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Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now Convocation Program

Reinventing Schools: The Technology Is Now!

Convocation Program

Welcome and Statement of Challenge.

F.Press Dr. Frank Press, President Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences

Opening Remarks. Interlocutor:

B.Blakemore Mr. Bill Blakemore, Education Correspondent, ABC-TV

Technology Now: The Visual World of Children

Paramount Communications

Keynote Address.
J.H. GibbonsThe Honorable John H. Gibbons, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology

The Business of Technology and Entertainment.
The powerful linkage between business, technology, and entertainment, with which eduation is not generally associated.
Mr. Keith E. Schaefer, Paramount Communications
 Doug GlenMr. Douglas Glen, Sega of America, Inc.
C. LenkDr. Cecilia Lenk, Director of Research, Tom Snyder Productions
J.BraunMr. Jeff Braun, Maxis, Inc.
L.LondonMs. Laura London, Autodesk, Inc.

Mr. Michael J. Donahue, Ono-Sendai Corporation

Beyond Today's Technology: The World of Tomorrow.
A. Clarke Dr. Arthur C. Clarke, Science and Science Fiction Author (Live Via Satellite from Sri Lanka)

Perspectives of the Young.
Introduction by Dr. Alvin W. Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, live via video from Moscow.
Mr. Joseph Smarr, Champaign, Illinois
 Mr. Pavel (Paul) Velikhov, (Live Via Satellite from Moscow, Russia)
Ms. Brandy Justice, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Ms. Janice Ware, Woodway, Washington
Ms. Mia Robinson, Washington, D.C.

Hyperlearning and the New Economy.
Mr. Lewis Perelman , author, School's Out

The issue is whether school, as we have known it, is going to be there in the year 2010. -Seymour Papert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Demonstration of Interactive Learning.
Mr. John T. Kernan, Chairman and CEO, Joston's Learning Corporation

The Essential Role of Technology in High Standards for All.
The Honorable Richard Riley, Secretary of Education

Technology Now: Children Immersed.
Demonstrate the way youths become immersed in technology.
Dr. Chris Dede, Director, Center of Interactive Educational Technology, George Mason University

The Paradigm Shift: The Changing Way Students Think.
The impact of technology on learning, standards, equity, and access to quality education
Dr. Roy D. Pea, Director, Institute of Learning Sciences and Dean of Education, Northwestern University
Dr. Susan R. Goldman, Learning Technology Center, Vanderbilt University
Mr. Samuel Y. Gibbon, Jr. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Dr. Jan Hawkins, Center for Technlogy and Education
 Dr. Shirley M. Malcom, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. Robert F. Tinker, Technical Education Research Centers
Ms. Sandra H. Welch, Public Broadcasting System

Columbus: Discovery, Encounter, and Beyond.
Dr. Robert Abel, President and Creative Director, Synapse Technologies, Inc.

Private Facilitating Organizations in Education.
Mr. David Bennet, President, Education Alternatives, Inc.

The Nature of the Evolving National Networks.
Students using Internet in class today. Computer visualization of the national Internet traffic produced by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

The Emerging Cyberspace World: In the Decade Ahead.
Mr. Elwood R. (Woody) Kerkeslager, Vice President, Technology Infrastructure, AT&T

Cyberspace of the Future: What it is Like to be There.
F.PressMr. Bruce Sterling, author, "Islands in the Nets"
F.PressMr. William Gibson, author, "Neuromancer"

Common Miracles: The New American Revolution in Learning.

Summary cut of the ABC News Special aired January 23, 1993.

Opening Remarks and Introduction.

Dr. Gerald P. Dinneen, Foriegn Secretary, National Academy of Engineering

Technology as an Essential Tool in Changing Math and Science Education.
Dr. Luther S. Williams, Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation

Legislating for Change in the Education of Women and Minorities .
The Honorable Constance A. Morella (R-MD), United States House of Representatives, House Committee and Science, Space, and Technology

Emerging Math and Science Standards and How They Relate to Technology.
The impact of technology on the standards and their implementation.
The Honorable E. Benjamin Nelson (D), Governor of Nebraska
Dr. Pamela J. Keating, University of Washington
Dr. John A. Dossey, Illionois State University
Dr. Maria M. Klawe, University of British Columbia
Dr. James Ebert, Professor of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Rodger W. Bybee, The Colorado College
Dr. Warren Simmons, National Center on the Education and the Economy

National Education Goals for the Nintendo Generation.
Ms. Margaret Gayle, President, Triangle Management Group and Co-author, Educational Renaissance

Technology Now: Kids Excited Outside of School.
Three simultaneous live video feeds via satellite showing students excited and learning in non-traditional settings.
Dr. Goery Delacote, Director, The Exploratorium, San Francisco
Dr. James Kahn, Director, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Dr. James Powell, Director, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

The Role for the Reinventing School: Bridge Between the World of the Student and the Standards for Learning.
The Honorable Roy Romer (D), Governor of Colorado, Chairman, National Governors Association (Live Via Satellite from Denver)

Education should be entertainment, and although entertainment isn't necessarily education, a great deal of it is. -Arthur C. Clarke, Author

The Great Solor System Rescue.

Dr. Cecilia Lenk, Director of Research, Tom Snyder Productions

Computing and Networking for Education.
The Honorable Rick Boucher (D-VA), United States House of Representatives, Chairman, Science Subcommittee, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Using Technology to Understand Our World.
Dr. Marvin J. Cetron, President, Forecasting International, Ltd., and
Co-Author, Educational Renaissance

Interview with Mario.

Dr Gerald P. Dinneen interviews the famous video game character.

Technology Now: Education and Entertainment for Children-The New Marriage.

Steve Glenn, SimGraphics Engineering Corporation, and Mario live via computer simulation

The Three R's and Technology.
The Honorable Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-KS), United States Senate, Chairman (then Ranking Minority Member), Labor, and Human Resources Committee; Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcommittee

The National Museum of the American Indian.
Mr. W. Richard West, Jr., Director, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution

Toward the Classroom of the 21st Century.
Practical steps allowing the school and the teacher to be mediators of the broader learning experiences of children
Dr. Linda G. Roberts, Department of Education (then with the Office of Technology Assessment)
Dr. D. Midian Kurland, Education Development Center
Mr. Jessee Rodriguez, Tucson Unified School District
Mr. Michael E. Jay, Apple Computer, Inc.
Dr. Dorothy Strong, Chicago Public Schools

Respondent:
Dr. Seymour Papert, Lego Professor of Learning Research, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Emergence of Technology from the Defense Sector into the Marketplace.
The Honorable John M. Deutch, Deputy Secretary of Defense (then Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition)

I firmly believe that children must have an opportunity for access to the technology that they are going to encounter as adults and that they are going to encounter in the work place. -Shirley Malcom, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Turning Students On With Live Science: The JASON Submersible .

Dr. Robert D. Ballard, Director of the Center for Marine Exploration, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Opening Remarks and Introduction.

Dr. Frank Press, President, National Academy of Sciences

Education as a Competitive Marketplace for Industry.
Transferring the successful strategies of technology and entertainment companies to education.
Ms. Susan Harman, Robertson, Stephens & Company
Mr. John T. Kernan, Josten's Learning Corporation
Mr. Bill Dinsmore, The Learning Company
Dr. David V. Britt, Children's Television Workshop
Mr. Forest Barbieri, Davidson and Associates
Mr. John Doerr, Kliner Perkins Caulfield & Byers
Proctor Houston, Josten's Learning Company

Roles in Progressing Technology and Education.
The Honorable Jeff Bingaman (D- NM), United States Senate, Member, National Education Goals Panel,
Mr. Keith Geiger, President, National Education Association-The Key Perspectives and Roles of Teachers
 Mr. Mitchell Kapor, Chairman, Electronic Frontier Foundation-Infrastructures for Entrepreneurship in Education (live via satellite from Beijing, People Republic of China)
The Honorable J. Robert Kerry (D-NE), United States Senate; Member, Senate Appropriations Committee-Technology Now: Home, School, and Community
Ms. Jacqueline Goodloe, Mathematics Resources Teacher, Burrville Elementary School, Washington, D.C.--The Teacher as the Ultimate Consumer of Education Technology
 The Honorable James B. Hunt, Jr. (D), Governor of North Carolina, The State Perspective ( Live via satellite from Raliegh-Durham)
The Honorable Edward J. Markey (D-MA), United States House of Representatives; Chairman, House Telecommunications and Finance Subcommittee
Dr. Mara Mayor, Director, The Annenberg CPB Math and Science Project--The Role of Foundations

Reinventing Schools for the 21st Century and Beyond.
Dr. Richard C. Atkinson, Chancellor, University of California, San Diego

Summary and Challenge for the Future.
Dr. Frank Press

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