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Room 107

1:00-1:45

Freeform for Primary Grades 

- Amy Estrada & Sarah Brewer -

Using freeform to teach and collaborate in primary grade levels. 

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 108

1:00-1:45

Curipod: Unleashing Creativity, Reflection, and Critical Thinking in Education

- Tyler Trammel -

Twitter- @Tyler_Teacher

Be among the first to dive into and explore the NEW and FREE program that is Curipod.  This revolutionary program is designed to empower teachers with interactive lessons that foster creativity, reflection, and critical thinking in the classroom.  Curipod uses a super easy user-friendly platform that offers a seamless and enjoyable experience, enabling teachers to create engaging lessons quickly and with easily!!

Target Audience - All Levles

Room 109

1:00-1:45

Free... Freeformin'!

- Brisa Cabe & Heather Tressler -

Twitter- @edu_cabe

The whats, hows, and whys of using Apple's Freeform! In this session, we will provide a walkthrough of Freeform's features and functions, a quick look into some examples for teacher- and student use, and time to explore, collaborate, and create! 

Target Audience-

Room 112

1:00-1:45

One-Minute Brain Breaks

- Michele Cook -

Sometimes you just need to hit reset!  Brain breaks are research-based and classroom proven activities that get students re-engaged in the lesson.  In this session you will learn at least ten different super quick (1 to 2 minute) ways to use technology to build excitement, engagement, and enthusiasm for any content and any grade level.  Do you have a 90 minute block?  You won't want to miss this session!

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 301

1:00-1:45

No Resources Available 

Easy Videos 101 with a Little Magic 🪄

- Tim Yenca -

Apple Professional Learning Team

Participants will learn several methods to produce short and effective videos on iPad using Apple tools.  Come and join us, as we share a few surprises built into iPad, as we take a closer look at apps that will add just the right amount of magic to your video creation process!  On iPad, please download the updated versions of Keynote, iMovie, Clips and Pages. Please be sure to bring earbuds and your updated iPad or iPhone.  

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 302

1:00-1:45

No Resources Available 

Develop an App Concept / Animate Ideas with Keynote

- Nelson Taylor -

Apple Professional Learning Team

Discover how real-life developers take an app concept and turn it into an app prototype. During this session, you’ll get hands on with iPad creating an app prototype using the Keynote app. You’ll also use the draw tools in Freeform to create a wireframe, so if you have a stylus - bring it to this session with your iPad!

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 303

1:00-1:45

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Room 307

1:00-1:45

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The Bi-Literate Brain

- Cheri Sain -

Research has shown that our brains process information differently when reading online versus print. Students must learn to engage deeply in their online reading and disrupt the pattern of skipping and scanning text.  Learning strategies and resources will be provided to maximize reading skills in our digital world.  Target audience:  all teachers, all levels

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 309

1:00-1:45

How Wakelet Can Help You!

- Chelsey Hawkins -

Twitter- @cj__hawkins

*Wakelet Certified Trainer Session

This session will provide educators ways to organize, streamline and showcase their content while curating, creating and collaborating. Attendees will work through creating the first of many collections with opportunities to ask questions and explore the infinite possibilities of Wakelet for Educators.  

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 312

1:00-1:45

Hello? Hello? Anybody home? SEL Starter Strategies 

- Carl Hooker -

Twitter- @mrhooker

Coming up with strategies to embed SEL into the classroom can be a tricky thing. In this session, attendees will go through a variety of different activities designed to highlight our difference opinions and challenge each other's thinking in a respectful way. These can be brainbreaks, bell ringers, exit tickets, or entire lessons depending on your need. 

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 314

1:00-1:45

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A MAMMOTH Lesson: Teaching in the Digital Age

- Brett Salakas -

Twitter- @MRsalakas

Twitter- @bhodgesEDU

www.briannahodges.com

"In this highly informative session, we unpack the secrets found in the best-selling book; A MAMMOTH Lesson: Teaching in the Digital Age.

Participants will be wowed by the 'SECRET' historical connections to contemporary pedagogical traits and be blown away by a plethora digital tools that you can use tomorrow in your classroom.

Here you will find the answer to; What is the Mammoth Lesson that we need to learn?"

Target Audience- All Levels

Discover WHY You Do What You Do

- Betty Burks & Jacque Fewin -

Ever wonder WHY you do the things you do?  WHY others do what they do?  Based on Simon Sinek's concept of knowing your WHY, this session will help you regain your passion for leading and teaching by defining your purpose.  

You will complete an online WHY Discovery and through this tool, you will discover WHY you do what you do, be able to articulate your WHY to others, and understand the importance of knowing  how this will impact your relationship with others.  When you know your WHY, your WHAT has more impact."

Target Audience- All Levels

Library

1:00-1:45

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Date with a Book

- Sarah Henderson, Brenda Cunningham, Kriston Laws, Brittney Loera, Morgan Hisey & Dawn O'Hearn -

Enjoy a "date" with books to add to your reading list.  You will see and hear about books that can be used for all levels of instruction, as well as others you may want to read for pleasure.  THERE WILL BE PRIZES AND A SELFIE STATION!  Come join the fun!

Target Audience- All Levels

Theater Arts

1:00-1:45

What Condition My Conditional Formatting is in?

- Brittany Wright-

Twitter- @mixinitupEDU

This session will take conditional formatting on spreadsheets to the next level allowing you to facilitate learning, students receive instant feedback, and make learning a little more fun with a challenge. This session is hands-on with challenges using conditional formatting to help you develop your own spreadsheet activity for your students.  

Target Audience- All Levels

Room 501

1:00-1:45

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Simple Strategies for getting started with AI (Artificial Intelligence) in your Creative Classroom. 

- Kristen Brooks -

Twitter- @KristenBrooks77

I know what ChatGPT is...but "I am not sure how I feel about it" or "If I want my students to use it in my classroom"...Does this sound familiar to you? Some educators once felt this way about the "new calculator" but no judgments here. Just a simple exploration and discussion of ideas and breaking it down to easy uses of AI in all classrooms before you get into using ChatGPT. AI is new and exciting so let's start small and figure it out together. Did you know you can find AI already inside of some of your favorite tools like Adobe, Canva and Apple. Join me to learn more about these plus several others.

Target Audience- All Levels