Session 2 (11:10 - 11:55)

Networking Lounge Sponsored by Click View

Room: 101

Facilitators: Mike Honiball and Emma Tlapek

Audience:  Everyone

Description: The Networking Lounge can be used as a time to process information from sessions you have attended, connect with teachers from other districts, time to debrief with your colleagues, or time to create materials and/or lessons from the information presented at a session.  This room is provided by our Platinum Sponsor, ClickView. If you want to explore what ClickView has to offer, they are available all day in the Networking Lounge.

Educating for Employability and Postsecondary Success with EVERFI

Room: 102

Presenter: Lauren Kopecki, EVERFI

Audience:  6-12, High School (9-12)

Description: Are your students equipped with the critical life skills they need to thrive beyond the classroom? EVERFI provides educators with engaging, online learning resources in topics such as financial literacy, digital literacy/citizenship, STEM readiness, entrepreneurship, career readiness, and more. Each course is standards-aligned and free of charge to schools. EVERFI courses help tackle the career and college preparedness issues facing students today. Participants will learn how to integrate EVERFI's free, online courses to work in their classrooms to enhance current curriculum and student engagement.

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Developing Receptive and Productive Language Skills in All Subjects

Room: 103

Presenter: Daniel Kaufmann and Jess Gorfti, Wilson School District

Audience:  6-12, Leadership/Administration, Online/Cyber Learning (K-12 Cyber Educators)

Description: This session will take participants through a variety of routines that they can easily implement in their classroom. The routines will highlight how students can deepen their understanding when there is a focus on communication.

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Building a School Community (and beyond) Through Technology

Room: 105

Presenter: Amanda Funk, School District of Lancaster

Audience:  6-12

Description: Come check out the new and improved Flip (formerly Flipgrid) from Microsoft and learn how to specifically use the free program to build relationships within your classroom, school, community, and beyond! This hands on station style session will allow you to be in charge of your learning! Bring some headphones if that is how you learn best or collaborate with others! Having an iPad or tablet to scan a QR code would be ideal but a laptop works well too!

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Using Discovery Education and Free Resources to Prepare College and Career Readiness Lessons

Room: 106A

Presenter: Liz Lubeskie, Manheim Central School District

Audience:  6-12, Leadership/Administration, Instructional/Tech Coaches

Description: Discovery Education has many parternships with quality FREE programs that can be used for college and career lesson plans and artifacts to meet state requirements. Discovery Education channels and curated resource lists will be shared and time will be provided to investigate these resources. 

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Meshing the Worlds of UDL and Assistive Technology: The Limitless Possibilities

Room: 106B

Presenter: Allison Hausman and Hannah Futer, Warwick School District

Audience:  6-12

Description: This presentation will discuss the values in Universal Design for Learning and how assistive technology can benefit all learners within the classroom. This presentation will be from the perspective and experiences of special educators. 

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Conjuring Creativity

Room: 106C

Presenter: Abbey Lichtenberg and Nicole Bond, Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12

Audience:  Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), Leadership/Administration, Online/Cyber Learning (K-12 Cyber Educators)

Description: Creativity is challenging to define and support in the classroom. It can often be perceived as 'nebulous' or 'impossible to grade,' but participants will leave this session with some strategies and processes for supporting creativity in the classroom including Computational Thinking, Design Thinking, Engineering Design, and Divergent Thinking processes and strategies. Participants will discover a variety of processes and strategies to conjure creativity in the classroom and leave with knowledge and resources on processes which drive creativity in students.

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What's New From Apple Education

Room: 106D

Presenter: Apple Education

Audience:  6-12, Leadership/Administration

Description: Great teachers and powerful technology are a powerful combination. Apple is proud to make products that unleash the potential in every student. Learn about the newest Apple products, tools, and programs for education that will accelerate student success and spark creativity in every learner.

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Take Note: Designing Digital Interactive Notebooks

Room: 106E

Presenter: Jennifer Baron, Chester County Intermediate Unit 24

Audience:  Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), Online/Cyber Learning (K-12 Cyber Educators)

Description: Trade in pencil and paper note taking for an interactive, engaging learning experience. This session will focus on using Google Slides to replace traditional note taking methods and adapt paper handouts for dynamic and responsive activities. Some of the benefits we will explore include: increasing cognitive, social, and behavioral rigor, infusing dynamic media, and differentiation. By the end of the session, you will walk away with a functional, editable template that you can use right away. 

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OZOBOT FUN in the Math & Science Classroom

Room: 108

Presenter: Judy Trusz, Lancaster Lebanon IU13

Audience:  Middle School (6-8)

Description: Code, Play & Learn! Many engaging math and/or science lessons that correlate with CCSS Standards and utilize Ozobots are available in the Ozobot Classroom online for free! Come to this session to learn basics of color and block coding, be introduced to many math & science lessons, and learn how to code WITHOUT an Ozobot using virtual challenges! 

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Esports on a Shoestring Budget

Room: 110

Presenter: Becky Mauser and Melissa Whitman, Nazareth Area School District

Audience:  Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12), Esports (Middle/High School)

Description: Getting starting with an eSports team at your school does not have to be expensive or just for high school. In this session, you will hear how to collaborate with key people in your school to affordably launch eSports, and inspire students to think of it as more than gaming. We will wrap up with the positive SEL coming from this as well.

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