30 Tips and Tricks for Teachers (APPLE, INC.)

Brent Catlett and Kyle Pace, Apple, Inc.

Explore what’s possible with Apple technology and discuss strategies for building the future of learning.

Discover tips and tricks that help teachers understand how to utilize Apple technology.

Empower every student with great learning experiences that are connected, collaborative, creative and personal.

Augmented Reality (APPLE, INC.)

Brent Catlett and Bret Siegel, Apple, Inc.

Discover experiences that you didn’t think possible with augmented reality.

Learn how easily augmented reality apps can enhance student engagement and motivation into existing lessons across all subject areas.

Gain Augmented Reality apps that can be immediately used in the classroom.

If You Give a Student an iPad… (APPLE, INC.)

Jennifer Orton and Andrea Eggering, Lincoln County R-III School District

Learn practical strategies for integrating creativity with iPad. 

Explore a variety of creative tools and resources available with the iWorks apps on iPad. 

Gain templates and ideas to integrate creativity with iPads in your classrooms. 

What's New in Education (APPLE, INC.)

Brent Catlett and Kyle Pace, Apple, Inc.

Learn about the newest Apple products, tools and programs for education that will accelerate student success and spark creativity in every learner.

Discuss how Apple products enable simple and powerful ways to help bring creativity into learning.

Create lessons that impact literacy, stay organized, maximize productivity and more.

5 Strategies to Keep Students Moving Forward Using Discovery Education (DISCOVERY)

Catherine Patterson and Marissa Geyer, Discovery Education 

Learn how to "accelerate, not remediate" with Discovery Education's high-quality, innovative content and professional learning. 

Engage in instructional tools and strategies which support acceleration. 

Evaluate how these strategies can be implemented in your classrooms. 

ReDISCOVER Discovery Education: Your Daily Learning Platform for Assessment (DISCOVERY)

Catherine Patterson and Marissa Geyer, Discovery Education 

Learn how Discovery Education's newest feature, Quiz, will engage your students while giving you real-time data to accelerate learning. 

Explore a variety of methods to check for progress with your students including a live activity with verbal questions, video quizzes and multiformat standard quizzes. 

Participate in a live quiz to see how easy and effective this tool can be to keeping learners engaged, on task and on track. *Bring your own device to this session. 

SEL Resources for Creating a Supportive Environment (DISCOVERY)

Catherine Patterson and Marissa Geyer, Discovery Education 

Explore Discovery Education's SEL Center, a curated collection of resources that support professional development, SEL integration into classrooms and student-facing digital content for all grades. 

Discover new ways to implement these into your classroom through explicit instruction, teaching practices and integration into core academic lessons. 

Gain ready-to-use lessons and instructional strategies aimed to support learners identifying emotions, setting goals, showing empathy, maintaining positive relationship, and making responsible decisions.   

Top 10 News Flash: Lego, Minecraft and Polar Bears (DISCOVERY)

Catherine Patterson and Marissa Geyer, Discovery Education 

Learn the top ten new and exciting content that has been added to spark your students' curiosities. 

Explore instructional tools, ready-to-use lessons and educator guides to implement alongside your current curriculum to add relevancy and engagement. 

Gain at least one new strategy to use with your students in your next class. 

Accessibility Tools for Primary Classrooms (Microsoft\CDW-G)

Mary Beth Kreml, Microsoft/CDW-G

Discover free and easy-to-use learning tools for young children in the Edge browser, Canvas, Minecraft, Flip and Microsoft 365.

Learn how these tools help all young children with language arts skills and can make online print material more accessible for children with special needs. The Edge browser can be put on Chromebooks so the “playing field” is leveled for all children. You will have a hands-on experience if you bring a device to this session that has Edge, Canvas, Flip or Microsoft 365 on it.

Accessibility Tools for Grades 3-8 Students (Microsoft\CDW-G)

Mary Beth Kreml, Microsoft/CDW-G

Experience Microsoft’s free and easy-to-use learning tools and Math Assistant for elementary and middle school students in the Edge browser, Canvas, Minecraft, Flip and the Microsoft Office suite.

Learn how these tools help all children with language arts and math skills and can make online material more accessible for children with special needs. The Edge browser can be put on Chromebooks so that the “playing field” is leveled for all children, and the Math Assistant is especially powerful in OneNote. You will have a hands-on experience if you bring a device to this session that has Edge, Canvas, Flip, or Microsoft 365 on it.