EdTechTeacher Summit Palm Springs 2018

Educators will get fresh ideas on implementing rigorous lessons, research, discussions, and project-based learning. Students will be engaged and motivated with hands on learning through the use of movies, art, technology, and cross-curricular activities. 

Giving students ownership of their learning through the design thinking process, lets the student think about their thinking to create games that develop their understanding of social emotional competencies. Attendees will explore how to use the design process, gamification, technology including 3D printing, Scratch, Makey Makey, Inklewriter, and maker materials to help students dive deep into SEL. Attendees will see student work that illustrates a process with clear learning outcomes and walk away with a structure they can use to apply to their own SEL and technology curriculum.

With the rapidly changing landscape of Virtual Reality and the reality of classroom integration, this session will explore the implications of virtual reality in a classroom setting as well as a the tools and resources that are readily available to begin integrating this potentially transformative technology. From consumption to creation session attendees will walk away with both a framework and tools to begin exploring pre-created VR content and VR as a storytelling platform.

The 360 Experience is a hands-on, cross-curricular, real-world immersion! Come learn how easy it is to bring explorable first-person images of the world to your students. Using Google Street View, Google Forms, and Google My Maps, participants will be able to create their own experiences in an engaging platform that can be utilized by students immediately.

Session taught by Greg Kulowiec. Resources provided by Edward Dougherty.

You may know Sphero in the form of BB-8™, the app-enabled Droid™. But Sphero, the world's first app-enabled robotic ball, is being used in classrooms to teach robotics and programming. In this talk, Jeff Couch, Education Sales Manager, will discuss how a growing community of makers, students, instructors, and parents are all learning together through play. We will also present our work creating engaging STEAM learning experiences for K-12 students and educators throughout California.

Coding is not just a process, but a language and means of communication. When considering its role in education, it is often siloed as an after-school program, or isolated as an independent course. While these approaches can have a positive impact on students, it does not give all students access and opportunities to discover coding's role in their learning and life. Come learn how I developed a course that synthesizes coding and writers workshop in the elementary classroom. Beyond the benefits and skills gained through coding, it allows the writing process to become visual and hands-on, giving students a completely new way to develop their writing and coding literacies. Without question, coding will have a role in our students future, and it is up to us to empower them today for tomorrow.

Computer Science is kind of a big deal. Providing elementary students a fun space to learn computer science and develop leadership skills is the focus of this session. Hear about the implementation of a lunch time robotics club and how it can be successfully run for grades kindergarten-6th to support the development of grit, coding, communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and leading. This session will use iPads, Sphero Robots, Bee Bots, Blue Bots, and Dash Robots.

In the session participants will be introduced to the genius hour concept, aka 20% Time, aka Passion Projects. This framework allows students roughly an hour per week to work on a project of their choice. Students then present their learning to their class as a culminating activity.

Experience the MAGIC and FUN of Green Screen. Green Screen animation creates an opportunity for innovation and creativity to combine to transform learning experiences. From digital storytelling to news reports and time travel, Green Screen animation opens doors to new worlds. Using the app, Green Screen by DoINK, participants will be immersed into two hands-on, unique creation stations that will introduce some of the concepts and skills necessary to Green Screen animation production.

Unlock the creative potential of the Chromebook and move beyond using the device for word processing, productivity and organization. The workshop will explore the creative potential of the Chromebook to give your students the ability to craft amazing multimedia masterpieces! Participants, will explore various apps, web tools and extensions available to create multimedia such as interactive images, video, and audio. In addition, learning strategies and thoughtful approaches to Chromebook creation will be woven throughout.

Coding is an essential skill that teaches problem-solving, develops teamwork, and inspires creativity. Join Apple to learn how you can engage elementary and middle school students in the world of coding on iPad with Swift Playgrounds and Everyone Can Code resources designed for teachers.

Silicon Valley is widely recognized as the world's premier hub of innovative design and development. Entrepreneurship and technology is routinely espoused by startup hopefuls, as well as the very largest of corporations world wide. Yet, before five years ago, almost none of our public Silicon Valley schools offered classes to reflect this culture or give opportunity to students seeking to participate in such endeavors. SEARCH class (Science Enrichment And Research) works to merge learning science with business and technology to teach innovation en masse. This semester long science elective class is offered to all 7th and 8th grade students at Joaquin Miller Middle School, a part of the Cupertino Union School District. The presentation will be about my journey as a classroom teacher to create and implement this class that makes applicable all science learned by imposing a business perspective on every student driven project and truly integrate the use of technology for collaborative and creative means. A sampling of the computer applications most useful for the prototyping needs of students and insight into the outcomes that result when students conduct genuine, collaborative, scientific research will be discussed. Hint: students learn more about themselves than anything else in a class like this. SEARCH class provides students a metaphorical playground to explore what it means to bring an idea to fruition. This is the ethos of Silicon Valley.