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Workshops at SXSWedu offer a great way to gain interactive, hands-on experience during the conference. Loaded with relevant content and tools, workshops provide longer, two hour sessions for attendees to engage in fruitful discussions and take home a valuable skill set. Visit the Past Workshops page to get an idea of what attendees experienced last year.

Accepted SXSWedu 2013 Workshops

Building the Field of Learning Analytics
Taylor Martin (The University of Texas at Austin)
Ken Koedinger (Carnegie Mellon University)
Roy Pea (Stanford University)

Create Mobile Apps for - and In - Your Classroom
Elizabeth Perry (The Ellis School)
Nancy Hoffman (Trinity Area High School)

Designing Collaboration in the Classroom
Patrick Pennefather (Masters of Digital Media Program/SFU)

Designfest! Kids Collaborating and Learning Globally
Lindsey Own (The Evergreen School)

Entrepreneurial Leadership Through Design Thinking
Jennifer Vermillion (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy)
Rahilla Zafar (Springside Chestnut Hill Academy)

Expanding the Gateway to Digital Learning
Anita Givens (Texas Education Agency)
Clyde Boyer (Trinity Education Group)
Hugh Norwood (Trinity Education Group)
Kerry Ballast (Texas Education Agency)

Follow the Learning: A Student-Centered Pedagogy
Megan Stielstra (Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence, Columbia College Chicago)
Lott Hill (Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence, Columbia College Chicago )

Hack Class: Shape Your Ecology, Empower Learning
Lora Ma-Fukuda (The George Lucas Educational Foundation)
Christian Long (The Third Teacher+ / Cannon Design)
Zachary Fink (The George Lucas Educational Foundation)
Melanie Kahl (The Third Teacher+/Cannon Design)

Igniting the Power of OER in Your Classroom
Karen Fasimpaur (K12 Handhelds)

Mesa&Cadeira + GOOD: Learning Through Doing
Barbara Soalheiro (Mesa&Cadeira)
Casey Caplowe (GOOD)

Piloting e-Portfolio Programs
Lannon Heflin (Region XIII ESC)
Cynthia Miller (Del Valle High School)
David Hernandez (Region 1 ESC)
Terri Perez (The University of Texas)

Rapid Market Innovation in Educational Products
Theodore Nielsen (ThoughtWorks)
Amy Donahue (Ascend Learning)
John Jarosz (ThoughtWorks)

Squishy Circuits, Toy Engineering and More!
Tricia Berry (Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin)

Using Digital Strategies to Support ELLs
Diana Madrid (Region 20 ESC)
Jackie Nowlin (Region 4 ESC)
Jayne Shanklin (Think Through Math)
Lannon Heflin (Region XIII ESC)