SAE Chicago’s Martin Atkins to Speak at SXSW edu 2016

The votes are in! Martin Atkins, the Music Business Department Chair at SAE Institute Chicago will be presenting at the 2016 SXSWedu® conference in Austin, Texas!

Martin’s seminar proposal, “Education is the Next Punk Rock,” was voted to be among the best by users in the SXSW PanelPicker earning him a spot in the conference.

Martin Atkins will discuss his experience as punk turned educator and how his punk mentality has informed his innovative attitude to education. Atkins will share student success stories, teaching philosophies, classroom management techniques correlating the punk rock mentality to increased learning outcomes and retention. By challenging both student and teacher to question everything, especially authority, a more dynamic, learning-centered classroom is born…plus he’s giving away muffins!
Stay tuned for more schedule information!

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