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Breakout Block 4 - 8:20-9:20 AM (June 10)
Breakout Block 4 - 8:20-9:20 AM (June 10)
60-Minute Sessions
Stop Motion Video: Integrating Inquiry, Joy, and PBL in 5 Simple Steps (K-12)
Stop Motion Video: Integrating Inquiry, Joy, and PBL in 5 Simple Steps (K-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Abby Carlson, APS Curriculum and Instruction
In this interactive session for K-12 educators, participants will engage with 5 simple steps to develop a stop-motion video project for joyful learning in core content, genius hour, or gifted courses. Please bring a mobile device (smartphone, iPad, etc) that has the free app "Stop Motion Studio, by Cateater LLC"
Room: 101A Alternate time: June 9 @ 12:50-1:50 PM in room 103
Everyone's a Comedian: Authentic Speaking, Listening, & Writing Using Stand-Up Comedy (6-12)
Everyone's a Comedian: Authentic Speaking, Listening, & Writing Using Stand-Up Comedy (6-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Marissa Bannerman, APS EdTech
Take a field trip outside your comfort zone! In this interactive session, we will work through the writing process to develop, revise, and perform stand-up comedy bits. You’ll leave with materials and suggestions for classroom applications. No experience necessary and introverts are welcome!
Room: 102A
Podcasts: A New Tool for Assessment (6-12)
Podcasts: A New Tool for Assessment (6-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Brandy Sarver, Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative Schools
Attendees will learn how to create a Podcast Project to use as an assessment tool through the online website Anchor.fm which publishes directly to Spotify.
Room: 103 Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 3:00 -4:00 PM in room 103
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Using Movement to Improve Learning (K-5)
Using Movement to Improve Learning (K-5)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Margaret Hornbeck, Monte Vista Elementary
Do you want to get students up and moving in the classroom? Do you want students to feel excited about the subject that you are teaching? This session will help give you some ideas on how to use your subject to incorporate movement safely into the classroom. Come on in and have some fun. I'm excited to see you at my session!
Room: 111 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 10:30- 11:00 AM in room 111 (30-minute session)
SeeSaw Secrets (K-5)
SeeSaw Secrets (K-5)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Kelly Mitchell, APS EdTech
Seesaw Secrets will unlock the most efficient and creative ways to get students engaged in learning, provide voice and choice or learning and enhance classroom curriculum. Join me in learning my most valued Seesaw tools that will get your students moving and talking! Bring your device so you can create along with me and leave ready for the next school year.
Room: 112
Beyond the Blue Bin: Reimagining Recycling as an Arts and Innovation Project for the Classroom (K-12)
Beyond the Blue Bin: Reimagining Recycling as an Arts and Innovation Project for the Classroom (K-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Mali Nichols-Byll, Coordinated School Health Student, Family, and Community Support Division
This session will cover how to build lesson plans around recycling as art, life science, and engineering project-based learning for the students. We will think of creative and innovative ways to recycle that inspire students to reduce, reuse, and recycle in meaningful ways. You will leave this session with lesson plans and resources to implement this knowledge into any grade and for any subject.
Room: 113
The "Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How" of Guided Reading in Elementary Classrooms (K-5)
The "Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How" of Guided Reading in Elementary Classrooms (K-5)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Holly Tyler, Adobe Acres Elementary
This session will answer the 5W questions about guided reading in an elementary school classroom, specifically focusing on resources for leveling students, what to do with data and how to plan this type of small group. This workshop will also allow attendees to write a lesson using a leveled text to be shared on a virtual platform in the future.
Room: 114
Making Digital Citizenship Engaging with EdTech Tools (K-12)
Making Digital Citizenship Engaging with EdTech Tools (K-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Christina Nunez, APS EdTech
The 6 main areas of digital citizenship from Common Sense Media are: 1. Media Balance and Well Being, 2. Privacy and Security, 3. Digital Footprint and Identity, 4. Relationships and Communication, 5. Cyberbullying/ Digital Drama/ Hate Speech, and 6. News and Media Literacy. Come see how EdTech tools can be used in each of these content areas covering how to implement each area in creative and collaborative ways. Attendees will leave with templates and creative ideas that can be implemented immediately into instruction.
Room: 201 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 9:30- 10:30 AM in room 201
Promoting Play with Foundational Skills (K-5)
Promoting Play with Foundational Skills (K-5)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Maggie Carrillo, APS Curriculum and Instruction
Games and wordplay activities are great ways to bolster foundational skills with little ones as they learn to read! In this session, play along with a couple of games that you can take back to your little ones to support their literacy development along with resources to further explore!
Room: 202 Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 3:00- 4:00 PM in room 202
Virtual Session: Visible In Our Jobs (K-12)
Virtual Session: Visible In Our Jobs (K-12)
8:20 - 9:20 AM
Bren Viiter, Albuquerque Public Schools
Join this virtual round table discussion to share your experience of what it is like to be an LGBTQIA+ adult in education.
Link: Please register to receive session link
Virtual Session: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors: Bilingual Literature for a Culturally Responsive Classroom (K-12)
Virtual Session: Windows, Mirrors, and Doors: Bilingual Literature for a Culturally Responsive Classroom (K-12)
8:20 AM - 9:20 AM
Emmy Tither and Marleen Linares-González, University of New Mexico Latin American and Iberian Institute
What is culturally-responsive literature? How can we identify it and incorporate it into a bilingual classroom? This presentation and workshop by UNM’s Latin American and Iberian Institute will aid educators in recognizing the characteristics and importance of integrating culturally-responsive bilingual literature into the classroom for learners of all ages, as well as provide free and classroom-ready resources.
Link: Please register to receive session link
Alternate time: In-person session on June 9 @ 10:00-11:00 AM in room 101A
Breakout Block 5 - 9:30-11:00 AM (June 10)
Breakout Block 5 - 9:30-11:00 AM (June 10)
90-Minute Sessions
Exploring Perspectives Through Screenplay (6-12)
Exploring Perspectives Through Screenplay (6-12)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Marissa Bannerman, APS EdTech
In this interactive session, you'll learn basic tools and conventions of screenwriting, how to use Google tools to do it in the classroom, and how using this medium can deepen student understanding of cultures, events, and perspectives.
Room: 102A
Fostering Spirited Connections (K-12)
Fostering Spirited Connections (K-12)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Anna Kay, APS Curriculum and Instruction
This interactive session will give K-12 educators the opportunity to experience various hands-on, engaging, relationship-building activities that they can utilize in their own learning communities. Participants will also have access to a 25 minute planning time, during which they will use provided resources and one another's expertise to create their own list of relationship-building activities designed for their group of students. Let's connect through play!
Room: 103 Alternate Time: Thursday, June 9 @ 10:00 -11:30 in room 103
From Drama To Empowerment: Ways to Manage and Reduce Conflict in the Workplace, Classroom, and More! (K-12)
From Drama To Empowerment: Ways to Manage and Reduce Conflict in the Workplace, Classroom, and More! (K-12)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Edie Quintana, APS Special Education Behavior Analytic Team
Based on the work of Stephan Karpman and David Emerald Womeldorff, this presentation will explore the Drama Triangle, what it is, the roles we play, as well as strategies to shift to the Empowerment Triangle. By changing perspectives of the roles of Victim, Rescuer, and Persecutor to those of Creator, Coach, and Challenger, participants will leave with specific resources for managing conflict in the workplace, classroom, and personal lives. This shift creates the opportunity for a change in mindset, increases the ability to work towards the desired outcomes, and generate greater awareness in managing and reducing conflict.
Room: 101A
Spice Up the Learning! (K-12)
Spice Up the Learning! (K-12)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Susan Schipull & Kate Porterfield, Wilson Middle School-Wildcat Blooms Garden
In this fun, interactive session, participants will describe the difference between herbs and spices, use their senses to compare fresh and dried herbs, and prepare their own seasoning mix in a fun culinary challenge. What a great way to introduce an exploration of the culinary and medicinal uses of herbs and spices in world cultures or to explore the role of herbs and spices in world trade through the ages.
Room: 113
Virtual Session: Deconstructing Safe Zones (K-12)
Virtual Session: Deconstructing Safe Zones (K-12)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Bren Vitter, Albuquerque Public Schools
A discussion about the barriers to creating inclusive and safe schools for LGBTQ+ students and educators due to the invisibility of identity. Attendees can expect to leave with a deeper understanding of the nuances of the LGBTQIA+ experience in schools and ways to increase allyship and visibility in classrooms and schools.
Link: Please register to receive session link
60-Minute Sessions
Canva Next Level Tools for Student Engagement (K-12)
Canva Next Level Tools for Student Engagement (K-12)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Kelly Mitchell, APS EdTech
Canva is a web-based creative platform that syncs with Google Classroom to unlock possibilities for all learners. Create and assign meaningful projects that will allow learners to demonstrate their knowledge in a multitude of ways all on one platform!
Room: 112
Supporting Recently-Arrived English Learners (K-12)
9:30 AM - 10:25 AM
Brandon Baca, Dina Raheem, Mohammad Ismail, and Eric Ndaheba, APS Refugee & Newcomer Support Program
Educators will learn about refugees, immigrants, and asylees. They will learn about their strengths and challenges in accessing equitable education. Participants will learn about resources they can utilize at APS and in the community.
Room: 114 Alternate time: Thursday, June 9 @ 10:00-10:55 AM in room 114
Making Digital Citizenship Engaging with EdTech Tools (K-12)
Making Digital Citizenship Engaging with EdTech Tools (K-12)
9:30 - 10:30 AM
Christina Nunez, APS EdTech
The 6 main areas of digital citizenship from Common Sense Media are 1. Media Balance and Well Being, 2. Privacy and Security, 3. Digital Footprint and Identity, 4. Relationships and Communication, 5. Cyberbullying/ Digital Drama/ Hate Speech, and 6. News and Media Literacy. Come see how EdTech tools can be used in each of these content areas covering how to implement each area in creative and collaborative ways. Attendees will leave with templates and creative ideas that can be implemented immediately into instruction.
Room: 201 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 8:20- 9:20 AM in room 201
Prewriting Strategies to Promote Vibrant Writing (K-5)
Prewriting Strategies to Promote Vibrant Writing (K-5)
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Maggie Carrillo, APS Curriculum and Instruction
In this session, explore and discuss strategies to try with young writers (K-5) before putting pen to paper. These strategies give students opportunities to explore their topics and build vocabulary to make their writing come alive!
Room: 202
30-Minute Sessions
Using Movement to Improve Learning (K-5)
Using Movement to Improve Learning (K-5)
10:30 -11:00 AM
Margaret Hornbeck, Monte Vista Elementary
Do you want to get students up and moving in the classroom? Do you want students to feel excited about the subject that you are teaching? This session will help give you some ideas on how to use your subject to incorporate movement safely into the classroom. Come on in and have some fun. I'm excited to see you at my session!
Room: 111 Alternate time: Friday, June 10 @ 8:20-9:20 AM in room 111 (60-minute session)
Stronger Together: Utilizing Family Engagement and Families Connected to Empower and Enliven the Home-School Learning Connection! (K-12)
Stronger Together: Utilizing Family Engagement and Families Connected to Empower and Enliven the Home-School Learning Connection! (K-12)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Benjamin Barlow, APS Coordinated School Health Department, Family Engagement and Families Connected Unit
This session will cover why family engagement must be integrated into all school plans and share information about unit training offerings and technical assistance visits to build school teams' capacities to engage families, how to utilize Families Connected video content to build families' capacities to engage, and an adult learning activity to reinforce the learning. Attendees will have an opportunity to sign up for technical assistance and STEP PD during the session.
Room: 114 Alternate times: Thursday, June 9 @ 11:00 -11:30 AM in room 114
Virtual Session: Albuquerque Public Schools Bilingual and Multicultural Education Programs (K-12)
Virtual Session: Albuquerque Public Schools Bilingual and Multicultural Education Programs (K-12)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Emily Key, Jessica Villalobos, Richard Cisneros, Rachel Altobelli, Departments of Language and Cultural Equity + Instructional Materials
Attendees will learn about Albuquerque Public School Bilingual and Multicultural Education Programs and how they amplify, embolden, and honor student voices. These programs provide students of APS with the opportunity to utilize their heritage language in academic discourse and also build cross-linguistic connections in English Language acquisition.
Link: Please register to receive session link
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