This year at MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) I shared examples of how Sturgis Public Schools has partnered with community Business Partners to create authentic Project-based Learning experiences for students. This presentation itself was set up like a Project-based Learning activity!

During this session I showed educators what GSuite tooland extensions students can acces without internet access on their Chromebooks (such as docs, Sheets, Slides, Kami, Screencastify, and more)!

Although the LMTC conference was cancelled during COVID, I still created a presentation on how attendees could to Organize Google Drive and Gmail. This presentation was differentiated; attendees took a quiz to determine their current level of organization which determined which resources they should explore.

Adapted from a presentation provided to Sturgis Public School staff, this presentation interactively guides attendees on how to create a choice board...through a choice board!

During this presentation, I leveraged Peardeck as a engagement tool to promote choice and voice during this session.  Attendees were able to vote on which tool they'd like to learn more about (Docs, Slides, Sheets, or Forms) as well as 2-3 specific tools from each add-on to learn more about.

During this interactive session, each participant found a partner and were given a Sphero Mini.  Each group participated in three Sphero challenges from three different age groups/content areas leveraging different capabilities of the Sphero.

In this 90 minute session, I walked attendees step-by-step through how to create a digital breakoutedu game for their classroom.  After each step, attendees were able to apply the step immediately to their own game. 

During this session I had participants jump right into this hands-on session by completing a sample digital BreakoutEDU challenge in groups of five.  After experiencing it for themselves, I then showed participants how to create their own challenges using Google Forms.  Towards the end of the session, I shared resources and gave participants an opportunity to create their own challenges using Google Forms.

For the past three years, I have been gamifying my classroom; this session served as a way for me to share my expertise and resources with others.  Since the topic of this session is "Gamify Your Classroom," I decided to gamify the PD session.  After each gamified element in the presentation, I directly modeled that strategy and had teams of participants compete against each other.  For example, after learning about badges, groups competed to create the most creative badge to earn XP (experience points).  The group that has the most XP at the end of the PD session won a prize!

I discovered Twitter Chats while taking CEP 810, my first course in the Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) program.  Since Twitter has been such a game changer in terms of growing my Professional Learning Network (PLN), I wanted to share this resource with others.  This PD session was interactive; after explaining the benefits of Twitter Chats and explaining the norms of the chat, participants were immersed in a live mock Twitter Chat.

During this session, I shared four unique ways to have students complete a research task that go beyond the stereotypical research paper.  Two of the methods are having students compile research together on a Google slide deck and creating a blog post instead of a formal essay.  Many examples (both from the teacher and the student end) were shared for each type of research.

During this session I had participants jump right into this hands-on session by completing a sample digital BreakoutEDU challenge in groups of five.  After experiencing it for themselves, I then showed participants how to create their own challenges using Google Forms.  Towards the end of the session, I shared resources and gave participants an opportunity to create their own challenges using Google Forms.

My first session, titled "Formative Review Tools: Quizlet Live, Kahoot, and Quizizz" offered a hands-on look at three similar tools.  To make this session interactive, I presented each tool one-by-one, discussed its unique features, and had the participants experience each of the features first-hand by playing a sample Quizlet Live/Kahoot/Quizizz game.  After each tool was discussed, I asked participants to determine how each tool could be used within their own classrooms.

The second session that I presented at LMTC was a BreakoutEDU presentation.  To engage participants right away, I did not explain the concept of BreakoutEDU before having them experience a BreakoutEDU game for themselves.  During game play, I took on the role of the teacher and modeled how to serve as a BreakoutEDU proctor while the participants unwittingly took on the role of a student participating in the game.  After time was up, participants reflected on their experience.  At the end of the session, I shared tips to be a successful BreakoutEDU proctor and some resources.