{"id":76589,"date":"2017-05-01T12:18:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=76589"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T22:50:17","slug":"educators-gearing-up-for-antelope-valley-ed-tech-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2017\/05\/01\/educators-gearing-up-for-antelope-valley-ed-tech-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Educators gearing up for Antelope Valley Ed Tech Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_76590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76590\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76590\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Milton-Chen-and-Tom-Gierke-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Milton-Chen-and-Tom-Gierke-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Milton-Chen-and-Tom-Gierke.jpg 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speakers Dr. Milton Chen and Tom Gierke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale School District as announced Antelope Valley\u2019s second annual Ed Tech Summit, scheduled for Saturday, May 6, at Palmdale Learning Plaza. The summit is a one-day educational technology conference for local school teachers and administrators. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s conference focuses on the integration of technology into the classroom and curriculum to improve student engagement and achievement. \u00a0More than 30 speakers will provide an assemblage of workshops for participants to choose from, as well as an opportunity to gain knowledge from two distinguished keynote speakers. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The opening keynote speaker will be <strong>Dr. Milton Chen<\/strong>, a senior fellow and executive director, emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF). Prior to joining GLEF, Chen served for 10 years as the founding director of the KQED Center for Education (PBS) in San Francisco. In the 1970s, he was a director of research at Sesame Workshop in New York, helping develop Sesame Street, The Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact. \u00a0Dr. Chen is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closing keynote speaker will be <strong>Tom Gierke<\/strong>, who is Google\u2019s K-12 education lead, covering the west and central regions of North America. Focused on supporting schools through meaningful and sustainable transformation, Gierke\u2019s team engages with school leaders, edtech partners, and education communities across the west and central United States to ensure that schools \u201cGoing Google\u201d get the most out of their investments in technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ed Tech Summit take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Palmdale Learning Plaza, located at 38043 Division Street in Palmdale.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Information via news release from the Palmdale School District.]<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE &#8211; Palmdale School District as announced Antelope Valley\u2019s second annual Ed Tech Summit, scheduled for Saturday, May 6, at Palmdale Learning Plaza. 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