SXSW EDU 2022
Owl vs. Chicken: Creating Books Kids Want to Read
Description:
Unicorns are better than mermaids and owls are better than chickens. Learn how aggregated insights from children’s reading habits and interests is enabling creation of new content and approaches that build curiosity and confidence, and make reading a sticky habit. Hear from leading researchers, practitioners, and technologists about the importance of early reading and why tapping into children’s interests is so powerful.
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Takeaways
- Understand why student interests and choice are powerful tools in supporting emergent literacy.
- Learn from current efforts to design content that students want to read, as a way of increasing student engagement with books from a young age.
- Understand now smart algorithms can help surface books kids love
Speakers
- Nicole Patton Terry, Olive & Manuel Bordas Professor of Education, Florida State University
- Elliott Hedman, Founder, Build Empathy
- Tim Catlin, VP of Engineering, Epic
Organizer
Erica Price Burns, Senior Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
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