Schedule Basic Schedule
Registration, Badge Pickup: 7:30 -8:15am
Welcome: 8:15-8:20 (Boardroom)
Keynote: 8:20-9:20 Chris Shade
Session 1 |
9:30-10:25 |
Panelists |
Conference Room A |
Photo Booth |
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Conference Room B |
Clearing the Air
Discuss the best tools, tips, and practices for working in the Cloud |
David Becker |
Conference Room C |
X-treme PD Make-Over
Designing what’s next in teachers’ professional development |
Michelle Barber |
Conference Room D |
#HaveTheTalk
Infusing responsibility into your digital presence |
Kim Hocott |
Conference Room E |
Global Collaboration in the Classroom
Discuss best practices for creating, connecting, implementing, evaluating and promoting global project-based learning activities |
Seantele Foreman |
Board Room |
Modern Methods for Modern EducationDiscuss the skills needed for students to be successful and future-ready – Pasadena ISD will share about the SUMMIT initiative in their district |
Sandy Dickerson |
Session 2 |
10:30-11:25 |
Panelists |
Conference Room A |
Photo Booth |
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Conference Room B |
Goo CrewHow to maximize getting the message out with Google Apps For Education |
Alicia Brooks |
Conference Room C |
Digital Textbooks and IMAWhat did you do in your district to handle the roll-out/management of digital textbooks? |
John Amenson |
Conference Room D |
Instructional #DesignMatters
“Unless you get Instructional Design right, technology can only increase the speed & certainty of failure.” – William Horton |
Nicole Bell |
Conference Room E |
What’s App-ening?
Instructional apps in the classroom using various platforms: DNA (Device Neutral Activities), iOS, Android, Google, and Windows |
Tameka Atlee |
LUNCH / NETWORKING: 11:30-12:25
** Catered lunch provided by Lakeshore Learning
** Demo: The MakrU bus will be on-premise – Introduction by Mary Jones and Karla Koop, Co-Founders
Session 3 |
12:30-1:25 |
Panelists |
Conference Room A |
Photo Booth |
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Conference Room B |
Level Up Learning
Game-inspired course design to enrich, engage, and elevate learning |
Sherrie Grounds |
Conference Room C |
Put Me In, Coach!
How to be the best Instructional Technology Coach in the game of Education |
Dr. Katie Alaniz |
Conference Room D |
All About the Blend – No Trouble!
Discuss how hybrid classrooms and Blended Learning are redefining Education |
Mary Knight |
Conference Room E |
Moving the Unmovable
Creating flexible spaces designed for active/engaged learning and teaching |
Elvira Salazar |
Board Room |
What’s Next for Technology and the T-TESS?
Discuss the importance of the Technology components found in the T-TESS |
Vicki Gaido |
Session 4 |
1:30-2:25 |
Panelists |
Conference Room A |
Photo Booth |
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Conference Room B |
Learn to Code – Code to Learn
Discuss: · the importance of students (of all ages) learning to code · the ways that coding can facilitate learning in other subject areas |
Seth Fewell |
Conference Room C |
Harvesting Scattered Assessments
Measuring knowledge and supporting growth to define a new standard for the future of assessments |
Diana Bidulescu |
Conference Room D |
Maker Mindset
Discuss how to inspire student and teacher learning through self-directed discovery |
Lynette McManus |
Conference Room E |
Turning the Tide
Discuss how to turn the tide on misguided perceptions and the differences between “Technology” and “Educational Technology”, effectively moving “technology” from foe to friend. |
Christina Estes |
Board Room |
Modern Methods for Modern Education (repeat)
Discuss the skills needed for students to be successful and future-ready – Pasadena ISD will share about the SUMMIT initiative in their district |
Sandy Dickerson |