9:00-10:00 AM
10:15-11:00 AM
11:15 AM- 12:00
PM
Pecan
Bluebonnet
Mockingbird
Keynote: Authentic Learning: Putting Theory Into Practice
Roundtable
Dr. John Burdett
Roundtable
Brazos
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Pecos
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Roundtable
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(Elementary)
(ELAR, SS)
(Science, Math)
(Admin, Central Office,
Instructional Coaches)
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary & Secondary)
STEM
(Elementary, Secondary,
Admin & Central Office)
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary)
ELAR
(Secondary)
ADMIN / CENTRAL
OFFICE
Inspire With a Google 20%
Project
How To Establish a
Vertically-Aligned
Robotics Program for
Grades 5 - 12
Using the Engage
Learning Model in the
Elementary Classroom
Reaching for Relevancy
Make Your Organization
SWITCH!
Ann Witherspoon:
Midlothian ISD
This session will explore the
benefits, tips, tricks, and pitfalls
for implementing a Google 20%
Time project with your students.
Discover how you can transform
your classroom environment and
your students' perceptions of
learning. We’ll examine the
process from the entry event to
the final student presentations
and I’ll share all my resources to
enhance student learning.
Prepare your students for the
future with real learning in real
time!
Johnny Tharp & Orion
Casper:
Greenville ISD
In this session the presenters
will describe how to use the
VEX Robotics Platform to
engage students in Product
Oriented Educational (POE)
activities that can be applied in
the real-world. The presenters
will demonstrate how students
apply math, programming, etc.
in building a robot that will
compete in local, state,
national and world
tournaments at each of the
elementary, middle and high
school levels. Also, the
presenters will describe how to
set up a developmental POE
robotics class for students that
want to learn robotics
principles without the pressure
of competition.
Veronica Trainor, Robin
Richardson, & Allyssa
Boley:
McKinney ISD
Participants will see how
teaching has transformed from
a teaching platform to a
learning platform using the
Engage Learning Model. This
session will focus on the
positive impact of PBL in the
elementary classroom.
Nathan Monroe, &
Jennifer Yates:
Abilene ISD
Projects will be presented which
combine the necessary English
TEKS with real world scenarios
and tasks. Examples include:
writing a modern day
Canterbury Tale which is
published in the local
newspaper, writing a play to be
performed for children, writing a
persuasive speech to be
delivered to the mayor.
Students work in groups to
learn the necessary English
skills while producing an
authentic and relevant product.
You will never hear the words,
"Why are we reading this?"
again.
Amber Jones:
McKinney ISD (former
Region 10 ESC)
Why is it so hard to make
lasting changes in our
organizations? Chip and Dan
Heath explore this concept in
their national bestseller
SWITCH: How to Change
Things When Change is
Hard. This session will
highlight strategies from
SWITCH that will allow you to
begin the process of
transformative change at your
campus or district.
12:00-1:15 PM
1:15-2:00 PM
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary & Secondary)
Lunch
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Secondary)
Inspire With a Google 20%
Project
You Mean I Have to Do
Math in Here, Too?
Ann Witherspoon: Midlothian
ISD
Kari Perkins & Brandon
Walters:
CFB ISD
This session will explore the
benefits, tips, tricks, and pitfalls for
implementing a Google 20% Time
project with your students. Discover
how you can transform your
classroom environment and your
students' perceptions of learning.
We’ll examine the process from the
entry event to the final student
presentations and I’ll share all my
resources to enhance student
learning. Prepare your students for
the future with real learning in real
time!
PBL generates a classroom
full of critical thinkers working
within real-world authentic
situations. The focus of this
session is cross-curricular
integration through the use of
PBL. Each participant will
leave with something that can
be brought back and
immediately implemented. The
activities are valid for Math,
Science, Social Studies and
English.
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary)
Using the Engage
Learning Model in the
Elementary Classroom
Veronica Trainor, Robin
Richardson, & Allyssa
Boley:
McKinney ISD
Participants will see how
teaching has transformed from
a teaching platform to a
learning platform using the
Engage Learning Model. This
session will focus on the
positive impact of PBL in the
elementary classroom.
SCIENCE
(Elementary &
Secondary)
Mosquito Traps, Toy
Expos, and More Project Based Learning
with Science
Karen Kuo:
Duncanville ISD
West Nile Solution Showcase:
Intermediate student groups
worked with graduate students
at the UNT Health Science
Center and the city of
Duncanville. Students applied
what they learned about food
chains, living and non-living
elements, and changing
ecosystems to create
environmentally friendly
solutions for the problem of
West Nile spreading
mosquitos in Duncanville.
Energy Toy Expo:
Student groups applied their
knowledge of the forms of
energy, circuits, and systems
to design and construct a
working toy. Students used
their toys to teach younger
students in the district about
the uses of energy and types
of circuits in our annual Toy
Expo.
Room available for
admin and central
office if wanting to
continue conversation
and not attend a
session
2:15-3:00 PM
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary & Secondary)
MATH
(Secondary)
ELAR, SOCIAL STUDIES
(Elementary)
ELAR, SOCIAL STUDIES
(Secondary)
Global Collaboration
3 Act Math: A How-To
What Do You Mean Give
Them A Choice?
Sustain Today - Survive
Tomorrow
Jodie Deinhammer & Susan
Dane Ehlert:
Mesquite ISD
Olive May & Alex
Herrera: Irving ISD
Jeffrey Rose & Ryan
The conversations have
changed in our classroom. It
used to be “Make this.” As
thinking has expanded and
learning has unfolded,
students now ask, “Can I
make?” We’ve stepped back
and let go. The more we step
back, the more our students
step forward and take control
of their own learning. See
some of the transformations
that have occurred because
we were willing to let go.
What would humans do
without oil? Students research
current advances in natural
resources to find a means for
more sustainable use of
Earth's resources.
Additionally, they read
literature that highlights the
human relationship with
technology and the
environment. This session will
highlight how PBL provides
authentic avenues for student
learning at all levels. The
session will walk participants
through the entire project from
entry event to the final
presentation, explaining the
pitfalls and difficulties as well
as successes experienced.
Hall:
Coppell ISD
Global collaboration presents an
authentic opportunity for learners to
apply future ready skills. Session
participants will leave with
strategies for implementing and
adapting global projects
differentiated based on technology
capacity, educator/learner
readiness, and curriculum. We will
utilize tools such as: Google Earth,
Skype in the Classroom, iTunes U,
ePals, and more.
Learn how to globally connect your
K-12 classrooms.
Dan Meyer has developed an
innovative, inquiry-based
lesson format that he calls "3
Act Math." This session will
model a 3 Act Math task
created in order to inform and
persuade the audience to
implement these engaging
lessons. The session will also
provide reasoning for why this
type of teaching is important by
describing the differences
between students with growth
mindsets and fixed mindsets.
Hochstatter:
CFB ISD
3:15-4:00 PM
ALL CONTENT AREAS
(Elementary)
MATH
(Secondary)
ELAR, SOCIAL STUDIES
(Secondary)
SCIENCE, ELAR
(Secondary)
Creation Station
Crash Scene
Investigation
Humanities in Action Combining ELAR and
American History
through Project Based
Learning
Chicks, Birds & Books
Shellie Carson:
Irving ISD
Teachers can create stations with
high rigor and give students choices
that allow for differentiation. This
session will teach participants how
to reach the rigor level prescribed
by the TEKS to efficiently develop a
learning station. Students will be
given the responsibility of choosing
between content, process, and
product during the authentic
assessment task. Examples will be
shared and participants will be
given the opportunity to begin
creating stations of their own.
Tiffany Cordell: Denison
ISD
By making lessons relevant,
student retention increases.
This session will highlight a
lesson that connects crash
scene investigators/highway
patrol officers to radical
expressions. By connecting the
in-class activity to real-world
applications, students transfer
the skill from the classroom to
an authentic experience.
Jessica Drummond &
LaTonya Battles:
Duncanville ISD
Cross-curricular Project Based
Learning is an innovative
approach to accommodating
the 21st century learner. By
incorporating the PBL process
into the classroom, teachers
can provide an authentic
learning experience that
integrates the ELAR TEKS
with American History. The
session will include a focus on
facilitating vs. teaching,
implementing student-directed
learning, and collaboration.
Sunny Richardson:
Coppell ISD
In this session three authentic
learning projects will be
highlighted: Chick Genes, The
Big Week and Kingdom
Animalia Children's books.
These projects involve handson learning and community
involvement through a service
learning project in which
students write children's books
and read them via Skype to
elementary students. These
relevant and interactive
learning experiences bring the
real world into the classroom
and allow for authentic
learning.
Admin, Central Office and Instructional Coaches are encouraged to attend a follow-up session with Dr. Mike Murphy for a three part series that will cover topics
such as:
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What Differentiation is and how to prepare your building for it
How do you know when you see good differentiation and how do you have difficult conversations with teachers to help them grow
How to evaluate if you’re making progress and how to deal with resistance
(October, November, January – three half-day sessions)