Conference Schedule

7:30 - 8:00 AM Day of Registration

8:00 - 8:10 AM Attendee Check In

8:15 - 8:30 AM Conference Welcome

On-Demand Support Opens

8:35 - 9:20 AM Session 1 and On-Demand Learning

9:25 - 10:10 AM Session 2 and On-Demand Learning

10:15 - 11:00 AM Session 3 and On-Demand Learning

11:05 - 11:50 AM Session 4 and On-Demand Learning

11:50 - 12:00 PM Evaluation, Closing & Raffle

Session Types

Come & Create - 45 minutes

Hands-on environment for teaching, learning, and practicing new concepts, strategies, or software.


Listen & Learn - 45 minutes

Session where engagement meets lecture! Presenters of this session will combine a lecture with engaging and interactive elements.


T3 Canvas Sessions - 45 minutes

Live sessions presented by the Technology Training Team (T3) on Canvas content.


On-Demand Learning - 45 minutes

Previously recorded Technology Training Team sessions accompanied.


Session Descriptions & Join Links

Note: Zoom links and Session Resources will be posted on Saturday, January 22nd.

Session 1 - 8:35 AM - 9:20 AM

Assistive Technology: SETT Framework & IEP Documentation

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn Session

The SETT Framework helps teams gather and organize information to guide collaborative Assistive Technology decision-making. It helps teams make decisions about devices and services that foster the educational success of students with disabilities. IEP teams must document decisions regarding Assistive Technology for every student at every IEP meeting.

Presenter: Gail Alexanderwicz

Co-Presenter: Francesca Crobak

SEL: Quick and Easy Everyday

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn Session

Come learn some easy (and a couple complex) ways to use instructional technology to quickly and effectively gauge the social-emotional status of your students EVERYDAY using tools such as Google Forms, Docs, Classroom, PearDeck and more!

Presenter: Jason Flanagan

Come and Create with Lumio

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Session Description & Presenter

Come and Create Session

Participants will learn to use technology platforms Lumio and Canvas to better engage students in the learning process.

Presenter: Porshia Proctor

Co-Presenter: Dawn Martin

Using Google Tools in Canvas

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Session Description & Presenter

Live Session

Learn how to integrate and use Google Tools with Canvas Pages and Assignments.

Presenter: T3 - Clarissa Burton, Michelle Contee, Jake Voshell

Session 2 - 9:25 AM - 10:10 AM

Creating Content on Youtube

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn Session

In this session, educators will learn how to get started on Youtube and create content.

Presenter: Ericka Tinsley

Expressions with Google Slides

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Session Description & Presenter

Come and Create Session

In this session we will present participants with ways to use Google Slides and Book Creator to create digital products to assess student learning.

Presenter: Bonita Gunn

Co-Presenter: Casandra Barrett

How to Blend Your School's Learning

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn Session

College Park Academy is a PGCPS Charter School that focuses on Blended Learning. The presenter will provide an overview of our Blended model where students have a mix of Face-to-Face and Virtual Classes Daily. Additionally, she will share the successes and learning opportunities CPA has faced as we create a balance between traditional, blended, and virtual learning.

Presenter: Ellen Slobodnik

Canvas Pages and Modules

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Session Description & Presenter

Live Session

Learn how to create a structure and organization with Canvas modules and share your content with students using pages.

Presenters: T3 - MaryAnn Santos, Ronlyn Dandy

Session 3 - 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Using What You've Got to Get What You Want

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn

Struggling to find ways to engage students in deeper and meaningful collaboration? This session will empower participants with tools to engage students and increase student collaboration in ways that allow students to be creative and explore their own learning making deeper connections using the PIC-RAT Framework for Technology Integration.

Presenter: Dawn Martin

Co-Presenter: Porshia Proctor

Discover the Modern Classrooms Project

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn

Learn about how you can implement blended, self-paced, mastery based learning in your classroom through the Modern Classrooms Project model of teaching and learning. Two teachers who implement Modern Classrooms will share what they have learned and how the model is changing their classrooms.

Presenter: Brenda Harsanje

Co-Presenter: Heather Blake

Ditch Your Worksheets! (Digital Multimedia on a Budget)

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Session Description & Presenter

Come and Create

Going 1:1 brings us closer than ever to a point where we can abandon paper media in favor of weightless, harder to lose, digital files. Lucky for us, there are plenty of free tools out there that work just fine on Chromebooks.

Presenter: Aaron Smith

Co-Presenter: George Courtney

Canvas Quick Start

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Session Description & Presenter

Live Session


Teachers, have you been wondering what Canvas is and how students can use it? Join this session to learn about what’s needed to get started with using Canvas.

Presenters: T3 - Monica Jenkins, Kimberly Roberson

Session 4 - 11:05 AM - 11:55 AM

The Data Trap: Detangling Data to Make It Meaningful

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Session Description & Presenter

Come and Create

This session will demonstrate how to compile information from various data points into Google Sheets. Participants will learn tools to help collect, disaggregate and analyze student information.

Presenter: George Blackmon

Supercharge Engagement in Your Classroom with FlipGrid

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Session Description & Presenter

Come and Create

FlipGrid For Your Classroom is an interactive workshop designed to show you how to use FlipGrid as a strategy to improve student engagement and increase rigor for any lesson. Get ready to let your creative juices flow freely!

Presenter: Nicole Pringle

Co-Presenter: Jeremy Williamson

Making Easy Independent Assignments Using EdPuzzle

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Session Description & Presenter

Listen and Learn

Attendees learn to make video assignments using Edpuzzle which allows for easy-to-grade and reusable simple assessments or assignments that can be used in or outside of the classroom.

Presenter: Mark Nayden

Co-Presenter: Nia Smith

Canvas Q&A

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Session Description & Presenter

Live Session

Are you currently using Canvas and have a question about the platform? Join us during this session to ask your questions and receive support.

Presenters: Michelle Contee, Ronlyn Dandy, Milton Hayward, Monica Jenkins, Patrick Pierre-Louis, Kimberly Roberson, MaryAnn Santos

On-Demand Learning

Book Creator

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Session Description

On Demand Session

Discover Book Creator's simple, yet powerful, features and ways students can create and collaborate on interactive books.

Canvas: What's in it for me?

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Session Description

On Demand Session

Discover what Canvas is and how it fits into PGCPS in the upcoming school year. In this overview session, you will learn what it looks like from a student’s perspective. While this session will not walk you through the “how to” of using Canvas, it will prepare you to login to Canvas and help you decide how to use Canvas as your digital platform this year.

Creating Instructional Activites with Google Drawing

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Session Description

On Demand Session

Learn to create and design interactive activities with Google Drawings. Learn to create drag and drop activities, design lesson templates, and more.

Digital Citizenship

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Session Description

On Demand Session

Digital Citizenship is now more important than ever. Learn how to help students use technology responsibly, productively, and positively within distance learning and beyond. Find out about family resources that can be shared with parents and guardians to help children navigate technology safely and responsibly.

Getting Started with SeeSaw for Early Childhood

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Session Description

On Demand Session

In this session you will learn about the Seesaw platform, how it works, and engage in the student experience. You will also learn how to find ready-made activities in the activity library and how to modify them to fit your needs.

Intro to Nearpod

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Session Description

On Demand Session

In this session you will learn about Nearpod, an interactive educational technology tool available to PGCPS teachers which has a variety of interactive features to make learning fun for both students and teachers. Learn how to use the lessons provided in Nearpod to create engagement and view student progress.

Kami

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Session Description

On Demand Session

How to use Kami Assignments to create interactive PDF assignments using Kami integration.