Keynote Speaker:              Dr. Katrina Adkins

A turn-key academic esports program for schools

Competition: The nation’s premier K-12 esports league on America’s safest competition platform

Curriculum: An award-winning, standards-based curriculum with full professional development

Career & College Readiness: Career exploration and game development courses, workforce internships, college scholarships and more!

Deliver immersive and interactive learning experiences for tomorrow’s workforce, today.

zSpace applications engage students in standards-based learning experiences that align with the curriculum. Students construct knowledge and understanding of concepts across multiple curriculum areas with a strong focus on STEM subjects.

Sphero transforms the way kids PK–12 learn with a fun, comprehensive approach to STEAM (that's STEM + Art) and computer science. Our coding robots, design-and-build kits, curriculum, and engaging lessons and activities encourage exploration, imagination, and perseverance. 

Do you want your students to truly love science? National Geographic Learning will provide strategies and lab activities that incorporate authentic visuals, hands-on experiences, and interaction with the work of current explorers. You will leave with lab activities to put right into practice to inspire that life-long love of science. 

Learn about Typesy, the only keyboarding program with TEKS aligned content. 

Using the Engineering Design Process to Understand the New Instructional Shifts

Great Minds®, the public benefit corporation behind Eureka Math® TEKS Edition, introduces PhD Science® TEKS Edition to support high-quality science instruction. In this hands-on workshop, participants identify and explore the instructional shifts outlined in the new TEKS. Throughout the session, participants have the opportunity to experience the learning through the eyes of their students while they work through the six steps of the Engineering Design Process where they will ask, imagine, plan and test a solution to a real-world problem.

Savvas provides K-12 education curriculum and digital learning solutions for students and educators.

Advanced Technologies Consultants

AI - Robotics and Future Ready Skills 

We will take a look at some case studies of local colleges and high schools and how they are preparing their students for the latest technology with skills from industry for industry 

Revolutionizing Career Readiness through EdTech: Unlocking the Potential of STEM Education 

The session will explore the intersection of STEM education and career readiness, and how innovative EdTech solutions can bridge the gap between the two. The talk will highlight the importance of STEM skills in today's job market and the challenges that students face in translating their STEM knowledge into successful careers. The presentation will also showcase how EdTech tools and platforms can help students acquire the necessary skills, experience, and confidence to succeed in their chosen career paths. Through real-world examples, the audience will gain insights into the latest trends in EdTech for career readiness and how they can leverage these technologies to prepare their students for the jobs of the future.

Up, Up, and Away! with HMH STEM 

Watch student achievement SOAR in Math and Science! Propel learners to achieve success in math through adaptable instruction, personalized pathways, embedded support, and more data insight. And, for Science - BREAK THE CODE of the new Science TEKS with hands-on, FUNomenal activities. With HMH's Best-in-Class educator support, conditions are CLEAR FOR TAKEOFF for STEM.

Unlocking Potential Through Inspiration, Inquiry and Innovation

What learning experiences do you remember most?  We all remember engaging, inspiring and meaningful experiences.  Let’s build a classroom where students dream, create, problem solve and make connections to the real world, inspiring pathways for potential and passion. Learning is an organic experience intended to inspire students to become lifelong, future-ready thinkers.  Unlocking the process of innovation and problem-solving will build cross curricular experiences for students through an innovation mindset.  

STEMscopes by Accelerate Learning Inc.

Code-a-Card (and MUCH more with STEMscopes and Bitsbox coding)

Bring technology into every classroom using the IDEA lesson model (Illuminate, Do, Extend, Assess). No matter the coding experience level, students will use real-world typed JavaScript coding to design and build their own apps to share on any device. Coding provides constructivist pedagogy and facilitation to support and integrate with core subjects: science, math, computer technology, and ELA.

No prior coding experience is required! You will receive additional coding resources to help you put the “T” in your STEM classroom. 

The Impact of Scholastic Esports on Student Engagement 

PlayVs looks to support your efforts to increase engagement and achievement as well as have an impact on college and career readiness for your campus and district. 

Integrating STEAM & Prototyping Into All Content! 

Teachers have VERY full plates, and it can be difficult to add more to what they're already doing in the classroom. But what if we can find relevant ways to make connections to STEM, and create opportunities for students to build & prototype in our regular content? Come to this collaborative session where we will talk about feasible ways that you can foster an environment of connection and creativity in your class, and increase engagement among your students! 

GO BEYOND> with TAMIU Online

A 100% online master's degree from Texas A&M International University empowers you with essential knowledge and skills to advance your personal and professional goals.

Kiddom drives K-12 school performance. The highest-quality curriculum combined with teaching tools to make your classroom more efficient and effective. 

DMAC supports and maintains 20 pieces of web-based software to help districts and charter schools (K-12 and ONLY  in Texas!) with local assessments, data analysis, assessments, student documentation, progress monitoring, curriculum planning, appraisals and more.  

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Department of Defense (DoD) mission is to enhance the readiness of the DoD workforce and ensure the nation's security through leveraging the pillars of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility and optimizing diverse talent in support of the Joint Warfighter. 

High School Esports League was founded in 2012 and remains the largest and longest-running competitive gaming organization for high school students. We harness students’ passion for video games through organized competition and academics, resulting in better engagement, better GPAs, and better attendance, all while competing for college scholarships every season.