Monday 11/19
Dr. Milton Chen Keynote Address
19/11/07 02:00 PM
MILTON CHEN, PH.D. Executive Director
The George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Rafael, CA
Dr. Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), a nonprofit operating foundation founded by the filmmaker in 1991. GLEF utilizes media, especially its multimedia website (www.edutopia.org), a new magazine, Edutopia: The New World of Learning, and documentary films, to tell inspiring stories of how interactive technologies are transforming Americas schools.
Prior to joining GLEF in 1998, Dr. Chen was the founding director of the KQED Center for Education & Lifelong Learning (PBS) in San Francisco. For 10 years, he directed KQEDs educational TV programming and outreach services, including workshops, publications, and web content for schools, families, and the community. Dr. Chen is a frequent speaker and media commentator on issues of education and the media. In 1996, he served as executive editor and co-host of the one-hour public TV special, The Smart Parents Guide to TV Violence, with guest experts including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was a guest host for KQED-FMs Forum talk show and continues to host GLEFs weekly Internet radio series with educational leaders.
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GLEF
The George Lucas Educational Foundation, San Rafael, CA
Dr. Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), a nonprofit operating foundation founded by the filmmaker in 1991. GLEF utilizes media, especially its multimedia website (www.edutopia.org), a new magazine, Edutopia: The New World of Learning, and documentary films, to tell inspiring stories of how interactive technologies are transforming Americas schools.
Prior to joining GLEF in 1998, Dr. Chen was the founding director of the KQED Center for Education & Lifelong Learning (PBS) in San Francisco. For 10 years, he directed KQEDs educational TV programming and outreach services, including workshops, publications, and web content for schools, families, and the community. Dr. Chen is a frequent speaker and media commentator on issues of education and the media. In 1996, he served as executive editor and co-host of the one-hour public TV special, The Smart Parents Guide to TV Violence, with guest experts including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. He was a guest host for KQED-FMs Forum talk show and continues to host GLEFs weekly Internet radio series with educational leaders.
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Gary Marx - Sixteen Trends
19/11/07 09:15 AM
GARY MARX, President, Center for Public Outreach;
Author, SixteenTrends
Gary Marx, CAE, APR, is president of the Center for Public Outreach, an
organization he founded in 1998, which provides counsel on future-oriented leadership, communication, education, community, and democracy. Marx served for nearly 20 years as a senior executive for the American Association of School Administrators. His responsibilities ranged from serving as executive director of the association's Leadership for Learning Foundation to providing direction for all communication programs and leading numerous initiatives.
His latest books, published in 2006, include Sixteen Trends…Their Profound Impact on Our Future and Future Focused Leadership…Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow’s Realities. As a futurist, Marx has also directed studies such as Preparing Students for the 21st Century (1996), Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21st Century (1999), and Ten Trends…Educating Children for a Profoundly Different Future (2000). Marx is a frequent speaker, workshop leader, and advisor on futures issues for school systems; colleges and universities; civic and community educators; technology educators; business, professional, community, and government leaders; and state, national, regional, and international organizations, including the World Future Society, which includes him in its directory of futures thinkers. His presentations, books, articles, and counsel on trends and other issues stimulate thinking about how organizations and individuals can stay ahead of the curve as they move into the future.
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Marx
Gary Marx, CAE, APR, is president of the Center for Public Outreach, an
organization he founded in 1998, which provides counsel on future-oriented leadership, communication, education, community, and democracy. Marx served for nearly 20 years as a senior executive for the American Association of School Administrators. His responsibilities ranged from serving as executive director of the association's Leadership for Learning Foundation to providing direction for all communication programs and leading numerous initiatives.
His latest books, published in 2006, include Sixteen Trends…Their Profound Impact on Our Future and Future Focused Leadership…Preparing Schools, Students, and Communities for Tomorrow’s Realities. As a futurist, Marx has also directed studies such as Preparing Students for the 21st Century (1996), Preparing Schools and School Systems for the 21st Century (1999), and Ten Trends…Educating Children for a Profoundly Different Future (2000). Marx is a frequent speaker, workshop leader, and advisor on futures issues for school systems; colleges and universities; civic and community educators; technology educators; business, professional, community, and government leaders; and state, national, regional, and international organizations, including the World Future Society, which includes him in its directory of futures thinkers. His presentations, books, articles, and counsel on trends and other issues stimulate thinking about how organizations and individuals can stay ahead of the curve as they move into the future.
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