Come explore ways to use digital storytelling to improve literacy, build 21st century communication skills, and help students make deep connections to the curriculum. Participants will learn how to create digital stories with Pixie and Frames and will start to build their own samples and ideas for their classroom.
If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the core language structures that support reading. Learning to Read is Not Natural will delve into critical aspects of reading such as; how children learn to read and why some children struggle, the components of reading instruction and how to use them effectively, and why all components of reading are related and necessary to shape successful readers. Teachers will leave this session with ready to use ideas and strategies that will help all readers succeed! Recommended prerequisite for Language and Literacy sessions 2 and 3.
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If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the core language structures that support reading. Learning to Read is Not Natural will delve into critical aspects of reading such as; how children learn to read and why some children struggle, the components of reading instruction and how to use them effectively, and why all components of reading are related and necessary to shape successful readers. Teachers will leave this session with ready to use ideas and strategies that will help all readers succeed! Recommended prerequisite for Language and Literacy sessions 2 and 3.
Learning to Read is Not Natural (Language and Literacy Session 1)
Come learn about a variety of Web 2.0 tools and resources that can bring more “animo" to your Spanish classroom. You’ll hear about great tools like Duolingo and Quizlet, and resources like Culturegrams and eMedia. You’ll also get a chance for hands-on experience with exciting tools like Adobe Spark Video, Voki, and more!
Nearpod is an interactive lesson platform that provides teachers multimedia content, activities, and instant feedback on students in a way that is fun and engaging for everyone. The Nearpod Boot Camp will teach you and your colleagues Nearpod tips and tricks, give every teacher in attendance time to create an engaging Nearpod lesson ready to use with his/her students, and start the process toward Nearpod Certification. Bring an existing presentation or instructional materials and leave with a Nearpod lesson ready for back to school!
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Come learn how to make the most of Wixie (it’s like Pixie in the cloud). Participants will log into their teacher accounts and learn how to use the student authoring tools, view work their students have completed, and find, customize, create, and assign curriculum-specific templates to a class, small group, or individual students. Participants will leave the session with knowledge about program features so they feel comfortable getting students on board, as well as powerful curriculum ideas for the 5th grade classroom. This session is for 5th grade teachers, however, if you are very interested, please contact Jamie Hagan (jamie.hagan@wasatch.edu) BEFORE the conference.
.If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the core language structures that support reading. Learning to Read is Not Natural will delve into critical aspects of reading such as; how children learn to read and why some children struggle, the components of reading instruction and how to use them effectively, and why all components of reading are related and necessary to shape successful readers. Teachers will leave this session with ready to use ideas and strategies that will help all readers succeed! Recommended prerequisite for Language and Literacy sessions 2 and 3.
Nearpod is an interactive lesson platform that provides teachers multimedia content, activities, and instant feedback on students in a way that is fun and engaging for everyone. The Nearpod Boot Camp will teach you and your colleagues Nearpod tips and tricks, give every teacher in attendance time to create an engaging Nearpod lesson ready to use with his/her students, and start the process toward Nearpod Certification. Bring an existing presentation or instructional materials and leave with a Nearpod lesson ready for back to school!
There are several great multimedia websites that make it easy to create educational content in the form of comics, animations, and mashups. We’ll look at great tools like Toondoo, Pixton, DragonTape, EDpuzzle and more!
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Do you have students who struggle with the language of instruction? In this session we will review 5 avenues for success for ELL students including strategies that can be used in a content area course. You will leave this session with concrete examples of the strategies in practice and ideas for how to implement them in your daily routines.
I guarantee your students will be more engaged, better prepared for SAGE, and your life will be better as we take a look at how to make magic with your interactive whiteboard. We are going to learn simple tricks and rich resources that will make magic happen in your classroom.
Discover how to create outcomes in Canvas and tie them to your assignments and assessments so that you can see how your students are doing on these outcomes/standards throughout the year.
Picture the dream classroom. A place where students feel safe, enjoy being in class, and want to learn. Through classroom-building and team-building skills, students come to know, like, and respect their teammates. In the process, we convert a group of virtual strangers into a powerful learning team. Use cooperative learning structures to start the year right, get your class under control, and establish effective procedures. Go beyond discipline and truly impact your students’ learning by creating the dream classroom.
Come learn about the gamification movement in education (and in business). We’ll look at examples of gamification, while also taking a closer look at a few of the best options for gamifying your classroom: Kahoot!, Quizizz, ClassDojo, and Classcraft.
Video has become an integral part of our lives in everything from social media to flipped classrooms. More and more teachers are using video to teach classes, share lectures, collaborate with colleagues, “visit" far-away destinations, and communicate ideas with students. In this high-tech presentation, the UEN IVC group will share the latest technologies available for incorporating video into every classroom through Instructional Video Conferencing (IVC), lecture capture, and new video-based collaboration technologies Acano Conferencing and WebEx. Some great tools and a few cool gadgets will be shared that can open a new and innovative chapter in education.
With new technology come new opportunities of learning for both the students and the teacher. Digital Citizenship is an understanding of how to appropriately and responsibly use technology. In this break out session you will learn what is taught in Digital Citizenship and come away with some tools that you could use to help you teach these ideas in a very simple yet powerful way. Come on in and have a hands on and personal understanding of Digital Citizenship.
Come and see how coupling Noodle Tools and The Gale Resource Library can help your students with research projects! We will explore the various tools and items that are available to teachers and students within these great resources!
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Do you have students who struggle with the language of instruction? In this session we will review 5 avenues for success for ELL students including strategies that can be used in a content area course. You will leave this session with concrete examples of the strategies in practice and ideas for how to implement them in your daily routines.
Learn how focusing on ideas that matter, work that matters, and effort that matters, can help you design learning journeys that connect curriculum and student passion and make it matter!
Whether you are 1:1 or 1:2, technology can be a great tool in the K-2 classroom. Come and learn ideas for using technology with your whole group or in small groups and with individual devices or shared devices.
Learn what your students really need to know about digital citizenship in elementary and get resources to help you easily integrate digital citizenship into your curriculum.
If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the core language structures that support reading. Learning to Read is Not Natural will delve into critical aspects of reading such as; how children learn to read and why some children struggle, the components of reading instruction and how to use them effectively, and why all components of reading are related and necessary to shape successful readers. Teachers will leave this session with ready to use ideas and strategies that will help all readers succeed! Recommended prerequisite for Language and Literacy sessions 2 and 3.
Come and see how coupling Noodle Tools and The Gale Resource Library can help your students with research projects! We will explore the various tools and items that are available to teachers and students within these great resources!
This session will cover the very basic essentials of Photoshop. We will cover how to import personal pictures and images into Photoshop, while also learning some basic editing skills and tools associated with the program. This session will also introduce users to the overall program that is Photoshop and try to give a little bit of direction for how to continue to develop your Photoshop skills in the future.
Come learn about the gamification movement in education (and in business). We’ll look at examples of gamification, while also taking a closer look at a few of the best options for gamifying your classroom: Kahoot!, Quizizz, ClassDojo, and Classcraft.
Getting Started with One Note Class Notebook. This class has been designed to introduce new users to the One Note/Class Note Books. We will begin by downloading the program onto your computer. I will then go through each of the tools on the ribbon to explain what they do and how they can be used to make your notes, class assignments or other information useful and easy to access. If time allows we will discuss how you can use this tool with the students in your class. If you know the basics you will want to attend Jamie Hagan’s Implementing a Class OneNote Notebook. She will be showing how to use One Note and Class Note in your classroom with your students. (Thur. 1:00 p.m.)
Video has become an integral part of our lives in everything from social media to flipped classrooms. More and more teachers are using video to teach classes, share lectures, collaborate with colleagues, “visit" far-away destinations, and communicate ideas with students. In this high-tech presentation, the UEN IVC group will share the latest technologies available for incorporating video into every classroom through Instructional Video Conferencing (IVC), lecture capture, and new video-based collaboration technologies Acano Conferencing and WebEx. Some great tools and a few cool gadgets will be shared that can open a new and innovative chapter in education.
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Come learn how to make the most of Wixie (it’s like Pixie in the cloud). Participants will log into their teacher accounts and learn how to use the student authoring tools, view work their students have completed, and find, customize, create, and assign curriculum-specific templates to a class, small group, or individual students. Participants will leave the session with knowledge about program features so they feel comfortable getting students on board, as well as powerful curriculum ideas for the 5th grade classroom. This session is for 5th grade teachers, however, if you are very interested, please contact Jamie Hagan (jamie.hagan@wasatch.edu) BEFORE the conference.
If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the core language structures that support reading. Learning to Read is Not Natural will delve into critical aspects of reading such as; how children learn to read and why some children struggle, the components of reading instruction and how to use them effectively, and why all components of reading are related and necessary to shape successful readers. Teachers will leave this session with ready to use ideas and strategies that will help all readers succeed! Recommended prerequisite for Language and Literacy sessions 2 and 3.
Come learn about a variety of Web 2.0 tools and resources that can bring more “animo" to your Spanish classroom. You’ll hear about great tools like Duolingo and Quizlet, Spark Video, and Voki,.and resources like Culturegrams and eMedia.
Be sure to bring your charged computer to this one! This is a hands on workshop where you will be participating in the delivery of a lesson. Learn how to save time by using OneNote Class Notebook Creator to set up a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts and a collaboration space for lessons. Streamline the collection of assignments and provide real time feedback from any device. No more exchanging emails back and forth, uploading or downloading content or sifting through multiple versions of assignments. All of this in one location!
Have you encountered students who don't await your next lesson with eager anticipation? It might not be your fault. In her book "Mindset", Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck uses numerous studies and stories to show how students across the learning spectrum demonstrate a "fixed mindset" by avoiding activities and assessments that they perceive they will not do well on. They avoid challenges and perceived risks because even the struggle suggests that they are not as smart or talented as they have been repeatedly told they are. By contrast, students who are praised for their dedication, determination and grit exhibit a "growth mindset" that drives authentic inquiry.
Come and join the discussion of what can be done in your classroom the create an environment that encourages kids to develop the character traits that lead to growth and learning. In addition to "Mindset," qualitative and quantitative research from the following books will also be used: "Outliers", "David and Goliath," "Drive," "How Children Succeed," "The Gift of Failure," "The Global Achievement Gap" and "Most Likely to Succeed."Microsoft Outlook contains a calendar feature that offers organizational tools that are easy for the novice to use, yet powerful enough for a busy educator. This workshop will teach participants how to get the most out of Outlook Calendar. It will cover various topics, including how to make appointments in, how to color-code your calendar, changing preferences and views, sharing calendars with others, making meeting requests, and more.
Study Island is a data-driven standards mastery and formative assessment program that’s designed to help K–12 students master the content specified in Utah standards and Common Core standards to improve student outcome. Learn how you can use real-time data to drive differentiated instruction and to personalize learning in a whole group, small group, and on an individual basis. Teachers can easily guide students through the program, communicate expectations, and create class assignments. Students can work through questions using a standard test format, an interactive game format, printable worksheets, or a classroom response system. Teacher resources such as instructional videos, lesson plans, and printable activity sheets to enhance instruction. Students have access to built-in lessons, animations, games and activities to keep students engaged in their learning. Because it’s web-based, students can engage anytime, anywhere, while closing gaps and increasing achievement.
Whether you are 1:1 or 1:2, technology can be a great tool in the K-2 classroom. Come and learn ideas for using technology with your whole group or in small groups and with individual devices or shared devices.
If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the language structures that support reading. In Phonology and Reading: Listen to the Sounds, participants will learn why phonological awareness is critical when learning to read and how it predicts later outcomes in reading and spelling. Additionally, participants will learn why phonemic awareness is essential for learning and using the English alphabet, how frequent direct instruction in phonemic awareness will increase decoding skills, and how phonological awareness interacts with, and facilitates the development of vocabulary and word understanding. Recommended prerequisite, Language and Literacy session 1.
Learn Sway, Microsoft’s presentation software, to convey concepts quickly, easily, and clearly. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Sway for presenting ideas onscreen rather than to an audience. You will also get ideas for using Sway with students as a digital storytelling and information sharing tool.
Keeping your Canvas course clean, organized, and user friendly are the keys of Modules. In this session we cover all the features of modules including linking, prerequisites, and locking them down.
Cooperative Learning transforms the classroom to a truly engaged classroom for all learners. If you are new to cooperative learning, come learn the essential five structures to get you started. You will walk away with five structures you can use on the first day of school. As you use the structures daily during the school year, you will see participation from even the quietest students. Come engage with me during this session.
Have you encountered students who don't await your next lesson with eager anticipation? It might not be your fault. In her book "Mindset", Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck uses numerous studies and stories to show how students across the learning spectrum demonstrate a "fixed mindset" by avoiding activities and assessments that they perceive they will not do well on. They avoid challenges and perceived risks because even the struggle suggests that they are not as smart or talented as they have been repeatedly told they are. By contrast, students who are praised for their dedication, determination and grit exhibit a "growth mindset" that drives authentic inquiry.
Come and join the discussion of what can be done in your classroom the create an environment that encourages kids to develop the character traits that lead to growth and learning. In addition to "Mindset," qualitative and quantitative research from the following books will also be used: "Outliers", "David and Goliath," "Drive," "How Children Succeed," "The Gift of Failure," "The Global Achievement Gap" and "Most Likely to Succeed."Come learn the very basics of Google Sketchup, which is Google’s free 3D modeling software. You’ll learn how to create a simple house in 3D using this exciting tool.
This session is for those who are familiar with OneNote ClassNotebook. Leave this session with a Class Notebook started for you class(es). Some of the topics we will discuss are: set-up, creation of a master notebook for multiple class sections and grading strategies.
I guarantee your students will be more engaged, better prepared for SAGE, and your life will be better as we take a look at how to make magic with your interactive whiteboard. We are going to learn simple tricks and rich resources that will make magic happen in your classroom.
If you are responsible for teaching reading in grades K-6 or if you teach struggling readers in K-12, this session is for you! The Language and Literacy series goes beyond the basics of reading and will deepen participants’ understanding of research based reading instruction by helping them understand the language structures that support reading. In Spelling: It Doesn’t Suck, participants will learn that English is not crazy! Although it may be more difficult to spell than other languages, most English spellings can be explained and an understanding of these patterns can help teachers support students in reading, spelling and writing. This session will help teachers better understand reading and spelling development, how print represents speech, and how teachers can more successfully teach reading through an increased understanding of spelling patterns in the English language. Recommended prerequisite, Language and Literacy session 1.
In this session we discuss Modules, Outcomes, Pages, Speedgrader, and the Calendar and explain how to use these effectively and transform your Canvas courses.
Come and learn how to use and implement Utah Compose within your classroom. Use the software to have students respond to prompts that have been created or that you can create to tailor instruction to your class!
There are several great multimedia websites that make it easy to create educational content in the form of comics, animations, and mashups. We’ll look at great tools like Toondoo, Pixton, DragonTape, EDpuzzle and more!
Overdrive is a digital ebook library offered as a resource for 6-12 grades in our district. With thousands of titles, there should be something of interest for every student. Come learn a few specifics about the Overdrive program for a great resource to encourage reading with your students.