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2014 WISE Summit Program
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Day 1 - Nov 4
Morning
09.00 - 10.00
- Opening Session: Imagine–Create–Learn: Creativity at the Heart of Education
10.00 - 10.30
Break
10.30 - 12.15
- Special Address by Tony Wagner
- Thematic Plenary Session 1- Is There a Creativity Imperative?
Lunch
12.15 - 13.15
Afternoon
13.15 - 15.00
- Focus (Motivation) by Paul Collard
- Debate: How to (Re)Motivate Learners?
- Focus (Assessment) by Guy Claxton
- Debate: Rethinking Assessment to Encourage More Creative Teaching and Learning
- Debate: Education Post–2015 Conflict: Insecurity, Instability and Disasters
- Debate: WISE Learners’ Voice Project Presentations
- Workshop: Leadership for Transformation in Education
- Workshop: Personalization 2.0: Large Scale Personalization in the Internet Era
- Workshop: Learning to Play and Playing to Learn
- Workshop: The Funding Alliance: Philanthropy-Business-Government
- Creative Stage: WISE Book - Learning {Re}imagined
- Creative Lab Challenge: Make a Computer and Become a Pong Pro Using the Magic of Code
- Creative Lab Challenge: Have Fun Making Your Own Circuit With Electro Dough
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
15.00 - 15.30
Break
15.30 - 17.15
- Focus (Cognitive Science) by Ron Beghetto
- Debate: Exploring the Learning Experience Through Cognitive Science
- Focus (Low-Cost Private Schools) by Ken Donkoh
- Debate: Quality Education for All: Are Low-Cost Private Schools the Answer?
- Workshop: Teacher Professional Development in Fragile Contexts
- Workshop: Assessing the Quality of Creative Work
- Workshop: Innovative Solutions to Strengthen Learners' Engagement
- Workshop: U.S. News & World Report Presents Inaugural Best Arab Region Universities Rankings
- Workshop: The Future of Jobs in MENA: Is Creativity Key to Better Job Prospects?
- Spotlight: Serious Play: The Role of Games in Learning
- Spotlight: Empowering Girls in Pakistan: Going Against the Odds
- Spotlight: Courage as the Basis for Creativity and Innovation
- Spotlight: Me & MyCity: Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Primary Schools
- Spotlight: Alternate Education for Rural Development
- Creative Stage: Creating Across Worlds and Generations
- Creative Stage: When Passion Meets Tech
- Creative Stage: Will Technology Save Us?
- Creative Lab Challenge: Have Fun Making Your Own Circuit With Electro Dough
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
- Creative Lab Challenge: Creative Storytelling and Writing with StoryStarter
Day 2 - Nov 5
Morning
09.00 - 10.30
- Plenary Session: Education Post-2015: The Unfinished Agenda
11.00 - 12.45
- Focus (Teachers) by Wendy Kopp
- Debate: Empowering Teachers for Creativity
- Focus (Early Childhood) by Krista Kiuru
- Debate: How Do We Best Prepare the Youngest Ones for School and Life?
- Special Session: Kakuma Pilot Project Launch (by invitation only)
- Workshop: Badges, Creativity and Digital Literacy: An Interactive Strategy Workshop
- Workshop: New City; New Education Strategy; New Opportunity
- Workshop: Rural Education in Asia: Challenges and Solutions
- Workshop: What Our Children Need to Learn: An Exploration of Tools and Evidence
- Workshop: Arabiyyatii
- Spotlight: FractalUp: Dynamic Content as the Future of Education
- Spotlight: Creating Your Own Luck
- Spotlight: Financing Education Post-2015: The Role of MENA
- Spotlight: Fooducation For All: Growing and Cooking as Educational Tools
- Creative Stage: Kano - How to Inspire a New Creative Generation?
- Creative Stage: Unité Mobile - An Experimental Pedagogical Tool for Art and Design Schools
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
- Creative Lab Challenge: Learn the Basics of Robotics with WeDo
Lunch
12.30 - 13.45
Afternoon
13.45 - 15.30
- Focus (Personalized Learning) by Graham Brown-Martin
- Debate: Challenging the Promise of Personalized Learning
- Debate: Educating for Wellbeing
- Debate: Education Post–2015 Poverty: Social, Economic and Cultural Challenges
- Workshop: Using Creativity to Support Women’s Educational Leadership
- Workshop: Question Learning: 9 Days in 90 Minutes
- Workshop: Attitudes and Values Underpinning Fooducation
- Workshop: School Dropouts in Latin America: Play as a Tool of Change
- Workshop: Innovation in Education – How Can School Systems Do It for Themselves, and with Each Other?
- Spotlight: “Multisensory Implicit Learning”: Learning Through the Five Senses
- Spotlight: Universe Awareness: Inspiring Every Child with Our Wonderful Cosmos
- Spotlight: Keeping Our Kids Motivated With and Without New Technologies
- Spotlight: Real Change Will Take Real People
- Creative Stage: The World Robot Olympiad
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
- Creative Lab Challenge: Make a Computer and Become a Pong Pro Using the Magic of Code
16.00 - 18.00
- Workshop: Building a Teacher-Led Movement for Change & Innovation
- Workshop: Different Ways of Thinking: Choosing the Appropriate
- Workshop: TIMSS Scores of Arab Countries: Creative Directions for Accelerated Progress
- Workshop: Using Museum Objects to Spark Curiosity and a Love of Learning
- Spotlight: Girl Up: Empowerment Through Education
- Spotlight: Valuing and Certifying Non-Traditional Merits
- Spotlight: Education: Changing the Game
- Spotlight: Education Starts with Love and Care
- Creative Lab Challenge: Creative Problem-solving with MoreToMath
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
- Creative Lab Challenge: Creative Storytelling and Writing with StoryStarter
- Creative Lab Challenge: Make a Computer and Become a Pong Pro Using the Magic of Code
Day 3 - Nov 6
Morning
09.00 - 10.45
- Special Address by Paul Tough
- Thematic Plenary Session 2 - Let's Be Creative!
10.45 - 11.15
Break
11.15 - 13.00
- Focus (Beyond Degrees) by Connie Yowell
- Debate: Beyond Degrees
- Focus (Play) by James Paul Gee
- Debate: Play for All
- Debate: Education Post–2015 Quality: Operational Challenges and Solutions
- Workshop: UNESCO - Global Citizenship Education: Thinking, Sharing and Acting for a Peaceful and Sustainable World
- Workshop: Schools' Creativity in a Fragile State: Lessons from Haiti
- Workshop: Learners’ Voice
- Workshop: Beyond Ideology: The Role of Public and Private Actors in Early Childhood Education
- Spotlight: Learning with Sesame Street
- Spotlight: Reading Aloud: A Life-Changing Experience in the Arab World
- Spotlight: The Song Room: Engaging Young People Through Creativity
- Spotlight: How Language Interferes with Creativity – and How to Avoid This
- Creative Stage: Build your Vision of Education with BuildToExpress
- Creative Lab Challenge: Experiment The Basics of Coding With Scratch
- Creative Lab Challenge: Build Your Own Circuit With Thirsty Plant
Lunch
12.30 - 13.45
Afternoon
14.00 - 15.30
- Special Address by 2014 WISE Prize Laureate
- Closing Plenary Session
