Laura Hilliger's Profile

Laura Hilliger

Mozilla

Dresden, Germany

About Me

I’m an educator, writer, creative and technologist. I’m into Open Web, freedom, education and a million other things.

I’m actively participating in the discussion surrounding web literacies and education and am excited by the progress we’re making in this realm. My thesis was an educational concept for teaching web literacy to adults using gamification in curriculum and a blended learning framework. Why adults? Because adults are responsible for educating the younger generation. There’s a lot more to my reasoning behind that…

LinkedIn will tell you that I taught at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and was the lead mentor at the Bay Area Video Coalitions Producer’s Institute. I developed curriculum for the Adobe T3 project and have mentored at film labs in various countries. I’m huge on collaboration and participate in open source projects, documentary film projects and online educational projects.

I’m also writing a couple books, which are completely unrelated to anything I do in my work life. One is about a crazy person, the other is about zombies. I do not have time for either of them.

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Schedule

Friday, Jan 25
1. Welcome 10am–3pm
  - Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
2. Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
  - Hacking Entrepreneurship
    
    Come to the Franklin Institute to see a group of societal and business entrepreneurs speak about how they think in an entrepreneurial fashion to have an impact on the world. This panel discussion is moderated by Frederic Bertley of The Franklin Institute.
3. Reception 8–10pm
Saturday, Jan 26
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Dr. William Hite
    
    Superintendent of Schools, School District of Philadelphia
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
  - Encienda Educon
    
    Join us for two sessions of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - “Philly Classic” Dinner
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
  - Lab A
Sunday, Jan 27
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
  - Sunday Morning Panel
    
    Join a group of distinguished educators to discuss the topic: What Does the Entrepreneurial Spirit Mean For Schools?
3. Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
  - Encienda EduCon 2
    
    Room 1182
    
    Join us for two sessions of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
5. Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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6. Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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