Ethan Zuckerman is Director of the Center for Civic Media, Associate Professor of the Practice, MIT Media Lab, and cofounder of the citizen media community, Global Voices. Ethan’s presentation at InnovateX will focus on students’ desire for social justice, coupled with their mistrust of political institutions. He will share how innovators around the world are harnessing that mistrust and channeling it into a force for change.
Shauna Chung is a PhD student in the Rhetorics , Communication, and Information Design program at Clemson University. Her experience as a first-year composition teacher has afforded her with opportunities to push and rethink the boundaries of traditional writing genres and to involve students as active participants in the creation and dissemination of meaning through digital technologies. At InnovateX , Shauna will share her expertise on digital storytelling and show how students can expand their modes of communication, build skills in a fail-forward environment, and use digital technologies for civic engagement.
Over the past ten years, the needs and interests of students have changed drastically. T oday, t hey are looking for skills that will serve them well in our changing world , whether that be technological prowess or the courage and dedication necessary to...
Registration for this year’s Innovate conference is now closed, as we have reached capacity.
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Register now to join us Friday, May 11, at The Ohio Union for Innovate 2018. The theme is Forward, and we will explore the future of teaching and learning through access, technology and learning environments.
Bryan Alexander is a futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant and teacher. Learn more Bryan through this Q&A. His presentations at this year’s conference will lead our technology thread.