Enter adjacent to the auditorium to check-in, pick-up your badge and water bottle, and proceed to the cafeteria for continental breakfast and badge making.
Wednesday July 29, 2015 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Cafeteria
Our one day Certification preparation course helps prepare you to complete the certification process. Find out more about Google certifications and exams by visiting https://www.google.com/edu/training/get-certified
Executive Director, Federal Programs &Instructional Technology, Harrison School District
Susan Gilley is a Certified Google Education Trainer who presents across Arkansas. Recognitions include School Leader finalist from EdTech Digest Awards and AAIM/ARKSTE Technology Leader of the Year. Resources are available at sgilley.com, because: It's not what you know, but what... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2015 9:00am - 3:30pm CDT
Room 138
Keturah Rush is a Technology Integration Specialist at Monticello School District in Monticello Arkansas, Certified EAST Facilitator (Environmental and Spatial Technology) and Google Education Certified Trainer. The combination of experience as an Instructional Technology Specialist... Read More →
Wednesday July 29, 2015 9:00am - 3:30pm CDT
Room 147
Enter adjacent to the auditorium to check-in, pick-up your badge and water bottle, and proceed to the cafeteria for continental breakfast and badge making.
Thursday July 30, 2015 7:15am - 8:30am CDT
Cafeteria
Welcome and opening session including special keynote presentation by national presenter and Google Certified Teacher.
Teach for Tomorrow Keynote Presentation
Design Thinking, Maker Labs, Coding, Augmented Reality, 3D Printing, Mobile App Development, and Robotics—all of these topics are at the forefront of education today as we prepare our students for tomorrow’s jobs. How can we create a culture of change in which student–centered learning truly inspires innovation, engages students, and promotes creativity? Innovative teaching tools and a technology–rich curriculum along with instructional strategies for student–centered learning provide learning opportunities that promote deeper understanding. Together we’ll revisit the past, disrupt the status quo, and prepare our students for their futures!
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on global education... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 8:30am - 9:30am CDT
Auditorium
Composing digitally is an important skill for students in this age of online testing. This workshop will include use of Google Classroom, Docs, and Slides to address Common Core expectations for digital writing at a variety of grade levels. Strategies will include both collaborative and individual.
Google Sites for Education: Use Sites for hosting your Google Apps, class website, newsletters, agendas, collaboration blogs, and project files. Whether you are creating a single page for an assignment or a site for the upcoming school year, this session will get you started. Educators will create a new site, select and change the theme, use the insert and layout menus, customize the site navigation menus, and change the sharing settings for their Google Site.
Teacher, Dept. Chair, Technology Integration Specialist, Blytheville High School: New Tech
Math Teacher/Technology Integration Specialist/Instructional Team Leader (Math Dept. Head)Google Trainer in TrainingTechnology Integration Specialist Certificate, Boise State UniversityWorking on Masters in Educational Technology from Boise State UniversityWebsite: http://www.thenumbersguy.orgEDTECH... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 9:45am - 10:45am CDT
Room 147
So you think you know everything about Google mail? This workshop will cover the features of Gmail and tips you can use to make your mail manageable. People who have used Gmail for years will walk away with new insight into using Google mail.
This workshop will lead teachers in setting up and managing their Google Classroom for Elementary students. You too can have a paperless and organized classroom with instant access to grades and easy site sharing privileges for your students. Google Classroom makes it easy.
Travel the world virtually with Google's Geo Tools! We will take a virtual field trip using Street View, Google Earth, Tour Builder, and Google Maps. Help build global competencies and cultural understanding by "Going Global" in your classroom!
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on global education... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 9:45am - 10:45am CDT
Room 138
Google Apps for Education are being used by millions of students and teachers across the globe. With thousands of apps and extensions available it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start. This fast paced and engaging session will demonstrate five tools from Texthelp that can assist everyone: from educators looking to get the most out of Google Apps, to students who may struggle with reading or writing, or to those who speak English as a second language. Participants will leave with helpful resources and access to free software.
We will show GoGuardian's Admin Dashboard can help your district: -Understand how your Chromebooks are being used on all levels including broad usage trends, unique organizational units, and granular per-student browsing behavior. -Never worry again about what your students are accessing on the internet. Use our broad categories list to easily remain compliant with CIPA requirements. -The first and only comprehensive Theft Recovery features for schools. Identify thieves with screenshots, keylogs, and webcam photos from the stolen device.
Come learn about a variety of apps and extensions for the Chrome web browser that can help save you time and effort. Signing in to your browser enables you to have your apps and extensions wherever you go!
Take your Google Forms to the next level. Create Google Forms to use for quizzes, surveys, rubrics, and assignment dropboxes. Create quizzes in Google Forms, then use Flubaroo to autograde and provide student feedback. Take control of student Docs sharing nightmares and tracking assignments with Forms dropboxes. Create self-grading rubrics, use data validation and branch logic, and much, much more (Best on a laptop or Chromebook)
When most people think about going paperless, the biggest concern is "How do I manage all these documents and classes?" Google has answered that question for us with Google Classroom. This app for computer, phone, or tablet is helpful to both teachers and students in terms of organization and communication. Creating and collecting assignments is streamlined and students always have access to documents and due dates. It takes the stress out of managing the paperless classroom and helps prepare students for the technological world!
I love anything Google related, especially Google Classroom! I am a Google Certified Educator, and I love time-saving tech tools that can help teachers and students navigate this digital world that we live in.
Want students to demonstrate understanding by presenting it to the class, but you also want them to work in collaborative groups? Google Slides is the perfect tool for creating shared presentations for projects or as student–created introductory lessons for a unit of study. It is also a great tool for you to use professionally with your colleagues. Come ready to create and share, and have fun doing it!
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on global education... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 138
This session will provide tools and tips to help guide those who will be Administering a 1:1 Initiative with Chromebooks, or for those looking for a little help. Get help from a 1:1 K -12 Chromebook School.
Topics Covered: -chromebook inventory management -summertime todo list, from the last day of school, to the first day of school -breakage reports by grade level -how to replace a screen -teacher preparation -infrastructure/wifi -insurance/policy -out with the old (desktop computers) -nexus players (maybe)
This session will highlight a high school Google Classroom that is completely paperless. You will not only get a glimpse of the Google Classroom, but will also see how the course syllabus and assignments were created, what web 2.0 tools were utilized, and which Google apps drove the course.
Participants will learn how to better utilize mobile technologies to effectively engage their audience without increasing the workload of their staff. Most schools are considering getting apps for their districts, but only creating yet another system they have to update and more work for their staff. It doesn't have to be that complicated. Learn how integrate Google Calendar, Google Sites and more!
Hi there! I'm a technology junkie who is passionate about education. I joined the Apptegy team this year because we are revolutionizing how schools communicate and making educators lives easier! Join our sessions to learn more!
Google Classroom is the perfect way to organize your classes and manage the workflow of students' assignments in Google Apps for Education. Learn how to set up your classes, add assignments, and more in this session!
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on global education... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 138
Google Maps tools are for more than finding your house and directions. They can be used by students as digital content creation tools to create history, literature, and science projects while meeting Common Core writing standards. This session will introduce a number of Google Maps tools for students to explore the world around them as well as to create projects to demonstrate their learning in history, literature, and science while meeting Common Core writing standards.
Take some time to talk to presenters, get support on Google products you are struggling with, talk with our vendors and partners, and experience the newest Google Products such as Google Cardboard!
Thursday July 30, 2015 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Cafeteria
A walk through my first year using Google Classroom. Some Do's and Don'ts and examples of how to use specific features of Google Classroom to: make assignments of various types including peer review and groupwork; Manage and grade assignments; and have effective two way communication with students through g-mail.
The concept of this session is fairly simple. As a recent graduate, I wish to go through the evolution of use in the classroom. I want to delve into as many different aspects as possible: everything from Google Docs to Google Hangouts. Mixed in with explanations of these apps from a student standpoint, I will describe how I wish my teachers would have used them differently, how they used them effectively, and show the teachers attending the conference tutorials on these apps.
Google CS First provides free, easy-to-use computer science (CS) enrichment materials that target and engage a diverse student population. Target ages are 9-14 or grades 4-8. This session will introduce what Google CS First is, where to go to get free materials for your school to start a club, show examples of how easy CS First is for students, and why we should be offering coding in today's classroom.
Need to take a survey? Want to make a bell ringer or an exit ticket? Have a quick quiz you want to give and have it graded by Flubaroo? Let's explore Google Forms and Flubaroo together for these purposes and others! Google Forms are fabulous!
Dr. Julene Reed is an international consultant, presenter, researcher, instructional designer, instructional coach, and education author with over twenty–five years of experience in K-12 education. Julene holds a doctorate in educational leadership with a focus on global education... Read More →
Thursday July 30, 2015 2:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Room 138
Google Drawing can be used for far more than creating simple diagrams and posters. It is a powerful tool for students to create multimedia projects, thinking maps, and other tasks to meet Common Core standards. This session will cover a wide variety of uses as well as the tools used to create them. Create collaborative thinking maps and interactive hot-spot presentations. Create posters, signs, and graphics for Google Sites and Forms. Many templates and creative assignments are already created for you to use.
DemoSlams are short demonstrations of an innovative practice, tool, etc.! Anyone can sign-up or simply watch and be amazed by the many new tools and strategies you will learn.
Enter adjacent to the auditorium to check-in, pick-up your badge and water bottle, and proceed to the cafeteria for continental breakfast and badge making.
Friday July 31, 2015 7:30am - 8:30am CDT
Cafeteria
Welcome and opening session including special keynote presentation by national presenter and Google Certified Teacher.
Preparing Students for Their Future, Not Our Past
From self-directed learning to thinking outsdie the box, it is more important than ever to provide students opportunities to learn by doing in authentic environments. Get prepared to make a shift in current educational practcies and develop a mindset for college and career preparation.
Chief Technology & Innovations Officer, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Jason is former director of the the national TICAL project. He spent 3 years as the Director of Learning & Innovation for Portola Valley School District--a K-8 district serving students in the Silicon Valley. Currently he is CTO at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education. Jason... Read More →
Friday July 31, 2015 8:30am - 9:30am CDT
Auditorium
As many as two-thirds of students in classrooms today score below proficiency in reading. This includes students who speak English as a second language, students with disabilities, and others who do not yet possess the skills needed to meet today’s rigorous standards. While the Google Apps for Education environment provides great tools for productivity and collaboration, many supports needed by these struggling students are still lacking.
Learn more about technology supports such as text-to-speech, word prediction, text and picture dictionaries, annotations and more that can help students who struggle with reading and writing demonstrated in Read&Write for Google™, a cloud-based solution that works with Google Documents, Web pages, PDFs, ePub, and KES files in Google Drive. These tools can be used through the Chrome browser on PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks.
Participants will walk away with a better understanding of how to support a variety of struggling learners as well as useful tools that can help.
This session will focus on implementing an effective Google Classroom with the 21st Century learner at the center. Several tips will be provided to engage all learners with Google Classroom. Come hear how to enhance communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity within today's students by the effective use of Google Classroom.
Google Forms is your answer to all data collection tasks. Learn how to use Google Forms to complete an inventory/evaluation, to schedule a parent conference, to complete an online assessment. Then learn how to make Google work for you by pairing forms with add-ons to follow up with automated responses via an email reminder, certificate of attendance or even a students' grade.
Participants will learn how to better utilize mobile technologies to effectively engage their audience without increasing the workload of their staff. Most schools are considering getting apps for their districts, but only creating yet another system they have to update and more work for their staff. It doesn't have to be that complicated. Learn how integrate Google Calendar, Google Sites and more!
Hi there! I'm a technology junkie who is passionate about education. I joined the Apptegy team this year because we are revolutionizing how schools communicate and making educators lives easier! Join our sessions to learn more!
Friday July 31, 2015 9:45am - 10:45am CDT
Room 154
Using Google Apps, teachers can create, share, and grade performance-based tasks online as assessments, or as a part of a project or problem in the classroom. Examples include the creation and/or labeling of diagrams, maps, posters, or charts. Furthermore, performance-based tasks can emulate tasks in the PARCC and Smarter Balance Common Core assessments. For example, students can be provided with a grid or paragraph and asked to graph an equation, draw a shape, or underline key points of a paragraph in a Google Doc, Drawing or Slide.
Teacher, Dept. Chair, Technology Integration Specialist, Blytheville High School: New Tech
Math Teacher/Technology Integration Specialist/Instructional Team Leader (Math Dept. Head)Google Trainer in TrainingTechnology Integration Specialist Certificate, Boise State UniversityWorking on Masters in Educational Technology from Boise State UniversityWebsite: http://www.thenumbersguy.orgEDTECH... Read More →
Friday July 31, 2015 9:45am - 10:45am CDT
Room 147
Google Classroom is a free LMS (learning management system) for Google Apps for Education designed to simplify the workflow of using Google Drive with students. Teachers can view, create, collect, & grade assignments, including one-click creation of individual Google Documents for each student and organize them into automatically created Drive folders for each assignment.
Are you one of those individuals who has yet to create a webpage? Do you struggle with keeping your webpage current? Join us to learn how to create a webpage that's as easy as editing a Google Doc.
Please join one of CDWG’s K12 Learning Environment Advisors (LEA), as he discusses the various ways the he and his team can help shape the EdTech conversations in your schools. As a former educator, Mike is working closely with schools in Arkansas to explore Google and GAFE to select the appropriate tools for connecting technology with your curriculum . Attendees will discover the resources and methods available when you partner with CDWG’s K12 Team.
This session will show participants the basics of using Google Drawings. It will be a hands-on session including the description and use of features found with in Google Drawing and how to use Drawings in other GAFE applications. The use of Drawings to aid in project based learning will also be discussed.
7th Grade Science Teacher, Trumann Middle School/Trumann School District
I teach in a 1:1 Chromebook setting, and my classroom is mostly paperless. We do a lot of projects, because students always seem to learn better through a project. I am very interested in the use of solid tech in the classroom that enables my students to set high goals and reach them... Read More →
Hold on tight...Google is definitely out of the gate and racing full speed ahead with their browser- Chrome. Learn how to individualize the "Chrome" experience for users via settings, apps and extensions! If you need it done, chances are there's a better way with Chrome.
Lean how to use Google Maps in the classroom to understand geography concepts, map terminology (such as latitude and longitude) and provide a spatial view of the world.
Executive Director, Federal Programs &Instructional Technology, Harrison School District
Susan Gilley is a Certified Google Education Trainer who presents across Arkansas. Recognitions include School Leader finalist from EdTech Digest Awards and AAIM/ARKSTE Technology Leader of the Year. Resources are available at sgilley.com, because: It's not what you know, but what... Read More →
Take your Google Forms to the next level. Create Google Forms to use for quizzes, surveys, rubrics, and assignment dropboxes. Create quizzes in Google Forms, then use Flubaroo to autograde and provide student feedback. Take control of student Docs sharing nightmares and tracking assignments with Forms dropboxes. Create self-grading rubrics, use data validation and branch logic, and much, much more (Best on a laptop or Chromebook)
Keturah Rush is a Technology Integration Specialist at Monticello School District in Monticello Arkansas, Certified EAST Facilitator (Environmental and Spatial Technology) and Google Education Certified Trainer. The combination of experience as an Instructional Technology Specialist... Read More →
DemoSlams are short demonstrations of an innovative practice, tool, etc.! Anyone can sign-up or simply watch and be amazed by the many new tools and strategies you will learn.