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This event occurred on
February 25, 2010
11:30am - 11:30am IST
(UTC +5.5hrs)
Mumbai
India

"Enter to Learn and Serve" is the American School of Bombay's motto and the motivation for us to host TEDx events for our community. Our school’s mission is to “inspire all of our students to continuous inquiry, empowering them with the skills, courage, optimism, and integrity to pursue their dreams and enhance the lives of others". This event will focus on empowerment and growth, one of our ASB core values – “All individuals have potential for growth.” In a world transformed by human ingenuity and technology, one thing is clear. Social technologies invite any individual to become a leader, an innovator, and a change agent. This decentralization of authority in the 21st century will fundamentally transform our societies. Hence our theme: Embracing Leadership, Innovation, and Change.

Mumbai
India
Event type:
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Speakers

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Bruce Dixon

From a background as an educator, educational software developer, business and social entrepreneur, and strategic consultant, Bruce Dixon has developed a unique niche in building effective strategies for educational leaders and policy makers around the effective use of emerging technologies. His work throughout the late 80’s and 90’s led the development of the first 1 to1 initiatives in the world, in schools across Australia. In 1996, supported by Microsoft, he took the concept to North America, Canada and the UK, before co-founding the not-for-profit Anytime Anywhere Learning Foundation, which provides thought leadership and resources to policy makers and educational leaders in the effective implementation of 1-to-1 initiatives world-wide. The Foundation believes all children should have access to unlimited opportunities to learn anytime and anywhere and that they should have the tools that make this access possible. Currently the AALF community reaches more than 2,000 1 to 1 educational leaders in countries around the world. In 1997 Bruce received a award from the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC for his work world-wide pioneering 1 to 1, and in 2006 was named as one of “20 People to Watch”” by the National School Boards Association of America. He consults to schools, School Districts, Education Departments, Ministries of Education and corporations in the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, Asia and New Zealand, and regularly speaks at national and international conferences around the world.; throughout 2006/7 he spoke at numerous events in over 20 countries, reaching educational leaders from around the world. Bruce continues to work on a diverse range of innovative projects that aim to making learning a more compelling experience for kids through their immersion in a technology-rich learning environment, and continues to challenge traditional notions of what school should be.

Dr. Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is widely recognized as one of the United States' leading academic experts on K-12 school technology leadership issues. Dr. McLeod is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration Program at Iowa State University. He also is the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE, www.schooltechleadership.org), the country's only center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. Dr. McLeod has worked with nearly 40 corporate and organizational partners to provide publications and resources for school administrators. He also has helped numerous schools, districts, and state departments of education with their technology leadership and data-driven accountability challenges. In 2007 he was named as a Leader in Learning by the cable industry; an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa International; and one of the National School Board Association's 20 To Watch. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org.

Inari Kolu

Inari Kolu, currently a junior at ASB, is a Finnish singer/songwriter who has been composing music since she was 15 years old. She has performed in both Finland and India, most recently for the Bandra Festival and at the Blue Frog. She is currently recording an E.P with Ayan De at Studio 72. She says, “I compose to sing, and I sing to enjoy,” and the piece she performes was especially commissioned for TEDxASB.

Doug Johnson

Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN) Public Schools since 1991 and has served as an adjunct faculty member of Minnesota State University since 1990. His teaching experience has included work in grades K-12 both here and in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of four books: The Indispensable Librarian, The Indispensable Teacher’s Guide to Computer Skills, Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age and Machines are the Easy Part; People are the Hard Part. His regular columns appear in Library Media Connection and on the Education World website. Doug’s Blue Skunk Blog averages over 50,000 visits a month, and his articles have appeared in over forty books and periodicals. Doug has conducted workshops and given presentations for over 130 organizations throughout the United States as well as in Malaysia, Kenya, Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Canada, Chile, Peru, the UAE and Australia and has held a variety of leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.

Dr. Helen Barrett

In 2005, Dr. Helen Barrett retired from the faculty of the College of Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage and is now living in the Seattle area. She has been researching strategies and technologies for electronic portfolios since 1991, publishing a website (http://electronicportfolios.org), chapters in several books on Electronic Portfolios, and numerous articles. She was on loan to the International Society for Technology in Education between 2001 and early 2005, providing training and technical assistance on electronic portfolios for teacher education programs throughout the U.S. under a federal PT3 grant. In 2005, Dr. Barrett became the Research Project Director for The REFLECT Initiative, a two-year research project, underwritten by TaskStream, to assess the impact of electronic portfolios on student learning, motivation and engagement in secondary schools. In the fall of 2007, she received a courtesy appointment as a Research Associate with the Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE), part of the College of Education at the University of Oregon, where she will be researching emerging strategies for electronic portfolios and digital storytelling to support lifelong and life wide learning. She is currently working on several book projects on electronic portfolios. She is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and a George Lucas Educational Foundation Faculty Associate. At the European ePortfolio Conference in Maastricht, October 2007, Dr. Barrett received the first EIFEL Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to ePortfolio research and development.

Scott Klososky

Scott Klososky currently sits on the Boards of ConXpoint, Accord Human Resources, and engages clients on a broad array of advisory tasks including IT strategy, software implementation and design, and technology utilization within organizations. In addition, he speaks professionally on subjects such as technology, future trends and leadership, and is a published author of books on technology and trends. He is a founding partner of a Shryk, LLC, a startup technology company that is providing online banking systems for kids. He currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Critical Technologies, a company he served as CEO from 2001 until 2004. Klososky’s role at Critical Technologies was to build-out a fledgling Web-based imaging product, rebuild the employee base and product line while also adding referenceable customers.

Organizing team

Shabbi
Luthra

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Organizer
  • Shabbi Luthra
    Director of Technology
  • Joseph Cubas
    Director of Institutional Advancement
  • Savio D'Mello
    IT Infrastructure Manager
  • David Jordan
    Elementary School Teacher
  • Parul Kalbag
    High School Teacher
  • Jason Roy
    High School Teacher
  • Sahil Sud
    High School Student
  • Andrew Hoover
    Middle School Principal
  • Adam Khorakiwala
    High School Student
  • Madeleine Heide
    Assistant Superintendent
  • Kavita Raha
    Parent
  • Scot Hoffman
    Elementary School Teacher
  • Bill Hoffmann
    Middle School Teacher
  • Paul Fochtman
    Superintendent
  • Kyle Heide
    High School Teacher/India Studies Coordinator