Instructional Workshops

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

Now that you have your Sphero RVR, what can you do with it? This session will take you under the hood of your new RVR and help you understand how the Sphero Edu ecosystem can help your students go beyond code.

Our learners brains are as unique as their fingertips-as are their needs in the classroom. In this session, learn how you can leverage technology to make your online learning environment accessible for ALL learners through Google Chrome tools, add-ons and extensions. This session will focus on the importance of Universal Design for Learning for designing learner-centered, accessible environments and how technology can be a great means to help remove barriers to make learning more accessible. Accessibility tools in this session will include Google Keep, Read and Write for Google, Screencastify, Google Translate, Noisli, Open Dyslexic, and more. By the end of this interactive session, attendees will be able to understand the importance of designing accessible learning environments, will have specific tools they can utilize to remove learning barriers, and will develop plans for using these tools in their learning environments.

Join the Canvas team to learn more about getting the most out of resources that are already created in the Commons as well as how to create and easily share Blue Print courses. Sometimes when faced with vast options and a blank course, teachers may feel unsure of where to start. In this session, you’ll gain the insights of Canvas experts so you can create effective, attractive, and awesome course home pages. Canvas Commons is a learning object repository that allows Canvas users to quickly and easily share courses, and course content, with others. Blue Print courses allow admins, as well as teams, to sync course shells to a template course, and lock some or all of the content from being edited by the instructor.

Introducing students to Google tools early can provide teachers with amazing learning opportunities, but how do we do that? In this session we'll explore ways to introduce students to tools like Google Drawings, Slides, and Sheets. Teachers will walk away with sample activities to use tomorrow. We'll also spend time on bonus tools like MyMaps, Chrome Music Lab, Be Internet Awesome, and more!

A session full of A-Ha moments. Attendees will learn tips and tricks with Google to make the most out of devices in the classroom.

Do you know if your resources are impacting student achievement? Are you asking questions around what apps might be most impactful for which students? How are you managing student data privacy concerns? Learn how states, districts and schools are choosing, managing and measuring Ed-Tech and its impact, while getting valuable data about student learning and data privacy. Attendees will get resources to use in their own organization.

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Are today’s students reflected in the instructional materials and books in our classrooms? The answer is most likely no. As PreK-12 school districts across the country are rethinking the role that instructional materials play in today’s learning environments, there is a unique opportunity to leverage Open Educational Resources (OER)—freely available educational materials that can be downloaded, edited, and shared—to be more inclusive and representative. Join this session to learn how to rethink instructional materials and leverage OER to create more inclusive curriculum.

So you have devices for your littles but now what? Let me help you learn about an amazing digital learning platform that is available for free called Seesaw. Seesaw is a platform for student engagement. Teachers can empower students to create, reflect, share, and collaborate. Students “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. It’s simple to get student work in one place and share with families, and nothing is shared without teacher approval. I’ll walk you thru setting up a class in Seesaw, utilizing the FREE activity library, and show you what Seesaw can bring to your classroom!

All K-12 educators are invited to explore how to use Adobe creative tools to create digital stories using Adobe Spark. Learn how to apply digital storytelling skills and Spark into your curriculum. Teacher created curriculum resources will also be shared. Adobe Spark is a free tool that allows users to create eye-catching graphics, beautiful engaging web pages and compelling video stories in minutes. Adobe Spark is a free graphic design app available on iPad, Chromebook, and any web-enabled device. Please bring a computer or tablet, so you can participate during the hands-on portion of the session.

The release of Google Expeditions in 2015 gave teachers and students the ability to go anywhere in the world in just a few swipes of their app. Unfortunately teachers were not able to create their own Expeditions. Now it's 2019 where teachers AND students have the ability to create their own own with Google's Tour Creator! If you attended HECC last year, bring your Lenovo Mirage Solo headset as we will include this in the BYOE virtual reality experience. Don't miss out on this opportunity to get hands-on experience with creating a 360 degree virtual tour!

Do you currently use Canvas by Instructure and feel that you have the basics down, but want to know how to enhance your courses? Then this is the class for you! Explore how to spice up your courses by organizing the content, adding special features like apps, embedding content, using Mastery Paths and much more! We will also cover some of the more advanced features that are available in Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes. So join us and find out how to take your Canvas course to the next level!

There are a ton of options out there for interactive displays; most of them are quite expensive. At MSD of Steuben County, we are pulling away from interactive televisions and boards and exploring options that will allow teachers to have the same great interactive options but for a fraction of the cost. In this session, we'll talk about how we are utilizing many of the same tools teachers already know, but using Chrome Remote Desktop and Google Cast for Education to get it all accomplished.

Need some fresh ideas for your K-6 Reading/Language Arts lessons? During this interactive, hands-on session, you’ll learn how to put a “techy twist” on some old favorites! For example, transform a diorama into an interactive green screen presentation, have students create their own stories using online book creators, or add a STEM challenge to a piece of fiction! You’ll leave with a range of practical ideas to implement into your classroom right away!

Tech leaders manage multiple projects and processes over the course of each year, be it refreshing hardware, distributing and collecting devices, transitioning to a new student information system, or constructing a new school. Whether large or small, straightforward or complex, your projects and processes can easily get away from you without careful planning and review. Join this session to explore tools and techniques to define scope, collect and analyze data, determine causes for failure, and ensure success. Strategies pulled from Six Sigma and Project Management methodologies – Process Map, RACI Matrix, 5 Whys, Risk Register, Lessons Learned and more – will equip you to get on top of your big or small priorities. Learn how to manage your projects and processes before they manage you!

Now that you have your Sphero RVR, what can you do with it? This session will take you under the hood of your new RVR and help you understand how the Sphero Edu ecosystem can help your students go beyond code.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on the unique needs of Independent Schools across the state.

Become the best educator you can be by monitoring your attitude and actions.

Every student in grades K-8 must be instructed in computer science. What concepts do these standards address? Is this the same as STEM? Project based learning? Just coding concepts? What staff do other corporations have to teach these concepts? How can we tell if our 4th and 6th grade students are ready for the assessment? What about the middle school course requirement 0488? What funding should be used for materials? These and other issues around the standards will be covered. Actual student reports that show the proficiency of students against the strands of the standards will be provided.

Where are we headed in the future with classroom technology? Businesses are pioneering the smart office arena with devices and communication tools that help move thinking and collaboration to a new level. Find out how to drive this technology from the workplace into the classroom to create "real world" experiences for students.

As educators, we live in a world full of data, but making sense of it all can be a challenge. In this session, we'll look at how to use Google Data Studio to create an interactive data dashboard to make your data come to life. I'll provide a data set to work from but feel free to bring your own if you already have a project in mind. If you plan to use student data, please run the Data Studio terms of service (https://support.google.com/datastudio/answer/7019158) by your powers that be to make sure they sign off on its use.

With the ever-increasing amount of technology in the classroom, students have access to more information, as well as more distractions, than ever before. Providing teachers and administrators with the tools to keep students on-task and safe online, both at school and at home, is becoming increasingly difficult. GoGuardian utilizes Smart Filtering technology instead of relying solely on URL and keyword filtering. GoGuardian even goes further by protecting students online with AI-powered Smart Alerts and Beacon - an online self-harm prevention platform built in partnership with health professionals. Additionally, come learn about new and upcoming releases including student grouping in GoGuardian Teacher, the Parent App and Clever and Classlink integrations.

The correct tools can help you stay organized, keep you from re-creating work, and enable online sharing for your students, parents or other teachers.

A growing number of districts are looking to OER—freely available educational materials that can be downloaded, edited, and shared—to rethink curriculum. Over the past three years while working with PreK-12 school districts across the country, five myths have surfaced around making this transition. Learn about these myths and how real educators have helped dispel them.

Google continues to improve Google Slides as a powerful presentation tool for all users, but let's talk about some of the cool, innovative applications of Google Slides that AREN'T presentation based! We will also talk about how to add some serious "Design Shine" to your Slides and talk some tips and tricks to make best use of this powerful platform.

Get the Latest on Google for Education directly from the Google for Education team. This session will discuss new features that have rolled out for Google products over the past several months. Make sure you’re in the know!

In the same way that our physical wellness requires regular monitoring, our digital health needs occasional preventive maintenance. In this session, we look at the various areas of our digital lives that can most likely affect the quality of our digital health, including our digital diets, our digital exercise, our digital rest, our digital support systems, and our digital environment.

Now that you have your Sphero RVR, what can you do with it? This session will take you under the hood of your new RVR and help you understand how the Sphero Edu ecosystem can help your students go beyond code.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

Become the best educator you can be by monitoring your attitude and actions.

Text messages. Emails. Kristen Bell’s Instagram story. We live in an always-connected, constantly notified world. The devices students have access to hold enormous potential for learning and creating; yet left unchecked and unaware students (and educators) can become unfocused and unproductive. Join us as we chat about the impact of distraction and “multi-tasking” on productivity for students (and ourselves). We will brainstorm potential solutions and share strategies for managing these distractions in our classrooms and in our individual lives.

Firsthand experience is one of the most powerful ways to learn. With augmented reality, students can experience just about anything they can imagine. Join us to explore augmented reality apps on iPad that help students connect their learning to the world in new ways.

Esports was a 865 Million dollar industry in 2018. There are over $16 million in scholarship available to students coming out of high school. This session will talk through the educational benefits of esports and the opportunities it can provide our students. Please bring your questions and concerns as I have worked with over 150 schools across the nation on their esports programs. We will discuss how to get started, IT requirements and why would you start an esports program.

Google Keep: the digital note taking, list making, voice memo, appointment reminding, and so much more application is a quick and easy tool to begin using immediately but it packs a big organization punch! Integration with other Google apps increases the awesome level! Come learn ways to use Google Keep with your students & staff as well as share how you will incorporate it!

Technology can open doors for our students. However, much of the digital content we use in class is not accessible by all of our learners. It is our responsibility as educators to be proactive and inclusive in our design of digital lessons and materials. In this session, learn about the 9 aspects of accessibility you should consider as you choose, evaluate, and/or create digital materials for your students. Let’s embrace digital equity and ensure access for ALL learners! (All participants will leave with a free accessibility handbook.)

Indiana basketball is legendary across the country! How did we grow basketball here? What if we created the same systems and opportunities into place for growing STEM? Could we become legendary in STEM? Let’s work on it together in this session.

In this session, we will introduce Google Keep and discuss the many possible uses in the classroom/work setting. Participants will work with Google Keep in Google Docs and Slides. We will also look at the amazing features that can help you organize your life outside of school. Participants will be given time to complete challenges while learning/practicing with Google Keep. Participants will leave with a new organizational tool in their toolbox!

Making & Coding for Social Good Come learn about how to bring impactful making and coding to your school. Project Invent teaches design thinking, engineering, and entrepreneurship as tools to solve real-world problems. This type of learning promotes engaged learners including an increase in female involvement in engineering and making. Students develop everything from a smart wallets that helps the blind detect bill denominations to a steering wheel attachment that prevents drowsy driving. Embrace the learn-by-doing model to prepare you for mentoring invention...by having students invent! Participants will hear about how to take a student from product to pitch. This can be adapted in any curriculum. Participants are encouraged to have students learn design thinking, entrepreneurship, and microcomputers such as Makey- Makey, Microbit, and Arduinos.

I have always looked for fun, exciting, creative ways for my students to share their learning. It never failed that several of my students found ways to blow me away with what they created. In this session we’ll get hands-on with using photos and videos in educational ways as a platform specifically for getting kids sharing what they’re learning in your classroom. Bring your device to get hands-on with this session and collaborate utilizing an interactive flat panel display.

An Indiana centered brief introduction to what Esports are, the benefits and why you should implement a program in your district.

Participants will be informed as the possible Robotics implementations within their building. This will range from using Ozobots to do spelling lists, to having a competitive VEX Robotics Team. Speakers will present the steps they have taken to build robotics as part of the framework of their school and how teachers use it as part of instruction. As project based learning initiatives in Indiana continue to grow, speakers will share how incorporating robotics enhances such styles of lessons and learning.
 
Participants will be able to experience products, use different examples of the robotic products, and hear testimony to uses in the classroom from teachers, not salespeople. Speakers will guide attendees into taking a skill/standard that is taught and making it exciting and new to students by adding robots. Speakers will also share funding resources and opportunities for robotic program growth at their schools.

We are all leaders in one way or another. The 360 degree leader can have a BIG influence on their school and district. As K12 leaders, how do we drive technology innovation from our position of influence? When should you slow down, evaluate, and then leap the hurdles again? What are the current and upcoming mega-trends that will drive change, and what are the tech enablers that can help you have a smoother leap into the future? These questions have answers and they will help you to lead innovation in your setting.

During the session/workshop attendees will be introduced to code.org, Tynker, Spheros, and Kano Harry Potter Wands. We will explore the Sphero edu resources and how to set up classes. This will allow for teachers to be able to assign tasks and also for students to submit their completed tasks to their teacher. After an overview of these there will be time for hands on exploration. If attendees have an iPad then downloading the Kano app and on all devices the Sphero Edu app before the session would be great. A laptop would be useful for exploring code.org and Tynker.

With so many ways to implement technology into the classroom, it can be daunting to try and sort through it all. What resources are true “must-haves” for the everyday classroom? There are a number of programs, online resources, and digital tools that have proven to be mainstays for the teachers that implement them. Through a fun and engaging “Digital Breakout,” we will cover these game-changers and how to use them. Real examples of how these tools have already been implemented in the classroom will be shown. Attendees will then have the opportunity to create their own digital content specific to their curriculum. Ultimately, the goal of the session will be to walk away with new tools and new digital content to bring back to students.

Evolution of learning with available technologies has opened more opportunities for students to learn in the comfort of spaces of their own choosing. Bridging the gap between face to face learning versus online learning comes with many challenges. Come explore multiple strategies that build engagement with students in online learning spaces. We will identify the challenges of online learning and ways to overcome these challenges to help provide online learners with opportunities to feel connected and empower their learning.

Session attendees will be introduced to several unknown, but powerful Google tools and resources that have the potential to energize learners, enhance current instructional practices, and that engage students in the essential habits of the 4Cs - Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity. Session attendees will have opportunities to explore the resources provided and to leave the session with some ideas about how each resource might fit into their own, or a colleague's classroom, no matter the age or subject.

Learn how to use Google VR Tour Creator with your students to engage them in the researching and writing process. See how to use a 360-degree camera to shoot photography, build a visually stunning tour and share beyond the classroom to the larger community.

Do you want to still be reading ALL CAP TWEETS in the future? Didn’t think so. How do you teach digital-age learners to powerfully and critically create and consume information and ideas? Learn about tools and resources to craft savvy knowledge constructors and information curators in your schools.

To succeed in today’s world and to shape tomorrow’s, students need to tap into their creative potential and learn to express themselves in new and innovative ways. Join us to learn about Everyone Can Create, a new program from Apple designed to help unleash the creative potential in every student through photography, video, music, and drawing. In this session, you’ll experience engaging lessons that introduce fundamental skills and techniques in music and drawing using free apps available on iPad.

You’ve heard about the importance amplifying student voice, but let’s talk about your literal voice as a teacher for a second. This session will discuss best practices and strategies for creating instructional materials that utilize your voice AND your face. If you are new to blended learning or want to take your digital creations to the next level, let’s talk about how to create digital instructional materials, specifically audio and video, with your personality in mind.

What is your district doing to meet the needs of students focused on CTE? How can you provide students the skills necessary to be prepared for the post-secondary, 21st-century job market? In this session, we will introduce you to the perfect tool, the Dobot Magician, to help engage students and introduce them to computer programming, robotics, and simulated manufacturing.

Integrity is a Microsoft Academic-Authorized Partner with multiple Silver and Gold Competencies. We work extensively with Microsoft's Cloud Ennoblement Desk, and Tech Data's Cloud Practice Builder in order to service K-12 customers with the highest levels of proficiency. Join us for an introduction to the Microsoft K12 Education Transformation Framework. An effective, flexible platform for education transformation grounded by decades of research from academics, experts, and policy makers. Learn how to access these resources to gain valuable insights on how to implement the Education Transformation Framework in your school or district.

Think Google Chrome is just another internet browser? Think again! Learn why I cannot live without Google Chrome and how extensions make my life easier! Think of all the time you are going to gain by using Chrome Extensions! Every click counts!

Esports is becoming a global sport, projected to have over 300 million viewers by 2022. Educators are recognizing that Esports is an opportunity to practice critical and analytical thinking, reinforce a strong connection between STEAM learning and gaming environments and develop collaboration skills. Come ready to explore the components of implementing a successful program, including hardware, curriculum, staff, partnerships, space and processes.

Thorough knowledge of spreadsheets is becoming a lost art. In this session, we will talk about how our district is putting an emphasis back on Microsoft Excel in response to feedback from area businesses. Participants will be shown numerous examples of how Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets are used in a variety of classrooms. We will walk through a collaborative Google Sheet and make graphs and charts from the data gathered.

Join us for a look inside of PowerSchool's Performance Matters Assessment and Analytics solution. While this solution integrates seamlessly with the PowerSchool SIS, scores of non-PS SIS districts across the US use Performance Matters. PowerSchool Performance Matters brings together all your student performance data needs in one easy to use online portal, giving you a holistic view of student growth inside every classroom and school in your district. Get the power to identify student trends and take meaningful actions to improve success with PowerSchool Performance Matters Assessment, a district-wide assessment product, and PowerSchool Performance Matters Analytics, which provides a comprehensive view into student performance data. With PowerSchool Performance Matters’ single, online reporting dashboard portal, it’s easy to access all your district’s student assessment, social emotional learning (SEL) competencies, attendance, and behavior data across multiple sources. See why 14.8 million students and staff across hte U.S. rely on Performance Matters.

Review of technology tools for educators including Pear Deck, Google Slides & Drawings. Online Publication tools, Graphics, Google Sites, FlipGrid, and Adobe Spark.

A 3-hour accelerated journey to prepare you for the Google Certified Educator Level 1 exam. We will work our way through G Suite while completing challenges to prepare you for the exam.

Whether you have all the technology in the world or you’re surviving on the bare minimum, this session is for you! Come interact with experts on a variety of tools to create a virtual classroom. Enjoy a hands-on approach to teaching virtually. Participate in a virtual field trip and learn how to access and create your own. Take a look at past HECC tools in the classroom and how they can easily draw in those virtual experiences for your students. You will leave inspired and equipped with a wide variety of tools for any K-12 classroom to connect, collaborate and create!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

You’ve heard the debate by now. Which is better: print or digital? Let’s end that debate today. There’s a place for both in the modern classroom. But how can we ensure that students are equipped to be savvy digital media consumers? In this session, let’s discuss teaching strategies for improving comprehension of digital media and share tips for creating effective digital content for the classroom.

In a crisis situation the staff needs to know the answer two questions to most efficiently deal with the situation. Are all our doors locked? Are all our doors closed? We will show you how to secure your exterior doors and classroom doors with Kantech Access Control.

Education is increasingly going digital, and schools need a trusted solution to help maintain COPPA compliance and Student Data Privacy Standards. In this session, you’ll learn how ed-tech leaders across the globe are maximizing their technology budgets with data analytics, maintaining compliance and effortlessly solving SSL decryption with Lightspeed Systems Smart Agent technology in Relay, and improving data security and privacy in a cloud-based platform. We’ll discuss: • Using data, reports, AI and alerts to keep students safe from self-harm and violence • Using data to spot rogue applications that could present privacy or data security concerns • How data can help maximize the ROI of your technology • What data is important for CIOs, administrators, the board, parents, teachers, and more

Learning to develop apps is an exciting way to help students solve problems, work together, and bring ideas to life. Learn how to use the App Development with Swift curricula from Apple, designed to teach students with little or no programming experience how to build their first iOS apps. And now, students can earn App Development with Swift certification through Certiport.

In this session, attendees will learn how to move their course from "meh" to AMAZING! Engage students by creating inviting, easy to navigate courses. Also learn "tips" to make teaching easier through the use of tools such as recordings, modules, and Cloud Assignments.

During this session, we'll explore three creation apps available with Adobe Spark. We'll divide our time evenly between Post, Pages, and Video. Available on iPads, Chromebooks, and completely free for teachers and students, Adobe Spark offers some of the best features of all creation apps out there. We'll also explore ways to app-smash with other tools like Google Sites, Flipgrid, and more! Come ready to create and learn how students can use these powerful tools.

In this session, we'll dive into getting the most out of Google Forms and Sheets. First, we'll look at the built-in features like response validation in Forms and natural language queries in Sheets. Then we'll really get to data smashing with powerful Sheets functions like IMPORTRANGE, QUERY, & VLOOKUP. We'll finish with making your data work for you by taking advantage of Add-ons like formRanger and autoCrat. As a bonus, we'll take a peek at Google Data Studio as a way to make a beautiful, interactive presentation for your data.

How do we know that the eLearning experiences we are creating are done well? We use a checklist of course! This session will provide examples, tips and tricks on how to reach a “Best Practice” level for each of the four parts of the Canvas Course Evaluation Checklist in order to ensure that content is not only engaging but also accessible and designed with instructionally sound principles. We will also share how educators across the state have utilized the checklist and customized the rubric for their individual school/district needs. Please note that although this checklist was developed by Instructure, it can easily be applied to any digital learning environment as it built upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning and aligns with Quality Matters standards.

Esports provides a avenue for student engagement, problem-solving and teamwork. Sign up for the Esports Tournament and get a sample of what a student can experience when playing for a school league. Participants will compete individually playing Fortnite for a great prize! (One prize given per day at the end of each tournament session; limit one prize per person; maximum of four players per tournament.) Sign up for the session for a chance to play--a drawing will be held to determine players at the beginning of the tournament for those who register in advance. Everyone can be a spectator--cheer on your favorite player!

Google Sheets is more than just a place to compile and store data lists. We'll use the AutoCrat add-on to create awards and certificates that automatically email themselves to recipients and GlideApps to create a custom app that requires NO coding! This is an active workshop that works best on the web version of Google Drive. Laptops or Chromebooks recommended.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use Hummingbird Duos to design, build and program a robot. We will walk through the Engineering Design Process and demonstrate how to integrate and apply coding with content area state standards. This will be a purposeful introduction which will include demonstrating, modeling, and inquiry based learning. Things that you will learn include, but are not limited to the following: the different components to the Hummingbird Kit; how to connect electronics to the Hummingbird Duo; begin or advance your coding skills with easy-to-follow tutorials; access to curriculum, assessment, and instructional tools you need to be successful.

Participants in this session will learn how to effectively integrate Chromebooks in the primary classroom. Come away with a solid plan to help roll out professional development and support for those targeted teachers. Best practices of how to integrate this model into whole group, small group and station settings will be shared.

Bring your RVR charged, have the app ready, we are getting programming and rolling right off the bat! This two hour deep-dive session will give you hands-on experience programming in the Sphero Edu app, using the sensors of RVR, and looking at how to incorporate 3rd party hardware into your classroom.

Your students may know their way around the latest iPhone technology, social media platforms, and gaming consoles, but are they truly digitally literate? Explore the pedagogy behind teaching students the WHY behind the HOW of tech, how to troubleshoot their own digital glitches and desires, and build a solid foundation of digital literacy skills useful in or out of the classroom. This session will explore a methodology of teaching digital literacy as well as a handful of super tools that effectively support a goal of creating digitally literate students.

Two local leaders in the field of educational technology will provide an inside look on how they began their own student technology teams. Susan Parker (Martinsville High School) and Brian Grismore (Fishers High School) will also provide a path to help others get similar programs going in their schools. Brian and Susan will also discuss class curriculum, and student assessment within the Computer Tech Support class. An introduction to how HSDL fit into the new student pathways.

In this session, participants will be shown how a 5th grade classroom utilizes blended learning approaches and practice setting up or fine tuning what you already may have started in the past. Flipgrid, the newest and growing student voice empowerment tool, will be shown and participants will catch #FlipgridFever seeing all the NEWEST updates and participate using, creating, and seeing options to share beyond their class! Afterward, participants will catch the #WakeletWave seeing how easy it is to curate digital content in one place with Wakelet! All of this will be shown in how to keep students connected using Canvas and how my daily practice of OneNote can connect traditional methods of hard copy notes with the digital age utilizing digital ink and more tools in OneNote.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on ADA Compliance.

In this interactive session, attendees will get first access to a developing eBook that contains Google Slides templates that are perfect for storytelling and student creation in the classroom. Not only will you receive ready to use templates, but we will also share inspiration, tips, and tricks for creating your own templates to amplify your students’ voices through storytelling and creation.

Students access to reliable digital tools is key to their success as 21st-century citizens. Many students from economically disadvantaged families have limited access to these tools both at school and at home. Discover the CoSN Digital Equity Toolkit learn about the ways CoSN is working to close the access gap for learning no matter where the students are.

Student creation is perhaps the best form of assessment, allowing students to share their thinking and express themselves in a personal way. Often, student creation includes the use of existing resources and, therefore copyright should be considered. Explore the intersection of creation and copyright and discover what educators should know.

We are fortunate to have many grant opportunities within PLTW and within our state. Let’s work on writing an application that will get your school and district the funds you need to implement or expand opportunities for your students. This will be of value to you for ALL grant applications you are working on.

This session will focus specifically on the process of bringing site-based experiences to life for your students. Attendees will learn how to navigate Google Streetview and the Google Arts and Culture Institute, how to embed Google Maps and Streetview locations into Canvas, and how to leverage these experiences as Guided tours with students. While this topic may seem most applicable to Social Studies, Science, Art, and English classrooms, there are multiple ways to bring these experiences to life for your students and to integrate these real-world experiences into your upcoming lessons!

TIG will be joined by Aruba to discuss the importance of Wi-Fi 6 in K12 learning environments – what’s different and how it enhances teaching and learning. In addition, we’ll discuss planning timelines and leveraging the new E-Rate 5-year budget cycle to implement Wi-Fi 6.

It would be awesome if we had funds and time to take our students on unlimited field trips around the world. Just think about the cultural experiences they would have! Luckily, we’ve got technology that can not only help with the number of field trips we can take, but more importantly, help immerse our students in different cultures and communities across the globe. Come learn how you and your students can build virtual tours and help foster a global mindset in your classroom. VR equipment not required, but bring your laptop and/or tablet to get hands-on with building virtual tours.

Esports is exploding across the world, and schools need to fully embrace esports to realize the benefits beyond the games. By understanding the concept of the "Scholar Gamer," esports can revolutionize schools in five unique ways. The games are simply the medium to a much greater educational experience for your students. In this session, learn more about the "Scholar Gamer" and the five unique ways esports can revolutionize your school's approach to engaging your students in their learning.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

In this session, we will explore how to find openly licensed materials using Creative Commons. After this session, you will feel more confident in finding images, videos, etc. to use in your classroom AND how to properly provide attributions without sabotaging quality. Let the Beastie Boys help walk us through the process so we can avoid that “Rhymin and Stealin”.

iPad can be used to create interactive and engaging learning experiences. In this session, you’ll explore new features that help students and teachers be even more productive and creative. Experience new file management tools, powerful multitasking features, built-in screen recording, and more. Learn about powerful workflows using the Classroom app that take advantage of the creative power of iPad.

As a hardware and software solution, zSpace delivers a stunning interactive experience by integrating the latest AR/VR technology in an all-in-one computer and laptop. zSpace provides an immersive learning platform for medical training, allowing students to examine virtual living body structures with accurate anatomical representation, plan procedures, present findings and more. RTI is the Premier Partner with zSpace. RTI provides turn-key solutions including installation, professional development, software management, and more. We offer a worry-free technology experience for your organization. Get the latest updates with zSpace and insight of how schools are implementing this technology.

During this session, we'll explore three creation apps available with Adobe Spark. We'll divide our time evenly between Post, Pages, and Video. Available on iPads, Chromebooks, and completely free for teachers and students, Adobe Spark offers some of the best features of all creation apps out there. We'll also explore ways to app-smash with other tools like Google Sites, Flipgrid, and more! Come ready to create and learn how students can use these powerful tools.

In this session, we'll dive into getting the most out of Google Forms and Sheets. First, we'll look at the built-in features like response validation in Forms and natural language queries in Sheets. Then we'll really get to data smashing with powerful Sheets functions like IMPORTRANGE, QUERY, & VLOOKUP. We'll finish with making your data work for you by taking advantage of Add-ons like formRanger and autoCrat. As a bonus, we'll take a peek at Google Data Studio as a way to make a beautiful, interactive presentation for your data.

There are a ton of options out there for interactive displays; most of them are quite expensive. At MSD of Steuben County, we are pulling away from interactive televisions and boards and exploring options that will allow teachers to have the same great interactive options but for a fraction of the cost. In this session, we'll talk about how we are utilizing many of the same tools teachers already know, but using Chrome Remote Desktop and Google Cast for Education to get it all accomplished.

Learn how to create engaging digital lessons tailored to meet the needs of littles! Integration models for whole group, small group and station settings will be shared. Participants who attend will gain access to numerous lessons created, as well as, explore resources for their own creation.

Bring your RVR charged, have the app ready, we are getting programming and rolling right off the bat! This two hour deep-dive session will give you hands-on experience programming in the Sphero Edu app, using the sensors of RVR, and looking at how to incorporate 3rd party hardware into your classroom.

There are many critical building blocks needed when laying the groundwork for your school's digital learning foundation. Flexible learning options and student agency benefit from the tenents of active learning spaces. What has research shown and how do you build a solid environment for student learning from a facilities and digital perspective? Learn from a leader of IT and operations with experience building and renovating spaces for over 25 years.

During this session, you will gain ideas on how to implement coding in your K-6 classroom, including lessons that do not even require technology! Hands-on opportunities will be given for you to explore various technology tools that give even the youngest students a chance to experience coding. In addition, you will get the chance to explore and practice using the plethora of coding resources available through the Code.org website. Finally, the global Hour of Code movement will be introduced and you will find out how to get your students involved!

If you feel like immersive technology is too hard to use in the classroom or you need to buy expensive technology to use it, you're wrong! Use the tools you have in your classroom now for your students to jump into augmented, virtual and mixed reality.

In this session, attendees will learn how to move their course from "meh" to AMAZING! Engage students by creating inviting, easy to navigate courses. Also learn "tips" to make teaching easier through the use of tools such as recordings, modules, and Cloud Assignments.

All K-12 educators are invited to explore how to use Adobe creative tools to create digital stories using Adobe Spark. Learn how to apply digital storytelling skills and Spark into your curriculum. Teacher created curriculum resources will also be shared. Adobe Spark is a free tool that allows users to create eye-catching graphics, beautiful engaging web pages and compelling video stories in minutes. Adobe Spark is a free graphic design app available on iPad, Chromebook, and any web-enabled device. Please bring a computer or tablet, so you can participate during the hands-on portion of the session.

Review of technology tools for educators including Pear Deck, Google Slides & Drawings. Online Publication tools, Graphics, Google Sites, FlipGrid, and Adobe Spark.

Tech leaders manage multiple projects and processes over the course of each year, be it refreshing hardware, distributing and collecting devices, transitioning to a new student information system, or constructing a new school. Whether large or small, straightforward or complex, your projects and processes can easily get away from you without careful planning and review. Join this session to explore tools and techniques to define scope, collect and analyze data, determine causes for failure, and ensure success. Strategies pulled from Six Sigma and Project Management methodologies – Process Map, RACI Matrix, 5 Whys, Risk Register, Lessons Learned and more – will equip you to get on top of your big or small priorities. Learn how to manage your projects and processes before they manage you!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on student run Chromebook repair centers.

What is blended learning? What does research say about the effective components needed for a blended learning environment? In this session, participants will learn the power in blending technology with target instructional approaches. The interactive solution in this presentation utilizes formative assessment through a universal screener with progress monitoring to determine specific needs of students, monitor their progress toward increased learning, make decisions about a student's instruction, and evaluate student achievement. Teachers leverage formative assessment to align instruction to learning goals and make deliberate decisions about next steps in learning. From developing to established readers, students grow with flexible educational resources that blend teacher-led lessons and computer-adaptive instruction.

Learning to code can help students gain essential skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration. Join us to learn about Everyone Can Code, a program from Apple that includes comprehensive curriculum to help any teacher bring coding into the classroom, no matter what their experience. In this session you’ll write your first lines of code in Swift and experience lessons on iPad that make it easy to teach, write, and learn code.

Every student in grades K-8 must be instructed in computer science. What concepts do these standards cover? Is this the same as STEM? Project based learning? Just coding? What staff do other corporations have to teach these concepts? How can we know if our 4th and 6th grade students are ready for the assessment? What about the middle school course requirement 0488? These and other issues around these standards will be covered. Actual student reports that show the proficiency of students against the strands of the standards will be provided.

Project Lead The Way is committed to expanding access to high-quality computer science education and professional development across the country and in Indiana. Fewer than 40% of Indiana schools offer Computer Science to their students and in rural counties that number drops to 20%. In Indiana K-8 Computer Science standards will be tested on the new ILearn exam beginning this year, and all high schools will be required to offer at least one CS elective beginning in 2021. Let’s work on creating an aligned pathway for your students! Computer Science is no longer an industry, it is part of every industry.

Real talk. Technology departments and teachers have been known to become disgruntled with one another. Good news. These frustrations can be resolved with a little TLC (and a lot of communication). Join us as we have a much-needed conversation focused on ideas and strategies to help improve relations by fostering mutual respect and understanding between both parties.

Esports, organized competitive video games, brings out many preconceived ideas and notions about the participants. But new data and feedback from high school students may change those ideas. Learn about the powerful impact esports can have on your students, and help to create conditions where diversity and inclusion can begin to thrive in authentic ways.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on classroom multimedia such as projectors, TVs, interactive TVs, etc. 

Do you want to know more about embedding Google Docs in assignments within Canvas? Google Doc Cloud Assignments are your answer. In this session, I will provide examples of classroom applications of Google Doc Cloud Assignments. Participants will see the student end and then create an assignment of their own to take back to your classroom.

Ever wonder what elementary students can do in Canvas on a daily basis without being 1:1? Check out how our K-4 students work in Canvas each day in a variety of unique ways. Expect to be wowed when our teachers show you how they use the many tools in Canvas in their daily routine of teaching.

Get ready, get set, go...explore new Augmented Reality apps that are breaking the boundaries in technology and connecting fun with individual learning experiences. Augmented Reality has burst into our classrooms to take learning from watching to exploring and interacting.

One of the biggest challenges teachers face is finding time to make or locate digital lesson materials. With just a few basic tools, you can quickly and easily create resources from scratch or remix high-quality work that is already out there. Learn best practices for digital lesson design and begin creating and curating your own resources during this session.

The world is rapidly changing and today's digital user must develop a keen understanding and self-awareness of the power their choices possess given their immediate and lasting impact in a digital environment. Session participants will review current trends related to the daily use of technology, discuss the goals of digital citizenship instruction, and examine four simple questions to help bridge difficult conversations with students about their digital lives and to help guide students towards positive decisions when they interact with their digital neighbors. For those interested, attendance at this session will also fulfill the Digital Citizenship "Learn" requirement to become a 2019-2021 Common Sense Recognized Educator.

Your students are excited about esports, and you are ready to support their intrinsic passion for esports. But where do you begin? How do you harness the passions of your students into a plan that moves forward the mission, vision, values and goals of your school or district? Through almost 20 years experience in the field of education and esports, James will share his experience to take your ideas from a focus on gaming to developing a rich ecosystem that supports the larger ideals of the Scholar Gamer.

We will learn how to design a digital version of the BreakoutEDU experience using Google Forms. Users will also be exposed to creative ways to create clues to promote problem solving and critical thinking in the classroom.

Math teachers around the globe are continually looking for ways to implement external websites with G Suite. Look no further as attendees will learn how to utilize Slides, Docs, and Drawings in conjunction with math websites to create engaging and exciting activities for their classrooms. This will be an exciting session with practical activities that can be used the next day!

The Total Digital Hallpass Solution - Students create pass requests on their device, or teachers create passes from their dashboard. Dashboard displays who is in the hall, boosting security and accountability. Limit the number of passes, Create on-demand or future passes with Appt Pass. View pass history and run reports. Free no-obligation Pilots.

Do you often notice that our youngest learners know the most about technology? There are so many apps and tech tools our youngest learner can utilize to enhance their learning. We will learn how to integrate the tech tools Flipgrid, Pic Collage, iMovie, EPIC, Shadow Puppet, and more! Ipad or computer is necessary!

Esports is becoming a global sport, projected to have over 300 million viewers by 2022. Educators are recognizing that Esports is an opportunity to practice critical and analytical thinking, reinforce a strong connection between STEAM learning and gaming environments and develop collaboration skills. Come ready to explore the components of implementing a successful program, including hardware, curriculum, staff, partnerships, space and processes.

All schools can choose to make up school days using eLearning without going through an approval process, but how do you ensure these days really count? Learn the plan Yorktown Community Schools has developed over the past several years. We leverage our Learning Management System in grades K-12 so our students and parents are all going to the same place each time we have an eLearning day. Come see our examples of eLearning lessons and hear from our Technology Coordinator on how YCS handles eLearning in our 1:1 environment.

Come join this innovative session where we will look at what zSpace brings to a classroom and how VR/AR is helping close the gap between instruction and hands on learning. We will also see how VR/AR is being used in today's workforce and how schools can leverage this technology to engage students, spark interest, and raise scores.

A 3-hour accelerated journey to prepare you for the Google Certified Educator Level 1 exam. We will work our way through G Suite while completing challenges to prepare you for the exam.

Wait?! She's still alive?! WE HAVE TO GET HER BACK! Join a team of NASA experts to find a way to bring our astronaut home safely. Be ready for fast paced problem solving while working with your team to design rescue plans, modify space rovers, and program robots (Sphero RVR) to get your astronaut to the launch site in time. This immersive workshop will model scaffolded problem solving techniques and team building exercises that can be used in most grades.
*Please have the Sphero Edu app installed on your preferred programming device (https://edu.sphero.com/d) and have your account ready.

Outcome - Participants will: use various classroom technologies to collaborate and problem solve reflect and discuss on the learning experience leave with resources to integrate similar activities and strategies in their classroom

Esports provides a avenue for student engagement, problem-solving and teamwork. Sign up for the Esports Tournament and get a sample of what a student can experience when playing for a school league. Participants will compete individually playing Fortnite for a great prize! (One prize given per day at the end of each tournament session; limit one prize per person; maximum of four players per tournament.) Sign up for the session for a chance to play--a drawing will be held to determine players at the beginning of the tournament for those who register in advance. Everyone can be a spectator--cheer on your favorite player!

Have you maximized the power of Apple's iWork suite on your students' iPads? Numbers, Pages, and Keynote have so much more to offer than spreadsheets, documents, and boring presentations. Create beautiful eBooks with Pages, robust science journals in Numbers, animations in Keynote, and so much more. Capture the mind-blowing potential these workhorse apps can have in your classroom. You'll never look at these apps the same again. This session is suitable for all grade levels. An iPad is recommended for full participation.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on Internet safety, filtering strategies, and monitoring.

Are we inadvertently putting up barriers for students with our design choices? Technology isn’t necessarily supposed to make learning easier, but it definitely shouldn’t make it harder. Join us as we explore quick and easy ways to ensure all of our digital content works for all of our learners by meeting web accessibility guidelines. It might not be the most riveting topic, but making our digital content accessible and user friendly for all learners is a top priority.

Don't get limited by individual tools using augmented, virtual and mixed reality! There are many ways to combine features in various tools to maximize the use of immersive technology in the classroom. Explore some of the best apps in AR, VR, and MR and learn how these tools are combined to reach their full potential. Don't settle for ordinary use, but deliver the resources your students want and need in immersive technology.

Google Slides is more than a presentation tool. Many teachers have found that Slides makes a great workspace for students. Nearly all of the physical manipulatives you use in class can be transformed into a digital format, and when the physical options aren't available for students to use, particularly while they are home, this option enables them to continue practicing key skills in focus. In this session, you will learn how to develop virtual manipulatives that challenge students to demonstrate their understanding of key classroom concepts. If you're looking to use technology to keep students active, this is the session for you.

Teachers design innovative lessons with choice and voice into their classrooms on a regular basis. However, professional learning for educators oftentimes does not look the same-many professional development sessions are "sit and get" PD with lectures, little interaction, and little input or choice from those on the receiving end. If this sounds similar to PD in your district-is it time to take out a mirror, reflect, and improve? In this session, attendees will learn how Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (Columbus IN) PD coordinators have redesigned PD to provide educators voice and choice in PD, resulting in transformed learning and increased participation district wide. By the end of the session, attendees will see examples of how BCSC utilized podcasts, blended learning, in person training, and virtual PD to provide staff with PD to help them succeed in the classroom.

Is your Digital Information Safe? Are you worried about vulnerabilities that may exploit your data? Do you have a plan in place to identify, measure and fill your Cyber Security gaps? During this session, Matrix Integration will provide you with a method to answer these and many more questions about the on-going and upcoming security risks you face. You will hear live case studies from your peers of how their organizations were provided a baseline to Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover using CIS Controls and the NIST Cyber Security Framework.

Need to do a parent and/or teacher sign-up for conference times, class treats, PD time? Need to collect student lunch choice? Want to survey your students/teachers? Need a way for students to sign-in/out? Want to submit office referrals online? Need a system to keep track of IT tickets? Want to track student reading? Need to place an club order for shirts? Need data to progress monitor on an IEP goal? Want a quick way to get live data on student understanding? Need visually appealing ways to share data without doing anything with the data? Want to learn how to put data on a Google Map? I will show you how to do all that & more with Google Forms. Participants should have a Google account prior to attending this session.

Evolution of learning with available technologies has opened more opportunities for students to learn in the comfort of spaces of their own choosing. Bridging the gap between face to face learning versus online learning comes with many challenges. Come explore multiple strategies that build engagement with students in online learning spaces. We will identify the challenges of online learning and ways to overcome these challenges to help provide online learners with opportunities to feel connected and empower their learning.

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use Hummingbird Duos to design, build and program a robot. We will walk through the Engineering Design Process and demonstrate how to integrate and apply coding with content area state standards. This will be a purposeful introduction which will include demonstrating, modeling, and inquiry based learning. Things that you will learn include, but are not limited to the following: the different components to the Hummingbird Kit; how to connect electronics to the Hummingbird Duo; begin or advance your coding skills with easy-to-follow tutorials; access to curriculum, assessment, and instructional tools you need to be successful.

Participants in this session will learn how to effectively integrate Chromebooks in the primary classroom. Come away with a solid plan to help roll out professional development and support for those targeted teachers. Best practices of how to integrate this model into whole group, small group and station settings will be shared.

Two local leaders in the field of educational technology will provide an inside look on how they began their own student technology teams. Susan Parker (Martinsville High School) and Brian Grismore (Fishers High School) will also provide a path to help others get similar programs going in their schools. Brian and Susan will also discuss class curriculum, and student assessment within the Computer Tech Support class. An introduction to how HSDL fit into the new student pathways.

Need some fresh ideas for your K-6 Reading/Language Arts lessons? During this interactive, hands-on session, you’ll learn how to put a “techy twist” on some old favorites! For example, transform a diorama into an interactive green screen presentation, have students create their own stories using online book creators, or add a STEM challenge to a piece of fiction! You’ll leave with a range of practical ideas to implement into your classroom right away!

In this session, participants will be shown several examples of classroom lessons utilizing blended learning. We will create lessons inside of Canvas while learning some tips and tricks along the way. In our Canvas page, we will learn how to embed FlipGrid, Padlet, Google Slides, Actively Learn, Quizlet, Khan Academy, and other FREE 3rd party resources. Participants will also participate in a Google Cloud assignment and create one on their own!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

Experience the concept of Breakout EDU with a technology twist. Join in digital challenges to unlock each piece of the mystery to breakout of the PD norm while learning augmented and virtual reality tools.

Come join the Canvas team to learn more about how Professional Development can easily be delivered through the Canvas platform. Canvas provides a powerful platform and endless options for creating amazing content. In this session, you’ll gain the insights of Canvas experts so you are able to easily utilize the platform for PD as well as create effective, attractive, and awesome PD courses

School administrators are expected to manage all the tasks to efficiently run a school while maintaining clear communication with teachers, students and staff. While doing that, they are also expected to ensure they and their teachers are experiencing powerful professional growth and collaboration. Are we asking the impossible? Join our presentation to hear how IP paging, intercom, and bells can help you communicate clearly with everyone in the building. We’ll also discuss how a classroom audio system connected with teacher-controlled cameras can help teachers collaborate and grow in professional development. Clear and effective communication with significant professional learning is becoming a reality, hear what this can mean for your school district.

How do you implement FREE computer science curriculum with G Suite for Education tools? Come hear how a school utilizes Code.org's free secondary curriculum to pair with G Suite tools to create a blended learning environment, perfect for 1:1/eLearning Days or shared device setups. You will also learn how K12 teachers can access free training and materials, including updates on licensing and standards.

In this session, we will walk through the process of creating a Google Form. We'll look at ways to make sure you are collecting the data they need, be it for formative assessment or classroom productivity. Starting with the basics of questions types and settings, we'll look at how Forms take advantage of Google's AI, how to customize Forms with data validation and add-ons, and what you can do with your data once it's been collected.

Join us to discover how to optimize your digital collection and keep your students engaged with the latest content trends, app features and tips for promoting your ebooks and audiobooks within your school or district. Learn about powerful curation options, equity tools including offline reading and how students reading on the Sora app maximizes budget and circulation for both school and public libraries. And you won’t want to miss eye-opening insight into how K-12s are incorporating digital titles into curriculum and PD.

Imagine having enough teachers in your class for every student to continually engage in high-quality learning experiences. Blended learning can make that a reality! Come learn strategies and tools for creating online learning experiences, managing learning groups, and preparing your students for success in order to maximize your instructional time.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

During retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum’s career, almost all of his hundreds of victims never expected to become a victim, because they didn't believe they had anything worth stealing. Think again. Scott has responded to hundreds of data breaches and share with you the commonalities in almost all incidents and provide you with several takeaways to prevent your organization from becoming the next victim.
Be sure to catch Part II of this workshop as well!

As technology continues to change the way we live, work, and learn, the definition of literacy is expanding to include a broader range of abilities and competencies. Join us to discover new ways that iPad can help you provide students with a wide range of options to not only develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, but also to apply these skills in increasingly complex and creative ways.

How do we know that the eLearning experiences we are creating are done well? We use a checklist of course! This session will provide examples, tips and tricks on how to reach a “Best Practice” level for each of the four parts of the Canvas Course Evaluation Checklist in order to ensure that content is not only engaging but also accessible and designed with instructionally sound principles. We will also share how educators across the state have utilized the checklist and customized the rubric for their individual school/district needs. Please note that although this checklist was developed by Instructure, it can easily be applied to any digital learning environment as it built upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning and aligns with Quality Matters standards.

Your students may know their way around the latest iPhone technology, social media platforms, and gaming consoles, but are they truly digitally literate? Explore the pedagogy behind teaching students the WHY behind the HOW of tech, how to troubleshoot their own digital glitches and desires, and build a solid foundation of digital literacy skills useful in or out of the classroom. This session will explore a methodology of teaching digital literacy as well as a handful of super tools that effectively support a goal of creating digitally literate students.

In this session, participants will be shown how a 5th grade classroom utilizes blended learning approaches and practice setting up or fine tuning what you already may have started in the past. Flipgrid, the newest and growing student voice empowerment tool, will be shown and participants will catch #FlipgridFever seeing all the NEWEST updates and participate using, creating, and seeing options to share beyond their class! Afterward, participants will catch the #WakeletWave seeing how easy it is to curate digital content in one place with Wakelet! All of this will be shown in how to keep students connected using Canvas and how my daily practice of OneNote can connect traditional methods of hard copy notes with the digital age utilizing digital ink and more tools in OneNote.

As teachers develop more online content for students, a new educator skillset becomes necessary: digital content design. Often the well-intentioned decisions we make when designing online content can have an unintended negative impact. Participants will learn some research-based strategies to think like an instructional designer and ultimately improve student outcomes while sharing their own tips and resources. Additionally, attendees will leave the session with a free eLearning design handbook.

In this fast-paced, learner-centered workshop, participants will build their understanding of design thinking, collaborate to complete multiple blended learning design challenges, and reflect on ways the design process can enhance teaching and learning in the digital age.

Whether eLearning is new to you or old hat, it deserves a closer look. Come get started with eLearning days, or use this as an opportunity to evaluate your current process. Let’s talk about quick wins for eLearning that is interactive, accessible, and powerful. We hope our attendees will leave with a crystal clear vision for beginning or improved eLearning!

Google has flattened the Earth for teachers and students by continually updating and improving its own geo tools. By using Earth, Maps, Tour Creator, and Poly, Google has made it easy to integrate global awareness and landscapes into any classroom. Come learn how to leverage these geo tools and give your students portals to their own possibilities.

Participants will be informed as the possible Robotics implementations within their building. This will range from using Ozobots to do spelling lists, to having a competitive VEX Robotics Team. Speakers will present the steps they have taken to build robotics as part of the framework of their school and how teachers use it as part of instruction. As project based learning initiatives in Indiana continue to grow, speakers will share how incorporating robotics enhances such styles of lessons and learning. Participants will be able to experience products, use different examples of the robotic products, and hear testimony to uses in the classroom from teachers, not salespeople. Speakers will guide attendees into taking a skill/standard that is taught and making it exciting and new to students by adding robots. Speakers will also share funding resources and opportunities for robotic program growth at their schools.

This session will address the various laws affecting the use of technology and social media in schools by students. Various federal and state laws exist on confidentiality of records, access of student records, and other issues related to the use of technology and electronic devices by students in schools, including disciplinary matters involving student use of technology outside of the school day (think threats by students on social media). There will be opportunity to discuss any questions you have about situations you have encountered in your school.

Do you have moments where your brain repeats “I do not like it here or there. I do not like it anywhere!”? Come learn how to infuse technology into your typical every day schedule using only FREE apps. Discover how easy it can be to infuse your lessons with technology and learn how to take your little SAM’s to the next level by not just substituting technology for worksheets but also learning how to modify and enhance lessons with the SAMR model. You will hear and practice techniques to increase engagement, use total participation, streamline routines and procedures, reduce prep time, and make sure each student is learning at his or her exact level. Feel free to bring an iPad to this hands-on workshop. You will leave with ready to use standard based technology infused lessons.

Wait?! She's still alive?! WE HAVE TO GET HER BACK! Join a team of NASA experts to find a way to bring our astronaut home safely. Be ready for fast paced problem solving while working with your team to design rescue plans, modify space rovers, and program robots (Sphero RVR) to get your astronaut to the launch site in time. This immersive workshop will model scaffolded problem solving techniques and team building exercises that can be used in most grades.
*Please have the Sphero Edu app installed on your preferred programming device (https://edu.sphero.com/d) and have your account ready.

Outcome - Participants will: use various classroom technologies to collaborate and problem solve reflect and discuss on the learning experience leave with resources to integrate similar activities and strategies in their classroom

Whether you have all the technology in the world or you’re surviving on the bare minimum, this session is for you! Come interact with experts on a variety of tools to create a virtual classroom. Enjoy a hands-on approach to teaching virtually. Participate in a virtual field trip and learn how to access and create your own. Take a look at past HECC tools in the classroom and how they can easily draw in those virtual experiences for your students. You will leave inspired and equipped with a wide variety of tools for any K-12 classroom to connect, collaborate and create!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will be focused on VR and AR in the Classroom.

In Part II of Scott Augenbaum's session he is going to take a deeper dive into the world of Cybercrime and will address some of the biggest questions of the day: Ransomware: Should we pay or not and steps to take to prevent? Why being compliant (PCI, SOX, HIPAA) is not the same as being secure. Do you know who you should call if you have an incident or are you leaving it to chance? Are our employees trained to be the first line of defense or are they part of the problem? Where does a company start? Do I need Cyber liability insurance and how much? Will it pay if I am a victim? Make sure you bring your questions.
Be sure to catch Part I of this workshop as well!

Attend this session for information about how the IDOE’s Office of Workforce and Innovation team is supporting education in Indiana. Learn about work-based learning, employability skills, and the state of STEM and computer science education. Topics will include: -Work-based learning and employability skills standards resources -Computer science implementation strategies -Computer science professional development opportunities -New STEM School Certification process -STEM Acceleration Grants -Additional STEM and CS resources

"Tell me and I may forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." Do you currently have a student tech support group? Would you like to have a student led helpdesk and repair kiosk in your school? Learn how K12 Tech is transforming 1:1 management and support by empowering students to be part of the solution rather than an idle participant in your 1:1 system. We'll discuss how this system could look in your building or district and how an experience like this will provide workplace readiness skills along with pathway options for your students. Whether you have been 1:1 for years, or if you are new to the experience, we think our presentation has something to offer no matter where you are in your journey.

iPad can be used to create interactive and engaging learning experiences. In this session, you’ll explore new features that help students and teachers be even more productive and creative. Experience new file management tools, powerful multitasking features, built-in screen recording, and more. Learn about powerful workflows using the Classroom app that take advantage of the creative power of iPad.

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

iPad is a powerful way to learn and delivers powerful new productivity tools. Explore the Files app, the Dock, intuitive multitasking, built-in screen recording, and features in the Notes app. Learn about classroom workflows using the Classroom app, Apple apps, and more. EQUIPMENT WILL BE PROVIDED

Every student has the capacity for achievement, but some need more time, more opportunities for corrective learning, or more enrichment in their pursuit of learning. Using a Canvas feature item, known as Mastery Paths, teachers can build adaptive learning opportunities for students, pushing them down different paths according to their demonstrated needs. Mastery Paths offer teachers the ability to create learning activities that encourage corrective engagement in course material and that target needed skills of students stemming from an initial formative assessment given to students. Session attendees will develop a comprehensive understanding of how Mastery Paths are built and integrated in Canvas and will leave with the necessary skills and resources to immediately begin implementing this feature in their own classrooms.

Integrating literacy across the curriculum can be engaging and fun! This session will engage participants to leverage technology for cross-curricular literacy strategies. Bring a device and let's Get Lit!

Come embark on an epic journey! Experience gamified blended learning first hand using Classcraft and see why students thrive in this environment. Level up your teaching game by increasing engagement, promoting a positive class culture, and encouraging students to take risks. Take away tips and strategies for classroom management, content delivery, and personalized learning.

Newsletters need to evolve as our teaching and learning for students evolves. Do you still send home a paper copy? Do you only include words? Do you include pictures and videos? How do you share what the learning looks like in your classroom? How do you share how school is changing? We will navigate through SMORE and learn what parents really want to see and look it in a newsletter. We will look at examples and have time to work together.

What is truly unique and exciting about Applied Digital Skills from Google is that it fosters innovation. The Applied Digital Skills curriculum emphasizes relevant life applications, rather than the tool being taught in the units. Real and tangible digital skills are woven throughout the lessons, but the overarching focus is on accomplishing a task or solving a problem that learners can relate to in their everyday lives.

Welcome to Teach Like A Student HECC 2019! This session will be the most fun you can legally have at an educational technology conference! Our focus is on strategies to improve student engagement using technology. Be prepared to have fun, dance, and above all else, learn more about tools and tactics you can use tomorrow!

The world our kids are growing up in is a complicated place of designer reality, media manipulation, and alternative facts. How do we prepare our students so that they are not easily-manipulated victims, but are instead well-informed citizens? In this session we’ll look at some of the many media literacies that we must teach if we want to empower our students to be leaders rather than followers.

Esports is becoming a global sport, projected to have over 300 million viewers by 2022. Educators are recognizing that Esports is an opportunity to practice critical and analytical thinking, reinforce a strong connection between STEAM learning and gaming environments and develop collaboration skills. Come ready to explore the components of implementing a successful program, including hardware, curriculum, staff, partnerships, space and processes.

Have you ever photocopied a chapter from a book, copy and pasted an image into your presentation slide without checking copyright permissions, or shown a feature length movie to celebrate student achievement? If so, you may have infringed on copyright. Are you thinking, it’s ok I’m a teacher I’m covered under “Fair Use.” Well, there’s a little more to a Fair Use claim then working within a school district. This session will dive into copyright and provide resources to help you make sure your work and that of your student’s follows copyright law.

Esports provides a avenue for student engagement, problem-solving and teamwork. Sign up for the Esports Tournament and get a sample of what a student can experience when playing for a school league. Participants will compete individually playing Fortnite for a great prize! (One prize given per day at the end of each tournament session; limit one prize per person; maximum of four players per tournament.) Sign up for the session for a chance to play--a drawing will be held to determine players at the beginning of the tournament for those who register in advance. Everyone can be a spectator--cheer on your favorite player!

During retired FBI Special Agent Scott Augenbaum’s career, almost all of his hundreds of victims never expected to become a victim, because they didn't believe they had anything worth stealing. Think again. Scott has responded to hundreds of data breaches and share with you the commonalities in almost all incidents and provide you with several takeaways to prevent your organization from becoming the next victim.
Be sure to catch Part II of this workshop as well!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!
This session will focus on the Technology Leader and serving on the Superintendent's Cabinet.

According to Common Sense Media, teens spend an average of nine hours a day online. This is an extraordinary amount of time especially when you consider that everything that you do online leaves behind some type of permanent presence. This session will cover some of the basic, but critical, responsibilities necessary to be a responsible digital citizen at any age. We will look at everything from media literacy and social media presence to safety and security.

The eSports landscape is exploding, and we don’t want you to get ganked or come out looking like a noob. Has keeping up with the trend left you Twitchy? Don’t get tilted, come in for a crash course and learn how your schools can be competitive in this new frontier.

Google Expeditions is a dynamic collection of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences designed to help students develop a critical awareness of the world and to provide them with experiences that would not otherwise be possible. This session will model for attendees the process of leading a Google Expedition and provide participants with an opportunity to explore one during the session. Bring a Chromebook or mobile device, join us for the journey, and learn how you can lead Expeditions with your own students!

Assessment should help to personalize learning, not standardize it. During this session, we will look at strategies to encourage student self assessment and then explore various tech tools. Whether you are new to or familiar with Flipgrid, Peardeck, and Peergrade, come learn ways to integrate these tools to make assessment personal for each learner.

Computer Science and programming is finding their way into more and more classrooms. This increased focused on STEM fields provides new opportunities for schools to incorporate meaningful problem solving across all content areas. With Sphero Edu and RVR, teachers can engage students in exciting and memorable learning experiences like never before. Join this discussion around what RVR and Sphero Edu can look like in your classroom and leave with ideas and resources to get started!

During the session/workshop attendees will be introduced to code.org, Tynker, Spheros, and Kano Harry Potter Wands. We will explore the Sphero edu resources and how to set up classes. This will allow for teachers to be able to assign tasks and also for students to submit their completed tasks to their teacher. After an overview of these there will be time for hands on exploration. If attendees have an iPad then downloading the Kano app and on all devices the Sphero Edu app before the session would be great. A laptop would be useful for exploring code.org and Tynker.

During this session, you will gain ideas on how to implement coding in your K-6 classroom, including lessons that do not even require technology! Hands-on opportunities will be given for you to explore various technology tools that give even the youngest students a chance to experience coding. In addition, you will get the chance to explore and practice using the plethora of coding resources available through the Code.org website. Finally, the global Hour of Code movement will be introduced and you will find out how to get your students involved!

With so many ways to implement technology into the classroom, it can be daunting to try and sort through it all. What resources are true “must-haves” for the everyday classroom? There are a number of programs, online resources, and digital tools that have proven to be mainstays for the teachers that implement them. Through a fun and engaging “Digital Breakout,” we will cover these game-changers and how to use them. Real examples of how these tools have already been implemented in the classroom will be shown. Attendees will then have the opportunity to create their own digital content specific to their curriculum. Ultimately, the goal of the session will be to walk away with new tools and new digital content to bring back to students.

Google Sheets is more than just a place to compile and store data lists. We'll use the AutoCrat add-on to create awards and certificates that automatically email themselves to recipients and GlideApps to create a custom app that requires NO coding! This is an active workshop that works best on the web version of Google Drive. Laptops or Chromebooks recommended.

Have you maximized the power of Apple's iWork suite on your students' iPads? Numbers, Pages, and Keynote have so much more to offer than spreadsheets, documents, and boring presentations. Create beautiful eBooks with Pages, robust science journals in Numbers, animations in Keynote, and so much more. Capture the mind-blowing potential these workhorse apps can have in your classroom. You'll never look at these apps the same again. This session is suitable for all grade levels. An iPad is recommended for full participation.

Canvas is an amazing LMS that allows for so much creativity and usage in various different ways! However sometimes this can become overwhelming for a new teacher to the district or students or parents can sometimes get confused trying to navigate through different courses. Come join us in this session to learn new ways to build templates in Canvas that your school can use (or maybe even just a department.) Templates create a common layout that are custom to your teaching needs but make navigation simple for all users. Plus the great thing is, once the template is created, you can use it year after year and only make minor tweaks as needed! Weather you are a seasoned Canvas user or new to the game, this session will be a great one for you!

Learn how to create engaging digital lessons tailored to meet the needs of littles! Integration models for whole group, small group and station settings will be shared. Participants who attend will gain access to numerous lessons created, as well as, explore resources for their own creation.

This section will cover the various state and federal laws relating to the use of technology in schools by employees. Topics addressed will also include the use of email tracking systems, the supervision of students while using technology, and the use of technology by students and employees outside of school hours, i.e., social media posts. The session will cover the responsibilities of administrators to monitor the use of social media by employees. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss various situations relating to this topic.

In Part II of Scott Augenbaum's session he is going to take a deeper dive into the world of Cybercrime and will address some of the biggest questions of the day: Ransomware: Should we pay or not and steps to take to prevent? Why being compliant (PCI, SOX, HIPAA) is not the same as being secure. Do you know who you should call if you have an incident or are you leaving it to chance? Are our employees trained to be the first line of defense or are they part of the problem? Where does a company start? Do I need Cyber liability insurance and how much? Will it pay if I am a victim? Make sure you bring your questions.
Be sure to catch Part I of this workshop as well!

This session is a great time to discuss any current problems or offer up timely solutions. There are typically technical, teacher and administration personnel in these sessions. A wide variety of topics and different viewpoints always seem to fulfill the time! Can't promise milk & cookies, but we can discuss how to clear cookies!!

Computer Science and programming is finding their way into more and more classrooms. This increased focused on STEM fields provides new opportunities for schools to incorporate meaningful problem solving across all content areas. With Sphero Edu and RVR, teachers can engage students in exciting and memorable learning experiences like never before. Join this discussion around what RVR and Sphero Edu can look like in your classroom and leave with ideas and resources to get started!

eSports It's here! We have all heard about it to varying degrees. Come here the history the current state and where it is going from the K-12 and University perspective.

Our learners brains are as unique as their fingertips-as are their needs in the classroom. In this session, learn how you can leverage technology to make your online learning environment accessible for ALL learners by providing students with voice and choice in how they show their understanding of topics, goals, or standards. This session will focus on the importance of Universal Design for Learning (as referenced in the ISTE Standards for Educators) for designing learner-centered, accessible environments and how providing choice in learning activity can help all learners shine. Attendees in this session will learn about assignment/activity tools through the lens of Universal Design for Learning. Tools will include, but are not limited to: Incredibox, Sutori, Synth, & more! By the end of this session, attendees will understand how to use new tools but will also have improved or developed a lesson in which they incorporate choice in assignments.

Attendees will vote in this interactive Choose Your Own Adventure style session to determine the path for learning. This fun and unpredictable session is designed for teachers, instructional coaches, and technology integrationists.