC
- Gail Pletnick, Superintendent, Dysart Unified School District, AZ
- Ben Smith, Teacher, York County Schools, PA
- Robyn Young, School Librarian, Avon Public Schools, IN
11:30 am– 12:30 pm ET: Special Edition: Live Chat with Rock Stars on Education Policy, Practice, and Media
Is 2013 the breakthrough year for blended learning? How can resources like the Khan Academy and massive open online courses (MOOCs) help teachers deliver high-quality content? What limitations, whether technical or human, could impact the spread of digital learning? In this special edition chat, our “rock star” panel will debate these questions and answer those submitted by viewers.
- John Merrow, PBS education correspondent
- Kim Sharp, Instructional Media Coordinator, Vistas High School Program, Klein ISD, Texas
- Greg Toppo, USA Today education reporter
- Governor Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education President
- Jill Barshay, Hechinger Report, moderator
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm ET: DLD 2013 Afternoon Chat: Project 24: A Focus on the Digital Learning Transition
On Digital Learning Day, the Alliance will officially launch an exciting new initiative focused on encouraging and supporting districts through the digital transition. Join the educators and administrators below who will be providing their experience and knowledge to this effort during the next twenty-four months. You can ask questions, share ideas, and suggest areas of focus for the events related to this initiative.
- Monica Beglau, eMINTS National Center, University of Missouri – Columbia, MO
- Patrick Larkin, Assistant Superintendent, Burlington Public Schools, MA
- Ben Smith, Teacher, York County Schools, PA
- Barbara Treacy, EDC
- Robyn Young, School Librarian, Avon Public Schools, IN
