Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference

Learn how to use a 360 camera to capture images and video and then create an interactive virtual reality lesson using ThingLink VR Editor and G Suite Tools. Watching VR is great but creating your own lesson is even better. Once you have a premium teacher account with ThingLink, your students can also create their own interactive 360 experiences. Participants also learn how to contribute 360 images to Google Street View app and other apps as time permits. There are a limited number of resources available with educational 360 images so this is a chance to contribute. This workshop is offered in both MITI (a device is included in the workshop fee) and BYOD (bring your own device per the requirements listed) formats. The specific device(s) selected and exact price will be posted on the conference website in early October - www.nhcmtc.org. (Presenter(s): Laurie Prewandowski, Technology Integration Specialist, Kearsarge Regional School District, and Steven Barrie, Kearsarge Regional Middle School)

Are you working to develop a digital learning course or pathway of STEAM courses in your district? Come review multiple instructional design approaches for selecting courses, content and outcomes which will move your programs forward to meet students college and career readiness needs. Learn a process to review your existing computer science and digital learning courses to meet the needs of the Massachusetts Digital Learning & Computer Science Standards and your students 21st century competencies. Daniel provides guidance and a matrix of skills to create a seamless pathway for students in your school or district to embrace design thinking, innovation and technology skills. Identify critical components in Instructional Design process with Computer Science and Digital Learning courses to tap into a wider range of student skills and outcomes. Learn strategies to assist in preparing more learning resources for integration into online portals and embedded digital instruction (Open Source Resources & Streamlined Digital Curriculum Resources) Support a culture of innovation and change with technology embedded course design and Project Based Instruction and Assessment(Sample Projects and Formative Assessments For PBL with CS/Tech Projects) Identify critical sequences in computer science and digital skills for course development and expand new student learning outcomes(CS/Digital Learning Skills Matrix For Course Review) Explore examples of Capstone Projects (Presenter(s): Daniel Downs, Coordinator Of Digital Learning, North Reading Public Schools)

Learn important tips for using Google Forms, including how to formulate questions and organize responses so that forms can be reused without duplicating them for different classes and for different years. This will help teachers to become more efficient users of this valuable learning and assessment tool. (Presenter(s): Jenifer Hollander, Teacher Grade 3, Heron Pond Elementary)

Examine the opportunities and challenges presented by changing such an integral service as the student information system. This session will be a case study of the Inter-Lakes School District's shift to Alma and will include their corporate partner. Many NH districts like ours find it difficult to work towards competency based education in the existing systems which were founded upon points and averages. Even the limited standards based options available would not allow us to operate in the world we wanted to create for our learners. As we explored the options that existed which would enable us to expand the breadth and depth of the services we desired from our ideal SIS, we found a solution that strengthens the teacher/student/parent relationship while putting the focus back on learning. (Presenter(s): John Martin, Director of Innovation & Technology, Inter-Lakes School District, and Eric Nentrup, Alma SIS)

Discover how adaptive digital solutions promote personalization and student agency. Education is changing and so are we. Every learner has unique needs and educators are leveraging the tools around them to meet their learners where they are. Blended learning environments afford our students creativity, connectivity, personalization and student agency. When students collaborate with each other, experience learning in enw ways, control their own learning pathways, and make key decisions in their learning experiences, they succeed. Redbird Mathematics and ALEKS are digital solutions that works beautifully in a Blended Learning environment. Learn more about how Redbird/ALEKS personalize learning for students while encouraging student agency (Presenter(s): Jill Olson, Personalized Learning Specialist, MCGRAW HILL EDUCAITON)

In this session participants will learn about computer science and its place in K-12 education. What is computer science? How does it fit in with STEM and other disciplinary areas? How can it be effectively incorporated into the curriculum? What are some free tools and resources available? These are some of the topics that will be explored in a presentation format that is open to conversation. Computing impacts nearly every aspect of our lives. Employers across all industries are scrambling for people with complex computing skills - STEM, healthcare, business and finance, arts and media, and more. In STEM alone, computer-related occupations represent 45% of all jobs, and these occupations are growing at double the national average. High representation and fast growth will lead to far more new jobs over the next 10 years than any other STEM group - 8X as many as the next highest growth area, engineering. (Presenter(s): David Benedetto, Director of STEM and Computer Science Ed., NH Department of Education)

* ClassLink is a one click single sign-on solution that gives students and staff instant access to the apps and teaching and learning resources used in k12. * One click access to your files (Google, Dropbox, Office 365, school network drive, etc. ClassLink is cloud based and includes 5,000+ SSO connectors, and works from any device, anytime, anywhere! * One click access to an analytics dashboard provides reports on apps, usage, access. and helps monitor your resource investments and returns. "Come hear what a NH district has to say!" The Lebanon School District just launched single sign-on initiative with Classlink in their District, come learn and see some of the advantages they have gained from this initiative. (Presenter(s): Cyndy Currier, Licensing Program Manager, NHSTE, and Peter Merritt, Lebanon SAU)

In this session, teachers will discover how to engage learners in a variety of disciplines using authentic GIS mapping tools to visualize and analyze data, and make connections to the world around them. (Presenter(s): Jessica Oltman, Technology Integrator, SAU 39, and Stephanie Erickson)

Learn how to get the most out of their Google Classroom, website, Quizlet, Kahoot, Study Stacks, podcast, video-cast, and more. Sub plans have never been so easy and the students will love them. (Presenter(s): Rebecca Bureau, World Language/ Ed tech, SAU 49)

This beginner session on Google Keep as an organizational tool is ideal for teachers, administrators, parents and students. Everyone has a need to make a list and maybe even check it twice. Google Keep is a user friendly tool that allows quick note taking with reminders, labels, color options and much more. The implications for all students (special education and general education) are vast. Students can create audio notes with transcribed text. Students can use the "keep notepad" tool in Google Docs to view notes in the right margin (as is done with the Explore tool) to add notes to a Google Doc or to just view the lists. There is a little something for everyone in this fast paced but fun workshop. Beginners are guaranteed to come away with at least one new idea for how to use this tool for themselves and one idea of how to use this tool with students. (Presenter(s): Laurie Prewandowski, Technology Integration Specialist, Kearsarge Regional School District)

You've been there before, it's 6:00 AM and you find yourself in a semi-vacant cafeteria for another "riveting" staff development day. As teachers begin to meander through the coffee line and take their seats, you notice that perhaps there are two groups beginning to form, those who are excited about technology, eager to learn something brand new and others who may be a little more hesitant when it comes to using tech in their teaching. Technology can be a transformative tool in the classroom but all too often, teachers are not provided with adequate training around both the utilization and application of tech tools. We'll talk about the many resources available for teachers to learn new tech skills and how they can advance professionally earning badges and certifications for themselves along the way. (Presenter(s): Matt Keddington, Kyte Learning, and Matt Keddington, Kyte Learning)

In this session participants will ...be engaged in contemporary youth literature and will explore ways to "hook" learners with technology, including but not limited to blogging, fan-fiction, ebooks, technology driven projects, and more. (Presenter(s): Sharon Silva, School Library Media Specialist, Merrimack, SAU 26, and Beth Fuller, Perma-Bound Books)

In this session, participants will discover how to take students through the process of writing and illustrating books and creating finished books using the Book Creator app on the iPad. We will share, step-by-step, how we take our students through the writing and publishing process as they create picture books or graphic novels that feature our school mascot as the main character. Participants will learn how to manage the workflow from idea generation through to printed books and published eBooks. The process can easily be adapted to any type of student writing. (Presenter(s): Kate Thompson, Library Media Specialist, North Londonderry Elementary, and Carol Currier, North Londonderry Elementary)