Session Descriptions | Presenter(s) |
Integrating "Turn It In" in the English and Social Studies ClassroomTurnitin is the global leader in evaluating and improving student learning. The company’s cloud-based service for originality checking, online grading and peer review saves instructors time and provides rich feedback to students. Agenda | Samatha McFarland HS English Victoria Taylor HS English |
Introduction to InquiryIn an attempt to model constructivist principles, this session will not tell you what you should think inquiry is, but instead have you begin to construct your own definition of inquiry starting with your present understanding. Next, we will investigate the constructivist approach to lesson planning. And finally, we will discuss role inquiry plays in a fully aligned standards based classroom. | Mike Dillon Science Supervisor |
Developing a Student Centered ClassroomStudent-centered classrooms focus on the learner rather than the teacher. Student-centered teaching is based on the constructivist model in which students construct rather than receive or assimilate knowledge. This session will explore instructional practices to help implement a student focused learning activities and shift the responsibility of the learning on to the student. | Amy Flannery, Ed. D Director of Curriculum |
Effective Questioning to Improve LearningEffective use of questions in the classroom stimulates learning. Research shows that the average teacher asks between 100 and 200 questions each day. In this session, teachers will learn how to use questioning techniques in their classroom to increase students’ level of thinking and to facilitate student to student discussion and reflection. | Amy Flannery, Ed. D Director of Curriculum |
Discovery Education in your Classroom (Foundational)In this session you will explore Discovery Education and the high quality digital repository and tools available from Discovery. Come see how easy it is to search for resources mapped to your content area and grade level. You will also learn about the robust digital tools Discovery Education offers teachers that allow teachers to to build interactive assessments and your student to create digital products. | Veronica Andes English Language Arts Supervisor Rachel Gutzler Librarian High School |
Digital Citizenship in the Classroom (Foundational)Are your students good citizens while living their lives online, without a road map on how to: think critically, behave safely and participate responsibly? This session will include an in depth conversation on the experiences we have learned throughout the school year that have a direct impact on our students’ digital footprint. Resources and strategies for the explicit teaching of digital citizenship and values will also be shared and discussed so that teachers will be able to be proactive as well as deal reactively to situations dealing with digital citizenship. | Chris Trickett Director of Technology |
Google Apps Basics (Foundational)In this session you will be introduced to the Chrome web browser and the collaborative storage tool, Google Drive. Working more efficiently on the web accross any device, creating folders and files, as well as learning how to leverage Google Drive's powerful collaborative functions will be investigated during this session. Expected Outcomes: - Navigate the Google Drive interface - Understand sharing options - Create Google Docs (Google Documents, Google Presentations, & Google Drawings). - Managing files (ie - folders, moving, copying, deleting, incoming, etc). - Upload files to Google Drive, understanding the options for converting that are available. | Kelly Shewmake Assistant Principal Southern Middle School Keera Dwulit Assistant Principal High School |
Chromebook 101 & Chrome Browser (Foundational)Learn about the settings to personalize and maximize the functionality of a Chromebook and the Chrome web browser for work, school or play. In this session you’ll also be exposed to web applications and extensions that personalizes a Chromebook to meet the needs of your students and yourself. Common questions will be answered, such as, “How do you print?”, “CBs don’t work without the Internet, or do they?” “Can I load my pics and movies onto my CB?” The session will show how to effectively use bookmarks, syncing your browser for and more enjoyable, efficient and creative web browsing. Agendas | Matt Bender Assistant Principal High School Steve Burnham, Ed. D Principal Southern Middle School |
Digital Feedback using Google Docs (Foundational)As your students write and create in the Google Docs office suite of programs, it is essential to provide them with effective feedback throughout their work process. In this session, you will learn ways to make providing digital feedback in the Google Docs Suite more streamlined for you as an educator. Learn how to add comments, provide suggestions, insert voice feedback and more. | Veronica Andes English Language Arts Supervisor Sara Kahl Instructional Technology Coach |
Google Classroom (Foundational)Come learn and get your hands-on Google's first educationally focused tool "Google Classroom". Classroom weaves together Google Docs, Drive and Gmail to help teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and communicate with their classes with ease. Google Classroom helps students organize their work, complete, turnin, and communicate directly with their teachers and peers concerning their classroom work. Come see how Classroom help you save time, keep classes organized, and improve communication with students. | Deb Chestnut Virtual Academy Coordinator Kyle Wetherhold Principal West Middle School |
Formative Assessment with Google Forms (Foundational)Learn how to create and manage Google Forms effectively. This session will end with an opportunity to share ideas concerning formative assessment use in the classroom and school setting. Google Forms offer a time saving tool for anyone working in a school building. Data from the form is automatically collected into a spreadsheet for evaluation. This is a powerful tool that can streamline many tasks. Attendees will also be exposed to some advanced features as well. Expected Outcomes:
| George Fiore, , Ed. D Principal High School Frank Reese, Ed. D Assistant Principal West Middle School |
Supporting Students with Special Needs Using Chromebooks (Foundational)Learn about the built-in settings of a Chromebook that support student with special needs. The session will also allow you to explore the vast web resources, apps and extensions that are available to support students in the classroom. | Kate Long, Ed. D Director of Pupil Services Chris Trickett Director of Technology |
Formative Assessment using Technology (Intermediate)How can digital tools change formative assessment? In this session you will explore a variety of digital formative assessment tools from the lens of both the teacher and the student. Are you using Nearpod? Socrative? Kahoot? Forms? How can these tools and many others make gathering student data more simplistic? How can they make formative assessment more engaging to students? How do they allow us to differentiate our formative assessment? Not only will you experience many of these tools first-hand, you’ll also have time to begin developing an assessment of your own in this session. Allowing for real-time instructional shifts to personalize instruction. During this session, you will be able to create you own formative assessment from a choice of tools that fit your instructional goals. This session is differentiated for both tablet and chromebook classrooms. Expected Outcomes:
| Sara Kahl Instructional Technology Coach |
Digital Storytelling / Multimedia (Intermediate)In this session, you will participate in an App Smash challenge where you will work with a small team of teachers to create a lesson that implements digital storytelling/multimedia creation with your students. You will explore a variety of creation tools, as well as resources for developing and using rubrics and storyboarding. This session is differentiated for both tablet and chromebook classrooms. Expected Outcomes:
| Chris McCaffrey Instructional Technology Specialist |
Classroom Hubs / Digital Portfolios (Intermediate)When assessing students in a digital environment e-portfolios allow students to provide a variety of different assessment artifacts to justify and represent the learning process. Google Sites provides an easily accessible platform for creating a Classroom Hub for teachers and E-Portfolios for students. | Rick Lapi Instructional Technology Coach |
Making Google+ Work for You (Intermediate)This session will focus on using Google+ to build your Personal Learning Network (PLN). The session will start with a Google+ overview and setting up your Google+ profile. You will then build effective circles and join educational communities based on your content and focus area. You will leave the session with a firm understanding of why is it important to become connected as an educator and how you can make Google+ work for you. | Dean Damiani Assistant Principal High School Jeff Ebert Assistant Principal High School |
Blended / Flipped Learning (Intermediate)Blended Learning is a form of instruction that incorporates both traditional face-to-face instruction with web-based multimedia instruction, which overlaps with the skills of flipping instruction. Learn how to shift teaching methods, and even perspectives from a traditional to a flipped approach. Plan a flipped lesson/activity, identify instructional strategies, tools, and technologies appropriate for the topic and then create an assessment plan that includes both formal and informal measurements of student learning. | Dan Kaufmann Instructional Technology Coach |
Google Maps Across Content Areas (Intermediate)Maps aren’t just for Social Studies. Learn how to utilize and create Google maps in any classroom to enhance learning, collaboration, and engagement. | Dan Kaufmann Instructional Technology Coach |
Gamify your Class (Advanced)Gamification will address the principals of gamifying your class. Teachers will learn the background of gamification in business and education, the principals of implementing gamification into their class, and strategies to manage gamification. | Rick Lapi Instructional Technology Coach |
Enhancing your Classroom with Add-ons and App-Smashing (Advanced)Are you already using Google Apps for Education? Do you wish that it had more to offer? By smashing different apps together or by using add-ons for Google Apps you can enhance how you are already using these tools in your classroom. | Chris McCaffrey Instructional Technology Specialist |