Schedule

K-12 educators can earn up to 16 CPE credits by attending the keynotes, track sessions, and Connected Talks at this conference.

Sunday, February 27, 2011  
5:00 pm - 9:00 pmConference Check-in
Teague Special Events Center and Conference Hotels
Monday, February 28, 2011
7:15 am - 8:15 amConference Check-in
Teague Special Events Center
8:15 am - 9:30 amWelcome and Opening Keynote
Cullen Auditorium
Karen Cator, director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education
9:45 am - 11:00 amTrack Session 1
Various Locations
11:15 am - 12:25 pmLunch (included in registration fee)
Teague Special Events Center
sponsored by Verizon Wireless
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmConnected Talks 1: Extending Learning in the 21st Century
Cullen Auditorium
Don Henderson, Senior Manager of Creative Expression for Apple Education;
Abdul Chohan, Director, Essa Academy (England);
Allison Cerra, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent;
Maria Andersen, Learning Futurist and Math Professor, Muskegon Community College

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

 

Vendor Spotlights & Demos
Various Locations

AT&T Learning Studio at ACU - Grand Opening
Brown Library, 3rd Floor

An Education Revolution: Teaching the Millennials
Cullen Auditorium

Refreshments sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
Cullen Auditorium, Teague Special Events Center, AT&T Learning Studio

3:30 pm - 4:45 pmTrack Session 2
Various Locations

AT&T Learning Studio Tours
Brown Library, 3rd floor
Reservations Required
5:00 pm - 6:30 pmConnected Talks 2: Rethinking Textbooks in the 21st Century
Cullen Auditorium
Matt MacInnis, Founder and CEO, Inkling;
Sidney Burrus, Dean Emeritus, Rice University;
Jeff Shelstad
, Founder and CEO, Flatworld Knowledge;
Martin Fröhlich
and Felix Hofmann, Founders and Managing Directors, PaperC GmbH
6:30 pm - 7:30 pmDinner (included in registration fee)
Teague Special Events Center
7:45 pm - 9:00 pmEvening Keynote Event
Moody Coliseum
Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple; chief scientist, Fusion IO
Plus live music by The Rocketboys
Tuesday, March 1, 2011  
8:30 am - 9:45 amTrack Session 3
Various Locations

AT&T Learning Studio Tours
Brown Library, 3rd floor
Reservations Required
10:00 am - 11:15 amTrack Session 4
Various Locations

AT&T Learning Studio Tours
Brown Library, 3rd floor
Reservations Required
11:30 am - 12:30 pmMorning Keynote
Cullen Auditorium
Adrian Sannier, former UTO, Arizona State University; product vice president, Pearson eCollege
12:30 pm - 1:45 pmLunch (included in registration fee)
Teague Special Events Center
sponsored by Pearson
2:00 pm - 3:15 pmTrack Session 5
Various Locations

AT&T Learning Studio Tours
Brown Library, 3rd floor
Reservations Required
3:15 pm - 3:45 pmRefreshments
Cullen Auditorium
3:30 pm - 5:00 pmConnected Talks 3: Integrating Digital Tools in 21st-Century Education
Cullen Auditorium
Sarah Herrlinger, Senior Manager of Education, Apple, Inc.
Matt Federoff, Chief Information Officer, Vail Unified School District (Arizona);
Fraser Speirs, Head of Computing and IT, Cedars School of Excellence (Scotland);
Bill Rankin, Director of Educational Innovation, ACU
5:00 pmConference Prize Giveaway
Cullen Auditorium
Connected Summit 2011: Perspectives
Students using iPhones in classroom discussion
Leading educators and technologists at the 2011 ACU Connected Summit share their perspectives on the current state of mobile learning
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