Sessions Geared To The Elementary Teacher (Grades K-5):
Breakout Session 1 (8:30am):
Early Elementary Focus:
Breakout Session 2 (9:45am):
Early Elementary Focus:
Breakout Session 3 (10:45am):
Early Elementary Focus:
Breakout Session 4 (1:45pm):
Early Elementary Focus:
Breakout Session 5 (2:45pm):
Upper Elementary Focus:
Early Elementary Focus:
- Personalized Goal Directed Learning in a 1:1 Environment (Amy Sheridan, Spring Lake)
- Free Online Curriculum Supplement - STEM, FinLit and More! (Brad Newman, Ever-Fi)
- Is All Technology Created Equally (Sarah Coleman, Muskegon Area ISD; Jeff Bush, Kent Innovation; Larry Wyn, Mecosta-Oseola ISD)
- Teaching Code in the Elementary Classroom (Stephanie Lear, St. Joseph)
- Why You Should and Shouldn't Flip Your Classroom (Cecil Hammond, Muskegon)
- Book Creator - Life Saver! (Garth Trask and Betsy Kipling, Spring Lake)
Breakout Session 2 (9:45am):
Early Elementary Focus:
- A Primary Classroom in the 21st Century (Shannon Descamps and Amy Laidlaw, Fraser)
- Inquiring Minds Want To Know (Erin Mastin, Boyne City)
- Chrome Extensions and Tips to Differentiate Instruction (Andy Mann, Muskegon Area ISD)
- Formative Assessment Tools You Can Use The First Day of School (Heather Hall, Mona Shores)
- Technology in the Math Classroom (Tara Maynard, Zeeland)
- Using Doceri and Learning Catalytics to Increase Student Learning and Engagement (Shawn Mccauley, Muskegon Community College)
- Android Tablets in the Elementary Classroom (Jerry Johnson, Muskegon)
- Digital Backpacks for the Elementary Classroom (Stephanie Lear, St. Joseph)
Breakout Session 3 (10:45am):
Early Elementary Focus:
- What? K-2 License to Drive (Jessica Vanderlaan, Fruitport)
- Bookshare for Mobile Devices (Jim Kauppila and Corinn Hower, Muskegon Area ISD)
- Cracking the Code: Coding with Elementary Students (Allison Keskimaki, Lansing)
- Mash the Tube - Mashups with YouTube Editor (Andy Mann, Muskegon Area ISD)
- Streamline witih Symbaloo (Leslie Edison and Lisa Zuniga, Forest Hills)
- WeVideo and the Worst Movie Ever Made (David Theune, Spring Lake)
- Create Your Elementary Newsletter using Google Drawing (Mike Phillips and Sue Hall, Mona Shores)
- Edmodo Training (Joanna Van Raden, Manchester)
Breakout Session 4 (1:45pm):
Early Elementary Focus:
- The New Re-telling: DOK in the Study of Story
- Blended Learning Buffet - All You Can App (Joanna Van Raden and Mary Fielder, Manchester)
- Changing the Face of Student Learning (Anne Thorp, Ottawa Area ISD)
- Focus on the Learner - Chrome Apps and Extensions that Work (Tammy Maginity, Pennfield)
- How to Change Your Daily Lessons in 5 Minutes or Less (Mindy Lynch, Ravenna)
- iPads in the Elementary Classroom, Don't Believe Me? Just Watch! (Tracy Lemkie, Ravenna)
- Spotlight Your Classroom Learning with Photos and Videos (Jeremy Badiner, Gull Lake)
- The Michigan Open Book Project for Social Studies (Jenn Fairweather, Oakridge and David Klemm, Muskegon
Area ISD) - Transforming Math Instruction with Technology (Julie Kitchel and Caryn Lannon, Spring Lake)
- The Biggest USER (Marc and Christina Ostrander, Grand Blanc)
Breakout Session 5 (2:45pm):
Upper Elementary Focus:
- Formative Assessments - Quick and Easy (Tammy Maginity, Pennfield)
- Happy Together with Google Sheets (Jeremy Badinar, Gull Lake)
- How To Showcase Your Classroom/School in the Digital Age (Mindy Lynch, Ravenna)
- Let's Get Formative (Colleen Robison, Fruitport)
- Tools and Ideas for Digital Sharing and Interaction (Craig Steenstra, Kent ISD)