Jim Wynn Promethean	Kate Gatto Taking IT Global	Gavin Dykes Ed-Tech Advisor

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Carolyn Landel Washington STEM	Karen Harper Education NASA	Randy Guschl DuPont

Addressing STEM education and the role it has in fostering next-generation innovators is one of the core challenges in our education agenda today. Galvanizing internal support, transforming the role of the teacher, and developing hands-on, inquiry-based curriculum are some of the conversations that must be addressed to encourage proliferation of STEM education.

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	Ken Perlin, NYU Games for Learning Institute
	Andrew Coulson, MIND Research Institute
	Michael Levine, Joan Ganz Cooney Center

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	Lucas Johnson, Silverstring Media
	Simon Pulman,  Starlight Runner Entertainment
	Jeff Gomez, Starlight Runner Entertainment

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	Anna Batchelder, Bon Education
	Dr. Ron Burnett, Emily Carr University of Art + Design
	Judy O’Connell, Charles Sturt University

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	Andrew Miller of the Buck Institute for Education
	Linda Burch of CommonSenseMedia.org
	Dennis Frezzo of Cisco Networking Academy

Implementing a comprehensive assessment model that enriches student learning represents a challenging cultural shift for many education environments. Using technology and new approaches to student assessment can improve both teaching and learning–helping students prepare for workforce success and global citizenship–but adding new forms of summative and formative assessment into an already complex environment poses a number of questions:

• To what extent does technology improve methods of skill assessment?

• What types of assessments we can offer that result in a positive feedback
  loop to enrich the learning experience?

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Let’s begin the conversation and thought process here, on GETideas.org, engage the attendees at the conference, and then extend the dialogue after Boston. Here are some questions to ignite your ideas:

On building communities of learning, both locally and globally …

• What are the main opportunities from around the world in building more effective learning communities?
• What binds learners from around the world, regardless of geography?
• Are you currently satisfied with relationships within your education community (leadership, parents, community, etc)?

On the changing model of teaching and learning …

• What can we employ to empower students to take more responsibility for managing/leading their own learning?
• What are the process skills needed to leverage technology? 

We’ll follow the debate online and discuss your views with the audience at our interactive keynote during the BLC 2011 conference.