1:15 - 2:15 Breakout Sessions
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| Blogging as a Formative Assessment | Juli Clardy, Lee-Scott Academy | Learn how blogging can be used across the curriculum as a formative assessment tool. Attendees will be presented with a variety of options for blogging tools and specific ways teachers can use blogs to assess learning and increase student writing skills. | Upper elementary, middle and high school teachers | ||
| Creating Videos for Student Projects Using the Green Screen | Dr. Laverne Hill, ED.D; Lowndes High School Valdosta, GA | Participants will learn how to use the Green Screen App (by Do Ink) to create video projects. Advance purchase of the app is recommended but not required ($2.99). Participants will record a video using the green screen and create a project using the Green Screen App. This is an extremely simple process that students learn to do within minutes! Other green screen apps may also be used. | K-12, Teachers, Administrators | ||
| Digital Timelines for Secondary Classrooms | Patti Henderson, Lee County Schools | Online, interactive timelines allow students to create rich displays of information including pictures, videos, links and text and allow time-scales to vary from a single day to decades. In this session, we will explore several options for interactive digital timelines. This is a hands-on session. | Middle and high school teachers | ||
| Extending your AMSTI Professional Learning Network | Keith George, AMSTI, Alabama DOE | Join us to learn how Math and Science teachers can benefit from the AMSTI professional learning networks whether they teach in an AMSTI classroom or not. | K-12 math and science teachers | ||
| Flipping the Classroom: Benefits and How to Get Started | Heather Chinoski, St. James School | The purpose of this session is to inform teachers of the benefits associated with flipping the classroom, as well as give teachers the resources needed to begin teaching using flipped lessons. I will provide teachers with various ideas they can use when flipping the classroom. We will look at several options for creating flipped lessons. I will also discuss the methods I use to ensure that my students complete their flipped lesson before they come to class. | Middle and high school teachers | It would be beneficial for participants to have some sort of device with them (iPad/tablet, computer, or smartphone). Participants will be given handouts of information covered in the session. | |
| Google Forms (From the Basics to Advanced Techniques) | Mark Coleman, Montgomery Public Schools | Google Forms is a tool that more and more teachers are finding in their toolboxes, from everything to quizzes and exit tickets to demographic collection and website generation. This session will take a teacher from their first steps into creating Forms to strategies and techniques for advanced users. | K-12 teachers, adminstrators, and Technology Directors | Teachers are encouraged to bring their own devices (computer, iPad or Chromebook) | |
| Learn and Do Playground | Atrium | Like something you've learned about during a session today? Stop by the Learn and Do Playground to get some hands on practice with that tool before you leave! We have stations set up with the tools presenters are sharing in their sessions. | Everyone | ||
| Network Café | This is your chance to network with other educators about specific topics of your choice! The Network Café will be held during all breakout times, so you'll have plenty of chances to stop by. (Think mini-EdCamp, if you're familiar with that format.) | Everyone | We'll let you know how to communicate your topic ideas to us, so be listening for that information. Then, watch for announcements about what people will be networking about during each session. | ||
| Social Media: A Portal to the Modern Classroom/School | Dr. Matt Kiser and Laura Tate, Edgewood Elementary School, Homewood, AL | Effective and thoughtful use of social media by administrators and faculty can help to tell your school's story. The presentation is based on practical examples, tips, and trends that can assist in taking your school's social media presence to the next level. | K-12 teachers, administrators and Technology Directors | ||
| Technology in the Math Classroom | Brooke Barron, Tallassee High School | We will discuss and discover new ways to utilize technology in the secondary math classroom. Topics will cover iPad applications as well as strategies for student engagement. Bring your device! | 7-12 math teachers | Bring your device! | |
| Transforming Lessons through the SAMR Model | Carol Foster, Auburn Technology in Motion | SAMR model is a great way to evaluate how you are using technology in your classroom. Come learn how the SAMR model can transform teaching and learning. Explore each level of the SAMR model and learn about tools that can be used in each level. | K-12 | Attendees should bring a laptop or other device. |
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