Summer Summit 2023

New to Classroom Lightspeed? Check out ways to use this program as a tool for monitoring and enhacing technology use in your classroom with fewer clicks! Learn about the different views and tools available to you as teacher for student device use. There will also be time to work through beginning of the year set-up for classes. 

Presenter: Laura Klima

Get started with Google Sheets for lesson planning and grade book.  Get ideas for how to organize sheets, link resources, bookmark pages, collaborate with teams, link data files, and more! Participants will have supported time to create or add to existing sheets.

Presenter: Laura Klima

New to Canva?  Join us to learn how the design tool can be used to create engaging materials and lessons with ready to use templates for all grades, subjects, and topics.  We will spend time exploring the tools of Canva and give supported time to create your first projects!  Participants will see ways Canva can be used as a teaching tool and for student use. 

Presenter: Laura Klima

Book Creator helps teachers and students become creative problems with simple, inclusive ways to create digital books!  Students will be able to create with text, images, and audio, or utilize a teacher made work-book you have cutomized for your unit.  The extensive library is organized by levels (K - HS!) and by subject, with ideas and ready to use materials. Participants will have time to explore the libraries in Book Creator as well as supported time to begin creating their own digital books. 

Presenter: Laura Klima

As our in-class time grows shorter, now is the time to lean on blended learning to maximize our impact with our Math students.  In this session, you will learn about how you can flip your elementary Math classroom to support your 21st century learners.

Presenter: Jen Manfredi

This session will demonstrate ways Google Earth Voyager can foster critical thinking in students, as they travel virtually to places around the world. Interactive lessons that connect a multi-cultural planet are essential for both students and teachers.

Presenter: Lisa Packley

This session will showcase ways that Flip can provide additional opportunities for students to communicate verbally and respond through discussion. In addition, Flip Events will bring excitement to student learning as they hear authors and experts around the world.

Presenter: Lisa Packley

Tired of teaching your same old, boring, unentertaining lesson?  Want to help engage your students but have a hard time competing with all the other distractions students engage in outside of school?  This professional development will review the most popular gaming applications available, Gimkit and Blooket.  We will work through setting up a game for your students, when you can use these games in your teaching, how to search for an already created game to play with your students and finally how to create your very own game!

Presenter: Steve Eighner

Presenter: Erika Plodzien

Google Calendar can be used, similar to  Sign-Up Genius (BUT much easier!), to create schedules for volunteers and parent conferences. You will learn how to create appointment slots, share the sign up and make changes, as needed.  Time will be given to practice creating appointment slots. 

Presenter: Judy Meier

Learn how blended learning can make giving both formative and summative assessments more meaningful and save you time!

Presenter: Kris Bruno

If you have data in a spreadsheet or questions in a Google Form, you can use this extension to create personalized newsletters, certificates for many students, discipline reports, final essays from outlines, and more.  These can be shared instantly through email.  Come to this session to find ways to complete tedious tasks like these faster.

Presenter: Melissa Graves

Interested in switching from a paper grade book to a digital one? Learn how to create your own grade book and classroom information document using Google Sheets. I will cover some Google Sheets basics as well as a way to use those basics to implement them using a digital grade book.

Presenter: Laura Finke

Learn how to use Flip (formally known as Flipgrid) to make lessons engaging and accessible for all students. There will be time to create a lesson to take with you!

Presenter: Kris Bruno

Learn how to flip your classroom so students are driving the learning and you have more time to spend interacting with students one on one or in small groups.  

Presenter: Kris Bruno

Learn what Wakelet is, create a Wakelet account, navigate home page, create a collection, learn sharing options, and how teachers can use Wakelet to collaborate and organize information.

Presenter: Kris Bruno

Begin your year with fun activities that will teach your students all about Google Drive, Slides, Docs, and more.

Presenter: Kris Bruno

Get started with Google Sheets for lesson planning and grade book.  Get ideas for how to organize sheets, link resources, bookmark pages, collaborate with teams, link data files, and more! Participants will have supported time to create or add to existing sheets. 

Presenter: Laura Klima

Learn how to create engaging online digital books with Book Creator and how you can work collaboratively with your students to have them create digital books in a shared library. In this session, we will examine book creator project ideas, explore some of  Book Creator’s main features, and try out Book Creator on our devices. 

Presenter: Kimmy Schuelke

Using IXL for lessons or intervention?  Join to learn more about connecting your daily lessons, ways to effectively target learning needs, small and whole group engagement, creating/ using/ and sharing quizzes (as pretests or common formative assessments), and using the different data tools.  Participants will have time to connect resources and create quick quizzes to be ready for the school year. 

Presenter: Laura Klima

Did you know students can listen and view informational text & videos in Britannica School and use BrainPOP Jr and Book Creator to watch and write? We will learn how to use each of these 3 apps in the primary classroom. 

Presenter: Judy Meier

Let's streamline our Google Drive and Google Chrome browser to maximize their efficiency. You will learn about bookmarks, shortcuts, folders and files and have time to apply what you've learned. 

Presenter: Judy Meier

Are you planning to get your Level 1 and/or Level 2 Google Certification? We will explore detailed slides covering content for both levels. Time will be given to work through slides at your own pace and ask questions.

Presenter: Judy Meier

Explore sites and apps for empowering reading and math through play and practice for primary grade students.  Inspect the accessibility, as well as the pros and cons for sites such as Reading A-Z, SplashLearn, Freckle, Prodigy and more… 

Presenter: Laura Klima

Do you want your students to be able to study in a different way? Learn a few basics about Quizizz and then how to create your own review game to use with your students. These can be used in the classroom for a whole-class review or can be assigned for students to review independently.

Presenter: Jillian Zirbes

Quizizz is a fantastic tool for online quizzes but you can also use it to create full lessons that are engaging and full of opportunities for formative assessment.  In this session, you will learn about the features of Quizizz Lessons, how to create lessons, and the benefits of using the lessons.  We’ll work through a Quizizz Lesson during this session so you’ll be able to see the student-side as well.  

Presenter: Becky Young

Want to learn more about the flipped learning model?  In this session, we will learn about the traditional flipped model and the in-class flip model.  We will work through a Quizizz lesson that provides a ton of choices of resources (with the bonus of trying out a Quizizz lesson) and a template to create your own flipped learning experience for your students!  We’ll have time to start your lesson so you are ready to go for the new school year with a new instructional practice in your toolbox!

Presenter: Becky Young

Presenter: Kris Bruno

Universal Design for Learning, Blended Learning, and pizza…there is an analogy in here somewhere.  In this session, we will dive into UDL and see how blended learning is the perfect model to use as you develop your UDL practice.  We’ll work through a choice board with opportunities to acquire info, make meaning of the info, and share what you’ve learned!

Presenter: Becky Young

Learn what Wakelet is, create a Wakelet account, navigate home page, create a collection, learn sharing options, and how students can use Wakelet to collaborate and organize information.

Presenter: Kris Bruno