Introduction to inBloom

Who:

inBloom CEO Iwan Streichenberger

What:

Learn about how inBloom is bringing together developers, content providers and educators to create a network of powerful information, services, and applications that all work together, making it easier and cheaper for states and districts to integrate education technologies and empower teachers and students.

When:

Tuesday, March 5, 9–10 a.m.

Where:

Hilton Austin Downtown, 500 E. 4th St., Room 408

inBloom Pilot State and District Panels

Who:

Christin Sauca (teacher, Everett Public Schools); Jim Peterson (director of Technology, Bloomington Public Schools); Greg Mortimer (chief information officer, Jefferson County Public Schools); and Ken Wagner (associate commissioner, New York State Education Department); moderated by Henry Hipps, senior program officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

What:

Panel discussions with inBloom pilot state and district representatives

When:

Wednesday, March 6, 9–10 a.m.

Thursday, March 7, 9–10 a.m.

Where:

Hilton Austin Downtown, 500 E. 4th St., Room 408

inBloom Day-in-the-Life Partner Workshops

Who:

Representatives from inBloom partners, including Agilix, Amazon, BloomBoard, CaseNEX, Clever, Compass Learning, ConnectEDU, CPSI, Dell Inc., Ellevation Education, eScholar, GlobalScholar, Goalbook, Gooru, Kickboard, Learning.com, LearnSprout, LoudCloud, Microsoft, PBS, Promethean, Scholastic, Schoology and Wireless Generation

What:

Watch inBloom's partners demonstrate how powerful, connected data, services and applications can work together to make it easier and more effective to support the work teachers do and enable personalized learning for students.

When:

Tuesday–Thursday, March 5–7; see SxSWedu schedule for details.

Where:

Hilton Austin Downtown, 500 E. 4th St., Room 408

inBloom Lounge

Who:

All registered SXSWedu attendees are invited.

What:

Visit the inBloom Lounge to meet with inBloom representatives and partners, watch simulcasts of inBloom sessions, register to win great prizes, and refresh and recharge.

When:

Monday, March 4, noon–6 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5, and Wednesday, March 6, 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Thursday, March 7, 8 a.m.–noon

Where:

Hilton Austin Downtown, 500 E. 4th St., Room 406

inBloom Codeathon

Who:

Talented developers and developer teams who want to use technology to improve education (limit 100 attendees)

What:

A free, three-day education technology codeathon where teams will use inBloom technology to build open source applications for improving K–12 education. Prizes will be awarded for the three best app prototypes written during the Codeathon that use the inBloom Data Store.

When:

Monday, March 4–Wednesday, March 6

Where:

Marriott Austin Downtown, 300 E. 4th St.

How:

Click here for more information and to register.

SXSWedu Conference and Festival Party, hosted by inBloom

Who:

All registered SXSWedu attendees are invited.

When:

Tuesday, March 5, 7:30 p.m.

Where:

Brazos Hall, 204 E. 4th St.