PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF EDISON TOWNSHIP PRESENTS EdTechNJ 2015 Saturday, January 31, 2015 Edison High School 50 Blvd. of the Eagles Edison, NJ 08817 1 EdTechNJ 2015 SESSION 1 9:30 – 10:20 AM Event Title 5 Tools to Create to Amazing Infographics EverFi - An Interactive Approach to Teaching Digital Literacy G.R.E.A.T. Leadership Needed in Schools GAFE Supports Common Core Writing Practices Going Beyond: Using Google Add-Ons Hot & STEAMy: Using PBLs and Simple Tech for STEAM Lessons How to Teach Programming: The 9 Hours After Hour of Code Know the Individual Needs of 30,000 Students Using Formative Assessment Data Leading with Technology Padlet Scratch The Dirty 30: 30 apps & websites that you need to succeed Tweet to Learn Unlocking the Power of Chromebooks Using Blogging to Prepare Students for PARCC SESSION 2 Presenter Tina Bacolas Park Ridge High School, NJ Natasha Inniss EverFi Ronald P. Davis, Ed.D. Mt. Lebanon School District - Pittsburgh, PA Patricia Flavin Flemington Raritan School District Xanthy Karamanos & Mollie Lindsey Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Sandra Wozniak TregoED Dov Kruger Stevens Institute of Technology Nate Smith American Reading Company Shannon Lorenzo & Cynthia Tufaro Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Laura Lucchetto Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Jen Gossert Conrad Weiser Area School District, PA Jay Eitner The Lower Alloways Creek School District Jonathan Redeker Goshen Central School District, Goshen, NY Denis Sheeran Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Lea Klein Flemington Raritan School District, NJ 10:30 – 11:20 AM Event Title Presenter BYOT/1:1 - Now What??? Brad Campbell Cinnaminson High School Calling All Webdesigners Shirley L. Hall Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA Composing in the Cloud: Transparency, Accountability Oona Abrams & Christina McCabe and Engagement Chatham High School Digital Storytelling on Tablets: Apps, Tips, & Tricks Monica Burns for Teachers Class Tech Tips, LLC Engage All Students with Pear Deck Anthony Showalter Pear Deck, Inc. Engaging Our 21st Century Learners! Jeanne Muzi Lawrence Township Public Schools G.R.E.A.T. Leadership Needed in Schools Ronald P. Davis, Ed.D. Mt. Lebanon School District - Pittsburgh, PA Know the Individual Needs of 30,000 Students Using Nate Smith Formative Assessment Data American Reading Company Online Educational Concerts for preK-12 Dave Ruch Performer and Teaching Artist 2 EdTechNJ 2015 SESSION 2 (cont’d.) Event Title 10:30 – 11:20 AM Presenter Pinterest 2.0 Caroline Flamos Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Social Media, Pop Culture, and Technology for Today's Courtney Hasner Classroom Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Two Flipping Amazing Tools You Can Use Right Kathleen Kersznowski Away! (Blendspace and EdPuzzle) Washington Township Public Schools, Gloucester County Unlocking the Power of Chromebooks Denis Sheeran Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Using Touchcast to Connect to Kids and Families Brian Costello Weymouth Township Schools Utilizing and Managing BYOD in your classroom Todd Pagel Edison Township Public Schools, NJ SESSION 3 1:00 – 1:50 PM Event Title Presenter Allow the Students to Show Their PROCESS with Aurasma! BYOT/1:1 - Now What??? Tina Bacolas Park Ridge High School, NJ Brad Campbell Cinnaminson High School Calling All Webdesigners Shirley L. Hall Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA Engage All Students with Pear Deck Anthony Showalter Pear Deck, Inc. From Scannable to Wearable, Teaching Generation Z Monica Burns Class Tech Tips, LLC & Courtney Pepe, A Harry Moore School Going Beyond: Using Google Add-Ons Xanthy Karamanos & Mollie Lindsey Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Hot & STEAMy: Using PBLs and Simple Tech for Sandra Wozniak STEAM Lessons TregoED Know the Individual Needs of 30,000 Students Using Nate Smith Formative Assessment Data American Reading Company Make the calendar work in Google Classroom Barbara De Santis Sayreville Public Schools Scratch Jen Gossert Conrad Weiser Area School District, PA Stop Curating and Start Creating Christopher J. Nesi House of #EdTech Podcast The Dirty 30: 30 apps & websites that you need to Jay Eitner succeed The Lower Alloways Creek School District Tweet to Learn Jonathan Redeker Goshen Central School District, Goshen, NY Using Touchcast to Connect to Kids and Families Brian Costello Weymouth Township Schools Using Web-Based tools for Word Study & Vocabulary Caroline Flamos Instruction Edison Township Public Schools, NJ 3 EdTechNJ 2015 SESSION 4 2:00 – 2:50 PM Event Title Presenter Building a Better Community: Using Google+ to Adam Schoenbart & Katie Helly Develop Stronger Classroom Community and Enhance Ossining High School Student Learning Engage All Students with Pear Deck Anthony Showalter Pear Deck, Inc. Engaging Our 21st Century Learners! Jeanne Muzi Lawrence Township Public Schools EverFi - An Interactive Approach to Teaching Digital Natasha Inniss Literacy EverFi How to Teach Programming: The 9 Hours After Hour Dov Kruger of Code Stevens Institute of Technology Know the Individual Needs of 30,000 Students Using Nate Smith Formative Assessment Data American Reading Company Padlet Laura Lucchetto Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Social Media, Pop Culture, and Technology for Today's Courtney Hasner Classroom Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Stop Curating and Start Creating Christopher J. Nesi House of #EdTech Podcast The Why’s and How’s of Going Paperless Janet DeSenzo Vernon Township School District, NJ Two Flipping Amazing Tools You Can Use Right Kathleen Kersznowski Away! (Blendspace and EdPuzzle) Washington Township Public Schools, Gloucester County Using Google Forms for Assessment Patricia Flavin Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Using Web-Based tools for Word Study & Vocabulary Caroline Flamos Instruction Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Utilizing and Managing BYOD in your classroom Todd Pagel Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Keynote Presenter Rich Kiker Rich Kiker is the top rated Google Education Trainer in the world and has specialized in online and blended learning since 2006. Rich is also the Director of Online Learning for Palisades School District in Pennsylvania where he was recognized as the Outstanding Contributor to Blended and Online Learning with blendedschools.net. He has been awarded the “20 to Watch” award by the National School Board Association and has served in many roles that combine his expertise in both technology and education including Classrooms for the Future Coach, eLearning Architect, and Creative Design Consultant. Rich has recently been recognized as one of the top 20 educators in social media at the Bammy Awards. He has authored several MOOCs at Google, is a frequent advisor to Google for Education’s global professional development strategy, and has been recognized by the Google Enterprise team as a Social Influencer. Rich can be found online at +Rich Kiker and @rkiker. 4 EdTechNJ 2015 5 Tools to Create to Amazing Infographics Session(s): 1 Description: Think outside the box! You are the master of your content – but there are so many ways for your students to show you that THEY have mastered the content! Try something new and have them create their own brilliant and creative infographics using one of these great tools. Presenter(s): Tina Bacolas Park Ridge High School, NJ Location: Edison High School Allow the Students to Show their PROCESS with Aurasma! Session(s): 3 Description: Augmented reality opens the door for students to show much more than just a final project! Aurasma (for iPad) scans a desired image (such as student project) and will play a video (such as a narrative explanation, a song, a time-lapse of creation, etc.). It’s easier than you think! Presenter(s): Tina Bacolas Park Ridge High School, NJ Location: Edison High School Building a Better Community: Using Google+ to Develop Stronger Classroom Community and Enhance Student Learning Session(s): 4 Description: Many teachers attend professional development and chat, Tweet, discuss, and share during the learning. We multitask and engage in the professional development on multiple levels, utilizing technology and backchannels to process and develop new learning. We share what we like, learn, and want to challenge. What if students had the same experience in our classes? While many schools have adopted Google Apps for Education and transformed their teachers’ instruction and students’ learning, few have embraced the power of Google+ Communities. This presentation will explore how Google+ Communities can be used to engage all learners and build classroom community, which can then be leveraged to promote active student centered learning, collaboration, and both 21st century and Common Core skills. Through the use of Google+ Communities and GAFE, students are empowered in authentic and new learning in classrooms and beyond. Class never ends after 41-minutes and students learning, interaction, and growth never needs to end. Presenter(s): Adam Schoenbart and Katie Helly Ossining High School Location: Edison High School 5 EdTechNJ 2015 BYOT/1:1 - Now What??? Session(s): 2, 3 Description: This conversation will center around sharing several great resources available to BYOT or 1:1 classrooms. Discussion will include what websites/tools are out there and numerous ways to implement them in a classroom. Participants should leave with numerous ideas they can implement the next day in class! Presenter(s): Brad Campbell Cinnaminson High School Location: Edison High School Calling All Webdesigners Session(s): 2, 3 Description: This session will help teachers to set up a framework, in which teachers can create a webpage or have students create webpages that would aid the educational learning process. To take the learning beyond the four walls, and incorporate multiple types of technology within the website to help students learn more. Presenter(s): Shirley L. Hall Virginia Beach City Public Schools, VA Location: Edison High School Composing in the Cloud: Transparency, Accountability and Engagement Session(s): 2 Description: Conferencing with students in the Cloud and live in class, we’ve discovered that housing formative student compositions in Google Drive engenders more dialogue, richer peer feedback and high engagement. Tasks such as housing research notes, collaborating on shared narratives, and reflecting on self-assessments help students to see writing as a formative practice. Participants in this workshop will review and discuss abundant examples of student work. They will also be provided with full digital access to our presentation materials and invited to create a backchannel of questions and comments throughout our presentation. All attendees are invited to bring their own devices. Presenter(s): Oona Abrams and Christina McCabe Chatham High School Location: Edison High School 6 EdTechNJ 2015 Digital Storytelling on Tablets: Apps, Tips, & Tricks for Teachers Session(s): 2 Description: Whether you have access to one, a few, or a class set of iPads there are so many ways to include digital storytelling in your classroom. Explore mobile apps that are perfect for elementary school students, energize the three text types, and publish to a real world audience! Presenter(s): Monica Burns Class Tech Tips, LLC Location: Edison High School Engage All Students with Pear Deck Session(s): 2, 3, 4 Description: Find out how Pear Deck can help transform any classroom using Google Apps with engaging active learning and formative assessments. This hands-on demonstration will provide you with examples and inspiration for ramping up participation from all of your students. Presenter(s): Anthony Showalter Pear Deck, Inc. Location: Edison High School Engaging Our 21st Century Learners! Session(s): 2, 4 Description: This session focuses on creating highly engaging classroom learning experiences, so students can wonder, question, connect, synthesize, create and apply new ideas. Teachers will examine strategies that guide students to think and communicate creatively, critically and collaboratively. Teachers will explore a variety of ways to integrate technology, incorporate authentic learning experiences, develop quick creativity builders and strengthen students’ higher order thinking skills. Students who are highly engaged, self-driven learners grow to be motivated, curious problem solvers. Every teacher attending this session will bring dozens of creative engagement strategies back to their classrooms! Presenter(s): Jeanne Muzi Lawrence Township Public Schools Location: Edison High School 7 EdTechNJ 2015 EverFi - An Interactive Approach to Teaching Digital Literacy Session(s): 1, 4 Description: This session introduces participants to the web based course Future Goals - Digital Citizenship. The course informs students of the nuts and bolts of how technology works while placing them in virtual environments to tackle issues surrounding digital citizenship. Participants will learn how technology can open doors for student careers in STEM careers. Participants will leave the session with access to EverFi's web based learning platform and planning that helps create a blended learning environment. Presenter(s): Natasha Inniss EverFi Location: Edison High School From Scannable to Wearable, Teaching Generation Z Session(s): 3 Description: As educators we are in a unique position to influence the students in our care. Join this conversation about how to redefine our practice to suit Generation Z who are hyper-aware of the technology that surrounds them. This session will not train you to teach to the latest ed tech fad. This session will nurture a transformational mindset and a way of thinking that will prepare you to craft learning experiences with technologies that have not been invented yet. From scanable to wearable. Presenter(s): Monica Burns, Class Tech Tips, LLC and Courtney Pepe, A Harry Moore School Location: Edison High School G.R.E.A.T. Leadership Needed in Schools Session(s): 1, 2 Description: The challenges facing school leaders today is monumental. Effective leadership is essential to deal with the demands to improve the educational experience for students. This seminar focuses managing the complex change process that should be occurring in schools, as well as provides the participants with a paradigm to build leadership capacity in individuals, teams and organizations - G.R.E.A.T. Let's get together and discuss Goals, Roles, Expectations, Attitudes, and Tools necessary to lead schools. Presenter(s): Ronald P. Davis, Ed.D. Mt. Lebanon School District - Pittsburgh, PA Location: Edison High School 8 EdTechNJ 2015 GAFE Supports Common Core Writing Practices Session(s): 1 Description: Google Apps encourages modern Common Core style writing practices with many built in features, i.e. the ability to collaborate, give and receive feedback via text comments, voice comments and suggested edits, and to track revision history. In addition to these built-in features, there is also a variety of third-party add-on tools, such as EasyBib bibliography generator, thesaurus, and table of contents that will assist students’ writing and teacher organization, therefore freeing up time to work with learners. Presenter(s): Patricia Flavin Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Location: Edison High School Going Beyond: Using Google Add-Ons Session(s): 1, 3 Description: So you know how to use the basic Google products, now it’s time to take the next step with Google Add-Ons. This session will provide teachers with information on Google Addons that can be used in the classroom. Teachers will meet in small groups to dig into add ons such as Doctopus, Flubaroo, and Lucid Charts. These add-ons are Kid Tested and Teacher Approved! Presenter(s): Xanthy Karamanos and Mollie Lindsey Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School Hot & STEAMy: Using PBLs and Simple Tech for STEAM Lessons Session(s): 1, 3 Description: Explore how simple tech tools and Problem Based Learning principles can help you integrate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) content in your classroom. Participants will experience simple collaboration and problem solving activities and strategies to increase critical thinking and connect learning to the real world. Leave with a Livebinder full of links to tools, resources and great examples of STEAMy Problem Based Learning activities that will integrate CCSS and 21st Century proficiencies. Presenter(s): Sandra Wozniak TregoED Location: Edison High School 9 EdTechNJ 2015 How to Teach Programming: The 9 Hours After Hour of Code Session(s): 1, 4 Description: Hour of code has demonstrated that students can learn to program without teachers. But teachers' help can dramatically improve learning outcomes. This presentation shows what you need to know to manage an introductory sequence of programming lessons that take students from knowing nothing to a knowledge of variables, if statements and loops. You don't need to be a great programmer to teach programming, but if you know certain key skills, you can be very effective. There are terrific tie-ins to common core math skills as well. Presenter(s): Dov Kruger Stevens Institute of Technology Location: Edison High School Know the Individual Needs of 30,000 Students Using Formative Assessment Data Session(s): 1, 2, 3, 4 Description: The eIRLA is American Reading Company's web-based formative assessment tool. With the eIRLA, teachers can find each student's reading level, monitor student progress through the Common Core State Standards, and record evidence of student mastery using embedded assessments. Daily formative assessment data from the eIRLA is delivered to administrators and stakeholders in the form of dashboards and reports that provide focus, and help drive instruction. With this real-time data, administrative stakeholders can see the needs of their entire student population in aggregate, and easily drill down to individual student histories. Presenter(s): Nate Smith American Reading Company Location: Edison High School Leading with Technology Session(s): 1 Description: This session will explore the tenets of Eric Sheninger’s book, Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times. We will share Lindeneau Elementary School’s journey using social media to become connected educators to enhance professional growth while fostering a climate of 21st century learning. Participants will analyze problems of practice to support the transformation of their classroom, their school or their district. A copy of the Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times will be raffled off at the end of the session! Presenter(s): Shannon Lorenzo and Cynthia Tufaro Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School 10 EdTechNJ 2015 Make the Calendar Work in Google Classroom Session(s): 3 Description: Is the stream in your classroom overcrowded? Use the calendar to share material, presentations and more. Save the stream for assignments and keep things organized. Presenter(s): Barbara De Santis Sayreville Public Schools Location: Edison High School Online Educational Concerts for PreK-12 Session(s): 2 Description: Presenting remotely from his home studio in Buffalo NY, noted teaching artist Dave Ruch shares a new way forward for arts-integration and cultural arts experiences which involves no buses, no lost classroom time, simple access, and 21st-century affordability. Ruch has presented interactive online educational concerts for tens of thousands of students across the country over the past twelve months, and is eager to share his method and outcomes with educators. Presenter(s): Dave Ruch Performer and Teaching Artist Location: Edison High School Padlet Session(s): 1, 4 Description: Participants will learn how to create an account, see how it can be used in a classroom or outside(homework), explore everything Padlet has to offer, and practice creating padlet pages. Presenter(s): Laura Lucchetto Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Location: Edison High School 11 EdTechNJ 2015 Pinterest 2.0 Session(s): 2 Description: Want to find out how to pump up your Pinterest? Not sure of how to use it to organize your instructional ideas? Join this session to learn how to organize your pins, collaborate with colleagues, find other educators, and share your own work and ideas! Bring your own Chromebook, iPad, or smartphone (make sure you already have the Pinterest app). Presenter(s): Caroline Flamos Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School Scratch Session(s): 1, 3 Description: Introduction to programming through Scratch 2.0. Educators will leave here with a confident background in Scratch and a completed Maze game - along with the files needed to implement Scratch 2.0 in your class on Monday! This is a “hands on” presentation. Please bring a laptops and ear buds. Presenter(s): Jen Gossert Conrad Weiser Area School District, PA Location: Edison High School Social Media, Pop Culture, and Technology for Today's Classroom Session(s): 2, 4 Description: Social Media and Pop Culture outlets are a great tool to make your classroom more engaging, relevant, and culturally diverse. Stop by our session and bring your classroom up to the ISTE Standards, enter the 21st Century, and overcome the digital divide to help your entire student population learn to communicate online. Presenter(s): Courtney Hasner Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School 12 EdTechNJ 2015 Stop Curating and Start Creating Session(s): 3, 4 Description: Discuss methods and tools for creating content rather than simply curating someone else's. Explore tools for blogging as well producing video and audio content to enhance instruction and your professional presence. Presenter(s): Christopher J. Nesi House of #EdTech Podcast Location: Edison High School The Dirty 30: 30 Apps & Websites that You Need to Succeed Session(s): 1, 3 Description: With over 700 apps being developed a day, it's important that educators and administrators have a collection of informative and beneficial sites for your job. We will review 30 and you will also have a chance to share some that you're using as well. Presenter(s): Jay Eitner The Lower Alloways Creek School District Location: Edison High School Tweet to Learn Session(s): 1, 3 Description: Will work with teachers to establish a Twitter presence, learn about Twitter as a professional learning community, and encourage movement from Twitter lurker to active participant. Presenter(s): Jonathan Redeker Goshen Central School District, Goshen, NY Location: Edison High School 13 EdTechNJ 2015 Two Flipping Amazing Tools You Can Use Right Away! (Blendspace and EdPuzzle) Session(s): 2, 4 Description: Participants will learn two new powerful web tools that they can use to create a flipped experience for students (or even for PD)! Blendspace, a multimedia unit creator, will be demonstrated and various applications/suggestions for use will be discussed. EdPuzzle, a relatively new tool for creating interactive experiences with videos, will also be demonstrated for various uses and even audiences. (I'm using this tool for flipped professional development!) The session will end with a 5-10 minute group backchannel using Padlet so that participants can share their own ideas for uses of these two web tools. (BYOD use required for backchannel participation) Presenter(s): Kathleen Kersznowski Washington Township Public Schools, Gloucester County Location: Edison High School The Why's and How's of Going Paperless Session(s): 4 Description: Aside from saving trees and funding for ink and paper, there are great reasons for going paperless in your classroom. We need to prepare our students to live and thrive in a digital world. This workshop will look at BYOD and 1:1 environments that have successfully integrated technology to the point where the tool is irrelevant in light of the learning that takes place. Support for collaboration, organizational skills and digital learning will be discussed. Best practices for online tools such as Google Apps, Evernote, YouTube and an LMS (such as Edmodo or My Big Campus) will be explored. Presenter(s): Janet DeSenzo Vernon Township School District, NJ Location: Edison High School Unlocking the Power of Chromebooks Session(s): 1, 2 Description: Chromebooks are being used in classrooms across the country. Teachers and students can use Google Drive, Google Plus, Chrome Web Apps, Google Sites, YouTube, Open Educational Resources, and Assessments daily in the classroom for content delivery, collaboration, creation, and discovery. This workshop will provide resources and instructions for implementing Chromebooks in your classroom for both teachers and students. Chromebooks may be cheap, but they can help educators provide a rich experience for students. Presenter(s): Denis Sheeran Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School 14 EdTechNJ 2015 Using Blogging to Prepare Students for PARCC Session(s): 1 Description: Kidblog will be used as a platform for the type of questions students will be exposed to in the PARCC. Students can practice locating text evidence, technology skills and working collaboratively when blogging. Sites and resources for mentor texts as well as examples of blogging posts and responses will be offered to the teachers. Teachers will also have a chance to set up their blogs and discuss the many ways they can structure them for their own classroom. Presenter(s): Lea Klein Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Location: Edison High School Using Google Forms for Assessment Session(s): 4 Description: Google Forms allows teachers to gather information as well as deliver online assessments, which is a strategy that is helpful when acclimating students to online testing (PARCC.) When Google Forms is used as a formative assessment, instant feedback is provided that informs your teaching. Using Google Forms for assessment also provides opportunities for data-driven decision making. The data from the form is collected into a Google spreadsheet where it can be organized and analyzed with features such as “Show Summary of Responses.” Presenter(s): Patricia Flavin Flemington Raritan School District, NJ Location: Edison High School Using Touchcast to Connect to Kids and Families Session(s): 2, 3 Description: In this presentation I will display key features of the Touchcast app and show how they can be used to provide incredible Flipped Differentiated Instruction for kids, Staff Communication, and with families. You will have the chance to explore and make your own Touchcast video. Presenter(s): Brian Costello Weymouth Township Schools Location: Edison High School 15 EdTechNJ 2015 Using Web-Based Tools for Word Study & Vocabulary Instruction Session(s): 3, 4 Description: Want to generate excitement about words? Come join this session to learn about various web applications that can make your kids excited about vocabulary and eager to learn spelling patterns! Bring your own Chromebook and make sure you have access to ThinkCentral for your Word Study and vocabulary words! Presenter(s): Caroline Flamos Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School Utilizing and Managing BYOD In Your Classroom Session(s): 2, 4 Description: BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is gaining popularity in many schools as a way of increasing access to vital technology. It acknowledges the reality that many students, even those in relatively low-income communities, have ready access to educationallyvaluable technology that, until recently, they were forced to turn off when they entered the school building. During this session we will discuss ways to utilize BYOD in your classroom as well as how to manage students using their own devices. By the end of this session you will have added some valuable tools to your toolbox on how to use BYOD, and you will no longer fear seeing your students using their cellphones in your class. Presenter(s): Todd Pagel Edison Township Public Schools, NJ Location: Edison High School 16 EdTechNJ 2015
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