About
"Innovate to Educate: A Symposium on [Re]Design for Personalized Learning" is an initiative of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) in collaboration with ASCD and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
This invitation-only convening of education leaders will focus on the policy, practices and technologies needed to help shift our education system to one built around meeting the personal learning needs of each student. The high-level summit will bring together 150 high-level visionary P-12 education leaders from the local and state levels (including teams from the CCSSO NxGL initiative from KY, ME, NY, OH, WV, and WI), national thought leaders, and senior technology executives.
Symposium organizers believe our industrial-age, assembly-line educational model - based on fixed time, place and pace - is insufficient in today's society and knowledge-based economy. Equity of educational access and opportunity requires that a student's educational path, curriculum, instruction and schedule be personalized to meet their unique needs.
The agenda will be built around working sessions where attendees will:
- Gain a better understanding of the personalization opportunities and needs through a showcase of personalization innovations, including programs, practices and technologies;
- Create a common vision and definitions of the attributes and components of personalization;
- Identify the specifications needed for practitioners to support and scale personalized learning and overcome barriers, including the enabling models (policies/systems/institutions), systems (assessment/data), platforms (curriculum/technology) and human resources (educator skills and professional development supports); and
- Collectively form a community of practice, including a dissemination and action network committed to achieving personalization in education after the event.
The Symposium will help create a paradigm shift: to redesign our education system from a mass production to a mass customization model that will provide a truly student-centered education system with personalized learning opportunities for each student.
Planning Committee:
- Karen Billings, Education Division VP, SIIA
- Todd Brekhus, President, Capstone Digital
- Douglas Crets, Executive Director, EdReformer.com
- Nick Donohue, President & CEO, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
- Tim Magner, Former Director, USED Office of Education Technology
- Carmi Paris, VP Corporate Development, Spectrum K12
- Elizabeth Partoyan, Strategic Initiative Director, Next Generation Learners, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
- Mark Schneiderman, Senior Director of Education Policy, SIIA
- Judy Seltz, Deputy Executive Director, Constituent Services, ASCD
- Steve Siegel, Group VP, Strategy & Business Development, Follett Software
- Circe Stumbo, President, West Wind Education Policy
- Tom Vander Ark, Parnter, VA/R and Revolutin Learning
- Mary Ann Wolf, Former Executive Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association
SIIA Working Group on Personalized Learning:
- Richard D. Abrams, Scholastic/Tom Snyder Productions
- Susan Adelmann, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
- Todd Brekhus, Capstone Digital (Co-Chair)
- Meg Fisher, Apple Inc. (Co-Chair)
- Rob Foshay, Ph.D., Texas Instruments, Inc. - Education & Productivity Solutions Business
- Neil Jarman, School Improvement Network
- Steve Nordmark, netTrekker
- Carmi Paris, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.
- Kevin Roebuck, Oracle
- Todd Sandvik, MetaMetrics, Inc.
- Caleb Schutz, The JASON Project, National Geographic Society
- Steve Siegel, Follett Corporation - Technology Solutions & International Group
- Douglas Stein, MemeSpark LLC
- John Wilson, Turning Technologies, LLC
- Leslie Wilson, One-to-One Institute
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal global trade association for the software and digital content industries. This conference represents a collaborative effort of executives from SIIA's Education Division member companies. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection for more than 500 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit www.siia.net.
About SIIA's Education Division
SIIA's Education Division serves and represents more than 150 member companies that provide software, digital content and other technologies that address educational needs. The Division shapes and supports the industry by providing leadership, advocacy, business development opportunities and critical market information. SIIA provides a neutral business forum for its members to understand business models, technological advancements, market trends, and best practices. With the leadership of the Division Board and collaborative efforts with educators and other stakeholders, the Division undertakes initiatives to enhance the use of educational technology and the success of SIIA members.
