Session 3 (1:55 - 2:45 pm)

Networking Lounge Sponsored by Click View

Room: 101

Facilitators: Click View

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.

Edmentum - Connection Assessments and Resources for Student Impact 

Room: 103

Presenter: Edmentum

Audience:  6-12

Description: This session will introduce or re-familiarize the audience with the Edmentum suite of products, specifically Exact Path, our adaptive diagnostic and individualized learning plan solution. Topics include using adaptive diagnostics to identify skill gaps, using adaptive individualized learning paths, and providing remediation and acceleration opportunities for students to ensure they are ready for grade-level content. Additionally, we will spotlight our Standards Mastery component of Exact Path, which supports standards-based grade reporting and PSSA assessment readiness. 

Hummingbirds and Design Challenges

Room: 103

Presenter: Sue Allen, Hempfield SD

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

Description: Hummingbird kits from Bird Brain Technologies were used for a design challenge with gifted classes in our middle school and for 7th grade ELA classes. In this session learn more about the hummingbird kit and how they can be used in your class today. How to borrow the kits from the IU13 lending library will be explained as well as ideas on how to get started. 

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Professional Learning Wonderland 

Room: 104

Presenter: Laura Hutelmyer & Kim Phillips, Lower Merion School District

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

Description: These 2 coaches are in their Tech Era…join them to learn about a wonderland of ways to plan high quality embedded professional development challenges that engage busy teachers with careful selection of topics, themes and incentives. There will be a "make + take" component.

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Empowering Student Creativity with End-of-Unit Projects

Room: 105

Presenter: Jacqueline (Jackie) Morrison, School District of Lancaster

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

Description: Participants will be shown different ways teachers can empower students to get creative when showing what they have learned with end-of-unit projects, presentations, or tasks. We will look at student examples, discuss types of rubrics or ways to evaluate projects, and how to celebrate learning. Please bring along a device to use - as you will be getting creative as well!

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Engagement Strategies that Work!

Room: 106A/B

Presenter: Christina Raudenbush and Kelly Santoro, Elizabethtown Area SD

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

Description: How do we support student engagement with a balance of low and high tech methods? Participants will explore engagement strategies to use in all types of contents for all kinds of learners. Leave with an arsenal of innovative strategies you can use tomorrow in class! Coaches will leave with enough resources to run this as a PD session in their district.

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AI for the ELA Classroom

Room: 106C

Presenter: Jennifer Baron, Chester County IU24

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

Description: This workshop is designed for you to explore the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in your ELA classroom. Discover how AI can help you personalize learning, provide targeted feedback, and create your own AI projects to engage your students as it relates to your content area.

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Bring the (STE)ELS Standards to Life Through Real-World Experiences and Technology

Room: 106D

Presenter: Jason Zimmerman, Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13

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

Description: Unlock innovative approaches to implement the Environmental Literacy & Sustainability standards (part of STEELS) using technology. This workshop focuses on how to explore authentic, local environmental issues.

The presentation will be co-presented by Jason Zimmerman & Stroud Water Research Center. 

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Hexagonal Thinking: Building Connections and Facilitating Discussion

Room: 106E

Presenter: Jessica Trimble and Michelle Rennix, Manheim Central SD

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

Description: Hexagonal thinking can be used in any subject area with any age group. Whether students are making novel connections, looking at historical events, learning new vocabulary, analyzing characters, or looking at equations, students are using critical thinking skills to debate and provide evidence to support their reasoning. Students work to visually connect a series of ideas or words written on paper or digital hexagons around a theme. Hexagonal thinking requires students to establish and explain connections around a given concept.

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Is This Thing On? Engaging ALL Students with Podcasts

Room: 110

Presenter: Mauree Jolda, School District of Lancaster

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

Description: With the podcast industry projecting to reach 100 million listeners in the U.S. alone by 2024, this story-telling medium has our attention and is a versatile tool to build engagement in the classroom.  We will explore various resources available to help teachers explore and utilize podcasts during instruction as well as ways to empower students to create their own podcasts and share their voices.

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IMS Lending Library Playground

Room: 111

Presenter: None

Audience: Everyone

Description: This self-paced session provides participants the opportunity to explore a variety of Computer Science tools and equipment available in the IMS Lending Library, and interact with other educators to brainstorm hands-on classroom uses for integrating Computer Science and STEELS standards. By the end of the session, participants will be certified to borrow the IMS Lending Materials that they explored during the session. 

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