Session Descriptions

• Google Tools for Mathematics – All Grade levels

Learn how Google tools can be used to teach and learn mathematics including Google Drawings (for symmetry, angles, polygons, pictographs, line plots, area, fractions, algebra and more), Google Forms and Sheets (for collecting and analyzing data), natural handwriting tools for math including Equatio and the Classroom app, and other apps and extensions including Geogebra, Desmos, virtual rulers and protractors, and more.

• Holy Sheets – All Grade Levels

Google Sheets is not just a tool for crunching numbers. It is a powerful tool for learning, inquiry, exploration, and inspiration in any subject area. In this session we will take a look at several practical activities for a wide range of content areas including random writing prompts, flash cards, educational games, student-created learning databases, art and creativity, and of course analyzing data to draw conclusions and make predictions.

August 4, 2021 Sessions

Google Slides: Beyond the Slideshow, Google Slides Activities for all Subjects. We all know Google Slides is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories, interactive quizzes, online comic strips, storybooks, stop-motion animation, manipulatives, formative feedback in class, peer editing activities, and more? In this session we will explore these and more non-traditional uses of Slides. Learn how students can use Google Slides to express themselves in more ways than just a presentation.

Screen Recording & Video Creation: Use screen recording tools such as Screencastify and others to build flipped lessons, review, and instructions to include in your classroom practice. Also discuss and explore the many possibilities for student creations to show what they know. Get connected with resources for learning quickly on your own schedule how to navigate video creation tools like a pro.

Pear Deck Secondary and Elementary: The fastest way to transform presentations into classroom conversations. Imagine if you could engage every student in your class, every day. What if you could instantly see who’s confused and who’s ready for more? That’s the power of Pear Deck. And now, with the Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-on, you can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to your presentations right from Google Slides. Join either an elementary or secondary focus session.

Video Applications in the Curriculum: Integrate video into your lessons with tools such as YouTube, Google Drive, and others. Discussion around the decision making process on when, where, and how to insert short teacher (or student) created videos into synchronous or asynchronous lessons.

Pear Deck App Smash:

• Discuss what app smashing is and how it can enhance the student experience.

• Share the types of apps that can be embedded into Pear Deck and what that looks like to students.

• Identify the benefits of app smashing and why it benefits both teacher-paced and student-paced lessons.

• Reflect on how you might apply app smashing to your classroom.

EdPuzzle:

• "Interested in flipping your classroom, or assigning videos for homework? EdPuzzle allows you to assign videos, track what the students watched, and even put in pause points for questions. In this workshop we will go over how to use EdPuzzle, and some strategies on how to use it well in your classroom."

• successfully navigate EdPuzzle's website with a full understanding of all of its features and tools

• fully understand the importance of the Flipped Classroom and how EdPuzzle is an asset to this mode of instruction

• professionally construct an EdPuzzle video on the topic of their choice for usage in their classroom