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10:00am CST

Fall in Love with the Problem: How Design Thinking Can Inspire Your Educational Career

What would Valentine's Day be without falling in love with something? Find out the story of how Jon re-invigorated his passion for being an educator after discovering design thinking. The most important lesson: listen to the people you want to help. They'll tell you everything you need to know!

Speakers

Jon Spike

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Thursday February 14, 2019 10:00am - 10:50am CST
Hamilton Room

11:00am CST

(SESSION FULL) Calm in the Classroom: Mindfulness strategies for teachers and students

Research suggests that mindfulness in the classroom can improve student learning outcomes and create a calm environment with fewer behavioral concerns. This session will explore examples of mindfulness strategies that both students and teachers can use to create a peaceful classroom. We will explore various “stations” with examples for mindful movement, mindful breathing, mindful creations, and mindful eating. Let’s take a break from our busy lives to simply breathe, play, and eat some chocolate!

Speakers

Jenni Petersen

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Winther 1005

Breakout Session, Innovation

11:00am CST

Design Sprint: How to Bring Design Thinking into the Classroom

In this session, we'll follow up on the strategies discussed in the keynote to practice the process of design thinking. Prepare to team up to prepare the best design based on the challenge given after getting feedback from your target audience. You'll walk away with the tools necessary to try a design thinking challenge in your future classroom!

Speakers

Jon Spike

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Winther 1006

Breakout Session, Innovation

11:00am CST

Developing a Future-Ready Classroom Using the 4Cs/5Cs

Use inquiry-based learning to support the 5 C's: collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, and global community. We will look at effective strategies to build future ready, student lead classroom by cultivating curiosity, building student understanding and ownership of their learning. This session will focus on ways to integrate various tech tools, apps, and extensions to support inquiry. Participants will walk away with hands-on experiences, sample lessons and resources, and classroom applications.

Speakers

Aggie Salter

ITS, CESA 5

Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is the Technology Integration Specialist for CESA5. Aggie is a Google Educator and Google Education Trainer, iPad/Tablet and Flipped Classroom certified educator who provides training for various districts. Aggie has spent several years as the Technology... Read More →

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
University Center 261

Breakout Session, Innovation

11:00am CST

Robotics for Kids

Explore using simple robotics to teach computational thinking to kids. The robots differ in the types of inputs they can understand, the programming language, the ways they can respond and the difficulty in controlling them but all allow kids to learn some basic principles of coding. Try your hand at Sphero, Dash, Ozobot, or Code-a-Pillar.

Speakers

Eileen Schroeder

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, UW-Whitewater

Eileen Schroeder teaches in the library program at UW-Whitewater and works with education students learning technology skills.

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
University Center 259A

Breakout Session, Innovation

11:00am CST

Using Outdoor Education to Teach Cross Curricular Content

Come to this session to learn how UW-Whitewater students and staff have used the Ice Age Trail to teach a variety of different subject areas. In addition, find out how students and staff used technology such as the Rocketbook to take digital notes while on the trail!

Speakers

Kelly Hatch

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
University Center 259B

Breakout Session, Innovation

11:00am CST

Virtual Reality Open Lab

Want to check out emerging virtual reality technology such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, Cardboard, and more? Check out the VR Lab for one of your sessions for hands-on opportunities to see how they could be leveraged for learning!

Speakers

Winther Lab Student Workers

Thursday February 14, 2019 11:00am - 11:50am CST
Winther 1006F (Active Collaboration Lab)

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Calm in the Classroom: Mindfulness strategies for teachers and students

Research suggests that mindfulness in the classroom can improve student learning outcomes and create a calm environment with fewer behavioral concerns. This session will explore examples of mindfulness strategies that both students and teachers can use to create a peaceful classroom. We will explore various “stations” with examples for mindful movement, mindful breathing, mindful creations, and mindful eating. Let’s take a break from our busy lives to simply breathe, play, and eat some chocolate!

Speakers

Jenni Petersen

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
Winther 1005

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Robotics for Kids

Explore using simple robotics to teach computational thinking to kids. The robots differ in the types of inputs they can understand, the programming language, the ways they can respond and the difficulty in controlling them but all allow kids to learn some basic principles of coding. Try your hand at Sphero, Dash, Ozobot, or Code-a-Pillar.

Speakers

Eileen Schroeder

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, UW-Whitewater

Eileen Schroeder teaches in the library program at UW-Whitewater and works with education students learning technology skills.

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
University Center 259A

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Thinking Outside the Docs: Using Google Slides to Make Comics, CYOAs, Magazines, and More!

Google Slides and Drawings provide incredible options for students to create innovative demonstrations of knowledge. We will explore ways to create Choose-your-own-Adventure games, comic strips, interactive textbooks, magazines, movie poster templates, and even Pokemon Go character cards all within Google Slides and Drawings. Who even needs Google Docs?!

Speakers

Jon Spike

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
Winther 1006

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Using Outdoor Education to Teach Cross Curricular Content

Come to this session to learn how UW-Whitewater students and staff have used the Ice Age Trail to teach a variety of different subject areas. In addition, find out how students and staff used technology such as the Rocketbook to take digital notes while on the trail!

Speakers

Kelly Hatch

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
University Center 259B

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Using Technology to Create Engaging, Relevant and Meaningful Classroom Activities

Technology is an outstanding tool for enhancing students learning experiences and student outcomes. Come together with fellow educators to discover new tools to create a meaningful, engaging and relevant learning environment, that will transform your classroom. We will cover the newest Google apps, extensions, and other innovative web-based tools for all grades and subjects. Learn to create ebook, comic strips, graphic organizers and empower your students by giving them choice and voice.

Speakers

Aggie Salter

ITS, CESA 5

Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is the Technology Integration Specialist for CESA5. Aggie is a Google Educator and Google Education Trainer, iPad/Tablet and Flipped Classroom certified educator who provides training for various districts. Aggie has spent several years as the Technology... Read More →

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
University Center 261

Breakout Session, Innovation

12:00pm CST

Virtual Reality Open Lab

Want to check out emerging virtual reality technology such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, Cardboard, and more? Check out the VR Lab for one of your sessions for hands-on opportunities to see how they could be leveraged for learning!

Speakers

Winther Lab Student Workers

Thursday February 14, 2019 12:00pm - 12:50pm CST
Winther 1006F (Active Collaboration Lab)

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

(SESSION FULL) ASPIRE: Leveraging Passions, Interests, and Experiences to Land Your Dream Job

We will have students brainstorm their interests and passions first. They will talk with the people around them to generate ideas and to get a feel for what they are passionate about. Then we will do quick talks about what we are passionate and interested in and how we have leveraged that throughout our college career so far. Then students will set goals for how they want to follow through on their interests/passions and find ways to gain experiences that cultivate those things. We will talk about how passions make you a unique educator and will help you land your dream job. Students will get worksheets guiding them through our session for them to work on.

Speakers

Allison Erck

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
University Center 259A

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

Creating a VR Tour using Google Tour Creator

Real field trips are great. But not every place is accessible or affordable to travel to. Why not do it in Virtual Reality? Google Expeditions has become a go-to for taking students on field trips to the far reaches of the planet. From Australia and Antarctica to Zambia and ZImbabwe, you can take your classes on a field trip to almost anywhere. Google Expeditions is constantly adding new trips and currently has over 900. But what if where you want to go isn’t an option? How can your students create a virtual field trip to demonstrate their knowledge? Google Tour Creator is the answer. Google Tour Creator combines Google Street View with your 360 photospheres to create your own virtual field trips. We will look at how to use this tool to help you or your students create a virtual field trip.

Speakers

John Houwers

Technology Integrator/Coach, Whitewater Unified School District

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Winther 1005

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

Digital Literacy

It’s no secret that reading and writing digitally requires a new set of skills, sometimes forgotten in the classroom. Learn new strategies and tools that will help even the youngest students become digital readers and writers by implementing these tools in Writer's Workshop. Engage your students in authentic learning experiences where reading, thinking, collaboration, and inquiry are at the heart of the curriculum. Literacy instruction is a part of every content area. Tech tools can enhance this instruction, increase student engagement, and ultimately bolster student learning. Learn about how to implement digital literacy in your classroom and walk away with a toolbox of various tools and strategies to support digital literacy in your classroom.

Speakers

Aggie Salter

ITS, CESA 5

Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is the Technology Integration Specialist for CESA5. Aggie is a Google Educator and Google Education Trainer, iPad/Tablet and Flipped Classroom certified educator who provides training for various districts. Aggie has spent several years as the Technology... Read More →

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
University Center 261

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

GameStormEDU: How Educators Can Design Physical and Digital Educational Games

Creating a game to teach a concept sounds like a tall task... until now! Enter GameStormEDU, a collection of resources, tools, and instructionals that help show both students and educators the wealth of ways THEY can become game designers overnight. Attendees will design their very own game to take home! This session will focus on a multitude of tools, such as Google Slides, Google Drawings, and much more.

Speakers

Jon Spike

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Winther 1006

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

Integrating Google Slides, Instagram, and the Arts to Facilitate Student Learning

This presentation will provide a demonstration of how Google slides, Instagram, and body painting facilitated learning in a college level anatomy and physiology course. A short workshop will follow for attendees to apply similar methodology to other field specific lessons or content based assignments. Modifications to the assignment will be discussed for Special Education/Counseling, Biology, Physical Education, Health, Math, and Writing emphasis. Attendees are encouraged to bring a cellular phone and/or laptop to get the most out of the session. Attendees should leave the session with the framework for implementing this type of assignment in their designated educational settings.

Speakers

Lynn Gilbertson

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
University Center 259B

Breakout Session, Innovation

1:00pm CST

Virtual Reality Open Lab

Want to check out emerging virtual reality technology such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, Cardboard, and more? Check out the VR Lab for one of your sessions for hands-on opportunities to see how they could be leveraged for learning!

Speakers

Winther Lab Student Workers

Thursday February 14, 2019 1:00pm - 1:50pm CST
Winther 1006F (Active Collaboration Lab)

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Creating Effective Flipped Lessons

Many high school and middle school teachers have tried a flipped classroom model. Some would say that it’s fantastic while other would say it’s not worth the hype. At its core, flipped classrooms would have the student watch a video for “homework” while the assignments would be done in class. In this session we will look at what can be done in the planning process to make a flipped lesson effective and useful for the students. We will look at how tools such as Camtasia, ScreenCastify, Screencast-o-matic, and Nimbus Screens can be used to record content and EdPuzzle and Google Forms to deliver content students are getting the most out of flipped lessons.

Speakers

John Houwers

Technology Integrator/Coach, Whitewater Unified School District

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
Winther 1005

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Fantastic Formative Assessment Tools to Spice Up Your Practice

In this session, we'll try out some of the more engaging and fun ways to gauge student knowledge. Some of the tools will include Formative, Gimkit, Edpuzzle, and more! These are tools that can be applied to any classroom.

Speakers

Jon Spike

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
Winther 1006

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Integrating Google Slides, Instagram, and the Arts to Facilitate Student Learning

This presentation will provide a demonstration of how Google slides, Instagram, and body painting facilitated learning in a college level anatomy and physiology course. A short workshop will follow for attendees to apply similar methodology to other field specific lessons or content based assignments. Modifications to the assignment will be discussed for Special Education/Counseling, Biology, Physical Education, Health, Math, and Writing emphasis. Attendees are encouraged to bring a cellular phone and/or laptop to get the most out of the session. Attendees should leave the session with the framework for implementing this type of assignment in their designated educational settings.

Speakers

Lynn Gilbertson

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
University Center 259B

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Robotics for Kids

Explore using simple robotics to teach computational thinking to kids. The robots differ in the types of inputs they can understand, the programming language, the ways they can respond and the difficulty in controlling them but all allow kids to learn some basic principles of coding. Try your hand at Sphero, Dash, Ozobot, or Code-a-Pillar.

Speakers

Eileen Schroeder

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, UW-Whitewater

Eileen Schroeder teaches in the library program at UW-Whitewater and works with education students learning technology skills.

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
University Center 259A

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Using HyperDocs to Empower Your Students

Technology is an outstanding tool for enhancing students learning experiences and student outcomes. Come together with fellow educators to discover new tools to create a meaningful, engaging and relevant learning environment that will transform your classroom. Learn how to use new Google tools and hyperdoc to empower your students while giving them choice and voice. Make curiosity, inspiration, and inquiry part of your classroom community. Participants will walk away with ready to use HyperDocs as well as menus and activities ready to implement in their classroom.

Speakers

Aggie Salter

ITS, CESA 5

Agnieszka Salter (@AggieSalterITS) is the Technology Integration Specialist for CESA5. Aggie is a Google Educator and Google Education Trainer, iPad/Tablet and Flipped Classroom certified educator who provides training for various districts. Aggie has spent several years as the Technology... Read More →

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
University Center 261

Breakout Session, Innovation

2:00pm CST

Virtual Reality Open Lab

Want to check out emerging virtual reality technology such as the HTC Vive, Oculus Go, Google Daydream, Cardboard, and more? Check out the VR Lab for one of your sessions for hands-on opportunities to see how they could be leveraged for learning!

Speakers

Winther Lab Student Workers

Thursday February 14, 2019 2:00pm - 2:50pm CST
Winther 1006F (Active Collaboration Lab)

Breakout Session, Innovation