Room 2306 (1 hour session) - They are popping up all over the country and for good reason. You can build your Makerspace with high tech and low tech as well. We’ll talk about some must haves in a Makerspace and how to get started with whatever resources you have at your school. Kids love making and creating, and the skills they learn can translate to so many other areas.

Room 2100 (1 hour session) - HyperDocs are interactive Google Docs that have the potential to shift the way you instruct with technology. HyperDocs capture your lesson plans and instructional delivery strategies, allowing students to personalize their exploration of content, collaborate with peers and creatively show what they know. HyperDocs are for educators who are already using Google Apps and are ready to take tech integration to a transformational level. A laptop or Chromebook is required for this session.

Room 2300 (1 hour session) - In this session, you will explore podcasts to consume AND the steps required to create podcasts. You will add podcasts to your professional learning playlist, and you will find ways to clip and curate podcasts as a medium for content delivery. Bring your earbuds and your ideas, and get ready to record! A laptop or Chromebook is required for this session.

Room 2204 - Elementary - Students of all ages love Minecraft because of its open-ended, exploration- and creation-focused environment. Let's take what they love, mix it up with our state standards, and create unique and engaging lessons that our students will enjoy. There is no limit to what students can learn on Minecraft!

Room 2101 - In Sketchnoting, students are the interpreters and creators of visual information through text and drawn images. This presentation gives information about sketch notetaking and provides resources for digital Sketchnoting.

Room 2201 - Secondary - Student EdCamps are a dynamic, student-centered way to offer interactive review for your students while targeting student deficiencies AND offering choice! We'll talk about start to finish set-up and follow-up including HyperDocs, Google Forms, and Flipgrid used for collaborative note-taking and feedback.

Room 1403 - Secondary - We will examine the facets of the Turnitin website and help teachers set up master classes to curate their class load over the course of the year. We will discover the discussion boards and the different types of assignments. Teachers will discover the benefits of the originality checker and the rubric makes.

Room 2502 - During this hands-on session, teachers will #LevELLup with ELLevation and chose content-specific level instructional activities to match differing composite levels for English Learners. Participants should come with fully-charged devices ready to navigate through the instructional features of ELLevation.

Room 1402 - This is a session for teachers who would like to share their ideas or themes of breakout activities with one another (I will share the four I have created, personally) via google drive!!! We will discuss anything and everything to take things up a notch! Many of us have some great ideas or suggestions to make life easier when creating new boxes or updating them. We can create notes/ instructions to help guide all teachers / all subjects when embarking on creating breakout activities

Room 2500 - A quick survey of tips and tools from Google that you can use to create and edit basic graphics for your classes!

Room 2302 - Looking for a new creation tool to use with your students? Discovery Education has released a new builder tool that is available to all teachers and students in GISD. Come check out just a few of the highlights of what you and your students can collaborate, create, and communicate learning.

Room 1404 - Spark Video lets you turn your story into a captivating animated narrated video in just minutes! Teachers and students can create cinema-quality videos and share them with family, friends, and the world!