Workshop Descriptions

Workshop Session 1 | 8:30 - 9:30

Starting Simple: Google Slidedecks | Jeanette Thomas | 201

Google slidedecks are simple to build, yet can be powerful platforms for blending various tools, apps and online resources to create learning experiences that are engaging, meaningful, and differentiated. They're a great place to start your blended learning journey!

Integrating Digital Citizenship in your Curriculum | Regina Natale | 203

Find resources and ideas on how to weave Digital Citizenship into your everyday curriculum. We will look at resources and strategies on finding ties to your curriculum and small ways you can teach DigCit to your students.

Exploring Authentic Learning Experiences to Support Academic and Career Pathways | Matt Bechtell & Beth Gugino | 204

Learn how students can develop Portrait of Graduate skills through authentic world of work related activities that align with student’s personal strengths, values, and career interests. Explore the systems of support that can help every student in FCPS develop their own plan to reach their full potential and seek college and career pathways after graduation.

Using Technology to Support Total Participation Techniques | Amber Terry & Ashley Kiley | 205

Participants will learn how to incorporate technology to support total participation techniques to enhance student engagement. Tools will be explored using high tech and low tech options.

Getting Started with FCPS POG | Margaret Sisler | 207

Come learn about the resources available and build understanding of the WHY POG skills matter for students and adults. We'll talk about how to build these opportunities into your blended lessons!

Adding Some Tec-Variety (Activities for Motivating and Retaining Learners Online) | Margaret von Kolnitz | 209

Provide Examples of Online Motivation (Four Perspectives) and Activities (10 areas - 1) Tone/Climate 2) Encouragement 3) Curiosity 4) Variety 5) Autonomy 6) Relevance 7) Interactivity 8) Engagement 9) Tension 10) Yielding Products

Using Technology to Differentiate Lessons through Choice | Samantha Hale | 210

In this session, participants will deepen instructional practices connected to a student-centered classroom. In this session, participants will explore ways to leverage technology to personalize, enhance, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of their students. We will explore student use, and teacher facilitation of instructional technology- both of which aim for students to have greater ownership over their learning and to help develop Portrait of a Graduate skills.

Learn How EquatIO Can Support Digital Transformation in Science & Math | Diana Ree-Reeder & Meaghan Tracy| 212

One tool that can help you support the digital transformation in math and science. Come learn about EquatIO, a free tool for teachers that can help you make math and science resources for your students as you implement more digital learning in your classroom!

100% Student Engagement with Pear Deck | Annika Pettitt | 401

What if you could engage every student in your class, every day? Pear Deck lets you bring presentations to life with formative assessments and interactive questions. Designed for 1:1 classrooms, Pear Deck takes presentations to the next level, letting you see in real time how each student in your class is doing. In this hands-on session we will let you experience the power of Pear Deck as both a student and a teacher.

SMART Learning Suite 101 | Matt Wallace & Tina White | 403

Come learn about about what is new in the world of SMART. This session is great for beginners or anyone that has not used SMART in the last the last few years.

Workshop Session 2 | 10:00 -11:00

Enhancing Hyper Activities with Google HyperDrawings | Elizabeth McDowell | 201

Learn to use Google Drawings to create an in-depth, multifaceted, student-centered lesson based around a single image. Experience how embedding hidden links into a hyperdrawing supports image analysis skills and tie in the Four C’s. Engaging directly with the components of primary sources forces students to think critically about the details that make up an image, teaching them to formulate interpretations. Geography lessons become a creative playground where students can build their own presentations that literally travel the Silk Road. You can amp up the excitement by breaking out of the norm with an escape room, requiring students to work collaboratively to solve an authentic problem. Tie in communication tools like Flipgrid and Padlet, and use a single image to connect the whole class on a broader scale. While the base tool used in this lesson is Google Drawings, it can ultimately include any type of linkable resource, from Edpuzzle, to Google Forms, to further reading topics - the options are endless. Like with a hyperdoc, students are able to move at their own pace, and including periodic self-assessments help keep students on track to guide their own learning. This activity aligns with the TSIP standards for Learning Facilitator, as well as ISTE Student Standard 3c, and ISTE Teaching Standards 5b and 5c. The target audience for the presentation is Secondary level educators.

Integrating Digital Citizenship in your Curriculum | Regina Natale | 203

Find resources and ideas on how to weave Digital Citizenship into your everyday curriculum. We will look at resources and strategies on finding ties to your curriculum and small ways you can teach DigCit to your students.

Flipping Out with Flipgrid | Dara Stillman & Kelsea Owens | 204

Come learn how to use Flipgrid in your classroom and how it can be used to support flipped instruction.

FCPSOn Computers: Technology Tools to Support All Learners | Rachel Connelly & Ruth Mendelson | 205

One to one laptops come packed with productivity tools, in addition to frequently used web-based applications. Explore quick and easy onboard strategies that can enhance students’ independence and facilitate learning in the areas of reading, writing, and organization.

Navigating the Digital Ecosystem | Elizabeth Hernandez | 207

There is lots to consider when selecting digital resources to use with students. Which tools are approved by FCPS? Why is it important to use FCPS-approved tools? What is the process for getting a new tool approved? How can I tell if a tool is safe to use with students? How do I read a terms of service or privacy policy for an app I want to use? Which laws govern the use of digital resources in schools? How can I try out a new digital resource while also protecting student data in accordance with federal laws? Session participants will learn about what to keep in mind when choosing digital resources for use with students. There is lots to discuss, and participants will be given choices to learn the aspects of selecting digital resources which are most relevant to the group.

Let Students Choose Their Own Track- Differentiate Instruction to Meet Everyone’s Needs | Nathan Poumade | 209

Do you struggle in providing your students with the content they need in their learning journey? Implementing scaffolds to differentiate the learning experience can allow for students to start their learning in the space that is right for them and challenges them. Technology and other resources can provide flexibility in offering these opportunities for our students and enhanced our students' ability to analyze, assess and reconstruct their thinking. I want to share ways to set up a differentiated experience for your students so they are challenged and find success in the classroom.

We will look at different tools and resources that teachers will be able to immediately incorporate into the classroom.

Adobe Spark - A Multifaceted Creation Tool | Michael Abrams | 210

Eager to incorporate more visual content into your day to day lessons? Adobe Spark can help! In this session, get started with creating visual images, videos and more! Takeaway multiple strategies which can immediately be incorporated into your day to day instruction.

Creating your own Content with Snagit and EdPuzzle | Michele Meshover & Michael Greene| 212

Using Snagit and EdPuzzle to create interactive video assessments and lessons in a blended learning environment.

100% Student Engagement with Pear Deck | Annika Pettitt | 401

What if you could engage every student in your class, every day? Pear Deck lets you bring presentations to life with formative assessments and interactive questions. Designed for 1:1 classrooms, Pear Deck takes presentations to the next level, letting you see in real time how each student in your class is doing. In this hands-on session we will let you experience the power of Pear Deck as both a student and a teacher.

SMART Learning Suite 101 | Matt Wallace & Tina White | 403

Come learn about about what is new in the world of SMART. This session is great for beginners or anyone that has not used SMART in the last the last few years.

Workshop Session 3| 11:30 - 12:30

Fabulous Forms: Google Forms for Differentiation and Engagement | Lindsey Fisher 201

Learn how to create Google Forms that encourage differentiation and engagement by promoting curiosity, providing remediation or extensions, or allowing students to choose your own adventure.

Using Common Sense Media to Support Digital Citizenship | Barbara Huth | 203

Come explore the Common Sense Media curriculum and how it can be used to support digital citizenship in the classroom.

Exploring Authentic Learning Experiences to Support Academic and Career Pathways | Matt Bechtell & Beth Gugino | 204

Learn how students can develop Portrait of Graduate skills through authentic world of work related activities that align with student’s personal strengths, values, and career interests. Explore the systems of support that can help every student in FCPS develop their own plan to reach their full potential and seek college and career pathways after graduation.

The Wonders of Assistive Technology Services | Lauren Rich & Rashida Owens | 205

Come learn about resources that are available on the Assistive Technology Services website. We will review tools and strategies you can find to provide access to all learners, and you will hear from students how they use a variety of technology tools to support their learning.

Using GoFormative to Increase Engagement | Mickey McDade & Wendy Williams | 207

Using GoFormative to increase student engagement.

Supporting and Motivating Instructors | Margaret von Kolnitz | 209

10 Strategies or ideas to effectively support instructors who remain reluctant or are new to this form of instruction. To include Online Roadblocks and Resistance, Online Instructor Motivations and Perceptions, Overcoming Reluctance and Resistance (10 ways to assist those who are either new to online or blended learning or who remain somewhat hesitant or reluctant to embrace this step into integrating technology into learning.)

Using Technology to Increase Social Capital in your Classroom | Samantha Hale | 210

This session will focus on using technology to make connections by developing the different types of interactions happening in our classroom on a daily basis. We will analyze how Google Apps can be purposefully used to support student-student, student-teacher, and student-content relationships. Have you considered how your face-to-face and online conversations can deepen learning

Things You Can Do With Google Slides | Jolene Michalowicz | 212

See how you can use Google slides in the classroom. See concrete examples of slides and its extensions in action to liven up any class.

Using Learn360 in a Blended Learning Classroom | Kevin Lawton | 401

Come learn about how you can use Learn360 in a blended learning classroom.

SMART Learning Suite Advanced | Matt Wallace & Tina White | 403

Come learn about about what is new in the world of SMART. This session is great for more advanced learners.