Spring

1. noun - the f irst stage and freshest period

2. verb - to rise, leap, move or act suddenly and swift ly

3. verb - to come into being by growth

This conference provides quality, hands-on workshops focused on technology integration and dif ferentiated instruction in the classroom. Collaborating with colleagues and other experienced users, teachers will leave with proven ideas and strategies they can implement into their classrooms immediately to reinvent their lessons.

All participants must register at http:/ /www.esasd.net/ sit

Conference Regist rat ion: $40

Early bird regist rat ion $25 until February 26, 2016

Session space is l imited so please register early. Use this program guide to help you make your choices for your sessions. Please be advised that space is l imited so make every effort to attend. In the event you need to cancel, please notify us as soon as possible.

For Further Information Contact tech.coaches@esasd.net

Attendee Informat ion

Date: March 19, 2016

Snow Date: April 2, 2016

Time: 8:00 - 3:00

Place:

East Stroudsburg High School South279 North Courtland StreetEast Stroudsburg, PA 18301

- Lunch will be provided- Technology will be provided, but you

are encouraged to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device - laptop, smartphone, iPad, or tablet)

Registration Information

About the Conference

Conference Schedule8:00 - 8:30 Registration

8:30 - 9:00 Opening Remarks

9:00 - 10:15 Morning Session A

10:15 - 11:30 Morning Session B

11:30 - 12: 30 Lunch

12:30 - 3:00 Afternoon Session

A Special Thank YouDuring your conference experience, if you need further help or directions, please look for an ESASD eTeam member wearing a black eTeam t-shirt. These dedicated high school students present Community Technology Outreach workshops throughout the school year to our adult community members.

Thank you to our sponsors!

East Stroudsburg Area School District

Edmentum (Gold Sponsor)

PAECT (Silver Sponsor)

Integra One (Silver Sponsor)

Act 48 Credit

Act 48 credits will be provided to all attending PA educators. Outside attendees will receive a certif icate to take back to their district representative.

Registration InformationAll participants must register at http:/ /www.esasd.net/ sit

Non-ESASD Attendees,

please submit your payment:

East Stroudsburg Area School District

Attn: Maria Heitz,

Technology Services Department

245 River Road

East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

In the memo section of the check, please indicate your name and ?Spring into Technology.? Conference fees are non-refundable.

Morning Sessions

(Overview Sessions)

Morning Session A

9:00 - 10:15

Morning Session B

10:15 - 11:30

Tit le Tit le

Creating and Sharing Interactive Video Lessons

Creating and Sharing Interactive Video Lessons

Chrome's Got an App for That Chrome's Got an App for That

Fun with Kahoot How e-Books Saved the Day

Integrating Google Classroom Integrating Google Classroom

Comic-Con! Achieving the Perfect Blend: Blended Learning Designed Just for Pennsylvania

Developing ePortfolios with Google Sites Going Beyond the Presentation with Nearpod

Digital Literacy: Imagine What's Possible When Technology & Literacy Collide

SLOW DOWN with Tech: A Morsel of Reflection & Mindfulness in the Classroom

Teach Your Students Basic Computer Programming

Teach Your Students Basic Computer Programming

Classroom Teachers Use Google Forms Using Google Forms, Flubaroo, and the Reading Wonders Online Site to Assess Students

Clickers are Dead, Plickers are In How to Use "First in Math" Even More Effectively in Your Classroom

Af ternoon Sessions

(Hands-On Workshops)

12:30 - 3:00

Tit le

Formative Assessment using Screencasting & EdPuzzle

I Wonder: Embedding Inquiry Across the Curriculum

e-Labs Jr. : Kitchen Science Fun

LucidPress: Flyers, Brochures & Newsletters

Using Planbook.com

Voicethread as an Instructional Tool

The Amazing Effects of Nearpod

How to Use Google Apps to Promote Class Collaboration

Re-Discovering Discovery Education

Morning Sessions A (9:00 - 10:15) CREATING AND SHARING INTERACTIVE

VIDEO LESSONSTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Stefanie Stricker & Taryn Fleck - ESASD

Want to get your students more engaged in their learning? This session will explore how to take online videos and transform them into active lessons for students. We will be exploring two free web tools which allow teachers to embed questions, activit ies and audio notes into any web video.

CHROME'S GOT AN APP FOR THAT

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Terry Toth - ESASD

Google's Chrome browser offers a HUGE variety of great online educational tools. These "short cut" apps allow you quick access to tools from one homebase. Come learn how these Chrome Apps (not iPad) can get you integrating technology with your students quickly and in very meaningful ways.

FUN WITH KAHOOTTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Michelle Hallet - ESASD

How can digital tools change formative assessment? Kids love games and races! Why not combine the two and help them learn the content? Kahoot is an online tool that challenges students to choose the correct answers to teacher-based questions in a race-like environment. Session participants will learn the ins and outs of using and creating a Kahoot for their classroom.

INTEGRATING GOOGLE CLASSROOMTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Diana Allison - ESASD

This is a beginner session for those who have not

experimented with using Google Classroom or who

have had litt le interaction with this application in

Google. We will be walking everyone through the

steps of navigating Google Classroom to actually

creating a classroom. By the end of the session, you

will be able to util ize this program in your own

classroom.

COMIC-CON!Technology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: All ison White & Michele Herrmann - ESU

Our students love them, they're entertaining, and now they are SIMPLE to make...comics! Come to this great session on how to incorporate comics into your classroom! It is such a great resource that we have at our f ingertips, no art skil ls necessary and fun for all age groups and subject areas. Comic strip making is something we can do to brainstorm, work on vocabulary, create autobiographies, improve social skil ls, even list out what was done in a lab! The list is endless, so join us in our very own Comic-Con, where we will teach you the basic skil ls of how and when to use comic creators in the classroom!

Morning Sessions A (9:00 - 10:15)

DEVELOPING E-PORTFOLIOS WITH GOOGLE SITESTechnology Level : Intermediate

Audience: 9-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Julian Costa - Lehigh Carbon Community College

This workshop will provide an overview of Google Sites and how it can be used for the development of ePortfolios. Participants will gain hands-on practice with this online resource and be able to work through some "what-if" scenarios.

DIGITAL LITERACY: IMAGINE WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN TECHNOLOGY & LITERACY COLLIDETechnology Level : Intermediate

Audience: K-5

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Christy Brennan - Penn Charter School

Create. Collaborate. Explore. Imagine what?s possible when literacy and technology collide. How our students experience stories and texts can be taken to new heights by adding just a few tech tools into the mix. This session will look at dif ferent ways of integrating digital l iteracy into the elementary classroom. Whether you?re tech savvy or just dipping your toes in the techy-waters, let?s look at some simple tools and strategies together.

TEACH YOUR STUDENTS BASIC COMPUTER PROGRAMMINGTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Scott Hnasko - ESASD

The apps and computer games we enjoy all start with basic computer programming. This session, designed specif ically for beginners, will teach you basic computer programming that you can teach to your students ? even if YOU have NEVER done ANYTHING like this before! You'll be given a

demonstration on how creative and motivating online puzzles will teach you basic computer programming. You?ll have time to explore and try basic computer programming at your own pace.

CLASSROOM TEACHERS USE GOOGLE FORMSTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Lisa Vitull i - ESASD

Teachers gather all sorts of information from their students: biographical info, student surveys, parent contacts, learner prof iles, etc. Come learn how simple Google Forms makes gathering, sorting and storing this information for quick and easy access.

CLICKERS ARE DEAD, PLICKERS ARE IN!Technology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Hillary Beal - ESASD

Clickers (CPS and Promethean) have served a great purpose for our students in the past; however, with dying batteries, updated software, interfering frequencies, many teachers have given up on them. Come try the newest and easiest way to access your students' knowledge: plickers.com! Plickers requires ONLY the teacher to have technology and she/he can quickly gather data from students via hand-held answer cards. Super simple and loads of fun!

Morning Sessions B (10:15 - 11:30)

CREATING AND SHARING INTERACTIVE VIDEO LESSONSTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Stefanie Stricker & Taryn Fleck - ESASD

Want to get your students more engaged in their learning? This session will explore how to take online videos and transform them into active lessons for students. We will be exploring two free web tools which allow teachers to embed questions, activit ies and audio notes into any web video.

CHROME'S GOT AN APP FOR THAT

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Terry Toth - ESASD

Google's Chrome browser offers a HUGE variety of great online educational tools. These "short cut" apps allow you quick access to tools from one homebase. Come learn how these Chrome Apps (not iPad) can get you integrating technology with your students quickly and in very meaningful ways.

HOW E-BOOKS SAVED THE DAYTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: James Spatara - Reynolds SD

How can school l ibraries continue to engage students? As students get older, they tend to read less and less often for pleasure. The introduction of Kindle e-readers is a possible solution to this decline in reading. See how 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students responded and how you, too, can use technology to engage students in reading more often.

INTEGRATING GOOGLE CLASSROOMTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Diana Allison - ESASD

This is a beginner session for those who have not experimented with using Google Classroom or who have had litt le interaction with this application in Google. We will be walking everyone through the steps of navigating Google Classroom to actually creating a classroom. By the end of the session, you will be able to util ize this program in your own classroom.

ACHIEVING THE PERFECT BLEND: BLENDED LEARNING DESIGNED JUST FOR PENNSYLVANIATechnology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Dawn Wilson - Achieve 3000

Looking for a blended learning program that assesses your students' reading abilit ies, dif ferentiates instruction according to their specif ic needs and accelerates learning using grade level content? Achieve3000 offers everything you're looking for in a single solution and is customized just for Pennsylvania. With a strategic curriculum that features built-in practice for the PSSA and Keystone assessments, Achieve3000 prepares students for success in school and beyond!

Morning Sessions B (10:15 - 11:30)

GOING BEYOND THE PRESENTATION WITH NEARPODTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-8

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Greg Macer - IU 9

Are your students tired of the old Powerpoint presentations? Try something new and engage them in the exciting, interactive power of Nearpod! This engaging tool combines slideshows with real-time interactivity and feedback, all while allowing students to journey outside the presentation and engage deeper in the lesson.

SLOW DOWN WITH TECH: A MORSEL OF REFLECTION & MINDFULNESS IN THE CLASSROOM

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Beth Rajan Sockman & Beth Holleger - ESU

Technology is synonymous for faster speeds. It doesn?t have to be! With technology to scaffold us, we can learn to slow down, build attention and lower stress. At the end of this interactive session, participants will be able to describe mindful ref lection, have practice with some free apps/websites, and will get resources and research for continued growth. Come get a morsel of mindful ref lection for immediate classroom use.

TEACH YOUR STUDENTS BASIC COMPUTER PROGRAMMINGTechnology Level : Beginner

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Scott Hnasko - ESASD

The apps and computer games we enjoy all start with basic computer programming. Come learn basic computer programming that you can teach to your students ? even if YOU have NEVER done ANYTHING like this before! You'll be given a

demonstration on how creative and motivating online puzzles will teach you basic computer programming. You?ll have time to explore and try basic computer programming at your own pace.

USING GOOGLE FORMS, FLUBAROO, AND THE READING WONDERS ONLINE SITE TO ASSESS STUDENTSTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-5

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Bil l ie Trauschke - ESASD

Do you have too much grading to do? Let Google Forms, the use of Flubaroo, and Reading Wonders help! In this session I will show you how to create tests using Google Forms and how the add-on Flubaroo helps you grade them in an instant. Also learn how to set up the weekly assessments through the Reading Wonders online site. Did you know that this site automatically grades the reading test too? Now you will have more time to grade essays and projects! (Subscription based: Reading Wonders)

HOW TO USE "FIRST IN MATH" EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY IN YOUR CLASSROOMTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-5

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Barbara Asteak - First in Math

Do you want to energize your students to learn, love, and live math? This session will explore First in Math's wealth of resources. Learn easy-to-implement strategies for targeted math skil ls practice while keeping your students motivated to use the program throughout the school year.

Afternoon Sessions (12:30 - 3:00)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT USING SCREENCASTING AND EDPUZZLE

Technology Level : Intermediate

Audience: All

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Michael Hermann - Pennsbury School District

This presentation will focus on formative assessment using video in conjunction with the EdPuzzle website. Participants will be shown how to integrate the EdPuzzle site for classroom formative assessment and data tracking. Screencasting will also be discussed.

I WONDER: EMBEDDING INQUIRY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Christy Brennan - Penn Charter School

What is inquiry? What might it look like in your classroom? Together we?ll build a definit ion of inquiry and look at examples of how it can be used to reimagine and reinvigorate curricula across grade levels and disciplines. Participants will be given time to collaborate with one another on embedding inquiry into a lesson/unit they are currently teaching.

E-LABS JR. : KITCHEN SCIENCE FUNTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-5

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Jackie Shia - The Challenger Learning Center at WJU

During this session we will introduce the new e-Labs Jr. programs and conduct a 45-60 minute videoconference. This presentation will discuss how science can occur anywhere ? especially in a kitchen! A Lab Director will share with you exciting demonstrations that help to prove the similarit ies between a chef in the kitchen and a scientist in a laboratory. Curriculum materials will also be reviewed.

LUCIDPRESS: FLYERS, BROCHURES AND NEWSLETTER

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Terry Toth - ESASD

Desktop publishing is NOT a thing of the past! With LucidPress, your students can create f lyers, brochures, newsletters and much more with crisp, digital images and content that will wow their audiences. In addition, LucidPress is online and collaborative so students can work from school or home by themselves or in a group. Desktop publishing has never been easier. Come learn how to use this impressive tool!

USING PLANBOOK.COMTechnology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Suzanne Ludwig - ESASD

Want to bring your lesson planning into the 21st Century? Some great features of lesson planning can easily be util ized in the web tool Planbook.com. This site allows for lesson planning, developing custom schedules for each class, viewing lessons by day/week/class, connecting to standards, and more. All key features will be reviewed, and you will be given a chance to try it out yourself ! Trial accounts may be used for this session but be aware that this is a for purchase web tool.

Afternoon Sessions (12:30 - 3:00)

VOICETHREAD AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL

Technology Level : Intermediate

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Aliya Grindle - ESASD

Voicethread is an instructional tool that allows students to be actively engaged in collaborative projects, designed by the teacher. Whether you are asking students to score writ ing, analyze themes, def ine the steps of a science lab, or solve and explain math problems, Voicethread can assist you and your students seamlessly. This session will allow you time to create a Voicethread that you can use in your classroom immediately.

THE AMAZING EFFECTS OF NEARPODTechnology Level : Intermediate

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Lisa Vitull i - ESASD

Nearpod is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that can be used and have an amazing effect in the classroom. The app's concept is simple. A teacher can create presentations that can contain quizzes, polls, videos, images, drawing-boards, web content and so on. The teacher has access to "live" data and also is able to review the data later. Nearpod works well with Google Classroom! Be prepared to create a Nearpod presentation that you can use in the classroom tomorrow!

HOW TO USE GOOGLE APPS TO PROMOTE CLASS COLLABORATIONTechnology Level : BeginnerAudience: All

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Scott Hnasko - ESASD

Looking to harness the power of collaboration for your students? Google makes collaboration in the classroom simple. This course, designed specif ically for beginners, will teach you some basics of Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google

Slides and how to use them ? even if YOU have NEVER used them before. You?ll be provided with sample templates & activit ies you can use with your lessons. This is a make, take, and use session that will help invigorate your teaching!

RE-DISCOVERING DISCOVERY EDUCATION

Technology Level : All

Audience: K-12

Presenter Af f i l iat ion: Stefanie Stricker & Taryn Fleck - ESASD

Discovery Education isn't what you remember; it 's had a facelif t! Get ready to explore current content based videos, virtual f ield trips, the multimedia presentation tool "Board Builder" and much, much more! This isn't your mother's DE, it 's been redesigned for our current generation of learners. Come learn what's new and how to integrate it into any content or level that you teach.