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SECOND DAY OF CONFERENCE Keynote Speaker: Michael Furdyk
Second Day of Conference At A Glance
06:00 Jared Bildfell / Ezra Alexander Strand: Physical Education 07:30 - 05:00 Exhibits Open 08:00 - 04:30 International School Leadership Program - USF/WSU 08:00 - 08:15 Opening Remarks / Announcements 08:15 - 08:30 EARCOS Shanghai Asia Film Festival 08:30 - 09:30 Keynote Speaker 09:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break 10:00 - 04:00 * Art Teachers to Art District Downtown Shanghai (Buses Depart at 10:00 AM) 10:00 - 11:30 Session 4 11:30 - 12:30 Session 5 12:30 - 01:45 Lunch 01:45 - 03:15 Session 6 03:15 - 03:45 Coffee Break 03:45 - 05:00 Session 7 05:00 - 06:00 Reception for Exhibitor at the Phoenix Commons
* ART Expedition FRIDAY | MARCH 29, 2013
Important:: wear comfortable shoes for walking.
10:00 am: Buses depart Concordia for Tai Kang Lu, Puxi, one of the several art gallery areas of Shanghai. Lunch on your own at one of the many restaurants in the Tai Kang Lu area. EARCOS will provide 100 rmb toward snacks.
Afternoon Session: 1:30 pm - Choose one option only
Option #1: Museum Hopping @ People’s Square—Opportunity to visit Museum of Contemporary Art (entry fee) and Shanghai Museum (free). Option #2: Visit M50-Moganshan Lu. Premier art viewing in Shanghai. Created from warehouses converted into gallery/studio spaces. A visit here provides the opportunities to meet contemporary Chinese artists at work. Option #3: Shop Fuzhou Lu. A short visit to the nearby Rockbund Art Museum and visit Shanghai’s major art supply street with a major foreign language bookstore. Fuzhou Lu located two blocks south of Nanjing Xi Lu, the major pedestrian street near the Bund. Option #4: Experience Power of Art, China’s newest Contemporary Art Museum. This massive contemporary art museum is housed in a stunning renovated power station, overlooking the Huangpu River. Power of Art is the new home of the current exhibition, the Shanghai Bienniale and hosts top-notch touring exhibitions from international institutions.
4:00 pm Bus pick up at option areas and return trip to Concordia campus.
MuSEuMS:
Shanghai Museum (Puxi) http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/en/index.jsp Museum of Contemporary Art @ People’s Square (Puxi) http://www.mocashanghai.org/ Rock Bund Museum (Puxi) http://www.rockbundartmuseum.org/en/en_newsList.asp Shanghai Museum @ Pearl Tower (Pudong) http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/asia/china/shanghai/32188/shanghai-municipal-history-museum/attraction-detail.html
THE SHANGHAI MARKETS
1. Dong Tai Road Antique Market - Address: Dong Tai Road, near Xizang Nan Road 2. Pearl’s Circles, Wholesale Pearl & Stone Market - Address: First Asia Jewelry Plaza, 3rd floor, 288 Fuyou Lu 3. Shanghai Shiliu Puhong Qixiang Cloth Market - Address: 168 Dongmen Road, not far from Yuyuan Garden. 4. Flower, Bird, Fish, and Insect Market - Address: Tibet Road at Fuxing Road (just a few minutes walk from Dong Tai Road) 5. Cybermart - Address: 1 Huai Hai Middle Road at the corner of Xizang (Tibet) Road 6. Tianshan Tea Market - Address: Zhongshan Xi Road #520 7. Shanghai Optical Glasses Market - Address: Muling Road #188, 4-5 Floors 8. 580 Nanjing Road Souvenir Market - Address: 580 Nanjing West Road 9. Nihong Children’s Clothing Market - Address: northwest corner of Pu’an Road at Jinlin Road 10. Yatai xinyang Fashion and Gift Market - Address: Science and Technology Museum Metro Stop (Metro Line 2), Pudong
FRIDAY | 29 MARCH 2013
6:00 A.M
JARED BILDFELL / EZRA ALExANDER PC Ford Gym
Strand: Physical Education
Eaglefit...More Effective than Your Morning Coffee! The presentation will focus on Crossfit for educators. Functional movements will be explored and performance points provided to correct the movements and to limit the chance of injury while performing the movements. Some ideas will be given to incorporate Crossfit into physical education classes, and a workout will be performed to culminate the session. The workout will be intense and participants will be expected to participate at a high level.
7:30 - 5:00 EXHIBITS OPEN
Phoenix Center
8:00 - 4:30
International School Leadership Program - USF/WSU, Room H304
8:00 - 8:15 OPENING REMARKS / ANNOUNCEMENTS
Keith Allerton, Jakarta International School HS Gym
Short introduction of Baobei Foundation, the charity supported by this conference by Kennedy Eggen
8:15-8:30 EARCOS ASIA STUDENT FESTIVAL
EARCOS Shanghai Asia Film Festival - David Gran HS Gym
Introduction of Speaker: Mr. BK Gan, President, TAYLOR’S EDUCATION GROUP (School Division)
8:30 - 9:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MICHAEL FURDYK
HS Gym
Michael is the co-founder of TakingITGlobal (www.tigweb.org), which provides innovative global education programs that empower youth to understand and act on the world’s greatest challenges. In the past, he turned his interest in technology into several successful online companies, including MyDesktop.com, which sold to Internet.com in 1999. In 2008, he was named by Contribute Magazine as one of 10 Tech Revolutionaries Redefining the Power and Face of Philanthropy. Michael has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, presented at TED, and was named one of Teen People’s “Twenty Teens that will Change the World.” Over the last decade, he has keynoted over 100 events across sectors, sharing his social media expertise and insights on youth engagement and educational reform to audiences in over 30 countries. He sits on several nonprofit boards, including the Re-Inventing Schools Coalition, and on the International Advisory Council for Microsoft’s Partners in Learning program. http://www.furdyk.com/
Keynote Title: Imagining Future Friendly Schools: Technology, Global Citizenship, and Student Voice Michael Furdyk will take us through his decade-long journey with TakingITGlobal, creating an online network engaging millions of youth in taking action on the world’s greatest challenges. He will share stories of educators collaborating to engage their students in challenge-based learning, and explore what it means to be a Future Friendly School in this complex, rapidly-changing world.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER sponsored by Taylor’s Education Group
9:30 - 10:00 COFFEE BREAK at the PHOENIX COMMONS & CAFE ELEMENTARY COMMONS
Sponsored by uNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO