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7:30am CST

First Timer's Session Regency - 2ndTroy Cherry • Susan Herder

8:30am CST

Kimberly Bryant Keynote Nicollet A/B/C/D - 1stKimberly Bryant

10:30am CST

Promethean Escape Room Executive Boardroom - 4thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier A Digital Immersion Experience Harriet - 4thAbbey Futrell Computer Science is Changing Everything: Tech in Your World. Nicollet D - 1stAngie Kalthoff Considerations for Community Use of School Spaces Greenway BC - 2ndRyan Cloutier Developing critical literacies: What students need to know about “fake news” Nicollet A - 1stDr. Alec Couros Divergent EDU Great Lakes Ballroom B - 4thMandy Froehlich Kimberly Bryant Post Keynote Q&A Session Nicollet BC - 1stKimberly Bryant Learning for others: Problem-Based Learning Begins with Empathy Northstar Ballroom B - 2ndRob Reetz Teaching and Learning through Video Northstar Ballroom A - 2ndSarah Thomas "All Students" means ALL Students Lakeshore A - 1stBilly Chan • Joy Fredrickson • Sandra Jonason • Jessica Skolnick Art of the Capture Great Lakes Ballroom C - 4thLeslie Fisher Black Panther: Race, Technology, and Re-imagining The Possible Greenway HI - 2ndDr. Rebecca Bauer • Andy Charrier Blending and Techifying Instruction Using Online Stations Minnetonka - 4thLeslie Maher CMU CS Academy Lake Superior A - 5thErin Cawley Connecting Cultures Lakeshore C - 1stBrady Baxter Creating and Implementing Modernized Curriculum Using Sites Great Lakes Ballroom A1 - 4thKyle Groves Digital Admin: One Administrator's Journey with Schoology Great Lakes Ballroom A3 - 4thKaren Maschler Fostering a Student Centered Classroom with the SMART Solution Greenway J - 2ndMelissa Leister • Kim Parrillo Is Your Network Ready for the Future of Wifi, IoT and LTE? St. Croix - 2ndJiten Gori Let's be Engineers Lake Superior B - 5thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier Lights, Camera, Action! Student-created video in the classroom Lakeshore B - 1stMarlana Benzie-Lourey Minnesota GeoInquiries: Getting Started with GIS Greenway A - 2ndShana Crosson Ready, Player, Read and Explore Calhoun - 4thRay Nelson Seesaw Activity: Live Build-off Regency - 2ndAndy Leiser • Kris Szajner Self-Paced Learning in Schoology Greenway DE - 2ndAmanda Mackereth Stop Motion Math in Elementary Great Lakes Ballroom A2 - 4thLacey Rotier • Keri Strusz TED-Ed: Ideas and Lessons Worth Sharing Greenway FG - 2ndSusan Herder What’s New from Apple Education - Technology Skyway - 2ndCorey Anderson • Pete Markham 3D Printing for Elementary Poster Table 1 - 4thColleen Small Connecting Your Community with Tech Poster Table 5 - 4thMary Gondringer • Lisa Newhouse Personalized Learning in the Primary Classroom Poster Table 2 - 4thRachel Miller • Jessica Skolnick Reading Support Tools Poster Table 4 - 4thTom Kuhn Sharing your story with Google Tour Creator Poster Table 3 - 4thNichole Miller Apple Playground Mirage - 2nd Arduino Cafe Mirage - 2ndDhaivyd Hilgendorf Code for Change Mirage - 2ndLisa Reed Coding K-5 Mirage - 2ndApril Leonard Coding with Minecraft Mirage - 2ndLexi Coenen Falcon Tech Pros Mirage - 2ndCarol Tracy Flipgrid Playground Mirage - 2nd

11:45am CST

Apple Playground Mirage - 2nd Promethean Escape Room Executive Boardroom - 4thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier Critical Thinking and the Web - Search Strategies in a Google Infused World Nicollet D - 1stHolly Clark Epic Engagement: Lesson Planning Through the Lens of Story Nicollet BC - 1stJohn Spencer The IT that nobody knows about….Innovation Teams Great Lakes Ballroom B - 4thMandy Froehlich Writer’s Workshop (for Grown-Ups) Northstar Ballroom A - 2ndSarah Thomas An Innovative Entrepreneurship Program in an Elementary Classroom Great Lakes Ballroom A2 - 4thKurt Becker • Allison Larsen Blended Learning: A Toolkit for Transformation Greenway DE - 2ndTroy Anderson • Pamela Beckermann • Paul Beckermann • Holly Dragisich • James Knaresboro • Amanda Oie • Anthony VonBank Capture, Streaming and Management of AV Content Lakeshore C - 1stAnthony Cortes Creating Equity using Digital Tools Greenway A - 2ndKyle Breitkreutz • Amanda Holstrom Everyone Can Create - Ignite Creativity with iPad Skyway - 2ndJason Molesky Everything I Know About Engagement I Learned in Kindergarten Northstar Ballroom B - 2ndDoug Johnson FileWave Endpoint Mgt. for macOS, Windows, iOS & ChromeOS St. Croix - 2ndJerry Case • Jon Shuler Flipgrid: Meeting the Needs of All Learners Nicollet A - 1stJornea Armant • Jess Boyce • Ann Kozma Gamify any class with Quizlet and Quizizz Lakeshore B - 1stJosh Franklin Gender Equitable Teaching Strategies for STEM and CTE Educators Greenway HI - 2ndLeah Defenbaugh • Alex Dexheimer ITEM Standards Update Nokomis - 4thAndi Bodeau Key Digital Tools for Educational Leadership Great Lakes Ballroom A3 - 4thCory Klinge Make a Ripple, Start a Wave Regency - 2ndLori Lavin • Jeremy Mikla • Jackie Stevens • Amanda Thompson Manage Your Passwords and Keep Your Data Secure Greenway FG - 2ndMarc Johnson • Nicole Pruden MS/HS Computer Curriculum & Map Greenway J - 2ndAmanda Mackereth StarLogo Nova and Microbits: Uniting Computer Science w/ Science Lakeshore A - 1stTami Brass Start A Media Productions Crew Great Lakes Ballroom A1 - 4thLuke Feierabend • Robyn Zwack Teachers Front & Center: Defining Instruction in the Digital Age Harriet - 4thJeff Plaman The Podcast Club: Using Podcasts to Re-Vamp PD Greenway BC - 2ndKurt Reynolds • Josh Watne Tools You Can Use Tomorrow Great Lakes Ballroom C - 4thLeslie Fisher Getting Started with Interactive Video Conferencing Poster Table 5 - 4thJon Larson How We're Using Qualtrics in our K-12 Setting Poster Table 3 - 4thLisa Ann Risch Integrate Coding into All Classes Poster Table 1 - 4thNicholas Springer STEM Professional Development: A Hybrid Approach Poster Table 2 - 4thLindsey Childers Creating Code Clubs with Google CS First Calhoun - 4thDoug Keddie • Sandra Riehl Hands On with SCRUM! Minnehaha - 2ndBen Drewelow • Mike Smart Literacy and Making: Transform your Workshop into a Makerspace Lake Superior A - 5thJennifer McCarty Plucker Making Math Come to Life with Programming Lake Superior B - 5thAshley Tewes Making Student Thinking More Visible Minnetonka - 4thChris Turnbull

12:50pm CST

Promethean Escape Room Executive Boardroom - 4thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier Actively Learning While Reading Nicollet BC - 1stAbbey Futrell Cybersecurity As a Life Skill Greenway BC - 2ndRyan Cloutier Let the Student's Talk - Empowering Student Voice with Flipgrid Nicollet D - 1stHolly Clark A Beginning Video Curriculum Great Lakes Ballroom A1 - 4thJoshua Granlund AASL 2018 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning Lakeshore A - 1stKatie Ness • Katie Salmela byoVR (Build Your Own Virtual Reality Tour) Lakeshore C - 1stEmily Thomas Digital Math is FREE (and easy) with EquatIO! Great Lakes Ballroom A2 - 4thTexthelp Digital Tools to Make It Stick Greenway J - 2ndLori Haak Foster Creativity through Animated Sketchnotes with Keynote Skyway - 2ndAndy Leiser Google Classroom Just Got Better! Northstar Ballroom B - 2ndBrady Baxter Google Slides for Student-Centered Learning Lakeshore B - 1stHolly Skadsem Hack your Google! Great Lakes Ballroom C - 4thJo Jacobson • Jared VanAalsburg Increasing student engagement for struggling readers and writers St. Croix - 2ndRachel Berger Make a Move Toward Technology Health & Wellness Starting Today! Greenway DE - 2ndDave Eisenmann Our World is Our Classroom with Flipgrid Nicollet A - 1stJornea Armant • Jess Boyce • Ann Kozma Personalized Learning in a Heritage Language Classroom Greenway A - 2ndTom Brandt • Pang Yang Place Matters! Active Learning in the Classroom Harriet - 4thJuli Olson • Steelcase Education and General Office Products Re-Thinking Teaching Tech: A Self-Paced G Suite Unit Greenway FG - 2ndStephanie Draayer STEAMi: An innovative STEAM approach to teaching in every class Great Lakes Ballroom B - 4thRyan Monson • Shane Wood Storybook Engineering - “Can we build it? Yes we can!” Greenway HI - 2ndDianne Kersteter • Nichole Miller The Better Course Design Film Fest Regency - 2ndGlen Irvin Flores • Paul Schlangen Them's fightin' words! How do I respond? Great Lakes Ballroom A3 - 4thCarolyn Fruin Digital Sub Folders -- Never Come to Work Sick Again! Poster Table 4 - 4thJackie Alderman Google Digital Portfolios Poster Table 1 - 4thBrittany Johnson Introducing Alexa Teaching Assistant Poster Table 2 - 4thErin Ermis • Emma Kopitzke Maker Club & Lettering in Innovation Poster Table 6 - 4thBecky Stouten Students Mentoring Seniors Poster Table 5 - 4thCarol Tracy Teaching w/o Digital Whiteboards Poster Table 3 - 4th

1:30pm CST

#fullSTEAMahead Mirage - 2ndWendy Wellman Apple Playground Mirage - 2nd Bloxels and CoSpaces EDU Mirage - 2ndBeth Erlenborn Flipgrid Playground Mirage - 2nd Play-Yay! Cool learning activities that feel like play) Mirage - 2ndJenny McNew StikBot/Green Screens Mirage - 2ndVictoria Tambornino

1:55pm CST

Raising Math Achievement with Spring Math Poster Table 3 - 4thTBD Promethean Escape Room Executive Boardroom - 4thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier Level Up: 5 Steps to Gamify your Class Lakeshore C - 1stSarah Thomas Moving Beyond Tweets & Pokes: Social Media for Deep Learning Nicollet D - 1stDr. Alec Couros The Show Must Go On Nicollet A - 1stMandy Froehlich Use What They Know to Help Them Grow Nicollet BC - 1stAbbey Futrell We Want Kids to Be Creative But How Do We Assess That? Great Lakes Ballroom B - 4thJohn Spencer A Media Center TransASHformation Continues Harriet - 4thShelly Ash Capture the Moment: Discover the Clips App Skyway - 2ndJesse Buetow • Andy Leiser Creating Digital Sub Plans K-5 Greenway J - 2ndAmanda Albrecht Digital Breakout EDU Greenway A - 2ndRyan Hiltner Digital Storytelling on ANY device with Sway Great Lakes Ballroom A1 - 4thEmily • Aimee Terravechia Exploring the many uses of Google Classroom Great Lakes Ballroom C - 4thChad Anderson • Nicole Schahn From Carrots & Candy to Options & Ownership: Student Engagement Regency - 2ndJennifer McCarty Plucker From You Tube to Hollywood Greenway HI - 2ndGwen Briesemeister Google Tools for Struggling Students Northstar Ballroom A - 2ndNiki Krier • Texthelp Guided Personalization in a Team Taught Classroom Lakeshore B - 1stJennifer Naslund • Bobbie Jo Tronsgard Innovation 1.0- Creating a Maker Space from the Ground Up Greenway FG - 2ndEddie Chamberlain Nerd Out with Automated Reading (or anything) Logs Northstar Ballroom B - 2ndTami Brass Open Badges for Career and College Readiness Great Lakes Ballroom A3 - 4thJeff Plaman Six Core (and Easy!) Skills for Digital Accessibility Lakeshore A - 1stShana Crosson The Eisenhower Box with Gmail St. Croix - 2ndChris White Tweet Truth Greenway BC - 2ndKathy Enger Using Social Media to Teach From the Heart Greenway DE - 2ndJeff Mumm • Kurt Reynolds What is Engagement Exactly? Great Lakes Ballroom A2 - 4thJarod Bormann #ChaseCuriosity in the Social Studies Classroom Poster Table 5 - 4thJeremy Mikla Connecting Apps & Literature in the Primary Grades Poster Table 1 - 4thTalley Blazevic Curating in the Classroom Poster Table 4 - 4thTeri Petrin Gradual Release of Digital Learning in the Elementary Classroom Poster Table 2 - 4thKevin Sayers • Natalie Weatherman A beginner's hands-on guide to coding and animation Minnehaha - 2ndJay Huemann Breakout EDU Strategies Minnetonka - 4thNicholas Springer Inspiring Action: Students Designing Solutions to Global Issues Lake Superior B - 5thGina Nelson Take Flight: Create Code to Fly Drones Calhoun - 4thDwayne Johnson • Mark Kuske The Epicenter of Edtech: Blended Learning Lake Superior A - 5thQuim Sabria

3:00pm CST

Make learning environments more inclusive and accessible Great Lakes Ballroom A1 - 4thEmily Johannes • Aimee Terravechia Promethean Escape Room Executive Boardroom - 4thLiz Geary • David Lewis • Kevin Schaefer • Brittney Vernier A Class infused with HyperDocs Nicollet A - 1stHolly Clark Maximizing Student Engagement Great Lakes Ballroom B - 4thJohn Spencer Minnesota Government Data Practices Act: How Does This Apply to Schools Greenway BC - 2ndRyan Cloutier Understanding Digital Citizenship Nicollet D - 1stDr. Alec Couros Building Independence Using Tech for DCD-MI/Low SLD Students Greenway A - 2ndScott Larson Digital Skills Crucial for Personalized Learning Greenway DE - 2ndJulie Erickson Embracing Changes in iOS: Features to Increase Efficiency and Productivity Skyway - 2ndBri Buckbuck4025@isd194.org • Jesse Buetow • Cindy Herren • Andy Leiser Free Digital Collaboration for Every Classroom Greenway HI - 2ndWendy Wolfe Gadgets Nicollet BC - 1stLeslie Fisher Pear Deck: Make Notes Engaging! Lakeshore B - 1stAndrea (Thurmes) Ibberson Tech Mates: How to Keep Your Student Tech Group Engaged Great Lakes Ballroom A3 - 4thSara Hunt • Ann Kaste To Question is the Answer: How to Build Critical Thinking Skills in Your Classroom Northstar Ballroom A - 2ndCyndy Harrison Using a LMS to Organize District Curriculum Lakeshore C - 1stJenny Bushman • Laura Mackenthun Using Google Slides in Alternate ways Greenway FG - 2ndRyan Hiltner