Michelle Millben of Explanation Kids
Several Alexandria educators, leaders and researchers will be featured in the South by Southwest (SXSW) EDU Conference and Festival taking place this week in Austin, Texas. A selection of featured sessions are available through a livestream on the SXSW website, sxswedu.com/live.
Pamela Gilchrist, director of K-12 Programs at Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, and Michelle Millben, CEO of Code Rising (pictured at right), will be participating in a panel discussion titled “Strengthening STEM Ecosystems in Underestimated Cities.” This discussion is at 12:30 EST on March 5.
Rose Dawson, executive director of Alexandria Library, will join Lisa Guernsey and Audrey Davis in a discussion reflecting on the 1939 library sit-in at Alexandria Library and modern book bans. Davis is the director of the Division of African American History at the Office of Historic Alexandria and Guernsey is a senior fellow and strategic advisor at New America, a non-partisan think tank based in California. This panel starts at 2:00 EST on March 6.
Kelly Booz, director of Share My Lesson, a E-learning professional development platform from the American Federation of Teachers, will participate in a panel titled “Educators on the Frontlines of the Gun Violence Epidemic.” This event will be at 5:00 EST on March 6.
Ryan Reyna, a principal at Education Strategy Group, will participate in a discussion about applications of AI for post-high school advising. This discussion with other innovators will take place at 2:00 p.m. EST on March 6.
To read more about the SXSW EDU conference, visit sxswedu.com or to watch select live-streamed sessions, go to sxswedu.com/watch.
