Session 1
9:15 am - 10:10 am
9:15 am - 10:10 am
Tailor your learning experience! Choose from a dynamic selection of sessions demonstrating innovative ways to integrate technology into your classroom. Personalize your summit journey with up to 3 sessions.
Facilitator(s): Brisk Teaching
Room: 232
Audience: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, High School, School or Board administration, Non-teaching
Description: Discover how Brisk Teaching can transform your classroom with quick, efficient support! In this session, we’ll introduce you to Brisk’s powerful AI features designed to supercharge lesson planning, grading, and student engagement. Learn how to create dynamic resources in seconds and streamline repetitive tasks, giving you more time to connect with your students. Join us to explore how Brisk can lighten your workload while enhancing the learning experience!
Facilitator(s): Brady Hodge
Room: 237
Audience: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, High School
Description: This session uses Harry Potter as a case study to explore best practices for chapter book read-alouds. Participants will learn how to leverage Curipod AI to enhance engagement and comprehension. The session will also feature brisk student-led activities, 3D printing ideas, and the use of multimedia to bring stories to life. Educators will discover strategies to create deeper meaning and build cross-curricular connections in an efficient, meaningful, and easily accessible way.
Presentation Link: Enhancing Chapter Book Read Alouds
Facilitator(s): Tara Potter
Room: 238
Audience: Junior, Intermediate, High School
Description: Tired of Test Day Surprises? Let Quizizz AI Help You Stay Ahead!
Ever feel confident about your students’ progress, only to have test results tell a different story? With Quizizz AI, you can track real-time, self-marking data to make sure your students are on the right path before test day. It’s easy to use, engaging for students across all grade levels, and takes the guesswork out of assessments. Whether you’re teaching junior grades or up to grade 12, Quizizz AI can help you ensure no student is left behind.
Presentation Link: Ensuring Understanding with Quizizz AI
Facilitator(s): Brett Walker
Room: 239
Audience: Junior, Intermediate, High School
Description: This session will show you how to build an engaging escape room in seconds. Using Quizizz, Google Forms, and Memes, you can make an escape room for any unit of study. By the end of the session, participants will have a functional escape room ready to use on Monday!
Facilitator(s): Heather Bilder
Room: 240
Audience: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, High School, School or Board administration, Non-teaching
Description: Ready to spark student curiosity with the power of AI? This hands-on workshop guides you through the creation of custom AI chatbots in SchoolAI Spaces. Learn to craft effective prompts, design engaging learning experiences, and personalize learning for every student. Explore pre-built Spaces and discover how to gather data and insights to enhance your teaching. Leave with a chatbot ready to implement in your classroom!
Presentation Link: SchoolAI: Creating Custom Chatbots
Facilitator(s): Chris Atkinson
Room: 241
Audience: Primary, Junior, Intermediate, High School, School or Board administration, Non-teaching
Description: Split Data; Conditional Formatting; Substring Isolation; Index-Match; X-Lookup; Remove Duplicates. If you have all of these skills under your belt already, then this workshop is not for you. Otherwise, bring your laptop and let's get hands-on to learn some new spreadsheet skills.
Presentation Link: Spreadsheet Skill Builder
Facilitator(s): Domenico Martino
Room: 242
Audience: Junior, Intermediate, High School
Description: In this hands-on session, educators will explore Google Teachable Machine, a user-friendly tool for building simple AI models without coding. Participants will learn to create models for classifying images, sounds, or poses, making lessons interactive and engaging. By session’s end, each teacher will have built a custom AI model and gained practical ideas for incorporating this powerful tool into their classroom. Perfect for educators looking to introduce AI concepts and inspire student creativity!
Presentation Link: Exploring AI in the Classroom with Google Teachable Machine