Ignite Sessions

Missy Halcott- Connect-Finding your Birds of a Feather

This ignite session will examine the power of connecting yourself and your students with other students, classrooms, and a global audience. It also emphasizes the importance for all educators to develop a professional learning network. I am a former 3, 5, 6 grade teacher and K-5 technology integrator and a current middle school technology integrator.

Kerin Steigerwalt - Develop - The Treasure that You Seek

Have you ever wondered what you could do if there were no obstacles in your path? While we tend to work tirelessly developing our students and our colleagues, we rarely get a chance to develop ourselves as fully as we would wish, but that's what Summit is all about! I'm a 7th grade language arts teacher at Springhouse Middle School in Parkland School District, which is near Allentown, PA.

Ben Smith - Develop - The Culture and Climate in a STEM Classroom

Thinking about STEM or Makerspaces? Before you look at tools, you need to consider the culture and climate of the space! After that, anything is possible. I am mostly a physics teacher at Red Lion Area HS in York, PA. I also teach Engineering and run our TV Studio.

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Dianne Krause - Lead - Living Outside the Comfort Zone

My name is Dianne Krause, I'm an Instructional Technology Specialist, an educator, a lifelong learner and I'm going to talk to you a little bit about living outside the comfort zone. It truly is where the magic happens.

Sara Heintzelman - Advocate

This ignite highlights how you can be an advocate by standing up, speaking up, and sharing out the work you do with others. As a special education teacher at a school that serves students with emotional and behavioral disorders, I often work with students who simply needed an advocate to be successful.