The STOP Award @ ASU+GSV
Summit HighlightsAlways a whirlwind, the ASU+GSV 13th Annual Summit has been a hurricane of activity with colliding ed tech, innovators, investors, analysts and educators airing and promoting next century solutions. Some of this year’s STOP Awardees took time out of their crazy schedules to join the fray, bringing their brilliance and enthusiasm to the many rooms they occupied. Here’s a snippet of some of the activity.
ICYMI:
STOP FINALIST IN ACTION.
STOP Finalist and Founder/CEO of STEMuli, Taylor Shead at ASU+GSV, talking about the “Radical Transformation of the K-12 Learning Environment in the Metaverse.” Through a partnership with Dallas Independent School District she launched the first educational metaverse in the US, which is expanding game learning across all education sectors.
STOP AWARDEES IN THE HOUSE. Michelle Malin of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego and Rock by Rock founders Sung-Ae Yang and Jeffrey Imrich stopped by the booth to help promote the 2022 STOP Award competition, which will launch April 20th.
EDMENTUM HOSTS STOP AWARDEES. The nation’s leading curriculum company with a penchant for personalized learning hosted four of the 2021 STOP Award winners Tuesday for an intimate discussion with summit attendees about their work and experiences. Impressed by the vision and work of these edupreneurs, Edmentum CEO Jamie Candee vowed to collaborate and help scale the visibility of their programs and their stories. Here, Jeanne Allen is conversing with four STOP Award alumni – Lakisha Young of The Oakland REACH, Jeffrey Imrich of Rock by Rock, Taylor Shead of the Dallas Education Foundation, and Michelle Malin of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego.
ROCK BY ROCK ROCKING THE ELITE 200 DEMO ROUND ROBIN. STOP Awardee Rock by Rock, a company that delivers a Netflix-like library of project-based learning experiences, tantalized investors with their beautifully-designed, interactive, personalized learning kits for students.
OVERHEARD @ THE EDMENTUM + STOP AWARD DISCUSSION:
“We want to build something that we hope can scale and be really flexible because there are so many kids that are not being served. We want something that can pierce through as many of the 33,000 students in our district as possible.” – Lakisha Young of The Oakland REACH
TWEET OF THE DAY:
VIRTUAL PANEL:
Check back to view the Virtual PanelUP NEXT:
2022 STOP AWARD APPLICATION – The application will launch on Wednesday, April 20th. Stay tuned for more details!
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