Askwith Forum - Engineering Personalized Learning: The Story of Summit Schools and Facebook

Askwith Forum - Engineering Personalized Learning: The Story of Summit Schools and Facebook
Moderator: Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Technology, Innovation, and Education Program, HGSE

Speakers:

Mike Sego, Director of Engineering, Facebook
Diane Tavenner, Founder and CEO, Summit Public Schools
Discussants from the first Cohort:
Gara Field, Ed.M.’04, Principle, Pleasant View Elementary School, Providence, RI
Kairav Sinha, Science Teacher, Blackstone Valley Prep High School, Cumberland, RI
Simone Barros, Student, Blackstone Valley Prep High School, Cumberland, RI

In the past few years, personalized learning has gone from concept to reality in the classroom. Schools across the country are customizing instruction to meet the needs, skills, and passions of their students — and teachers are leading the way. In this Askwith Forum, Tavenner and Sego will discuss how Summit teachers partnered with Facebook engineers to develop an online personalized learning platform and make it available to any school for free. Join us to hear how personalized learning is shifting teacher practice and encouraging students to take greater ownership of their learning, while building their leadership, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Tavenner and Sego will also share the experiences of 29 schools, 4,800 students, and 270 teachers who are part of Summit and its Basecamp partnership program.
Networking reception with members of the Facebook product and engineering team and Summit team immediately following the forum.