Title |
Description |
Presenter(s) |
Room # |
Sparking Student Engagement with SMART Activities |
Featured Session: We live in a world that is more connected and innovative than ever before. As educators, we need to empower our students to become global citizens who are empathetic. Discover ways to break down the barriers of classroom walls and build bridges, while making connections to classrooms around the world. This session will share resources for teaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals, virtual field trips, and virtually connecting with experts in many fields using Skype. |
Beth Hinton (SMART) |
214 |
Inspiring Young Learners to Get Started with Code |
Featured Session: Technology has changed the world we live in, and learning how it works is fundamental. Coding is an essential skill that teaches problem-solving, develops teamwork, and inspires creativity. Learn from Apple Distinguished Educators who will share how they engage elementary students in the world of coding with cross-curricular lessons and the Everyone Can Code resources designed for teachers. |
Sam Parisi (Apple) |
215 |
Effective Strategies for School-wide Efficiency Through Teams (Part I) |
Leadership Strand: As we think about the 21st and a half century, one thing that is becoming evident in all facets of industry is collaboration. The field of education is no different. Microsoft Teams promotes collaboration in several ways. Learn how we led digital transformation at a Microsoft Showcase School by crafting innovative ways to use Teams. From administrative meetings to performance feedback discussions, the ease and efficiency of Teams makes it a perfect fit for a variety of organizations. Providing personalized performance management is now a breeze. As a professional development platform, we’ll show you how teachers receive immediate feedback and access to resources to improve their results. Part II of this presentation will feature hands-on activities that will give participants opportunities to become fully immersed in Teams. |
Dr. Darren Clay and Dr. Anthony Newbold (Microsoft) |
218 |
Fostering an Inclusive Classroom |
Featured Session: All educators recognize the importance of developing a positive learning environment for their students. With Microsoft EDU’s suite of free accessibility tools, creating that atmosphere is even easier. Discover how tools like Immersive Reader, Dictation and more, available across all platforms and devices, can level the playing field and foster an inclusive classroom where every student learns. |
Heather Cox (Microsoft) |
221 |
Getting Started On Your Journey To Digital Leadership |
Leadership Strand: Learn how to get started on your digital leadership journey from novice digital leaders. This hands-on session will show you how to use Office 365 and other resources to maximize communication as well as offer various means to increase technology integration at your school. Please bring a device (preferably a laptop) to this session. |
Liss Maynard, Debbie Broadnax, and Kimberly Hunter |
224 |
Designing Meaningful Partnerships |
Leadership Strand: Every school and classroom has needs or wants. In this session you will learn the basics of partnerships and how you can design them to be meaningful and mutually beneficial. |
Sandra Lake |
225 |
Flipgrid Fever in the Primary Grades |
This session will cover various ways to use the Flipgrid application/website as a versatile and engaging resource with students in grades K-2. If you are bringing a mobile device, please download the Flipgrid application. |
Angie White and Julie Pszczola |
227 |
Amplify Your Professional Learning with Nearpod |
During this session you learn how to engage your teachers in professional learning while modeling classroom implementation of Nearpod as an engaging instructional strategy. You will also have an opportunity to sign-up for Nearpod and begin creating your own professional learning presentation. |
Angela Price |
228 |
Using Bloxels in a Variety of Engaging Lessons |
Bloxels is a hands-on platform for kids to build, collaborate, and tell stories through video game creation. Watch the game world come to life as you build and animate characters, play spaces, and objects as you are the game designer, artist, programmer, storyteller, publisher and a player. Learn how you can use this engaging tool with third and fourth graders across the curriculum. Walk away with some math and writing lesson plans that you can use in your classroom this fall. Download the Bloxels App and together we will learn the steps to begin building video games with your elementary kids. |
Robin Poulos and Kris Cable |
229 |
Getting the Most Out of StreamingCobb & Panopto |
Featured Session: Cobb educators and students have FREE access to StreamingCobb. It is a simple and free video management system. It makes sharing videos you or your students create simple. It works seamlessly with the Panopto app. Come learn more today! |
Dave Hannan, Marvin Clark, and Emily Freeman |
230 |
Engaging students with SUMDOG |
How do you reinforce, preview and teach math all with one program? Do your students like playing games on the computer? Engage student learning in math while using a game formatted system. Learn how to focus student learning on specific standards or concepts that individuals need. You will get a chance to play and learn how this program can work for you. |
Brenna Garcia |
231 |
Testing the Technology Waters |
This journey began with a desire to try out some tech tools and see what all the buzz was about. I’m not always willing to jump in the deep end, so I tend to test things out in the shallow end. This session will provide participants an opportunity to hear about how I began to learn and use tools in Office 365 both with students and colleagues. Participants will also hear about experiences with other tools like Flipgrid. This session is informal in nature and meant to provide participants the opportunity to hear about our experiences, ask questions about the technology tools, and reflect on ways to use the tools in their classrooms. |
Sylvia Spruill |
232 |
All Things Flipgrid and Class Dojo |
I will share various ways educators can use Flipgrid and Class Dojo in the classroom to enhance instruction. |
Candace Ellis |
233 |
Creative Coding: Coding to Show What You Know! |
Featured Session: Be among the very first to experience Creative Coding projects on BrainPOP - the latest addition to our suite of student creation tools! We’ve teamed up with Vidcode and Scratch to bring you these cross-curricular, topic-level projects, which let students jump right into coding, make things they love, and show what they know in a whole new way - even without prior experience. Note: Creative Coding is an add-on for subscribers. Every BrainPOP topic offers between three to eight different coding projects, all aimed at non-coding teachers and students, and well scaffolded for success. |
Robert Miller (BrainPOP) |
234 |
"Morph" Your PowerPoints to Increase Student Engagement |
Session will discuss using 3D models and the morph feature to create engaging PowerPoints. Lessons demonstrated will include math and science. |
Jessica Smith |
235 |
Using Microsoft Class Notebook in the Classroom |
This session will detail specific uses of Class Notebook in the classroom. Participants will be guided through the creation of a Notebook and will have an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the program. |
Danielle Engle |
236 |
Assessment the New Way |
Learn two quick formative assessment tools - Quizziz and Quizlet Live. Both tools will provide the teacher with immediate feedback. Students will find them both engaging and fun! |
Candice Davies and Jill Pierce |
237 |
Blended Learning for Student Mastery |
Featured Session: Our students are more tech-savvy than ever, but are your classrooms? In this interactive session, we'll explore best practices for blending online and offline curriculum resources to achieve student mastery. We'll discuss resources for STEM, health and wellness, social-emotional learning, financial literacy, and more. There's something for everyone! Teachers will leave with complete lesson plans, unit plans, assessments, and more. Please bring your laptop to get the most out of this session. |
Lauren Adriansen (EVERFI) |
238 |
Leave Them Alone! They Can Figure It Out! |
Be able to engage your students with technology with you being the facilitator and not the teacher. Learn apps and programs that students can use to teach themselves to create amazing products and demonstrate skill mastery. |
Saundra Watts and Hanna Grimes |
239 |
Create a Culture of Digital Citizenship with Common Sense Education's New Curriculum |
In this interactive virtual session you will explore Common Sense Education’s free new digital citizenship curriculum. The curriculum covers topics like news & media literacy, cyberbullying & digital drama, media balance & well-being and is informed by research from the Harvard School of Education’s Project Zero. Participants will leave with flexible materials in Google Drive that you can use immediately in your classroom, to prepare students to take ownership of their digital lives. |
Barbara Huth |
240 |
Technology and Art to Analyze and Improve Writing |
Students will analyze an art sway presentation to understand the length and depth an artist takes to make a completed art piece using focus, research, organize, sketch (rough draft), and paint (final copy). Next students will use their class notebook to analyze their write score essay. On their page, each student has the articles, the that child's write score essay and rubric, and organizer to determine the mistakes, detail their corrections, and our back and forth conversation about their corrections. |
Mitzi Burge |
243 |