2nd International Education Conference: New educational models for today's world and their impact starting from early childhood

5 stories - 5 world leaders in education - 3 countries

A night to learn about successful models from the experts that are transforming international education.

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April 26, 2022
Cartagena
Location / Platform
Centro de Convenciones, Gran Salón Getsemani
Capacity
500
Time
6:30 pm
GMT-5

Event Overview

Please arrive on time during the check-in period to avoid delays.

Simultaneous translation (English -> Spanish) is available but subject to availability and will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis.

General seating will also be on a first-come first-served basis.

Admission will only be granted to those holding a valid ticket. Registration does NOT guarantee admission. Tickets will be sent before the event to those registered based on availability.

Where & When?

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Centro de Convenciones, Gran Salón Getsemani

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What's in it?


1. The new educational models that are revolutionizing education worldwide.

2. How these models have been successfully implemented in other countries and the positive impact they have had from early childhood.

3. How to apply these models locally and shape entrepreneurial children to become world leaders of change.

A night to dive into the future of education and share experiences of international success together with 5 of the world's greatest exponents in educational innovation.

Speakers

Moderator

Start Times Around the World


5:30pm - 6:30pm: Check-in to the event

6:30pm - 7:00pm: Welcome and opening words

7:00pm - 9:00pm: Conference

"The agenda, times and speakers are subject to change"

22 April 2023
New Zealand
12:00
Australia
10:00
Japan, South Korea
09:00
China
08:00
India
05:30
Kenya & Tanzania
03:00
Italy
02:00
United Kingdom
01:00
21 April 2023
USA-Eastern
20:00
Colombia
19:00
USA-Mountain
18:00
USA- Pacific
17:00
USA-Hawaii
14:00
Enrollment
7:30 - 8:00am
Congress Opening with Avante Head of School, Amaris Salazar
8:00 - 9:00am
KEYNOTE #1: Stephen Heppell
9:00 - 10:00am
Q & A with Keynote Speaker
10:0 - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00am
Workshop Session # 1 Avante educators
11:00 - 12:00am
LUNCH + Student Performances
12:00 - 1:00pm
Keynote #2: Jill Ackers
1:00 - 2:00pm
Q & A with Keynote Speaker
2:00 - 2:30pm
Coffee Break
2:30 - 3:00pm
Workshop Session # 2 Guest expert educators (including keynotes)
3:00 - 4:00pm
Keynote #3: Jill Hichwa
4:00 - 5:00pm
Q & A with Keynote Speaker
5:00 - 5:10pm
Closing Ceremony
5:10 - 5:40pm
INSCRIPTIONS
7:15 - 8:00am
Opening Ceremony - Keynote Carlos Alberto Casas
8:00 - 9:00am
KEYNOTE:  Susannah Johnson from Ted Dintersmith What School Could Be 
9:00 - 10:00am
Q&A Keynote
10:00 -10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00am
PBL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop
11:00 - 12:30am
Working Lunch
- Keynote Kim Langen Spirit of Math – Re-Imagining Mathematics Education
12:30 - 1:30pm
Workshop Session # 1 Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop Hands-on PBL
1:30 - 3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:20pm
Project time
3:30 - 4:30pm
Closing Thoughts with intenational Speakers
4:30 - 5:00pm
Welcome Cocktail
5:00 - 6:30pm
INSCRIPTIONS
8:00 - 8:30am
KEYNOTE: Conversation with the GCS Advisory Board
(Suzie Boss – Amaral Cunha – Frank Locker- Jill Ackers)
9:00 - 10:00am
Q&A Keynote
10:00 - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00am
Workshop Session # 2 Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop
11:00 - 12:30m
LUNCH + KeyNote Ben Nelson founder of Minerva Project
12:30 - 1:30pm
KEYNOTE:  Stephen Heppel - 2014  UK's NAACE Award for Lifetime Achievement in educational technology
1:30 - 2:30pm
Q&A Keynote
2:30 - 3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:20pm
Workshop Session # 3 Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop
3:20 - 4:50pm
Closing Thoughts
4:50 - 5:15pm
INSCRIPTIONS
8:30 - 9:00 am
KEYNOTE:  Keynote Jill Hichwa - Founder of Jill Place Reggio Emilia School Portugal
9:00 - 10:00am
Q&A Keynote
10:00 - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00am
Workshop Session # 4 Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop
11:00 - 12:30m
LUNCH + Keynote David Stephen - High Tech High: Origins and Influence
12:30 - 1:30pm
Workshop Session # 5 Concurrent Small Coaching Session and PBL Workshop
1:30 - 3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:30pm
Project time
3:30 - 4:30pm
Closing Thoughts
4:30 - 4:45pm
Closing Ceremony
4:45 - 5:00pm

Sesión de Talleres #1

April 28, 2022
1:30 pm
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3:00 pm

Sesión de Talleres #2

April 29, 2022
11:00 am
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12:30 pm

Sesión de Talleres #3

April 29, 2022
3:20 pm
a
4:50 pm

Sesión de Talleres #4

April 30, 2022
11:00 am
a
12:30 pm

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Parents with school age children, especially those in Early Childhood
  • Directors and Teachers of private and public sector schools
  • Leaders, businessmen and citizens committed to the educational transformation of the city

Schedule

Speakers
Bogota
Time
London
Time
Country
The PBL Promise
2:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
World
Stephen Heppell,  London
2:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
United  Kingdom
TGES, Anuya Mudholkar,  Gujarat, India - Global Perspectives Team Projects
3:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
India
David Chapman,  Sydney - Using PBL to break down the Silos
3:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Australia
Brian Seilstad,  AAC, Casablanca - Dean of Global Engagement
4:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Morocco
Brewster Burns +  Pete Toohey, Maine
4:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
USA
Angelica Manca  Hoopla , Rome
5:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Italy
Elizabeth  Cummergen, Mbabane, Eswatini
5:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
Estwatini
The PBL Promise
6:00 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
World
Pasi Sahlberg,  Helsinki
6:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Finland
Yong Zhao, Eugene,  OR
7:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
USA
Huijing Wu, Boston - PBL at the Eliot K-8 Innovation School
7:30 a.m.
1:30 p.m.
USA
Jane Shore, Mike,  Philadelphia -  How to Create the Learning Community Vital to Project-Based Learning's Success
8:00 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
USA
Ayana Verdi,  Florida
8:30 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
USA
Ela Ben-Ur + Melissa Foley-Procko, Boston - English for Innovators
9:00 a.m.
3:00 p.m.
USA
Shannon Hardy,  North Carolina - Design for Change: Are our water systems safe?
9:30 a.m.
3:30 p.m.
USA
Linda Amici, Ohio - Science of Sound
10:00 a.m.
4:00 p.m.
USA
Ben Rein - Changing the Game of Education
10:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
World
The PBL Promise
11:00 a.m.
5:00 p.m.
World
Ewan McIntosh,  Edinburgh - Transition Design: Silver Lining Strategy for Schools
11:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
United  Kingdom
John Larmer, Napa,  California - Interview on "The state of PBL, 2021"
12:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
USA
Nick Ehlers and Danielle Phillips - PBL online during a pandemic
12:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
USA
Amaris Salazar,  Cartagena - Who starts the most revolutionary school in a country right in the middle of the largest global pandemic in decades
1:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Colombia
Jennifer D Klein,  Denver - Circles of Community: Redefining Circles of Partnership and Belonging for Glocal Engagement
1:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
USA
Gisselle Cardenas,  Bogota - How to create peace in a conflictive world? 7th-grade students as agents for change in Colombia
2:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
Colombia
Jill Ackers-Clayton, Dallas + Kaitlyn Sassone, New York - Rye PBL: Stories that Stick
2:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
USA
Mar Cano, Nick Salmon,  Erin O'Reilly, Barcelona, Missoula + Missoula -  TeamED to thrive with PBL
3:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
USA,  Spain
The PBL Promise
3:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
World
Jim Bentley,  Sacramento - Transforming Students into Explorers (and how to pandemic proof your project)
4:00 p.m.
10:00 p.m.
USA
Paula Marra, Los Angeles
4:30 p.m.
10:30 p.m.
USA
Suzie Boss,  Portland, OR - Civics + Science=Climate Action Projects
5:00 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
USA
Emmie Beeson, Ohio
5:30 p.m.
11:30 p.m.
USA
Elizabeth Wargo, Idaho - Adaptive Leadership: Laying the Groundwork for PBL Success
6:00 p.m.
12:00 a.m.
USA
Gimnasio los Caobos Students - Projects in Art, Social Studies, Medicine
6:30 p.m.
12:30 a.m.
USA
Joel Grimm, Boston,  Evening - A hands-on approach to teaching machine learning at the Beaver Works Summer Institute
7:00 p.m.
1:00 a.m.
USA
Lisa Kerscher,  Missoula - On the RISE: Launching a New PBL Program Amidst Ever-Shifting Schooling Conditions
7:30 p.m.
1:30 a.m.
USA
Dr. Spencer Fowler, Ms. Aileen Lee, Lan Yao, Yixuan Dong & Dr. Garay Menicucci - A Project That Reaches The Most Desperate -The Affiliated High School of Peking University's Dalton Academy

8:00 p.m.
2:00 a.m.
China
Mr. Nils Olson - Project-Based Learning through Academic Research - The Case of IRP
8:30 p.m.
2:30 a.m.
China
TGES, Maria Galiaud India - Nurturing Relationships
9:00 p.m.
3:00 a.m.
India
The PBL Promise
9:30 p.m.
3:30 a.m.
World
Kieran Nolan,  Wooranna Park, Melbourne
10:00 p.m.
4:00 a.m.
Australia
David Ross
10:30 p.m.
4:30 a.m.
USA
Eric Wycoff, Napa - What happens when the Future becomes Now? Strategies that grow a PBL classroom culture - when learners are working remotely
11:00 p.m.
5:00 a.m.
USA
Samantha Boreham,  Sydney - Incorporating Transferrable Skills into Student-driven projects
11:30 p.m.
5:30 a.m.
Australia
Kavita Tanna,  Louise Whitaker + Nick Salmon, London + Missoula
12:00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
United  Kingdom + USA
Chris Swafford,  Sydney - Growing creative minds!
12:30 a.m.
6:30 a.m.
Australia
The PBL Promise
1:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
World
Matt Richards,  Wellington, NZ - PBL, learner agency & inventions for diverse needs
1:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
New  Zealand

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Dr. Fran Locker

Fran produced the Project-Based Learning Conferences at two colleges inBoston, USA and Providence, RI, USA for 10 years.  She created and co-taught the Harvard UniversityGraduate School of Education institute Learning Environments for Tomorrow,LEFT.Honored as Planner of the Year by the Association for Learning Environments forher comprehensive planning approach, consensus building process, andstate-of-the-art school designs, Fran guides clients to position their schoolsfor better learning through visioning, school structure, development ofeducational programs, and enhanced connections to community.

Projects have been across the USA, plus 11 countries on five continents. Plenary speeches have been in the USA, plus nine countries on fivecontinents.  

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Nick Salmon is the founder and president of the Collaborative Learning Network.  He is a ninth-generation educator focused on educational facility planning, professional development of educators and design support for future-flexible learning environments that cost less to design, build, own, operate and maintain.  He is the world’s first self-certified educational furniture whisperer- capable of coaxing the greatest potential out of the unruliest school furnishings. His global practice (6 continents, 32 countries, 42 US states) includes c0-facilitating Harvard’s annual Learning Environments For Tomorrow Institute.  In addition to working with more than 200 schools on more than 40 educational visioning and master planning efforts.

Gabriel Enrique Diago

Gabriel E. Diago has been the director of innovation atGimnasio los Caobos for the past 10 years and has been the primary proponent oflearning through PBL.  His students wonfirst prize in the prestigious Big Competition inEurope for their project to create a product that serves people in poverty.He has been leading the transformation of the school from traditional learning to PBL learning in close collaboration with Dr. Fran Locker as educational a,d architecturalconsultant.