Sessions

Translating MAPs for Student Success with ILPs

Jenny MacGregor

7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher

Windlake Academy

Room: 211

Resource: Presentation

Using the new MAPs Student Profile to communicate effectively with students, "translating" both the information about testing trends and skills to develop. How to effectively conference with students to give them ownership of their developing skills, and giving students the tools they need to be successful in an Individual Learning Plan.

Integrating Technology with Peer Revisions

Shentel Manresa

High School English Teacher

Veritas High School

Room: 210

Resource: Presentation

If you are looking for ways to shake up the way you do peer revisions on assessments, this session may have some ideas to help. In this session, we will briefly discuss Screencstify (a way to record audio and video for feedback). The majority of the time will be spent on the uses of and setting up Autocrat, a Google Form extension that automatically sends responses to each student. To get the fullest out of this session, it would be helpful if each you brought questions you might ask students during peer revisions.

Be a Better Flipping Teacher

Kenn Zolltheis

7th and 8th Grade English Teacher

Windlake Academy

Room: 229

Resource: Folder

I will show how I have created flipped lessons in order to achieve better results in my language arts classroom. You will learn by having hands on experience with a flipped lesson.

Google Forms for EE

Tiffany Blease

High School Art Teacher

Grandview High School

Room: 227

Resource: Examples

Need a way to quickly document communication, have students take a pretest/post test or take a student survey? This session will give you some resources and example of how to do such.

Organize Your (& Your Students') Life with Google Keep

Kaitlyn Wright

Tech Lady

Seeds of Health

Room: 228

Resource: Presentation

Ditch the Post-It notes and stop writing reminders on your hand. Instead, be reminded when you show up somewhere what you needed to do, take notes from any device, and share with others to make them do your to-do list. Come learn how!

Globalizing Your Classroom: Tech Tools and Resources

Joe Neman

High School English Teacher

Veritas High School

Room: 211

Resource: Presentation

Tear down the walls of your classroom and bring the world to you and your students! Our earth is increasingly small, with a globalized economy, ever-changing technology, instant communication, and complex international issues. This session will provide a ton of tools and resources on how to teach our young people to investigate their world, understand different perspectives, communicate with diverse audiences, and take effective action on issues that matter.

Google Sheets- Analyzing Test Scores and Surveys

Carly Anderson

High School Math Teacher

Veritas High School

Room: 210

Resource: Worksheet

This session will be similar to the Google Sheets one from last year, except with less math emphasis and more emphasis on general tips that all teachers could use. We will learn various tips and tricks for how to get Google Sheets to do calculations and graphs for you when it comes to analyzing data, specifically data like MAP scores and other test scores.

Video Tools for the Classroom

Jamie Wang

High School English Teacher

Grandview High School

Room: 229

Resource: Presentation

Work smarter, not harder by using video tools that aid teachers, engage students, and differentiate your classroom. This session will show you how to do student led video announcements, video assignments, video reflections, video revisions, and much more. Teachers can use the materials to flip their classroom, provide extra explanations and materials for their students, and provide videos of lessons for students who were absent.

ABCD: Ahh! Better Classroom Discussions

Joan Pike

High School English Teacher

Veritas High School

Room: 227

Resource: Presentation

Encourage better classroom discussions using online tools like Padlet, Google Classroom, Flipgrid, or Blogger. Plus a bonus low-tech option: Chat Stations.

So You Think You Know It All? I'll Take That Bet...

Kaitlyn Wright

Dorky Tech Person

Seeds of Health

Room: 228

Resource: What? You think I'm a fool? I'll post that after I'm done- I'm not grading tests! Presentation

What? You know what all these other presentations are about? I bet I can show you something new. If you manage to leave without something new, I'll grade your next set of tests...