Ballroom A

Joe & Kristin Merrill, Featured Speaker

Description: Joe and Kristin Merrill are elementary educators with a heart for interACTIVE learning. Learn how to connect with students of any age within any content area. Discover how using features like interactive media, drawing, audio recordings, Immersive Reader, and many more can provide opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning and while helping students connect to their learning community. In addition to fostering student creativity, spend time designing and learning how to utilize Buncee from the perspective of a teacher in ways that will help you connect with parents and the community as a whole.

Target Audience: All

Ballroom B

Description: Esports continues to grow in Nebraska and has grown from 8 schools to over 50 in just 3 years. See live action and watch area schools compete in SMITE and Super Smash Bros. During the matches you will experience first hand the communication, teamwork, strategy, and sportsmanship these students consistently exhibit. Matches will be streamed live on the Nebraska Esports Association’s twitch channel with students running the computers and commentating. Stroll through this in-person esports tournament, and stop by the Nebraska Esports Association's table to chat with players and coaches.

Target Audience: All

Ballroom 201

Joe Smysor, Kincaid IT (V)

Description: Google Workspace for Education Plus helps you get the most out of your Google Workspace domain and has tools for security, teaching and learning, and communication. Join us as we discuss how you can use these tools to improve your organization’s security posture, enhance your digital classroom, and better manage your data and domain.

Target Audience: All

Ballroom 203

Lenny VerMaas

Description: Number Strings, Slow Reveal Graphs, Which One Doesn’t Belong, Picture equations, Cube conversations, Splat and activities from Mathisfigureoutable are a few of the sites which we will experience. See how these low floor, high ceiling activities can provide large dividends to help students learn math, develop problem solving strategies, flexibility, and differentiate learning for students who need additional practice as well as those who are ready for more challenges. http://bit.ly/lennyvroutines

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

Ballroom 204

Heather Callihan, Northwest Public Schools

Description: Let's dig a little deeper into some of the hidden gems and features of Google tools you never knew or maybe just haven't used. Resources, including templates will be shared.

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

205

Mindy Romero, Macking (V)

Description: Diverse book collections are important devices for learning about the world around us. They help us understand each other and provide tools for teaching social justice. Attendees will learn reasons supplementing libraries to become more diverse is essential in fostering a culture of tolerance and empathy for the human experience.

Target Audience: All

206

Eileen Heller, ESU 3
Kate Carlson, ESU 3
Bridget Brown, Westside Community Schools

Description: Open-ended creation tools give students a space to demonstrate their learning. They can capture their voice, record video, and tell the story of their learning through visuals. Along the way they will learn digital skills such as editing, reiterating, and sharing. Drop into this session to see how students at Westside Community Schools use the free Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) tools to foster their creative communication skills. We'll look at how your district and teachers can get students started designing and sharing learning.

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

207

Dustin Frank, KCAV (V)

Description: Audiovisual technologies and IT have converged, making the need for a trusted AV partner more important than ever. Come find out how integrating audiovisual in your district with a trusted AV partner can pay off for you with big dividends. Find out what goes into creating quality AV spaces in our school districts – classrooms, conference rooms, common spaces, gymnasiums, and multi-use areas. What variables are important when designing AV systems for various types of spaces? Ask questions, gather ideas, and see examples of solutions being integrated in schools throughout Nebraska.

Target Audience: All

208

Brian Wojcik, Kim Bowen, Stacey Hauser, & Jeri Johnson, Assistive Technology Partnership Education Program

Description: The AT Playground provides a hands-on opportunity for educators to explore a variety of technologies to create universally designed environments for all students and/or individualized supports children & students (ages birth - 21) receiving Special Education services across the State. Experienced AT Specialists will be on hand to help answer any questions you might have about the assistive technology solutions. All devices on the playground are available as short-term loans to education professionals through EDUCATION.AT4ALL.COM. Come explore the possibilities!

Target Audience: All

209

Michelle Boyce & Jessica Weber, Bellevue Public Schools

Description: Using sports, like soccer, to relate to the confusing world of coding has opened the door for many students to find success in the world of computer science. European footballers have been using Sphero Bolts for years to connect with the communities in a "player to student" outreach. For the first time, we are using it in the United States. BPS is the only district in the world using Sphero Sports. We would love to share with you what it looks like to play a coded game of soccer, or a not coded game of soccer!

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

210

Andy Boell, Northeast Nebraska Network Consortium

Description: Cyber security is becoming more of a serious concern for all Internet users and even more difficult for organizations to adequately protect against. Fortunately, there are many resources freely available for school districts to use as tools to increase protection. This session will go over many of the free resources that individuals can use to protect themselves, teachers can use to educate students and technical and school administration can use to bolster their cyber security arsenal.

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

211

Lynn Kleinmeyer, Grant Wood AEA

Description: Creativity in the classroom often builds upon existing resources. But how do we help our students navigate creativity in a way that respects others’ intellectual property? Through the modeling and practice of conscientious creativity! Join me as we explore the intersection of creation and copyright and discover what educators should know.

Target Audience: Intermediate

Session Resource

212

Apple Education

Description: Join us for a hands-on session using iPad and come learn how having students create things can be very effective and helpful in the midst of trauma. Using creative, mindful ideas or projects can help students express how they might be feeling. Walk away feeling empowered to try new ideas in your classroom immediately. iPads will be available for use during this session.

Target Audience: All

213

Shelly Mowinkel, Milford Jr/Sr High School

Description: I teach technology, there should be no way I feel the “technology burnout” but yet I do! There are days I want my students to be creative with just a pencil, box of colors, or piece of paper. From my experience, I realized students need a flexible mindset and opportunities to enhance their creativity skills without the use of technology. In this session, I will share ideas and demonstrate how I create innovative lessons. Participants will walk away not only being inspired but also with 10 helpful ways to create with LITTLE to NO technology.

Target Audience: All

Session Resource

214

Paul Lindgren & Matt Lee, Westside Community Schools

Description: This session will detail how one district automates the measurement of their teachers’ satisfaction with key technology services, automatically visualizes the data for analysis, and takes action when problems are revealed.

Target Audience: Intermediate

215

Jen Prasch, Millard South High School & Linda Ward, Neihardt Elementary

Description: Librarians and Teachers wear many Hats! In this presentation, you will walk away with many ideas for collaboration, tech tools, and engaging events for both staff and students!

Target Audience: All

216

Kelly Kenny & Crys Bauermeister, NSLA

Description: Using the connections from our local communities can be a powerful learning tool for our students. See first hand examples of establishing and using community connections. Learn how fellow librarians have utilized partnerships within their communities to enhance and enrich student learning.

Target Audience: All