Title |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
Room # |
Formative Assessment Utilizing the SMART Solution |
Featured Session: During this session, you'll learn how to create formative assessments in just a few minutes. Discover how you can use any student device to get immediate feedback on student understanding without breaking the flow of your lesson. Using SMART response 2 you will be able to:
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Beth Hinton (SMART) |
214 |
Life is Short - Capture the Moment with Clips |
Featured Session: Clips, a free iOS app for iPhone and iPad, create a fun way for video to redefine how students demonstrate learning. In this hands-on session with Apple Distinguished Educators, you'll explore how to capture and share learning moments with new features like Live Titles, filters, stickers, and more. |
Sam Parisi (Apple) |
215 |
Driving Change with Office 365 (Part II) |
Leadership Strand: Looking to build an Office 365 tool from scratch or even enhance tools you already using? This session will extend Part I of ‘Driving Change with Office 365.’ Anthony and Darren will take a deeper dive and give participants hands-on opportunities to use Microsoft Office 365 tools to jump-start their Office 365 journey. Participants will learn how to create tools such as Sway, Office Forms, Office 365 Groups, Planner, and/or PowerPoint Recording (flipped faculty meetings) using a step-by-step cadence. |
Dr. Darren Clay and Dr. Anthony Newbold (Microsoft) |
218 |
The Latest and Greatest in Office 365 |
Featured Session: Learn how schools can use Microsoft’s free educational resources in the classroom when using Office 365. |
Heather Cox (Microsoft) |
221 |
Creating a Culture of Change |
Leadership Strand: In Creating a Culture of Change we look at structural, organizational, and functional features that create change. Leadership promotes widespread cultural change through a growth mindset with staff. Addison Elementary is a Leader in Me school that has intentionally acted upon our goal of transforming the Media Center into a Digital Age Certifiable Learning Commons as we progress toward STEM certification. Teachers and students alike move daily toward digital workflow, personalized learning growth goals and collaborative community success. The Learning Commons is the hub of the school for teaching and learning with Digital Tools for Engaging Instructional Strategies. |
Brad Cohen and Susan Hallmark |
224 |
Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Classroom |
Leadership Strand: This session covers how your administrative team can provide relevant support for your teachers regarding technology use. Simpson has worked hard over the past few years to provide teachers with the appropriate tools, training, and resources necessary to enhance the use of technology throughout our classrooms. This session will provide administrators with some specific examples of how tools such a OneNote, Skype, and Flipgird can improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of any classroom. |
Hannah Polk and Ansley Daniel |
225 |
The Administrator's Role in Leading Personalized Professional Learning |
Leadership Strand: Educators need to feel empowered to take ownership over their learning. This session will explore a personalized professional learning model that supports the individual and collective growth of the entire school. Learn how to develop personalized learning plans that offer choice, transparency and reflection. |
Kendall Latham (Dell) |
226 |
Infusing Technology into Your STEM Night: Creating Technology Rotations Using What You Already Have |
Come and see how one elementary school integrated technology into their STEM night! Using items already in the building, each grade level was able to showcase how technology is integrated into STEM. Preview our STEM night format, technology, and other hands on activities while getting ideas for your own STEM nights. Come ready to share! |
Margo Swierenga, Mitzi Branham, and Mr. Foster |
227 |
Nearpod: Access High Quality Ready-to-run Interactive Lessons |
Explore Nearpod through the eyes of a student as you join a lesson. We will also take time to look at the teacher view and explore the various lessons and resources available to you so you can begin implementing these interactive lessons with your students next school year. |
Kathy Culbertson and Megin Robinson |
228 |
Let's Talk Spheros |
This will be an open discussion about how to use Sphero robots in your classroom. You should leave with ideas to implement these really cool tools into your curriculum, or with ideas for integrated lessons to share with fellow teachers at your school. You will also be introduced to SpheroEDU. |
Richard White |
229 |
21st Century Publishing Tools |
(K-3rd) If your students are not engaged/interested in writing or publishing their narratives using traditional tools (paper/pencil), then this session will introduce teachers to two online programs/apps that students may use when publishing their writing entries. These programs are great resources and the perfect way to implement technology into all writing standards allowing students to utilize technology as a publishing tools. |
Emanuel Torralba |
230 |
Step Right Up... Into the World of App Smashing! |
We will provide a learning experience where teachers can take what they learn and feel confident implementing apps into their daily curriculum. It doesn't just have to be "one more thing!" And you don't even need a class set of iPads. Using presentation apps with students can open your eyes to a variety of unique assessment options. With Seesaw and selected iPad apps, such ChatterPix Kids, DoInk, and Clips, teachers can create authentic and engaging activities for students while constantly communicating learning to parents. These user friendly apps allow students to shine, and teachers to differentiate activities and assessments. You will leave this session with lesson ideas, assessment rubrics, and "how-tos" that can help you have the greatest year ever! YOUR CLASSROOM can be the "greatest show on earth!" |
Maria Larsson and Dawn Alexander |
231 |
Healing from the Trauma of Technology |
Don’t let technology traumatize you. Learn how to leverage Nearpod and Mentimeter to increase engagement and prevent stress and trauma for you and your students. |
John Nwosu and Chanelle Joseph |
232 |
How Students Can Use a Free, Online Tool to Create a Book |
Integrate writing skills and creativity by allowing your students to show what they know by creating a story! We will show you several ways to implement a free, online tool (storyjumper.com) into your units. We will share our helpful tips and experiences, as well as ideas for differentiation and grading. This can be used at any grade level for any subject- it's extremely versatile and completely free and easy to use! Come let us share with you the possibilities of student-created books! |
Sarah Clark and Debbie Ball |
233 |
BrainPOP 101: Learn, Play, Create! |
Featured Session: There’s always something new to learn about with BrainPOP! Join us for an interactive session highlighting how our newest features can enhance your curriculum– from Make-a-Movie to concept mapping to game-based learning and beyond. |
Robert Miller (BrainPOP) |
234 |
Microsoft Translation Tools |
In this session, participants will learn how to access various translation tools for Microsoft Applications. Learn how to add translated text to PowerPoint or Word document, add translated subtitles to a PowerPoint, and create a QR code so that parents can use a Smart Phone during a parent-teacher conference to receive translated messages in real time. Please download Presentation Translator and Microsoft Translator apps prior to the session. Cobb teachers can find them in the Software Center. |
Kelly Healy |
235 |
Class OneNote is Not Just for Older Kids...Class OneNote in 2nd Grade |
During this session, you will learn how I have incorporated Class OneNote with my 2nd grade class this year - the good, the bad, and the awesome! Questions that will be answered in the session: How has Class OneNote improved my digital workflow with my students? Class OneNote in second grade, really? How did Class OneNote positively impact my students? |
Jerri Palumbo and Karen Wright |
236 |
Quizizz, a Quick, Easy, and Free Platform for All Your Assessment Needs |
I teach small group 7th grade math. Through the use of Quizizz my students stay engaged while I complete weekly informal and formative assessments that help drive my instruction. In this session you will learn tips and tricks for using Quizizz with both Special Education and General Education students. Some of the highlights of the session will include advice for using Quizizz with a co-teacher, for giving formative assessments, using the immediate feedback as part of your instruction, and for assigning homework or classwork assignments to students. Quizizz Presentation.pptx |
Brook Heard |
237 |
Teaching the Whole Child with Blended Learning |
Featured Session: For students to reach academic goals, we have to take care of their social-emotional needs as well. In this session, we'll explore best practices for helping students develop positive social relationships, healthy decision making, conflict resolution, mindfulness, and more. You'll leave ready to implement new ideas to create a healthy, happy, and productive classroom. All participants will end the session with a yearlong plan for incorporating social-emotional learning in their classroom every day. Please bring your laptop to this session. |
Laura Adriansen (EVERFI) |
238 |
MakerSpace Badges: Linking STEM and Standards to Motivate Students |
Using the Engineering Design Steps and new technology tools, students at Addison Elementary can tinker with new types of projects. The tools, part of the Addison Learning Common's MakerSpace collection, are used in PBL lessons when classes come to the Learning Commons...and students have a chance to explore the tools on their own at a variety of different Learning Commons Stations. They can earn a special Badge for their work. |
Mary Elizabeth Nelson |
239 |
Send your Kids on a Goosechase: Digital Scavenger Hunts |
Learn the ins and outs of the Goosechase app as we take you through an example hunt and discuss how you can use this in your classroom. Students are engaged as they collaboratively review, and teachers are able to gain valuable insight into students understanding using Goosechase as a formative assessment tool. Explore this app with us today! Some iPads will be available with the Goosechase app already downloaded. Please install this app prior to the session, if possible. |
Marcie Donaldson and Spring Voltz |
240 |
Socio-Emotional Learning with Newsela |
Featured Session: Newsela offers a robust collection of texts around social and emotional learning and, once an Educator has access to the collection, Newsela is here to help them design meaningful lessons and learning experiences using these texts. |
Belton Mickel (Newsela) |
241 |
Introduction to Using Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in the Classroom |
In this session we will be reviewing free virtual reality and augmented reality resources and ways to use these resources in all content areas and all grade levels. Using tablets and smartphones teachers students can transform traditional lessons into even more dynamic and engaging lessons. |
Geoffrey Gillie |
242 |
Show Me What You Know, What You Really, Really Know! |
Participants will be introduced to engaging student activities using iPad apps. The activities can be used across your curriculum and subjects. There will be student examples of Puppet Pals 2, Shadow Puppet, and ChatterPix Kids. |
Kiera Martin |
243 |
Flipgrid and Edpuzzle: Using Technology to Assess Speaking and Interpretive Listening |
Will show teachers how to use Flipgrid for foreign language teachers. I will show them how to set up the grids, the procedures for doing Flipgrid, and how to evaluate it. I will also show teachers how to make or load videos into Edpuzzle, create questions, format the video so that teachers can do interpretive listening. But, Edpuzzle can be done for other teachers. |
Steven Schwedel |
244 |
SOS Strategies For All |
Featured Session: Are you looking for creative ways to utilize digital media to support all learners? We have heard your SOS call! Join us to learn how Discovery educators from around the globe are engaging their students with videos, images, audio files and more through the Spotlight on Strategy series. Walk away with ready to use digital integration strategies to incorporate into your curriculum. |
Kevin Quinlan and Alexa Dean (Discovery Education) |
245 |