Michael Becksfort
Julie Bell
Megan Buchman
Mark Campbell
Julie Cohen
Emily Colpi
Alex Drexelius
Annette Engle
Maggie Fitz
Jimmy Galloway
Presenters
Karen Haller
Jacque Havice
Amber Hawk
Jordan Henry
Laura Hern
Jen Hrovat
Julie Koehler
Shannon Kromer
Amy Leatherwood
Jessica Long
Amanda McHugh
Lindsay Merten
Sy Miller
Faith Mott
Jen Niezgoda
Lindsay Oberschlake
Jeff Radloff
Patti Saxton
Jen Schildmeyer
Cathy Schroeder
Gene Stigall
Alexa Stinnett
Jill Strall
Karen Thompson
Danni Tymitz
Eric Weiss
Brent Wise
Luke Wiseman
Work Smart Embrace Growth Create Experience 2018
June 7-8 • August 15-16
Work Smart
Embrace Growth
Create Experience
June 7 & August 15
K-5 STAFF 8-11 a.m. Apple Collaboration 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch – Eat & Ask 12-1:30 p.m. Using Blackboard with your iPad 1:30-3 p.m. Accessibility and Organization
6-12 STAFF 8-9:30 a.m.
Using Blackboard with your iPad 9:30-11 a.m. Accessibilty & Organization 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch – Eat & Ask 12-3 p.m. Apple Collaboration
Work Smart
Embrace Growth
Create Experience
June 8 & August 16
8-10 a.m. 10:15a.m.-12:15 p.m. 12:15-1 p.m. 1-3 p.m.
Work Smart Create Experience Lunch – Eat & Ask Embrace Growth
For these sessions, you will be divided into grade bands, K-3, 4-6 and 7-12. If you teach more than one grade band, pick one.
How do you use this device?
How can this device...
• To help students understand where they are going in their learning and how to get there?
• Inspire curiosity, creativity, and passion?
• To motivate and inspire students?
• Help a student to communicate and collaborate?
• Give a student ownership of his or her learning?
Characteristics of
• To help students demonstrate mastery of their learning?
Characteristics of
• Allow a student to take risks?
Highly Effective Teachers
• To challenge each student?
Highly Engaged Students
• Allow students to become globally competent?
• To encourage collaborative learning? • To provide meaningful real-time feedback?
• Foster critical thinking and experimentation? • Help students demonstrate learning in authentic ways?
• To assess student learning?
Apple CollaborationWhat is so great about Apple? Learn all about the native and collaborative apps built-in to the iPad. Apple professional educators will take you through the apps that will serve you the best as instructional tools. Your learning will be within Apple Classroom in order to understand the student experience.
• To give every student the chance to be proud of their work?
Using Blackboard with your iPad- Bb on an iPad? Yes, we can! Danni Tymitz, from Learn21, will help you better understand how to best organize your Bb courses and navigate the Bb app. Accessibility and Organization- Worried about staying organized with your new device? Wondering how to access and convert previously created files? Interested in seeing how the device can help you and your students? This session will teach accessibility features built in to your iPad (no IEP needed), and ways to keep your lessons and files organized. Get yourself together during this session!
Lunch/Eat and Ask- Hungry for more? Pack your lunch and feast on the knowledge of our district digital coaches! Or, feel free to take a break and go out for lunch on your own.
ALIGNING OUR TOOLS TO OUR NARRATIVE
Work Smart- Teachers teaching teachers is, of course, a great way to learn. For the past 6 months, 32 of your colleagues have been hard at work vetting the device as an instructional tool, and now is the time to learn from their experiences. Come hear the pitfalls, the challenges and the success stories of their work and how it applies to your grade band. The embrace growth team members will share their favorite apps, their favorite uses and the ways the iPad helped them, and can help you, work smart!
Create ExperienceFeeling pressure to create amazing, engaging lessons using the iPad and all of its creation tools? Don’t worry, Apple’s got your back! This session will lead you through the Apple curriculum “Everyone Can Create” and how to apply it to your classroom, no matter the content! Your instructional tech leaders will show you how the camera, garage band, iMovie, and clips can be utilized to enhance learning and create engaging student experiences.
Embrace Growth- We hear you. Learning is great, but you need time to play, fail, and create. This session is designed and driven by you, the learner. Want to have time to create that new engaging lesson you’ve been hearing about? Now is the time. With your instructional tech team available to assist you at every turn, take a new app for a test drive, collaborate with your department or team, or ask one of our experts for a mini lesson to continue your learning. The time is yours to take that next step and embrace your own growth!
ALIGNING OUR TOOLS TO OUR NARRATIVE
Work Smart
Embrace Growth
Create Experience
June 7 & August 15
K-5 STAFF 8-11 a.m. Apple Collaboration 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch – Eat & Ask 12-1:30 p.m. Using Blackboard with your iPad 1:30-3 p.m. Accessibility and Organization
6-12 STAFF 8-9:30 a.m.
Using Blackboard with your iPad 9:30-11 a.m. Accessibilty & Organization 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch – Eat & Ask 12-3 p.m. Apple Collaboration
Work Smart
Embrace Growth
Create Experience
June 8 & August 16
8-10 a.m. 10:15a.m.-12:15 p.m. 12:15-1 p.m. 1-3 p.m.
Work Smart Create Experience Lunch – Eat & Ask Embrace Growth
For these sessions, you will be divided into grade bands, K-3, 4-6 and 7-12. If you teach more than one grade band, pick one.
How do you use this device?
How can this device...
• To help students understand where they are going in their learning and how to get there?
• Inspire curiosity, creativity, and passion?
• To motivate and inspire students?
• Help a student to communicate and collaborate?
• Give a student ownership of his or her learning?
Characteristics of
• To help students demonstrate mastery of their learning?
Characteristics of
• Allow a student to take risks?
Highly Effective Teachers
• To challenge each student?
Highly Engaged Students
• Allow students to become globally competent?
• To encourage collaborative learning? • To provide meaningful real-time feedback?
• Foster critical thinking and experimentation? • Help students demonstrate learning in authentic ways?
• To assess student learning?
Apple CollaborationWhat is so great about Apple? Learn all about the native and collaborative apps built-in to the iPad. Apple professional educators will take you through the apps that will serve you the best as instructional tools. Your learning will be within Apple Classroom in order to understand the student experience.
• To give every student the chance to be proud of their work?
Using Blackboard with your iPad- Bb on an iPad? Yes, we can! Danni Tymitz, from Learn21, will help you better understand how to best organize your Bb courses and navigate the Bb app. Accessibility and Organization- Worried about staying organized with your new device? Wondering how to access and convert previously created files? Interested in seeing how the device can help you and your students? This session will teach accessibility features built in to your iPad (no IEP needed), and ways to keep your lessons and files organized. Get yourself together during this session!
Lunch/Eat and Ask- Hungry for more? Pack your lunch and feast on the knowledge of our district digital coaches! Or, feel free to take a break and go out for lunch on your own.
ALIGNING OUR TOOLS TO OUR NARRATIVE
Work Smart- Teachers teaching teachers is, of course, a great way to learn. For the past 6 months, 32 of your colleagues have been hard at work vetting the device as an instructional tool, and now is the time to learn from their experiences. Come hear the pitfalls, the challenges and the success stories of their work and how it applies to your grade band. The embrace growth team members will share their favorite apps, their favorite uses and the ways the iPad helped them, and can help you, work smart!
Create ExperienceFeeling pressure to create amazing, engaging lessons using the iPad and all of its creation tools? Don’t worry, Apple’s got your back! This session will lead you through the Apple curriculum “Everyone Can Create” and how to apply it to your classroom, no matter the content! Your instructional tech leaders will show you how the camera, garage band, iMovie, and clips can be utilized to enhance learning and create engaging student experiences.
Embrace Growth- We hear you. Learning is great, but you need time to play, fail, and create. This session is designed and driven by you, the learner. Want to have time to create that new engaging lesson you’ve been hearing about? Now is the time. With your instructional tech team available to assist you at every turn, take a new app for a test drive, collaborate with your department or team, or ask one of our experts for a mini lesson to continue your learning. The time is yours to take that next step and embrace your own growth!
ALIGNING OUR TOOLS TO OUR NARRATIVE
Michael Becksfort
Julie Bell
Megan Buchman
Mark Campbell
Julie Cohen
Emily Colpi
Alex Drexelius
Annette Engle
Maggie Fitz
Jimmy Galloway
Presenters
Karen Haller
Jacque Havice
Amber Hawk
Jordan Henry
Laura Hern
Jen Hrovat
Julie Koehler
Shannon Kromer
Amy Leatherwood
Jessica Long
Amanda McHugh
Lindsay Merten
Sy Miller
Faith Mott
Jen Niezgoda
Lindsay Oberschlake
Jeff Radloff
Patti Saxton
Jen Schildmeyer
Cathy Schroeder
Gene Stigall
Alexa Stinnett
Jill Strall
Karen Thompson
Danni Tymitz
Eric Weiss
Brent Wise
Luke Wiseman
Work Smart Embrace Growth Create Experience 2018
June 7-8 • August 15-16