The Rise of Personal Robots in Classrooms: Implications for Education

Neuroscience Meets Technology: A Vision of the Future of Classroom Learning and Assessments

Director, Neuroscape; Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Co-Founder and Chief Science Advisor, Akili Interactive Labs; Creator of VR games, such as NeuroRacer, and the Glass Brain, a 3D brain visualization that combines neuroimaging technologies of MRI and EEG to display personalized, real-time brain activity while learning; Host, PBS special "The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley"; Co-Author, “Enhancing Attention in Children Using an Integrated Cognitive-Physical Video Game” (2023) and The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World (2016)

From Augmented to Virtual Learning: Affordances of Different Mixes of Reality for Learning

Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today

Hacking the Old School: Reimagining Schools and Classrooms

3.0 - Teaching, Learning, and Leading in Unprecedented Times

Bold Moves for Schools: Creating Modern Learning Spaces, Schedules, and Curriculum

Conference Chair

Conference Chair: Professor of Psychology, James Madison University; Former Executive Director and Founding Board Member, International Mind, Brain, and Education Society; Former Managing Editor, Mind, Brain, and Education Journal; Winner of the 2013 L&B/IMBES “Transforming Education Through Neuroscience” Award; Recognized as in the “Top 1% of Educational Researchers Influencing Public Debate” in the US; Co-Author, “Toward an Ecological Science of Teaching” (2021, Canadian Psychology), “Educational Neuroscience: Are We There Yet?” (2019, Wiley Handbook on Education) and “Promising Principles: Translating the Science of Learning to Educational Practice” (2012, Applied Research in Memory and Cognition)

Keynote Panel Moderator

Transform Schools, Curriculum, and Assessment to 4 Dimensions for Future Ready Students

Educational Consultant; Former Assistant Professor of Education, Iona College; Former Instructor and Staff Developer, Teachers College, Columbia University; Author, Teach Like Yourself (2018), Mindsets and Moves: Strategies That Help Readers Take Charge (2015); Co-Author, Active Learning: 40 Teaching Methods to Engage Students in Every and Subject (2023), What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? (2017), and Conferring With Readers (2007)

Time, Space, and Activity: Redesigning College Classes for Flipped Learning Experiences

Transforming the High School Experience: Learning Reimagined

Hacking the Old School: Reimagining Schools and Classrooms

3.0 - Teaching, Learning, and Leading in Unprecedented Times

Assessing, Impacting, and Engaging: Using Technology to Meet Diverse Student Needs

Bold Moves for Schools: Creating Modern Learning Spaces, Schedules, and Curriculum

Transforming Schools with Learning Science and Technology Rich-Learning Environments

Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Design Tomorrow's Schools, Today

How to Redesign (Physical and Virtual) Classrooms to Reduce Gender Disparities in STEM and Computer Sciences

Preparing Teachers for Tomorrow: Gaming, Learning Science and Designing Teacher Practice Spaces

Designing Learning Spaces That Matter

Transforming Classrooms into EPIC Learning Studios for Student Agency, Authenticity, and Agility

Designing Learning Environments for School Change

Learning by Making: The Benefits of Makerspaces and Game Design for Agency and Inquiry

Start and SEED Making: Designing Creative Maker Experiences for Children to Support Novel Models of Inquiry, Passion, and Expression

Learning Together in VR: Social, Visual, and Interactive Dimensions

If You Were a Tree

Creating VR Science Classrooms

Immersive Media in the Classroom

Neuroscience Meets Technology: A Vision of the Future of Classrooms Learning and Assessments

Director, Neuroscape; Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco; Co-Founder and Chief Science Advisor, Akili Interactive Labs; Creator of VR games, such as NeuroRacer, and the Glass Brain, a 3D brain visualization that combines neuroimaging technologies of MRI and EEG to display personalized, real-time brain activity while learning; Host, PBS special "The Distracted Mind with Dr. Adam Gazzaley"; Co-Author, “Enhancing Attention in Children Using an Integrated Cognitive-Physical Video Game” (2023) and The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains in a High-Tech World (2016)

From Augmented to Virtual Learning: Affordances of Different Mixes of Reality for Learning

Teaching with Augmented Realities/Virtual Environments: Preparing Students for the Real World

Virtual Worlds and Immersive Learning: Amplifying Engagement, Empathy, Mindfulness, and Storytelling with Virtual Reality in Education

Using Neuroscience with Virtual Environments for Teacher Training and Student Engagement

Studying Empathy and Human Behavior Through Immersive, Virtual Experiences

Engaging Science Learning Through Embodied, Mixed Virtual Environments

Teaching High School Students to Create VR Worlds

Racing With and Against the Machine: Implications for Future Job Skills in an Era of Rapid Technological Change

Bringing Educational Robotics into Your Educational Setting

EXCALIBUR: Learning Beyond STEAM

Engaging Minds and STEM Education Through Making and Coding in the K-12 Classroom

The Rise of Personal Robots in Classrooms: Implications for Education

Engaging Children in Early STEM Education Through Interactive Robots, Tangibles, and Games

Building Intelligent Tutors for Schools

Robotics in Education: Teaching Using Robotics and Learning Sciences to Change Learning

Using Robotics and Makerspaces to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences in Early Childhood

The Science of Learning and Creating Engaging Classrooms

Hacking Formative Assessments / Hacking Homework

FormativeTech: Meaningful, Sustainable, and Scalable Formative Assessments

Unleash the Science of Learning: Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies to Transform the Classroom

Learning Vocabulary from Educational Digital Media: The Role of Pedagogical Supports for Low-Income Preschoolers

Make Writing: A Writing Workshop Redesign with Making in Mind

Connected, Digital, Different: Teaching Adolescents to Read and Write in a Digital World

The Hero's Journey: World of Warcraft and Tolkien Drive EPIC Learning for ELA

Mission Possible! Tips for Getting Students to Use Technology Purposefully