thursday, feb. 25, 2016 - Illinois Computing Educators

THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 2016 *Subject to change prior to conference dates KEYNOTE 8:00 am‑9:30 am ‑Salon I, II, III, IV One more thing... Adam Bellow ‑AdamBellow.com Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Let's explore how far we have come and where we are headed with our mobile technology. This session will look at the evolution of education, culture, design, and ways we have and can further influence all three with our increasingly amazing mobile technology. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Augusta I/II SIT (Students Involved with Technology) Conference Scott Powers ‑Olympia CUSD 16, Tammi Lapinski ‑Bloomington Public Schools Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning The Students Involved with Technology (SIT) Conference is an annual event for kids and by kids at six sites throughout Illinois. Participants and presenters ‑students in grades 3‑12 – get a professional conference experience with a focus on technology topics and fun. This session will explain how the SIT conference runs, show what kinds of engaging activities take place, and invite you to help us continue to grow. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Broadway A Kids can code: Computer programming for Kindergarten and up Jen Gilbert ‑Sunset Ridge School District 29 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning How do we encourage kids to use logical thinking and pursue learning outside of school? The morning coding club at Middlefork School allows students to explore computer programming through apps and web‑ based activities geared towards their grade level (K‑3). We will introduce several free iPad apps and web‑based activities used by our students, and share how we extended our Hour of Code experience to this supplemental coding class. Unplugged (device and internet free) activities will also be discussed. Come hear about and play with the same activities our kids are using to learn coding! Content is appropriate for any age/grade level in K‑8. (Can bring your own iPad if you have one, please) 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Broadway B Getting the Most from Microsoft Office 365 Judith Satkiewicz ‑Rondout SD 72 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning There is more to Office 365 than just email! This session will highlight the components of Office 365 other than Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. We will focus on OneDrive, OneNote, Class OneNote, Sway, Skype, and Office 365 Video Portal. Office 365 gives students and teachers the 21st Century tools to collaborate, communicate, think critically, and be creative. Best of all, Office 365 is free to education. Using OneDrive, students can start an assignment in school and work collaboratively in real‑ time from any Internet accessible device. Office 365 is cloud‑based and available for tablets, iPads, Macs and PCs. Students can no longer claim that the ‘dog ate their homework’.

10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Broadway C 5 Ways to Personalize Learning for Student Growth Eileen Murphy ‑ThinkCERCA Strand: Personalized Learning Students thrive when teachers effectively and efficiently respond to their needs on a daily basis. But between presenting all day and planning and grading all night, how can a single teacher meet the needs of every learner in his or her classroom? In this session, school leaders will learn best practices for personalizing learning based on decades of research and years of fieldwork in classrooms across the country. What’s more, you’ll learn how these tactical strategies translate to student growth on standardized tests and assessments, including PARCC. Educators will leave with a framework for evaluating current resources to truly personalize learning and make the most of space, tech, time, and talent. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Coral How much can schools save by educating IT staff yearly? Karen Rhodes ‑Hewlett Packard Enterprise Strand: Technology Infrastructure Education of IT in education commonly is seen as an expense that can be cut, but how much is this actually costing schools? Examples of successful education plans that don't break the bank will be given as well as real world examples showing how costly a lack of education in IT can be. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Exhibit Hall Spotlight Stage Digital Differentiation with Google Apps Kasey Bell ‑Shake Up Learning/Region 10 ESC Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning In the 21st Century Classroom, it can be difficult to design learning experiences that both incorporate student choice and differentiation for learning levels and styles. This session will show you how to make that happen with Google Apps, creating a paperless classroom where the students take ownership of their learning. Participants will walk away with strategies for differentiation and Google Apps. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Jade 10 Schoology Gems Innovative Digital Leaders will Flip Over Chris Arvanitis ‑Schoology, Inc. Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Join Chris as he shares his favorite Schoology features that can transform teaching, learning, communication, collaboration, and more in your classroom, school or district. Features shared during the session will include using Schoology to differentiate and personalize learning, track student mastery based on specific learning objectives, gamify learning using digital badges, creating a curriculum repository, creating collaborative Groups with colleagues to share materials and common assessments, creating and sharing digital portfolios, and much more. Don't miss out learning about these Schoology Gems that can transform your classroom, school, or district. (Note! Schoology has a Free and Enterprise version. Some features shared in this session are only accessible in the Enterprise version of Schoology.) Applicable for all audience tech level.

10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Mainstage Theater MAKING the Most out of Content: Ordinary Items, Extraordinary Ideas Candace Marcotte ‑Glenview School District #34, Kate S ‑n/a Strand: Make it! What do bananas, Play‑Doh, and tinfoil have in common? They can all be used to build and demonstrate understanding in creative ways! Over the past year and a half, we have been working to integrate maker education into our content area classrooms and middle school learning community. Join us to hear the student and teacher perspective on how we are making the most out of content with the maker mindset. We will share some of the lessons that we’ve learned and focus on ideas for making in the content areas. What do you have in your classroom cupboards right now?! Let’s MAKE something new from them that will help your students interact with the content in a new way. With the right mindset, ordinary items can turn into something extraordinary...and any space can be a makerspace! 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑New Orleans Ballroom Empowering Thoughtful Leadership Through Communities of Practice Rafranz Davis ‑Lufkin ISD Strand: Professional Learning When making a shift in teaching and learning, it’s important that teachers not only have a voice but drive the process. In this session, we will explore how schools can empower teacher leaders through communities of practice where support is embedded, voice is enabled and leadership is developed. Attendees will leave with a plethora of ideas to build upon internal structures that draw upon the expertise of our greatest asset, our teachers. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Preservation B PCI DSS Compliance David Thorson ‑RevTrak, Inc. Strand: Technology Infrastructure Many districts offer electronic payments to parents for device rental/insurance, activities, athletics, school fees, etc. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) provides the guidelines for protecting your parents and district from a data compromise of financial information for online and in‑ person payment processing. This session will provide an overview of requirements and best practices for e‑ checks, credit cards, and debit cards. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Preservation Hall A Making STEMtastic Masterpieces with Digital Art Mary Baker ‑Northern Illinois University Strand: Make it! Let’s get creative and transform STEM into STEAM by incorporating digital art into the curriculum. We’ll spark the imagination with prompts and projects that turn ideas into clever creations. We’ll explore projects such as polar panoramas, digital collages that defy the laws of physics, digital storytelling, game development, graphic/web design, video production, and creating soundtracks. Learn how to connect these projects to your content, assess student work with free resources, and connect with other people doing similar projects. Participants will be provided with free resources that will help them STEAM up their classrooms and make awesomeness possible by enabling students to make masterpieces that push creative boundaries.

10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Ruby MEOW! Catch Scratch Fever! Erin Spencer ‑Bloomington High School/Northern Illinois University Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Scratch is a free web tool that teaches the basics of programming and allows students to create their own stories, games, animations, and more. Participants will learn how to use Scratch and receive concrete ideas on how to incorporate this program in the classroom, including the role it can play as an assessment tool. Teachers will leave with a comprehensive, tutorial‑based lesson plan that they can take to their schools and use with their students. Scratch is a fun and intuitive way to teach introductory programming to students as young as elementary school all the way through high school. You and your students are sure to catch Scratch Fever! 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Salon I Effective Tech Tools & Twitter Tips for Teachers Maggie Maslowski ‑Joliet West High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning I would love to share some of my successful edtech strategies and tools that have engaged students more in their learning process. Using web tools and apps has enriched my classroom and empowered students to enrich their learning process by allowing them to learn in a more student‑focused classroom environment. (Some of the apps, web tools, and strategies I will share include Kahoot, Remind, Socrative, GAFE, OfficeMix, Padlet, Gamification, QR codes, Blogging, Genius Hour, Surveys/Student Feedback, Student‑Choice, and more). I also want to show how enriching my PLN via twitter has enhanced my Professional Development and how Students can learn and share their learning via twitter and using a class/school hashtag. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Salon II Rethinking our Thinking about Learning Ben Grey ‑CCSD59 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning What is learning? What are the contexts of learning, and how we can meet the new reality of learning we are living in? Establishing a deep understanding for how we define learning allows us to structure, create, and implement powerful conditions that allow all learners, both adults and students, to thrive. Let's explore the possibilities that exist when modern learning is met with a purposeful approach to amplify human potential. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Salon III Transforming Student Learning through the Use of Technology Becky Gill ‑Barrington220, Becky Wiegel ‑Barrington 220, Kelly Haradon ‑Barrington 220, Joslyn Katz ‑Barrington 220, Nirda Derose ‑Barrington 220, Eliza Aliotta ‑Barrington 220, Jennifer Burton ‑CUSD Barrington 220, Katie Muhtaris ‑Barrington 220, Laura Meehan ‑Barrington 220, Lisa Riley ‑Barrington 220, Kelly Pinta ‑Barrington 220, Amy Pellettieri ‑Barrington 220, Loretta Johnson ‑Barrington 220

Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Tune in to this Ignite Talk from 10 digital age instructional coaches to learn how you can transform teaching and learning tomorrow! Use technology to create digital portfolios, blend math talk with problem solving, increase parent communication through social media, reflect and collaborate with colleagues, and much more.

10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Salon V Preparing Students for Their Future, Not Our Past Mike Patterson ‑CDW‑G Strand: Future Ready Leadership 65 percent of today’s students, Millennials & Generation Z, will be employed in jobs that have yet to be created. They have lived their entire lives connected to the “internet age” with access to information and people in ways once never thought possible. Yet our current education system collectively has not appropriately addressed and taken advantage of this. We have not been adequately preparing students for what’s next, failing to encourage utilization of 21st century skills like problem solving and the four C's (Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity) while infusing technology as a tool in our classrooms. Please join Mike Patterson, a K‑12 Education Strategist, for a thought‑provoking conversation on preparing our students for their futures, and not our past. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Salon VI From HELP to Collaborative Coaching:Changing Roles of Technology Integration Specialists Patience Bertana ‑Mundelein Elementary District #75, Jennifer Vincent ‑Mundelein District 75 Strand: Professional Learning From frantic email requests to ambushes in the hallway, our staff clamored for support in using new technology in their classrooms. We quickly learned that we couldn’t meet all of the needs using the the HELP! method and established a more efficient way to engage them in coaching conversations. The collaborative coaching model we developed allows us to take time to have quality conversations with staff that shift the focus from the technology to student learning outcomes and empower them to design, develop and facilitate 21st century learning experiences. In this session, we will share how we shifted to a coaching model of technology integration support and explain how we’ve used tools such as Google Sites, Google Forms, Google Calendar, Autocrat to facilitate our coaching cycle. We believe every teacher has the right to be coached and will share how we’ve made this a reality in our district. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Sapphire Connecting 21st Century Learners to Digital Resources Patty Stanko ‑Follett School Solutions Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning In this session, a fellow educator will share best practices that integrate technology tools for teaching and learning into the classroom. She will show you how to connect your students to thousands of digital resources with engaging features. Also, learn how to use Classroom Connections, Webpath Express, and OneSearch to explore interactive eBooks, credible websites, and your own databases. Follett School Solutions' integrated solutions combine content discovery, access, and delivery with best‑in‑class management and instructional systems. We empower educators to lay the strongest possible foundation for student learning. With our solutions, educators can evaluate, acquire, manage, and leverage all accessible resources in one place.

10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Topaz Breakout Edu James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to play at ICE this year. Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Learn more at BreakoutEDU.com 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Turquoise A/B Teaching the Class of 2028 Paul Kaskovich ‑Evergreen Park School District #124 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Kindergartners entering school this fall will graduate high school in the year 2028. Are we, as educators, preparing these students for the future? Join Paul Kaskovich, a former technophobic middle school teacher who has transformed into the Digital Learning Coach for a K‑8 district, as he offers you insights, tips, challenges, and FREE educational tools that help you transform your lessons to prepare students in a 21st century classroom. 10:00 am‑10:45 am ‑Zanies Not Another Boring PowerPoint James Gubbins ‑Maine Township High School District 207 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Are you tired of students presenting the same material, in the same standardized way, time after time? This session will free you from the monotony of boring, poorly designed slides. During this session you will learn to rethink how you and your students present information. A number of resources will be reviewed to help build better presentations that "pop" while avoiding common pitfalls. We will explore mindmap tools which encourage critical thinking and better organization of ideas, creative commons licensed repositories that help avoid issues with copyrighted images, design tools to enhance images and most importantly a number of free alternative presentation programs and applications that do not rely on the standard slide to convey their message! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Augusta I/II IETL Anton Inglese ‑Batavia USD 101 Strand: Professional Learning Illinois Educational Technology Leaders is the premier professional association for school technology leaders in Illinois. IETL is committed to connecting members, supporting professional advancement, and promoting professionalism in school technology leadership. IETL was created through the combination of two professional organizations: Illinois Chief Technology Officers (ILCTO) and the Education Technology Council of Illinois (ETC‑IL). During this session we will share our strategic goals, highlight the benefits that CoSN brings to this state chapter, and discuss the various ways we will help empower Illinois education leaders to leverage technology to transform student learning.

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Broadway A Textbook‑Free History Christopher Johnson ‑ROWVA CUSD 208 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Tired of being tied to a single textbook for your history curriculum? This session will explore methods using 21st‑century technology tools to bring primary sources into the classroom and create valid, authentic assessments of student learning. A variety of tools will be introduced to teachers including collections of primary sources, summary readings for students, assessment ideas, and effective LMS systems to gather student data. All tools and resources introduced are free of charge and can be used to augment or replace existing curriculums. Tools introduced in this session are relevant to both HS and JH levels. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Broadway B Engaging Students with Global Learning Anne Kasa ‑Troy 30c, Colleen Hanson Colleen Hanson ‑Troy 30c Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning In this session with instructional coaches, Anne Kasa (elementary) and Colleen Hanson (middle school), explore the world of possibilities that Global Learning has to offer. This session will be interactive and apply to all content areas and grade‑levels. Together we will explore how Global Learning can foster skills such as: collaboration that involving asking and answering questions, evaluating and prioritizing questions, using deductive reasoning skills, developing cultural awareness, while simultaneously addressing curriculum standards. Authentic feedback from both students and teachers will be shared, as well as video clips of Global Learning in action. Participants will leave the session with resources to get started in building and managing their own contacts within the Global Learning Community. Get read to explore a whole new approach to learning that is authentic and exciting for both educators and students! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Broadway C ICE: An Innovative, Collaborative, Exploratory Learning Space Liz Williams ‑Bannockburn School District 106, Kathy Garneau ‑Bannockburn School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Come and see our journey going from a traditional, separate library and computer lab to a 21st‑century collaborative learning environment. We have combined our spaces into one space and have included a STEM Lab. We will show our process from beginning to end including a vision developed with our primary stakeholders, the students, including their perspective to best meet their learning needs. We will share the before and after and how we are changing the learning of students. We're moving from a teaching role to more of a facilitator role and guiding our students to create and problem solve in a collaborative learning environment. Our purpose for this new 21st century learning environment is to have students be innovators, collaborators and explorers within our ICE Lab.

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Coral Are you still lesson planning the slow and hard way? Jeff Hall ‑Teacher Innovations, Inc Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Demonstration of how Planbook.com makes lesson planning fast, easy, and powerful. Planbook.com is an online lesson planner so you can access your plans from any internet connected device, include mobile apps. Features include supporting custom schedules, multiple views: week, day, month, list, class templates for any day, connect national, state, and local standards from built‑in database, attach files and links, adjust lesson schedule with a single click, share plans with students, share/collaborate plans with teachers, re‑ use plans from year to year, integration with Google Calendar and Drive, Units, Assignments, Assessments, and more. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Exhibit Hall Spotlight Stage Connecting Classrooms to the World Matt Miller ‑North Central Parke Schools Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Class doesn’t have to be confined to the four walls of the classroom anymore. Powerful communication tools like Skype, Google Apps, Twitter and more can connect your students to other cultures and viewpoints as well as give them access to experts in your field. Includes great, thorough digital handouts. Learn how to use these free tools to turn your class global! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Jade Rock the Code! Velvet Holmes ‑Oregon School District, Mariah Richards ‑Oregon School District Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Every learner should have the opportunity to explore the expansive world of coding! Learning how to code and understand code is a life skill that will help all learners be successful in their future. We will share all of the ways that we are exposing K‑12 learners to code in our district. All of our tips and tricks will be shared with you! This is a session you won't want to miss! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Mainstage Theater Automagical Add‑ons and Excellent Extensions Anne Truger ‑Waukegan Public Schools Dist 60, Mary Mlinar‑Stephens ‑​ Waukegan Public Schools Dist 60 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning The world of Google Apps Add‑ons and Chrome Extensions expands every day. The number of tools teachers can easily access is staggering. Explore, share, collaborate and learn as we all build a list of favorite tools together. We will share ours and then invite you to share yours.

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑New Orleans Ballroom Learning Through Building: Integrated Projects in the Minecraft Classroom Rafranz Davis ‑Lufkin ISD Strand: Make it! If you walk into any elementary classroom and mention Minecraft, there's a chance that you'll need earplugs to mask the excited shrieks from kids! Minecraft is more than a game. It is a comprehensive canvas of learning that can be fully integrated into every curriculum area. In this session, we will explore how teachers can craft curiosity and joy of learning through problem based tasks that are guaranteed to have your students screaming for more! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Preservation B Gigabit & Beyond ‑Broadband Imperative Kevin Finley ‑Northern Illinois University, Roger Swenson ‑Northern Illinois University, Eric Haan ‑ Eastland CUSD #308 Strand: Technology Infrastructure Is your school district prepared to meet the SETDA recommendations of 1 Gbps Internet bandwidth and 10 Gbps WAN bandwidth per 1,000 students? Even if your school district is prepared to meet this Broadband Imperative, how can this be leveraged to your students and staff's advantage? Learn the various strategies on how to build a broadband network for your district and once it is in place, how it can benefit the schools and the community. Broadband topics covered include E‑Rate, partnership development, grant opportunities, and fiber build strategies. Educational benefit topics include VoIP services, distance learning, 1:1 initiatives, district resource sharing, real‑time collaboration, and cloud‑based services 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Preservation Hall A Integrating GAFE in the Elementary Classroom Christy Riggs ‑CCSD59, Suzie Rocha ‑CCSD59 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning In this session educators will take away ideas on how to integrate GAFE into the elementary classroom. Various productivity and content creation apps will be shown, including student examples. Participants will walk away with an understanding on how to use photos to enhance learning, using screencasting to demonstrate knowledge, and using digital tools in reading and writing workshop. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Ruby Hand Over the Keys: Placing Students in the Driver's Seat Andrea Kornowski ‑Kettle Moraine School District Strand: Personalized Learning Moving towards a competency‑based/personalized learning environment requires thinking BIG while starting SMALL. This session will help you create a vision, while providing strategies and tools for implementing personalized learning at a small scale to yield a large impact on learning (in any environment). We will also discuss and share examples for alternative options of assessment. One project shared will be the use of TED Talks as a summative assessment for students, along with project points and service learning opportunities that allow for a significant amount of student VOICE and CHOICE. Be prepared to develop a confidence to get out of the driver’s seat and hand over the keys.

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon I Untangling the Web Adam Bellow ‑AdamBellow.com Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning There are a ton of tools out there for educators. Some are old ‑some are new. The ones I am sharing are a collection of some new things I am really liking these days as well as a collection of great ones that many people may not know are out there. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon II Using Technology to Create Inquiry Jason Janczak ‑Grayslake Central High School, Chris Brady ‑Grayslake Central High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning We all want our students to be hooked on our curriculum – one of the best ways to do this is by creating inquiry within our classrooms. Come to this interactive and engaging presentation about how to use technology to create the type of inquiry in your classroom that excites and motivates your students to engage in the curriculum. Leave with ideas to use in your classroom tomorrow! 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon III Empowering Student Voice and Leadership Andrew Sharos ‑West Leyden High School Strand: Future Ready Leadership This session will focus on four key areas of student‑driven leadership in our schools. Through our advisory group, our students focus on teaching digital citizenship, building school culture, addressing school improvement, and serving others with our time and talent. By leveraging technology to build the capacity with our students, we can create schools that truly are driven by our students. You will hear from five our our students who will add an authentic voice to our presentation. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon IV Have you checked your vision lately? Rob Residori BrightBytes ‑BrightBytes, Mary Jane Warden ‑Niles 64 Strand: Future Ready Leadership This captivating session will explore the ways research and analysis can shape and support a vision for student‑centered technology integration. As a leader or influencer in your building, it is important to have a shared understanding as to why and how technology can be leveraged to support teaching and learning. Without a strong vision that all stakeholders can relate to, successful integration becomes hindered. In this session, we will use analyses to help us identify the different purposes and approaches to educational technology, look at components needed for successful implementation, and view some sample models to guide your own vision.

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon V Hands on Gaming, from the Inside Out Steve Dembo ‑Discovery Education Strand: Make it! What do you get when you mix project based learning, woodworking, wiring, programming and 3d printing? PacMan of course! This session will be co‑presented by Aiden, a third grade student who not only made his own arcade machine, he created his own games to run on it! We’ll discuss the project itself, lessons learned, and what technologies can be used to support this type of learning in the classroom. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Salon VI Using Google Apps to Raise the Bar on Teacher Evaluations Dominic Manola ‑Lake Park High School District 108 Strand: Future Ready Leadership During this session, we will discuss how the use of Google Apps during the teacher observation process can truly elevate the conversation. Those in attendance will learn practical, useful and immediate techniques that can be put into practice right away and will streamline the evaluation process to allow for an even more in depth conversation. We will discuss the incredibly simple process of scripting with Google Forms, coding for Danielson on Google Sheets and filtering this for use in different evaluation software including TalentEd. By using Google Apps during the evaluation process, teachers and evaluators have the opportunity to seamlessly discuss and collaborate to ultimately better our teaching and provide the best possible learning environment for our students. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Sapphire Secure document request, distribution and storage for FREE Jim Collins ‑Datamation Imaging, Paul Blake ‑Scribbles Software Strand: Technology Infrastructure Are you concerned about FERPA compliance? Do you have a Disaster Recovery Plan in place for the documents you are required to keep for decades? Do you wish you had the money to fund this type of Solution? Come find out how Datamation and Scribbles are helping school districts across the country meet compliance requirements while streamlining processes. You will learn about a solution that allows for secure ordering, payment, and fulfillment of records requests from students, alumni, corporations, universities and third parties that is FREE to school districts across the country. Efficient, secure document distribution and storage for ZERO cost – a WIN‑WIN for everyone!

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Topaz Breakout Edu James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to play at ICE this year. Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Learn more at BreakoutEDU.com

11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Turquoise A/B Building a Digital Learning Community with Google's Classroom App Jennifer Santini ‑CCSD59 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Google’s free Classroom application helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. For students, Classroom helps organize work in Google Drive, allows for ease in completing and turning in assignments, and gives a place for students to communicate directly with their teachers and peers. This application works seamlessly alongside Google Drive, Mail, and Calendar. It brings Google Apps together to create a powerful digital learning environment. In this workshop, participants will join a demo classroom and experience hands‑on practice with the available features. Practical instructional strategies with this tool will be shared. Participants will leave with an understanding of how this tool can revolutionize the classroom and learning. 11:00 am‑11:45 am ‑Zanies The Real Life Story of The Edtech Top 10 List Robert Dillon ‑Affton School District Strand: Professional Learning Is your job simple? Can it be boiled down to a top ten list? Too often in our work in educational technology, everyone is attempting to simplify the complex. What comes beyond the list is difficult, nuanced work for every person in the organization. This presentation is designed to support participants with guidance on how to build a culture of learning surrounding education technology by building common language, a culture of yes, and fresh energy to support change, risk‑taking, and energized adult learning. Tired of trying to improve your job by reading “ten ways to….” Join the conversation about how to sustain change through excellent culture building. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Augusta I/II How to Provide a FEAST of Professional Development? Kristi Sutter ‑Bloomington District 87, Jessie Nicoson ‑Bloomington District 87 Strand: Professional Learning The Feast has engaged nearly 10,000 participants throughout the state in using new and cutting‑edge technologies. It offers the opportunity to provide low‑cost staff development with a 5:1 participant to trainer ratio where a train the trainers’ model is used; all of the trainers are classroom teachers using technology in their classrooms every day. This informative session will allow participants to get first‑ hand information on how to build this kind of program in your own area. With over a decade worth of experience, we will share our Play Book with you to ensure your version of the FEAST is just as successful as ours. Like any good Play Book, we will include the history of the Feast and a step‑by‑step setup meant to answer any procedural or logistical questions you may encounter. Join us!

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Broadway A The Techventure: Changing the face of Professional Development Keith Dickert ‑RLAS 116 , Patrick McGuire ‑RLAS 116 , josh Cummins ‑d300 Strand: Personalized Learning The Tech‑venture is an innovative approach to professional development. Through a game based model, teachers and staff work to build their skills in areas of their choosing. This differentiated approach allows for participants to adapt the goals and skill sets to their own personal needs. Throughout the game, teachers earn prizes and awards. They also compete with their colleagues to see who has what it takes to complete the tech‑venture. Learn more at our site. ​ www.jtmmstechportal.weebly.com 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Broadway B Warning! This Workshop Contains InfoGRAPHIC Content! Michael Johnson ‑D205, Elmhurst, Effey Nassis ‑Elmhurst CUSD 205 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning The way students conduct research projects needs to evolve to reflect the way they interact with information in the information age. This workshop will demonstrate strategies used to create an Inquiry‑Based research project in a 7th grade classroom, and how student used infographics to report what they learned. Infographics offered a unique opportunity for students to mix media and concepts with design. We will also share exemplars and data demonstrating the effectiveness of this approach. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Broadway C Providing an Authentic Audience for Our Students Chris Vipond ‑Libertyville District #70, Nichole Vipond ‑Libertyville District #70 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Allowing students the opportunity to create and publish work that is shared with an authentic audience can be a powerful thing. Students work harder and are more engaged when they are working on something that will be shared with more people than just their classroom teacher and parents. This session will discuss what an authentic audience is, why it is so important, and how to use a couple basic tools including Weebly and Twitter to provide your students with an authentic audience. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Coral Keyboarding Without Tears: Strategies for Success Diane Eldridge ‑Keyboarding Without Tears Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Current education standards and computer‑based assessments now require students to learn pre‑keyboarding and keyboarding skills in the elementary grades. The earlier children master the foundation skill of keyboarding; they can increase their academic success. The Keyboarding Without Tears™ curriculum is easy‑to‑teach with a grade‑level appropriate curriculum and uses a developmental teaching order. It is easy‑to‑learn because of the unique color‑coded rows, dynamic keyboard and cursor, and unilateral hand and finger skills. It includes a rich content of digital citizenship and theme‑based cross‑curricular content. It includes spot checks for speed and accuracy reporting and provides integrated progress reports. Learn an innovative instructional program for teaching strategies for keyboarding success. Keyboarding Without Tears™ is a uniquely effective, game‑based curriculum for K‑5 students. It teaches pre‑keyboarding and keyboarding alongside general computer readiness, digital literacy, and digital citizenship. The session demonstrates how it complements Handwriting Without Tears® to extend students’ written communication skills.

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Exhibit Hall Spotlight Stage Where Literacy and Digital Collide Ben Grey ‑CCSD59 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning The presence of digital impacts our understanding and application of what it means to be successfully literate. From the new mediums to the new contexts, our students are and will continue to live in a literacy world very different than the one we grew up in. How can we leverage the power of the new to build on the established essentials of literacy to best prepare our students to be successful for life? 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Jade What's Your Priority, Learning or Technology? Mike Patterson ‑CDW‑G Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Educators and technologists have been making the case for the transformative power of technology in teaching and learning for decades. However, despite the rhetoric and increasing efforts to integrate technology into the classroom, in many cases the results are insignificant and are not yielding the return on education that districts are hoping for. This is at least partly due to our over‑emphasis on the ‘latest and greatest’ EdTech tools and neglect of the true educational value of those tools. This session will explore the affordances of technology which open the doors to transformative 21st century learning. Attendees will discover methods for using pedagogy as the driving force to selecting the appropriate tools for technology integration and overcome the trap of putting the cart before the horse with education technology. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Mainstage Theater The Golden Treasures of Google! Kasey Bell ‑Shake Up Learning/Region 10 ESC Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Most of us know of the Googley Goodness of Google Drive and related apps for education, but did you know there is much, much more that Google offers for FREE! There are so many hidden gems for teachers and students. Come explore some fantastic Google tools like Google Cultural Institute, Google Night Walk, Tour Builder, and many more! You will have to attend to find all the golden treasures! Walk away with a digital toolbox and easy classroom integration ideas. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑New Orleans Ballroom Let Students Run Your Tech Help Desk Bryan Weinert ‑Leyden High School District 212 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Leyden High School District 212 has been 1:1 with Chromebooks since 2012‑2013 and using an elective Tech Support Internship (TSI) class to handle all of the Level 1 tech support for the district. Come learn how the class functions, why it's more than just a grade on a transcript, about the opportunities it provides for students, and why it has been a critical component to Leyden's digital teaching and learning environment.

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Preservation B Radio Communications Infrastructure Tom Treichler ‑N/A Strand: Technology Infrastructure Review current trends in radio infrastructure to communicate locally throughout a school or wide area throughout a District. Analog radio systems are becoming less and less attractive to users with new technologies in digital leading to wide area systems with applications developed for those radio systems. Newer technology allows for Smartphone devices to be easily integrated to communicate from anywhere. GPS tracking allows your system to be used for Transportation monitoring and Hosted applications can allow for work order management. All of this with Command and Control dispatch consoles in your EOC centers to communicate when your networks and telephone lines are down. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Preservation Hall A 4C5K EdTech Trot: A model for online professional learning Caryl Doetsch ‑Glenview School District 34, Candace Marcotte ‑Glenview School District #34, Alison Keller ‑Glenview School District 34, Nick Peronti ‑Glenview School District 34, Jackie Kemper ‑Glenview School District 34, Helene Davitz ‑Glenview School District #34, Brian Engle ‑Glenview School District 34

Strand: Professional Learning Get excited about PD in this hands on, interactive session as participants learn (and experience): ‑How our district structured an online learning experience for educators called the 4C5K Ed Tech Trot! ‑Why we used a model of asynchronous, online, differentiated, choice driven learning ‑How Schoology and other course management systems can be used for professional learning ‑How we structured the course to teach about digital citizenship and the 4Cs ‑How we embedded choice and opportunities for digging deeper ‑How we implemented a district hashtag to inspire collaboration and sharing ‑How we provided an opportunity for teachers to have fun!

Participants will also have time to apply these ideas to their own contexts and make a plan for how they might implement the ideas shared. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Ruby Let Google Drive Your Students’ Creativity! William Marsland ‑Chicago Public Schools/Stone Scholastic Academy Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Your students’ Google Drives should be full of a lot more than just the same old boring Google Docs. Harness the powers of Google tools to connect with your students in creative and exciting ways! Use Forms, Slides, Drawings, and even Docs in new ways to engage learners and foster creative thinking. I’ll also show you some cool Google tools and programs that will wow your students (and maybe even you)! Come prepared to learn and explore, and walk away with ideas, lessons, and projects you’ll be able to implement in your classroom right away.

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Salon I Becoming a Digital Citizenship Certified Educator or School Steve Garton ‑Common Sense Education Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning How can you get recognized for your efforts in teaching students digital citizenship? How can your school receive recognition for implementing a digital citizenship program and engaging parents? Learn how to become a Digital Citizenship Certified Educator or School by Common Sense Education. Each certification recognizes commitment by educators and schools to digital citizenship, includes them as part of an exclusive community, and provides a roadmap to educate students, engage parents, and empower teachers and school leaders in creating a positive school culture around technology. You’ll also see examples from Digital Citizenship Certified Educators and Schools. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Salon II Google Drive Ninja Training John Sowash ‑Sowash Ventures, LLC Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Have you been using Google Drive for a while? Need something NEW to get you excited and spark your imagination? Sharpen your skills with ADVANCED tips and tricks to turn you into a Google Drive Ninja! Take advantage of recently released Drive features, take a peek at what’s coming next, explore great new Drive Add‑Ons and apps, and explore the latest features of Google Classroom. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Salon III May the Force Be With You: Future Focused Learning Pamela Pleviak ‑Trevor‑Wilmot School, Cynthia Karabush ‑Grayslake District 127 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning What do Yoda and Carol Dweck have in common? Belief in a growth mindset, of course. This session will combine theory with hands on practical recommendations using lessons from Star Wars to promote learning via technology and collaboration. Attendees will have a chance to self‑assess using the online growth mindset quiz and will leave with various tech tools to promote awareness and support growth mindset in their classrooms. Among the technologies shared will be: Plickers, Nearpod, Interactive websites from the New York Times, Periscope and Aurasma. According to Yoda "Impossible to see, the future is," but those with a growth mindset welcome it! 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Salon IV Using Instructional Coaches to Foster a Growth Mindset Jordan Garrett ‑BSD 100 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning This session will share the story of how the instructional coach position has evolved to encompass a shift in mindset. As Carol Dweck said "we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems." We will discuss the idea of "growth mindset" as well as share concrete examples of how to have successful instructional coaches help spread influence across buildings/districts to help successfully implement a 1:1 program. Classroom and teacher examples will be shared.

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Salon VI Elementary Makers: The Game Changers Jill Ziegler ‑Wheeling SD 21, Penny Jack ‑Wheeling CCSD21 Strand: Make it! Is it the freedom to invent or the collaboration of design‑minded thinkers that engage both students and teachers alike? Learn how 2 elementary schools structured "Maker Mornings" to involve students in inquiry‑based learning, exploration, creation and problem‑solving. Learn how we support hesitant teachers to transform their perspectives and inspire students to become "game changers". 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Sapphire Student Agency: Voice, Choice, and Empowerment Ben Kovacs ‑Des Plaines CCSD62 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning This session will build upon a story of how empowered teachers lead to a unique curriculum that merges literature, inquiry, and technology for students. Since teachers are empowered as decision‑makers, we are responsive and create inspiring learning experiences where students are truly at the center. Come see multiple examples of what student agency looks like in an environment where technology deepens and extends learning, not delivered or pre packaged content. 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Topaz Breakout Edu James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to play at ICE this year. Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Learn more at BreakoutEDU.com 12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Turquoise A/B Less Grading, More Learning Christopher Keller ‑District 300, Matthew McKenney ‑District 300 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Do you ever feel like you are wasting time writing feedback on papers student's don't even look at? Are you ever frustrated with the constant shuffling of papers to return work to students? Although technology enables teachers to easily provide online instruction, the magic occurs when students want to hear the feedback teachers give before the summative assessment occurs. Join Matt and Chris to experience hands on an efficient and effective learning environment that supports student centric of learning as well as specific strategies to generate increased student ownership and teacher feedback.

12:00 pm‑12:45 pm ‑Zanies Finding Your Future Ready Path Matt Sly ‑Champaign Unit 4 Strand: Future Ready Leadership Is your school all‑ in with its dedication to Future Ready? Has your school taken the pledge? Are you learning about Future Ready for the first time? If so, what are the next steps? This interactive & participant‑driven session will support the learning of those at all points along the Future Ready journey. Attendees will work through stations, based on their interest, dedicated to each of the seven gears of the Future Ready framework. Attendees will reflect on the progress their schools are making toward Future Readiness, develop connections to other educators on the journey and create personalized action steps they can take back to their schools to begin on Monday. You will get what you give to this session, as it is built around learning constructed by the experts in the room, like you. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Augusta I/II Partnerships: A Panel Discussion Jim Flanagan ‑IlliniCloud Strand: Professional Learning Working together is the key to making things happen. Representatives from statewide groups such as techgeeks, IETL, ICE, ICN, ISBE and Illini Cloud will come together to discuss how partnerships help to make k‑12 education stronger in Illinois. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Broadway A Make Art Physically & Extend it Digitally Tricia Fuglestad ‑Arlington Heights School District 25 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Digital tools can help students demonstrate learning in ways never possible before. For example, students can draw a one‑point perspective painting then create a monster who runs to the vanishing point becoming smaller and smaller in the distance. Get tons of creative ideas from a K‑5 tech using art teacher for extending physical art creation with digital animation, digital drawings, green screen effects, and more to make connections, tell stories, explore new concepts, and add STEAM to your teaching. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Broadway B A Beginners Guide to Gamifying Your Classroom Carrie Baughcum ‑Arlington Heights School District 25 Strand: Personalized Learning Take the best of the gaming world to help your students and classroom power up their learning. Beginner gamers will learn how to create a classroom model where students use skills and team work to earn points, learn to level up and complete challenges to unlock bonuses. This make‑and‑take ideas session will provide the tools and time for beginning gamers to create the foundation of their own classroom gamification system.

1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Broadway C Engagement by Design: MakerSpaces & Engineering in the Classroom Angela Elkordy ‑National Louis University, Vito DiPinto ‑National Louis Strand: Make it! Are you curious about the Maker movement? Do you think it may be a great idea, but you don't know how it would fit into your curriculum? Turn your classroom into a design studio using problem and inquiry based methods to assign challenges aligned with the NGSS standards. Learn how to promote design and engineering ways of thinking into your elementary and middle school classroom. Nationally, teachers say that integrating the engineering practices from the NGSS are the most challenging. We share a MakerSpace model with practical examples to get you up and running with design challenges using easy to find resources. Additional resources will be shared. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Exhibit Hall Spotlight Stage The Art of Change Leadership Robert Dillon ‑Affton School District Strand: Future Ready Leadership Join the conversation about how as a teacher, principal, or district leader, you can fine tune your work to support change and innovation. This session will also focus on some of the latest tools and ideas to truly shift the culture and programming of your organization in a meaningful way. The urgency for change is now, and the current pace of change won't allow education as we know it to remain a worthwhile opportunities for all students. Schools need courageous leadership that can implement the changes coming to education over the next two decades, today. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Jade Personalized Innovative Learning PD for Staff Ross Vittore ‑CCSD59.org Strand: Professional Learning Listen to the story of CCSD59's journey from traditional, one‑size‑fits‑all professional development to personalized, 21st century learning sessions for staff. Learn how to assess staff technology needs; plan a variety of diverse sessions; tackle logistics; and get the staff satisfaction results of your dreams. Regardless of district size and resources, hear an example of how your district can inspire and empower your staff as innovative learners. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Mainstage Theater Shake Things Up with Google Apps! Kasey Bell ‑Shake Up Learning/Region 10 ESC Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Ready to shake things up with Google Apps? Want to learn the insider tricks that all the Googlers know? Come learn the fabulous tips and tricks that the experts use to make the most of Google Apps inside and outside of the classroom. This session is loaded with fun extras to take your Google/collaboration skills to the next level!

1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑New Orleans Ballroom Video projects: Making them practical and fun! Matt Miller ‑North Central Parke Schools Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Video equals instant engagement! Students love to record video projects, but they often like to watch them even more! Get practical video project ideas that cross over many subject areas and tips for making them happen. Learn about some free video‑creation tools that can make your students’ videos come alive! 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Preservation Hall A Add Google Forms to Your Technology Integration Toolkit Andy Fekete ‑Indian Prairie School District 204 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Google Forms is a must have in your tech integration toolkit. This session is for the beginner to Forms You will go hands‑ on during this session into using Forms in your school. Forms is the perfect solution for quick formative assessments, quizzes and bell ringers to summative assessments like mid‑ term and semester finals. Upload images, charts, graphs, videos to create forms that assess, collect data, survey and give you an immediate visual presentation of the responses. From the Principal's office to the classroom, to the nurse's office, Google Forms has a solution for you and your staff! 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Ruby Passion Projects: How Passions Become a Reality Wendy Maa ‑Unit 4, Brandy Meyer ‑Unit 4 Strand: Personalized Learning Passion Projects, or Genius Hour, is a way for your classroom to become more student‑driven by giving students the power to choose their own topics to explore, create, and present. Through these projects, students were given the opportunity to foster critical thinking skills by formulating questions and evaluating resources. Students were able to extend their learning experiences and develop intrinsic motivation. In this session, we will provide you with the step‑by‑step tools we used to start Passion Projects in our elementary classrooms. We will also discuss the steps we took to have students create their own questions to focus their research. Finally, we will show student‑created projects and presentations that showcase our students’ development. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Salon I Google Classroom Steven Butschi ‑Google Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Come to this hands‑on session to experience Google Classroom. You'll get your own demo login to try out new features like: adding co‑teachers, drafting posts, and integrating with Google calendar! This session is geared to both those who are new to Classroom, and those who are already using it but want to learn more about new features.

1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Salon II Developing a Design Mind: An Introduction to Design Thinking David Jakes ‑Education Consultant Strand: Future Ready Leadership The process of design can be used in a variety of ways to support educational change. In this presentation, experience how design thinking can be used as a methodology to support educational change, from creating new curriculum and planning professional development to creating the conditions required to build a school culture of innovation and possibility. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Salon III Addressing the Challenges of Cyber Security in Education Gary Posing ‑Homewood Flossmoor High School, Steve Richardson ‑Homewood Flossmoor High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Cyber security is a top concern not only for enterprises and small business, but for Education as well. With widespread data breaches exposing everything from customer login credentials to credit card information to personal health records, schools must be savvy about cyber security and take steps to protect their own information. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Salon IV PBL‑seamless integration of differentiation and technology = student engagement Lisa Westman ‑Skokie District 73.5 / McCracken Middle School, Annie Monak ‑Skokie District 73 1/2, Bethany Blades ‑Skokie School District 73.5 Strand: Personalized Learning Come and see how you can use technology at all levels of the SAMR model to create engaging, high‑interest, interdisciplinary project based learning units. Highlighted examples include student created documentaries/ PSAs that culminated in a film festival at the Skokie Theater and a provisional version of Genius Hour that exemplified authentic learning. These projects were differentiated using the assessment for learning cycle, incorporated service learning, and were whole‑heartedly embraced by students and the community. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Salon V Using SMART LAB in Your Classroom Mike McGowan ‑Morris School District 54, Amy Lynch ‑SMART Technologies Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Since introducing the Lesson Activity Builder, LAB, in SMART Notebook 15, it has become an integral part of SMART Notebook lessons. From gamification to student device integration, we will explore the activities that can be created in mere minutes with LAB as well as demonstrate how you can use them to develop more interactive and engaging activities for your students.

1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Sapphire Strengthening the Home‑School Connection with Technology Joslyn Katz ‑Barrington 220, Kelly Haradon ‑Barrington 22 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning The use of technology has taken learning and teaching to a new level. But what about what happens outside of the school day? How can the use of technology improve communication to parents about what occurs on a daily basis? Social media and ePortfolios have the power to strengthen the home‑school connection. Practical application of a variety of apps/sites will be discussed, including FaceBook, Twitter, SeeSaw, and Padlet. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Topaz Breakout Edu James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to play at ICE this year. Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Learn more at BreakoutEDU.com 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Turquoise A/B Digital Citizenship:Teaching Students to Become Responsible Deborah Balayti ‑Palos School District 118, John Connolly ‑Consolidated High School District 230 Strand: Professional Learning Palos School District 118 and CCSD 230 worked collaboratively to teach sixth grade students how to become digital leaders. While sixth grade students utilized lesson from Common Sense Media, high school students created videos and guided questions to reinforce concepts taught and the importance of becoming a digital leader. 1:00 pm‑1:45 pm ‑Zanies What's all the hoopla about Chromebooks? Date them to know! Kristy Vincent ‑Hardin ISD Strand: Personalized Learning Chromebooks have taken the Chromebook world by storm! What makes them so fantastic? What can you do with them today that changes the climate in your classroom? Get up close and personal with some in speed dating fashion to find out. Introduce yourself to some new apps and extensions, check out their physical features and go home to kiss your PCs goodbye. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Augusta I/II Thinking about going 1:1? Phil Hintz ‑Gurnee School District 56 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning et strategies, best practices, and policies that have worked for these successful districts that have gone 1:1 with iPads, Chromebooks, and Android Tablet devices.

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Broadway A It's Alive! A Guide To Enhancing School With Augmented Reality Eileen Jones ‑Oak Lawn Community High School, Jennifer Sidlow ‑Oak Lawn Community High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Bring your school to life with Augmented Reality. Connect to parents, increase metacognition and engage students on the “redefinition” component of the SAMR Technology Scale. We will begin with a brief overview of different types of augmented reality, followed by a focus on how we are using Aurasma in our Media Center and across the curriculum. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Broadway B Creating Growth Mindset through STEAM Jennifer Lehotksy ‑Berwyn South District 100 Strand: Make it! “We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist...using technologies that haven’t been invented...in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”‑Shift Happens, Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod. How can we do this? STEAM and the Next Generation Science Standards! The Next Generation Science Standards have been created to prepare students for the future. In this session, learn how to integrate the standards into your classroom using STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) activities with technology resources to build a growth mindset in students of any age. The participant will be able to use hands‑on activities and leave with several ideas to implement into their own school or classroom. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Broadway C Watch Me Make, Now Watch Me Add‑On Chrome Edition Kristy Vincent ‑Hardin ISD Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning What makes Google Drive so great? The little secret no one tells you about: Add‑Ons! These little extras hiding in plain sight inside Sheets and Docs, transform the mundane to the extraordinary. Missing Mail Merge? There’s an add‑on for that! Want to sort your spreadsheet by cell color? There’s an add‑on for that! Adding on all this awesomeness is easier than the Whip and Nae Nae. **Google Account required. Chrome preferred.** 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Coral FileWave's v10: Effective Systems management for Windows, Mac & iOS Jerry Case ‑FileWave Strand: Technology Infrastructure FileWave’s endpoint Systems Management suite (Windows, OS X ‑iOS/Android MDM) FileWave demonstrate their all‑inclusive admin interface, streamlining capabilities for; Imaging, Deploying/managing content both pre and post‑deployment, with patented "file‑level” control for Mac/Windows. Features: Dashboard, Self‑healing, Rollback to trusted settings/software deployment scheduling, Resume Interrupted deployments, Kiosk, “Engage” classroom tool, inventory, manage Updates, tracking licenses/software usage, remote control, and MDM.

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Exhibit Hall Spotlight Stage Curate, Rate, Create and Share through Graphite! Rafranz Davis ‑Lufkin ISD Strand: Professional Learning Looking for digital learning ideas but aren't sure where to start? In our district, we use Graphite to help teachers not only distinguish the good from the bad but all add their own reviews to share how technology has impacted their classrooms. In addition, we'll look at Lesson Flows, Graphite's internal system of guided design integrating technology. These tools have helped our teachers frame what technology means to a lesson.​ Come and find out how! 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Jade Getting the Most out of Blended and Online Learning Greg Bishop ‑Edgenuity Strand: Personalized Learning Come join other educators for a presentation on how to get the most usage and success out of blended and online learning programs. Participants in this session will learn best practices for designing and evaluating middle and high school blended and online programs. Come see how to design personalized learning programs for students of all levels and learn about effective implementation practices to maximize success. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Mainstage Theater Centers 2.0‑Enhancing Learning in Primary Classrooms with Technology Jennifer Vincent ‑Mundelein District 75, Patience Bertana ‑Mundelein Elementary District #75 Strand: Personalized Learning Creating engaging centers and using digital tools to capture and celebrate learning for digital natives can truly harness the power of technology as a learning tool while honoring best practices in teaching and learning. Join us for a session where we will explore how we’ve redefined teaching and learning in kindergarten through second grade classrooms by combining technology with traditional center materials to make literacy and math centers come alive for students. It’s not just about finding apps! We’ll share our thought process along with a range of options for using digital tools from simple whiteboard apps to augmented reality in K‑2 centers. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑New Orleans Ballroom Google Genius: Practical Activities for Class TOMORROW! Matt Miller ‑North Central Parke Schools Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Googlize your classroom immediately! Learn about LOTS of Google‑based activities that can be applied to almost any grade level, content area or specialization right away. Practice these activities hands‑on in the session with your device! (Note: Activities are accessed most easily with a laptop or Chromebook. Activities can be done with student iPads, but using a laptop or Chromebook will give you your best experience.) Google tools will include the likes of Docs, Slides, Drawings, Maps. Thorough digital handouts give you everything you need to incorporate these activities in class tomorrow!

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Preservation B Flipping the IT Model Jay Power ‑Education Networks of America Strand: Technology Infrastructure Districts across the country are flipping their classrooms and transforming the way students learn. Your IT department can also take a “flipped” approach to allow your valuable staff members to focus on the important job of helping your teachers and students effectively implement and utilize technology to achieve successful outcomes. Join our session as we take a look at how districts are maximizing their IT budget by integrating managed services. Important technology trends, network mobility, and network security will be addressed in this informative session. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Preservation Hall A Adopting a School‑Wide Twitter Culture...in an Elementary School? Laura Montgomery ‑Lake Forest School District 67 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Adopting a School‑Wide Twitter in an Elementary School? Are you CRAZY? I thought so too...but I was wrong! After attending my first ISTE conference in Philadelphia this past summer, one of my biggest takeaways was how possible it was to promote a positive Twitter culture in an elementary school. So now it’s my turn to share the message ‑‑and experience‑‑with others. In this breakout session, learn about the Twitter journey that a K‑4 elementary school is on. Understand how your school (not just an elementary school) can use the power of social media to put your school, classrooms, and students on the global stage as positive examples of creativity & collaboration, leading & learning. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Ruby Get your students' "write" on! Holly Lannert ‑CCSD 15, Vicky O'Boyle ‑Gower School District 62, Jill Schwartzers ‑Palatine CCSD15 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning It is important that our students are comfortable with self expression. Digital storytelling helps develop these valuable skills! Join this fast‑paced session by diving into six online tools to help all learners create digital stories! Tools include Picture Book Maker, My Storybook, Storybird, Alphabet Organizer, Jellybean Writer, and Google Forms. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon I The Ultimate Photobomb! Content & Understanding on the Camera Roll Candace Marcotte ‑Glenview School District #34 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning If a photo is worth 1,000 words, how much is a meme worth? Together we will explore the use of GIFs, memes, photo collages, stop‑motion video, hashtag style videos and more to increase and assess student understanding. Participants will learn about utilizing the TPACK framework to repurpose photo and video technologies in order to engage students creatively in the content. Through our knowledge of our learners and content, we can determine a pedagogical approach that inspires surprise twists on technology to take student understanding to a deeper level. Join me in this session to unlock the power of the camera roll!

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon II Know What I Meme? The internet's hidden language Steve Dembo ‑Discovery Education Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning From lolcats to Duck Army, memes have dominated the social landscape. Humorous, viral & irreverent, we'll explore using the hidden language of the internet in the classroom to foster communication & creativity. Your students are already talking in memes. Isn't it time you learn to speak their language? This session will explore how memes can be leveraged as a tool for communication by the teacher, and to provide new constructs for students to demonstrate their learning in the classroom. The common core ELA standards require students to be able to use multimedia to clarify information, add interest and demonstrate understanding. Additionally, students are tasked with assessing information in "diverse media and formats." Both of these tasks can be accomplished in a creative, fun, and innovative way through the use of memes as a communication medium. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon III Assess More, Grade Less: enhance achievement with Danielson‑aligned tech Kate Pole ‑University High School, Jim Kurz ‑University High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Constant feedback with individualized assessment provides students with a richer environment in which to learn, but for teachers, that can prove overwhelmingly time‑consuming. Tech tools and smart strategies tied to Danielson framework assessment indicators can make the task a win‑win. We'll look at strategies for using online assignments, chats and discussions, survey tools (like PearDeck), plagiarism checkers, flipped classrooms, and your own experiences to bolster assessment and student learning. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon IV Accelerate Learning with Accelerated Math Brian Karsbaek ‑Renaissance Learning Strand: Personalized Learning Easily balance math practice for students working on grade‑level standards and those who need to catch up on foundational skills with Accelerated Math. Math proficiency is critical for students’ college and career readiness, and Accelerated Math helps ensure that proficiency for every student. Accelerated Math’s unique methods have been proven effective in more K12 classrooms than any other math program. A total of 101 independent research studies confirm it. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon V Amp up your classroom with SMART R.J. Gravel ‑Johnsburg School District 12, Amy Lynch ‑SMART Technologies Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Do your students have devices? Are you looking for ways to increase student collaboration and co‑creation while still having insight into the learning process? Then join us to learn about SMART amp, an innovative cloud‑based collaborative learning software. Hear first‑hand how students, teachers, and administration at Glenbrook 225 use SMART amp in collaboration activities. Student centered, project based learning has never been easier… Come discover how you too can put the put the power of learning into your students’ hands with SMART amp Collaborative Learning Software.

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Salon VI Developing Global Connections in Your School or District Lucy Gray ‑The Global Education Conference Strand: Future Ready Leadership Learn how educational technology can provide new global opportunities for students and teachers! In this session, Global Education Conference co‑founder Lucy Gray will help you and your team develop an action plan for going global in your school or district. With the advent of new and emerging technologies, it is easier than ever to have students and teachers collaborate with others around the world. And, it's imperative that we help students develop global competency in preparation for their important role as future global citizens. You will see examples of global collaboration, see what globalized schools look like and develop a rationale for why globalizing your school or district is essential. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Sapphire Digitize Your Students’ Organization, Collaboration and Self‑Assessment with Eportfolios Angie Etzwiler ‑Maine Twp HS Dist 207, Anna Klein ‑Maine Twp. HS Dist. 207 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Learn how to utilize the Add‑On Site Maestro to push out a google sites template for your students and streamline grading of web pages. Take away ideas for organizing digital content such as your daily agenda, youtube playlists, Quizlet decks, Remind posts, collaborative docs, drawings, lab data, blog posts, and student projects. 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Topaz Breakout Edu James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to play at ICE this year. Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Learn more at BreakoutEDU.com 2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Turquoise A/B Engineering is Elementary Rachel Davidson ‑Glenview District 34, Esther Storrie ‑Glenview 34 Strand: Make it! Do you want to do design, but have NO budget? Want to get young kids involved in a meaningful, standards‑based way? Learn from the experience of two librarians who created engineering challenges for their primary‑aged students, and then grew the program to upper elementary. All with (almost) no money, no prior engineering experience, and no dedicated space. Put your hard hat on and join us to learn how to get your students and staff excited about the design process. You will leave the session with at least one project you can start with your students right away.

2:45 pm‑3:30 pm ‑Zanies Making with Makey Makey Erika Myers ‑Center Cass District #66 Strand: Make it! Are you ready to embrace the Maker Movement with your students? By learning how to use a Makey Makey to make a game controller, and turning a pencil drawing into a musical instrument, participants in this hands‑on session will have the opportunity to see just how fun and easy it is to get started in the “Maker” world. Additional lessons and examples of Makey Makey projects from a middle school classroom will be shared. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Augusta I/II IlliniCloud General Member and Board Meeting Melinda Fiscus ‑LTC 6 Strand: Future Ready Leadership This meeting is open to all members of the Illini Cloud, and those considering membership are also welcome to attend. It serves as an opportunity to meet the governing board and be updated on activities of the organization. The Illini Cloud bylaws provide for semi‑annual open board meetings for membership input. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Broadway A Beyond Hour of Code: Coding in the Classroom Linda Diekman ‑Park Ridge ‑Niles SD#64 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Having hosted the Hour of Code, do you wonder what comes next? Bring coding to the classroom and after school clubs! Learn how to implement successful follow up programs throughout your elementary school community. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Broadway B Learn to Code with Google Apps Script James Eichmiller ‑Downers Grove Grade School District 58 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Google Apps Script is a simple to use tool that can enhance Google Apps in a countless number of ways. It is based on javascript and cloud based, making it is very simple for beginners to learn. This is lowers the barrier to learning programming, allowing beginners to get started quickly. After this session, participants will understand what Google Apps Script is, and what it is capable of. You will know how to find and interpret documentation, and where to access tutorials and other learning materials. You will write 5‑6 short scripts that demonstrate how this simple tool can extend Google Apps. This session will be very hands on with your fingers on the keyboard, learning through exploration.

3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Broadway C Let's Talk, Write and Record! Developing Writing through Digital Storytelling. Ania Figueroa ‑Community Consolidated SD 62, Sarah Haq ‑Community Consolidated SD 62 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Learn ways to tackle tech integration in the K‑5 classroom. Explore, collaborate and design instruction geared towards developing expressive language through “Digital Storytelling.” Explore Apps that can enhance your instruction, specifically when working with English Language Learners and students with Learning Needs by developing oral language and bringing your students’ writing alive! Digital Storytelling helps students become excited about their writing, supports language development, lends itself to differentiation and it’s a great tool for student assessment. Come and explore a variety of Apps you can integrate in your instruction using sound pedagogical practices! Some Apps that will be demonstrated in this session are Doodlecast, Explain Everything!, Shadow Puppet and ChatterPix Kids! This session aims to be interactive so BYOD. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Jade SeeSaw: A Learning Journal in the Elementary Classroom Lauren Kolod ‑Wilmette District #39, Emily Wingels ‑Wilmette Public School District 39 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Seesaw empowers students to independently document in a digital portfolio what they are learning at school via the SeeSaw app. Students create a learning journal that is shared with classmates, teachers, and parents, and they “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, and links. Not only does SeeSaw strengthen the home to school connection by giving parents a peek into their child's day, but also provides teachers and parents with authentic data of student growth. Come see how our students as young as kindergarten are sharing their work independently! 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑New Orleans Ballroom Getting Creative with Google Classroom Eric Hansen ‑Community Consolidated School District 21 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Google Classroom is an engaging workflow that offers great opportunities for teachers and students to redefine their classroom experience. Let’s explore what Classroom has to offer while learning some creative classroom collaboration and learning possibilities. While some basics will be covered, we will also see how far we can push this app to its limits. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Preservation Hall A Organizing Your Digital World Caren Kimbarovsky ‑Libertyville School District 70 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Our digital world is filled with information. We acquire information from websites, email, Google Drive, and more. However, what do we do with this information? How do we organize this information? It becomes overwhelming to try to organize it. There are many tricks and tools of how to organize Google Drive, Gmail, websites, and Chrome extensions that we will explore. This session will also include an opportunity for participants to share favorite organizing tools and tips too.

3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Ruby Beyond the Brain Break: Big Screen Tech Integration Anastasia Hahn ‑UNO Charter Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Discover great new resources to really “amp up” your classroom by using your LCD projector and big screen through this interactive workshop! We will be exploring engaging, effective and entertaining ways of enhancing and reinforcing Literacy and Math instruction by utilizing the educational resources of the World Wide Web. Return to the classroom ready to captivate your students while strengthening instruction. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon I What is Breakout Edu? James Sanders ‑EdTechTeam Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Breakout EDU is a platform for immersive learning games. Rather than another worksheet or Scantron form, players have a set amount of time to navigate a series of mysteries and puzzles in order to open the Breakout EDU box. Games are aligned to different content areas as well as games for adult professional learning. Breakout EDU will have a custom Breakout room for attendees to experience this instructional innovation. This session will provide a context for use of Breakout games with students of all ages and for professional development. Q & A will be included. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon II Breaking Down the Walls of your Library and Classroom Chad Lehman ‑OASD ‑Ixonia Elementary Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Shhh! Not anymore. The school library is changing and is now a place where students and teachers are creating, collaborating, and sharing their learning beyond the physical space. Classroom teachers and school librarians are working together more than ever. Whether you're a classroom teacher or school librarian, this session will provide practice ways to get started with this process. We'll also explore some examples of how this is occurring and how you can do it in your school. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon III Using Social Media to Connect Your Class Sarah Barnett ‑Bannockburn 106 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Why limit your classroom inside its four walls when you can expose your students to the world around them? Learn how an elementary teacher uses social media to connect her class to both experts and peers from around the world. Learn tips on how to get started through how to enhance Common Core curriculum lessons by collaborating with experts and classrooms. Witness specific activities that attendees could implement immediately including planning Skype calls with experts and classrooms, connecting via Google Docs, playing Kahoot via Google Hangout with multiple classes, virtual pen pals, and much more. Attendees will receive handouts with specific directions on how to implement each of these activities. This session will be helpful for all educators from the beginning tweeter to the expert in social media.

3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon IV Come Together: Cooperative Learning Structures in an Online Environment Jon Orech ‑Downers Grove South High School Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Cooperative learning is accepted as a powerful learning structure. However, simply creating an online collaborative space doesn’t guarantee that students will meet your learning targets. In this hands‑on workshop, participants will learn how to meld Cooperative Learning pedagogy with online collaborative opportunities using Google Docs, Sites, and valuable extensions like Diigo. Emphasis will be placed on infusing positive interdependence and individual accountability into creating for authentic audience and purpose. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon V Digital Literacy: A Blended / Competency‑Based Approach Philip Lacey ‑NTHS 219 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning It is often assumed today’s students are skilled in technology. But, the majority of students do not enter high school prepared to learn and succeed in a 21st century learning environment. How can schools ensure students have mastered the necessary skills to be digitally literate and thrive in a 1:1 district? Learn how we developed a blended, competency‑based Digital Literacy Program using ready made content (from Atomic Learning) to provide our incoming freshman with a common knowledge base around the ISTE Standards to address this concern and help them succeed in a tech rich environment. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Salon VI Reinvent Feedback: Give Students Site, Video and Voice Critiques Jon Spike ‑Green Bay Area Public Schools Strand: Personalized Learning Let's be honest: the red pen is NOT effective for feedback. Today's students learn best from varied forms of feedback, and using tools such as Kaizena, MoveNote, and much more can help! Prepare to give students feedback like you've never done before ‑embed audio, video, and site‑based feedback to help teach students in the margins rather than simply tell them what is right or wrong. We will also discuss how to effectively create video feedback that can be re‑used to benefit multitudes of students for years to come! 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Sapphire Technology Integration ‑It's not about the Technology! Chris Skrzypchak ‑District 158 Strand: Personalized Learning Now in our 4th year of 1:1, learn from what we have discovered about Technology Integration. Hint: It's not about the Technology! We will share our secrets to Professional Development and how we changed the way teachers viewed PD, received PD, and how we changed mindsets from a focus on Technology to a focus on Learning!

3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Turquoise A/B Student Engagement...Presto! Jill Schwartzers ‑Palatine CCSD15, Vicky O'Boyle ‑Gower School District 62, Holly Lannert ‑CCSD 15 Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Personalize your students' learning by embedding guided questions into instructional videos that students can watch at their own pace. Join us as we explore programs such as EduCanon, EdPuzzle, and more! This technology has the power to redefine your teaching and drastically enhance your students' learning. 3:45 pm‑4:30 pm ‑Zanies “Hi, I’m David and I’m Still an APPoholic!” David Tchozewski ‑Jenison Public Schools Strand: Digital Age Teaching and Learning After 2 years of playing to a packed house at Zanies, only one David could make the return trip this year. Michigan David promises not to skip a beat on his solo tour. Join him for a fast paced, fun tour to see which educational iPad apps made the list this season.