SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
12:45 – 1:00 PM Registration UNL East Campus Foyer
1:00 – 1:15 PM Welcome Great Plains Room
1:15 – 2:00 PM Session 1 (A, B, C, D) UNL East Campus Union
2:15 – 3:00 PM Session 2 (A, B, C, D) UNL East Campus Union
3:15 – 4:00 PM Session 3 (A, B, C, D) UNL East Campus Union
4:00 PM Closing Great Plains Room
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Tech EDGE 16 ConferenceEmpowering Students to Create and Learn Using Technology
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
UNL EAST CAMPUS UNION
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Tech EDGE 16 Conference Schedule
12:45 – 1:00 PM REGISTRATION GREAT PLAINS ROOM FOYER
GREAT PLAINS Dr. Guy Trainin & Dr. Laurie Friedrich
1:15 – 2:00 PM SESSION 1
1A Developing Young Readers with the Support of Devices — GREAT PLAINS Kristine Ray, Kindergarten Teacher, Learn how k-2 teachers can use devices to engage, motivate, West Lincoln Elementary and provide practice to young readers. 1B Groovin’ with Google...Classroom Edition: Using Google COLUMBINE Charissa Widman, Grade 2 Teacher, Campbell Classroom/Google Drive for Student Learning — Come and Elementary & Lisa Bohaty, Computer Teacher, see how a classroom teacher/team utilize technology tools. Campbell Elementary 1C From the Students’ Perspective: Students Demonstrating GOLDENROD Joanna Gellermann -Long Coding & Digital Storytelling using Storybird — A 4th grade Grade 4 Teacher, St. Paul Beatrice, teacher and some of her 4th and 5th grade students will Students Andrew & Brendan, Grade 4 demonstrate how they do coding and write using Storybird. & Students Grace & Olivia, Grade 5 1D Shifting the Balance of Agency in the High School English SUNFLOWER Breanne Campbell, Grade 9/11 English Classroom: A Multi-Literacies Approach — Participants will Instructor, Millard West High School learn how teachers can tap into new ways of making meaning.
2:15 – 3:00 PM SESSION 2
2A Watch Me Skype, Watch Me FaceTime! — Using Facetime, COLUMBINE Nancy Mosier, Kindergarten Teacher, Lakeview Skype and Google Hangouts for classroom collaborations in Elementary & Jane McGachey, Kindergarten real time. Learn how to set them up in your own classroom! Teacher, West Lincoln Elementary 2B Every Student is a Genius: Embracing Inquiry Through GREAT PLAINS Jennifer Schneider, Grade 7 LA Teacher, Passion Projects — Attendees will receive materials and ideas Russell Middle School to begin Genius Time/Passion Projects in their classrooms. 2C From the Students’ Perspective: Students Demonstrating GOLDENROD Joanna Gellermann -Long Coding & Digital Storytelling using Storybird — A 4th grade Grade 4 Teacher, St. Paul Beatrice, teacher and some of her 4th and 5th grade students will Students Andrew & Brendan, Grade 4 demonstrate how they do coding and write using Storybird. & Students Grace & Olivia, Grade 5 2D Nearpod & Google Classroom Ideas for Upper Grades — SUNFLOWER Adam Cownie, Grade 5 Teacher, Kooser Come and see how a classroom teacher/preservice teacher Elementary & Jake Vavak, Literacy Practicum team utilize technology tools with a new set of Chromebooks. Student, UNL
3:15 – 4:00 PM SESSION 3
3A There’s an App for That: Using Technology in the Early COLUMBINE Michelle Sullivan Childhood — Learn how to incoprorate technology in the Preschool Teacher, Family Educator, classroom to keep 3–5-year-olds actively engaged and learning. Adams Elementary 3B Involving Students in the Discussion with Pear Deck — GOLDENROD Anne Martin, Grade 2 Teacher, Kooser This sectional is an overview of how to use Pear Deck in the Elementary & Treyson McGill, Literacy classroom to further student learning and engagement. Practicum Student, UNL 3C Digital Portfolios of Progress Using Seesaw — This sectional GREAT PLAINS Delia Michalski, Grades 4 & 5 Teacher, is an overview of Seesaw, a free, digital portfolio of student West Lincoln Elementary progress. Seesaw is the solution to capturing student learning. 3D Every Student is a Genius: Embracing Inquiry Through SUNFLOWER Jennifer Schneider, Grade 7 LA Teacher, Passion Projects — Attendees will receive materials and ideas Russell Middle School to begin Genius Time/Passion Projects in their classrooms.
GREAT PLAINS Dr. Laurie Friedrich
1:00 – 1:15 PM WELCOME
4:00 PM CLOSING