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ACTEM 2021 Fall Conference Schedule
This year's conference is brought to you vitrually via the Hopin online event venue.
Click HERE to see a short [90 seconds] overview video of Hopin.
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Friday, October 15, 2021
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3:15-4:00pmClimate Change 2021: What's new and how to talk about it
Dr. Shryea Dave (Keynote)		Real Talk Round Table for Tech Coaches
Ashley LaCroix & Tricia Faulkingham		Tips for Building a Future-Proof Communications Platform
Brian Hubbard (ENA)		Digital Signals: What are Your Students Telling You?
Craig McClellan (ENA) 		Engaging Students Through Citizen Science
Erik Wade (MLTI Ambassador)		EdPuzzle, Flipgrid & HyperDocs to Build a Video/Audio Library
Holly Graffam		Laser Cutting & Enrgraving with the Glowforge
Jason Lanoie		eSports for Beginners
Jason Lund		Using Computational Thinking in Your Classroom
Jeff Bailey 		Come Together...right now! Collaboration as Change Agent
Jen Thomas & Jessica Brittingham		Assessments in Grades 6-12
UMF Students with Theresa Overall		Dynamic Dashboards Using Google Data Studio
Jennifer Judkins & Jonathan Schmid		Coding & Making: A Review and Discussion of Tools
Julie York		Making G Sheets Functional
Rob Dominick (MLTI Ambassador)		Building Literacy Skills with iPad in K-5
Trey Bachner & Ryan Wiggins (Apple Inc.)		Understanding the User Experience
Jason Cote (Aruba)
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4:15-4:45pmWithout the tremendous support of our exhibitors, ACTEM would not have been able to provide this FREE virtual conference for members.
Please visit the Expo Hall between workshop sessions and during this dedicated time slot to support our exhibitors.
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5:00-6:00pmKeynote: Dr. Shreya Dave - Educators Who Define my Entrepreneurship journey
I have been the privileged recipient of dedicated science, engineering, and entrepreneurship educators whose impact is immeasurable. I can't wait to share some of my favorite lessons and takeaways in the context of building a company for climate change impact.
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6:15-7:00pmBring Augmented Reality to Your Classroom with iPad
Trey Bachner & Ryan Wiggins (Apple, Inc.)		Privacy Checkup
Amanda Nguyen		HOW do I do THAT? Data & Feedback in Hybrid Settings
Anna Bennett & Sarah Theriault		Adding Filmmaking to Your Classroom
Corinne Altham		Student Centered Coaching: Transform Your Tech Integration
Courtney Belolan		Connect with Kami
Crystal Blais		Exploring OSMO Masterpiece for Emerging Literacy
Donna Karno & Melissa Brown		Robotics to Promote Brain-Based Learning and Growth Mindset
Lori Towle		Engage, Explore, and Create with Minecraft Education Edition
Erik Wade (MLTI Ambassador)		Swinging with Seeeaw
Jacqueline Durant-Harthorne		Content Creation with WeVideo
Jen Adams		Computational Thinking for Social Science Students
Cameron McDonnell		Ready to LAUNCH: Bringing Design Thinking to Your Classroom
Jonathan Werner (MLTI Ambassador)		Assessments in Grades 6-12
UMF Students with Theresa Overall
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7:15-7:45pmWrap-up & Raffle
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Detailed Workshop Descriptions ...
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Fri - Oct. 15th - 3:15 - 4:00 pm Workshop Descriptions
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Climate Change 2021: what's new and how to talk about it -- Dr. Shreya Dave -- The conversation about climate has changed drastically in the last 2 years. What's the latest, how students interact with climate change, and hopefully some nuggets of ideas for lesson plans in this rapid fire, highly interactive session.
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2Real Talk Round Table for Tech Coaches -- Ashley LaCroix & Tricia Faulkingham -- Many districts have found themselves in an entirely new world after the technology changes from COVID. This space is for technology coaches/integrators to have open and honest discussions about the challenges we are facing, the potential solutions others may have, the new exciting movements in their schools, and hopefully a safe space to share some laughs and laments.
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3Tips for Building a Future-Proof Communications Platform -- Brian Hubbard -- It’s imperative districts develop a sustainable communication strategy that incorporates traditional voice calling and modern channels (chat, video) for effective onsite and mobile collaboration without exhausting their budget. We’ll share best practices for building a modern, unified phone platform, discuss why cloud systems are more cost effective, and present specific ways districts can use phone technology to improve district operations, enhance safety and accelerate emergency response. (ENA)
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4Digital Signals: What are you telling your students? -- Craig McLellan -- Data produced by devices is what provides district leaders insight into the quality of learning. Visibility into student application usage and engagement data equips leaders with the information needed to track student engagement, safeguard student data, and assess the ROI of EdTech purchases. We’ll share how School Corporations are eliminating wasteful spending, inform professional development, and identify apps being used by their students and teachers that pose a threat to student privacy. (ENA)
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5Engaging Students Through Citizen Science -- Erik Wade -- This workshop will focus on students developing a claim, gathering evidence, and interpreting data around invasive species and using the citizen scientist website imapsinvasives to document the findings. The work we do in the workshop will be modeled around the classroom experience which means we will be going outside to find samples, creating a claim, looking for evidence that supports or refutes the claim, then uploading our information on the website for other scientists to use.
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6EdPuzzle, FlipGrid, & HyperDocs to Build a Video/Audio Library -- Holly Graffam -- Build student autonomy and student-paced content by curating a video and audio library for instruction and assessment using EdPuzzle, FlipGrid and HyperDocs. We will also examine how these platforms integrate with Google Workplace applications and Google Classroom. During this workshop attendees will have the opportunity to explore video libraries and well as create their own content.
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7Laser Cutting & Engraving with Glowforge -- Jason Lanoie -- This session will show you how you can easily integrate a Glowforge into your already existing curriculum. We will show you how students at Windham Middle School are using the Glowforge to improve their projects and create unique personalized gifts.
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8eSports for Beginners -- Jason Lund -- Looking to start esports at your school or want to know more about what it is? Join me in exploring the quick rise of this new sport and options for your school to participate in the new MPA sectioned league.
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9Using Computational Thinking in Your Classroom -- Jeff Bailey -- Computational Thinking can unlock so many higher level thinking skills in your classroom. This presentation will give you access to some lessons and activities that will help you consider ways you could add these skills to the content you are already teaching. You may even learn that you use these skills already!
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10Come Together...Right Now! Collaboration as Change Agent -- Jen Thomas & Jessica Brittingham -- This session focuses on the classroom teacher-tech coach partnership to maximize student achievement. Through their story or risk-taking, project-based learning, and collaboration, the presenters aim to help attendees collaborate more effectively while shifting instruction from content to skills.
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11Assessments in Grades 6-12 -- UMF Students with Theresa Overall -- UMF students will share the assessments that they've developed using a variety of technologies. 9 students will present one after another during this session.
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12Dynamic Dashboards Using Google Data Studio -- Jennifer Judkins & Jonathan Schmid -- Communicate complex ideas to less data savvy users through data visualization with Google Data Studio. This powerful and free tool can be used to turn spreadsheets into customized, interactive dashboards and reports. Presenters will share examples of how they converted challenging sets of data into actionable, easy to interpret information in the K-12 environment. Essential skills will be shared along with helpful video tutorials and templates to help participants get started.
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13Coding & Making: A Review and Discussion of Tools -- Julie York -- There are so many great tools out there for coding and making in the classroom. This will be a panel discussion/share out of those tools. We'll start with examples and samples from South Portland and create a shared resource together of tools used throughout the state (and who uses them!).
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14Making G Sheets Functional -- Rob Dominick -- Google Sheets is a great way to hold data, but digging through it can sometimes be a pain. Maybe you've entered data in the sheet yourself, or maybe you gathered it remotely through a Google Form. Either way, sometimes that data needs to be organized so it can be sorted through easier. Come learn about a few functions in sheets that will help organize and filter your data!
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15Building Literacy Skills with iPad in K-5 -- Trey Bachner & Ryan Wiggins -- Discover how iPad supports early learning and can help close learning gaps. Explore the built-in features on iPad and a variety of education apps that can build reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Experience creativity apps that help students increase fluency and demonstrate their knowledge in creative and personal ways. (Apple, Inc.)
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16Understanding the User Experience -- Jason Cote -- When you connect devices with a wire, it's very easy for those devices to report that they are functioning properly...but what happens when your users are still having difficulty? Or when the "network is terrible", but reports come in hours or days after they happen? What about random problems that happen on the network...how do you diagnose those? In this session, you will learn about the Aruba User Experience Sensor, and how you can use this device to track down those hard to solve problems and how to design a proactive response to network issues. (Aruba)
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Fri - Oct. 15th - 6:15 - 7:00 pm Workshop Descriptions
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1Bring Augmented Reality to the Classroom with iPad -- Trey Bachner & Ryan Wiggins -- Firsthand experience is one of the most powerful ways to learn. With augmented reality, students can experience just about anything they can imagine. Join us to explore augmented reality apps on iPad that help students connect their learning to the world in new ways. (Apple, Inc.)
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2Privacy Check-Up -- Amanda Nguyen -- Many of us love the power of technology - especially using the internet, but most of us (including our students) would rather not spend a lot of time on figuring out how to protect our digital identity and personal data. Put on your critical thinking cap for a quick game of "Would You Rather?" [Digital Identity & Personal Data edition] and then join a discussion about ways to be start being safer online.
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3How do I do THAT? Data and Feedback in Hybrid Settings -- Anna Bennett & Sarah Theriault -- With so many balls in the air during a hybrid lesson, how on Earth do you keep track of data and provide meaningful feedback? Attendees will learn to organize, manipulate and manage learning outcomes in real time and give effective and efficient feedback.
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4Adding Filmmaking to Your Classroom -- Corinne Altham -- Have you ever wanted to incorporate moving-making into your K-12 classroom, but didn’t know where to start or found yourself doing all the work? School librarian Corinne Altham will share how she’s incorporated film into her classroom using tools like WeVideo, iMovie, Flipgrid and more. Beginners encouraged to come, learn and play with resources.
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5Student Centered Coaching: Transform Your Tech Integration -- Courtney Belolan -- Anchoring tech integration in the needs, and goals, of students brings collaboration with teachers and teams to the next level. Participants will be introduced to the principles of Student Centered Coaching and how the model interfaces with the tech integrator role.
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6Connect with Kami -- Crystal Blais -- Now that we’ve survived learning through a pandemic, and being pushed to learn new and different ways of teaching, what have you walked away wishing you knew? If you’re like me, I learned I needed to work efficiently and in fewer steps. Come learn how Kami can help you do just that! Regardless of your grade level, subject, or even position type, Kami is a tool anyone in education needs to use! Come and learn the basics of how this tool can make your work flow more efficient.
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7Exploring OSMO Masterpiece for Emerging Literacy -- Donna Karno & Melissa Brown -- Have you wondered how to use technology tools with our youngest learners in a way that is developmentally appropriate and supportive of literacy development? This session explores the use of one engaging, versatile tool: OSMO Masterpiece. Together we will consider its integration into and support of emerging literacy skills at the early elementary level.
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8Robotics to Promote Brain-Based Learning & Growth Mindset -- Lori Towle -- Technology offers us an opportunity to innovate and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. This session will guide educators in shifting the mindset to open doors to new avenues of computer science application in schools. Learn how robotics ties into learning and the brain, catapulting a growth mindset through a session that will inspire educators to embrace student curiosity and give insight into pathways for inquiry-based learning and emotional mapping.
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9Engage, Explore, and Create with Minecraft Education Edition -- Erik Wade -- This workshop is an introduction to the integration of Minecraft Education Edition and the basics of using Minecraft. Participants will "play" along with me while we explore the basics of Minecraft and brainstorm ways to that it can be integrated into the classroom. This workshop will be good for the first time Minecraft players, advanced players and everything in between.
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10Swinging with Seesaw -- Jacqueline Durant-Harthorne -- Seesaw is a powerful tool that can accommodate many learning needs and adaptations. Come to this session to learn to create your own templates across all content areas that easily meet the needs of learners. Participants will also see new updates to Seesaw that were released in spring of 2021. They will have time to ask questions and practice these tools. Participants can walk away with templates to use in their classroom on Monday.
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11Content Creation with WeVideo -- Jen Adams & Eric Huntington -- Are you looking for new ways to incorporate the use of video in your classroom regardless of subject area? This session will show you ways in which WeVideo can help you create content that is both educational and engaging to your students K-12 as well as give you some ideas to get started using project-based learning to give students creative freedom through film.
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12Computational Thinking for Social Science Students -- Cameron McDonnell -- After this presentation audience members will have gained an understanding of how social science students have applied a variety of lenses in a course titled Introduction to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Instructor experiences and available research will communicate how Computational Thinking and critical social analyses demonstrate parallel yet distinct frameworks and what opportunities may exist for academic and practical collaboration.
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13Ready to LAUNCH: Bringing Design Thinking to Your Classroom -- Jonathan Werner -- "Design Thinking (DT)" has taken on buzzword status in education; teachers hear "DT" and think "fad," missing that Design Thinking can actually streamline teaching in any subject and can easily be used in any discipline and at every age level. Building on Jon Spencer and A.J. Juliani's great book, "LAUNCH: Using DT to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student," this session will introduce attendees to DT principles and offer a collection of resources to get you ready to LAUNCH.
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14Assessments in Grades 6-12 -- UMF Students with Theresa Overall -- Pre-service teachers from University of Maine Farmington will share their research, ideas, and prototypes of how technology can support learning in middle/secondary English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, and World Languages. Students will share a variety of web-based formative assessment tools and productivity tools for creating project-based summative assessments.
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