Session Name: NearPod Presentations- A General How-To
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
Description: Have you heard of NearPod and aren’t sure how to start? We’ll walk through all the basics and look at creating a NearPod presentation. Then we’ll look at data collected during the presentation to determine the success of our presentation.
Presenter(s): Robert Wallis – MASD
Session Name: Plickers, A cheap alternative to clickers
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: Secondary/General All Levels
Description: Using Plickers (Paper Clicker) you can take class polls, check for class understanding, review games, even give assessments. All you need is a printer, paper, a computer hooked up to a projector and a smartphone, iPad, or tablet with a camera & internet.
Presenter(s): Kevin Harris – WASD
Session Name: Formative Assesments with Technology
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: Secondary/ General All Levels
Description: Are you ready to take the first step towards integrating technology into your classroom? Would you like to implement engaging, fun activities into your classroom that can provide you with solid data for formative assessment? If you’ve never tried it – or may be you did and weren’t so sure – this is the session for you. We’ll demonstrate several free tools that you can start using in your classroom tomorrow. Consider this an introductory level session – our presentation may be too basic for advanced users.
Presenter(s): Robert Rook and Kelly Titus – WASD
Session name: SPAN
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
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Presenter(s): Brooke Beiter – LTSD
Session Name: Classroom Management, There’s an app for that!
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General – K-8
Description: An overview of the Class Dojo app. Participants will looking at the behavior management, the parent messaging, class story, and new student story components of the Class Dojo app. This app will not only help manage behavior, but it provides a window into your classroom.
Presenter(s): Kelly Jameson-Campbell – LTSD
Session Name: Seesaw the Learning Journal
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: Elementary
Description: Utilize digital portfolios to enhance the learning experience for your students and build relationships with parents as well. In this session, teachers will experience Seesaw as a student, be given step-by-step instructions on setting up their own account and be provided with a variety of ideas and resources to use in the classroom.
Presenter(s): Robert McKenzie
Session Name: Using Garageband to create an iPad orchestra
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels/Music
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Presenter(s): Robert Leidhecker and Lee Saville Iksic
Session Name: Classroom Makerspace with a little Dot and Dash
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: Elementary
Description: Students that have a plethora of materials available to them create amazing things. Learn how to create a makerspace in your classroom to jumpstart some STEM activities with your students. Also, learn about beginning coding with the Dot and Dash robots.
Presenter(s): Kim Hoffman – LTSD
Session Name: Transform your classroom with Appletree
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
This session will demonstrate the newly released Appletree app. Learn all about how Appletree can easily be integrated into your instructional environment. This session will provide an overview and best practices for implementation. “Appletree is a complete classroom communication tool to engage parents and help students succeed. It’s free, easy to use, and replaces the need for multiple communication platforms in the classroom. Class-wide updates, private messaging, simple progress reports, volunteer invites, a shared calendar, and more.” Source: www.goappletree.com
Presenter(s): Dr. Lynn Hummel – Bloomsburg University
Session Name: Explore the World from the Comfort of the Classroom
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
Description: Have you ever wanted to take your class on an expedition to Everest or to the deepest depths of the ocean? Through technology, it is possible to recreate a lifelike experience without ever leaving the classroom. Come and learn how to use Google Earth, Expeditions, and other tools to take your class on a virtual field trip!
Presenter(s): Scott Ringkamp – IU17
Session Name: Gamification in your classroom to engage students
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
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Presenter(s): Mr. Mark Burke
Session Name: Increasing Engagement in Social Studies through Technology and Collaboration
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General 6-12
Description: Present will show how faculty uses technology in the classroom at the one to one level but also share some best practices including cross grade level collaboration, Socratic Seminar, differentiating with technology and the discovery education techbook.
Presenter(s): Andrew Cook and Eric Gerber – LTSD
Session Name: I am Determined: Strategies for Engaging in Self- Advocacy
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
Description: Participants will learn the importance of self-advocacy and self -determination as well as other transition services for all students.
Presenter(s): Erica Logan-LTSD
Session Name: Engaging Students in Every Way
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
Description: Join us as we share the right strategies for the right purpose! We will explore which instructional and classroom management strategies enhance all three types of student engagement.
Presenter: Elizabeth Moores
Session Name: Solutions for Ensuring the Success of all Students: Accelerated Math
Time: 9:15-10:15
Audience: General All Levels
Description: Renaissance Accelerated Math® provides deep math practice at the unique levels students need in order for them to grow—from foundational skills to grade-level standards. It’s the key to mastering math: Building incremental confidence. Once students feel confident, they open up to mathematical discourse in the classroom and productive struggle in their practice, to enrich their math experience.
Presenter: Renaissance Learning