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Are you smarter than the media?
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The media doesn't know what is happening in the world. Gapminder.org presents real world data in user friendly graphs. This lesson can be used in almost all subject areas with strong connections to math, history, and social studies.
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Valerie Sosnowski
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Connect Math and Science Through Creativity
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If you’ve never used the Numbers App, you’re missing out! It’s NOT just another spreadsheet tool. Experience an interdisciplinary math and science lesson using Apple’s Numbers App while actively participating in an investigation focused on sleep and the brain. A Numbers spreadsheet becomes the perfect canvas for scaffolding learning for students and visualizing data through drawing. Not a math or science teacher? Don’t let that stop you from attending. Numbers is an AWESOME tool for ALL teachers. To get the most out of this session, participants should come with an iPad with the Numbers app and Reaction Timer Game app downloaded.
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Lori Wetzel
is the K-8 Media Specialist for Fraser Public Schools with over 20 years experience as an educator. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2013, as well as a MACUL Learning Area Delegate. Lori has presented at Tech Talk for several years and has shared her expertise in many areas including MakerSpaces, Technology Tools for Mathematics, and Coding and Robotics. @lwetzel |
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Amplifying Student Voice with Clips and Flipgrid
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Learn how to increase student voice and engagement in the classroom through the use of Apple’s Clips and Flipgrid. Clips is a fun, user-friendly video creation app that students can use for content creation and personal expression.. Fligrid is a safe, engaging space for students to share reflections, videos, and personally created movies. Participants will receive an overview of each app and see how they can be used in conjunction with each other to maximize sharing, collaboration, feedback, and engagement. Finally, participants will leave with access to a collaborative grid where they can share ideas for their own classrooms.
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Tanya Leon
is a secondary English teacher who specializes in personalized, blended learning in a 1:1 district. An Apple Distinguished Educator, learning consultant, and the English department head, Tanya is passionate about developing blended curriculum that strengthens 21st century skills and student motivation in a student-centered environment. @mrstleon |
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Accessibility Features in the Classroom
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This session provides an opportunity to learn about and explore the accessibility features of Apple devices. This session is for all teachers who are interested in better serving all students, especially students with IEPs, 504 plans, and English Language Learners. This workshop builds on the foundations of Universal Design for Learning and includes dynamic ways to use Apple devices to meet all students needs.
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Tanya Leon
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Authentic Audiences: What Happens in the Classroom Shouldn’t STAY in the Classroom
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Kids today want to be famous Youtubers. They want the world to be their stage. So how do we give them this feeling in school? In this session, we will highlight strategies for amplifying students’ voice, rethinking assessments with project-based learning, and creating authentic audiences for students to share their learning. Educators will leave this workshop with resources and ideas that they can implement in their classroom to make a major impact on student learning.
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Grayson McKinney
is a 5th-Grade Teacher in Troy. Grayson is a passionate educator who uses innovative practices to deepen learning, enhance creativity, and create opportunities for students that otherwise would not be possible. Grayson has a Master’s Degree in Educational Studies and an Education Specialist Degree in School Leadership from Oakland University and loves blogging, presenting at conferences, and connecting with other educators from around the world. @GMcKinney2 |
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Clever Teaching Tips using the Apple Clips App
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Discover the amazing and endless creative possibilities with Apple's Clips app! You’ll explore how easy it is to make and share videos with text, graphics and effects while learning how to incorporate its use into your curriculum. Examples of teacher and student made Clips from a variety of subjects and age levels will inspire you to begin using this powerful learning tool. Come with the free Clips app downloaded on your iPhone or iPad so you can create your own Clips video.
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Karen Bosch
is the PreK - 8 technology instructor from Southfield Christian School. She enjoys helping both students and teachers to creatively use technology tools to extend and share their learning in meaningful and practical ways. Karen is a 2007 Apple Distinguished Educator, a 2016 Dremel 3D Ideabuilder Ambassador, and the MACUL 2018 Technology Using Teacher of the Year. You can find her many resources at tinyurl.com/ipadcreate. @karlyb |
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Creating Interactive Video
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Video is a great way to introduce students to content beyond the walls of a classroom. In this session, we’ll utilize the tool Edpuzzle to explore how students and teachers can actively engage with video content. You’ll leave this hands-on session with your own created interactive video! We’ll also highlight tools that you can use to create your own video content to appsmash with Edpuzzle. Please bring an internet-connected device.
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Alison Kline-Kator
is chair of the Religious Studies Department at Mercy High School, and holds graduate degrees in Educational Technology and Educational Leadership. She has presented at previous Tech Talk conferences as well as MACUL and AERA. @aklinekator |
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Best Practices for a 1:1 Program: Vision, Learning, Teaching, and Environment
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Buying technology and software is the easy part of a 1:1 program. How does a school support teachers, cultivate best practices and continually assess the program? Larry will share Mercy's best practices and how he has leveraged his rich network of international educators for the purpose.
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Larry Baker
is an Apple Distinguished Educator. He is an Associate Principal at Mercy High School and co-founder of Tech Talk. He oversees Mercy's status as an Apple Distinguished School. @labcbaker |
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We Are the iWizards!
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The iWizards will be discussing how we support Mercy through technology tips and troubleshooting. Also, we will talk about the process of planning and carrying out tech orientations, teaching others how to give an overview about technology.
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The iWizards
are the student tech team at Mercy High School. We plan freshman technology orientations, introduce tips and tricks about iPads, and troubleshoot. |
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Digitize Your Post-Its with Google Keep
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Are you like I was and have Post-Its everywhere: on your computer, on your phone, on your car dash, and even stuck to your (or embarrassingly enough, my children’s) shirt? Ditch those paper Post-Its and go digital! This session will discuss ways to take Google Keep notes (web and mobile), share these notes with collaborators, organize these notes to find/use them easily, and learn all that Google Keep has to offer. Give Google Keep a try and you will never go back to paper Post-Its again.
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Jeremy Badiner
was a classroom teacher (grades 3-5) before becoming an Instructional Technology Coach for Gull Lake Community Schools. He is a Google for Education Certified Innovator & Trainer, Apple Education Trainer & Teacher, DEN Star & LC, Common Sense Media Ambassador, ClassDojo Mentor, Seesaw Ambassador, as well as a self-proclaimed Tech Geek! Check out all his resources at BadinerBytes.com. @MrBadiner |
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Expand Your Classroom Web Toolkit
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What are you using to help keep your educational sanity, simplify learning, and inspire students? Explore a TON of great (and FREE) web-based tools that can help you and your students keep organized, create images, share photos, problem-solve, collaborate, assess content, and overall enjoy learning!
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Jeremy Badiner
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Unlock the Superpowers of Google Slides
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“With Great Power Comes Great Creativity!“ Explore all the Superpowers of Google Slides. I think of Slides as the Swiss Army Knife of G Suite, the most powerful Superhero! It can do almost anything (MS Publisher formatting, image creation, virtual manipulatives, flipbook animation, and MORE!). See what you are missing from Google’s most versatile tool! Unlock Slides Superpowers and get creating in ways you never thought possible!
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Jeremy Badiner
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What’s the Meme’ing of That?
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Everyone knows the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words”, but memes can take that phrase even a step further. With just a few well-chosen words over a powerful image, memes can say so much more than just an image alone. Learn some easy, free, and creative ways to make memes for engaging, insightful, and powerful educational messages!
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Jeremy Badiner
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Amping Up Your STEM Content - For FREE!
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Take a journey through the process of creating STEM content, which includes an integral role for MakerSpaces. Including, but not limited to, project based learning using the engineering design process.
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Amy Farkas
came to the Riverview community school district six years ago, and in that short time has built a STEM program that students love and districts from across the state are using as a benchmark. Teaching and STEM aren't just a job or career for Amy, they're her passion. Her students get excited and energized about the latest technology and STEM careers because she truly ignites their desire for learning about all things STEM. She also loves Daquiri Ice from Baskin Robbins. @FarkasSTEM |
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Use Engineering Challenges to Build A STEM Program
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Do you get those emails about multiple STEM and science-based challenges? They are usually sponsored by a corporation or a foundation: Siemens STEM Day, The Fluor Engineering Challenge, eCybermission, the NatGeo Challenge. How would you like to use those challenges to help you build a strong and thriving STEM program? Well look no further! We will walk through multiple corporate and foundation challenges that will bring you either revenue or simply engineering project experience for your students grades K through 12.
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Amy Farkas
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Coding: Sources that are Fast, Free and Awesome!!!
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What in the world do we do after the “Hour of Code” is done? Simple: DON’T STOP CODING!!! Computer Science is the fastest growing STEM field, and the need for future computer scientists will be staggering! Give your students the opportunity to try different types of coding and programming without breaking the bank!
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Amy Farkas
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Bloxels: Build Your Own Video Game!
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Bloxels Builder is a pixelated video game creation tool that is appropriate for ages 5-100! You can make a game for any curricular area, or just focus on the technology behind the app itself! Join me on a fun journey into the world that brought us Pac Man, Mario and Donkey Kong!
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Amy Farkas
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Seesaw: A Deeper Dive
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In this session we will talk about how you can use Seesaw to communicate, give students choice, and integrate technology in a way that students can get creative! Whether you have used Seesaw in the past, or are just getting started, this session has got you covered.
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Eric Robinson
lives in Chelsea Michigan with his wife, Claire and 8 year old son Alex. He has taught 1st/2nd grade in Chelsea for 15 years. He graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2001 and got his Master's degree in Educational Media and Technology from EMU in 2008. He is always looking for new ways to integrate technology into the classroom. In 2016 Eric was proud to be the MACUL Technology Using Teacher runner up and was chosen in 2017 to be an Apple Distinguished Educator. He enjoys hosting sessions to help other teachers learn about using technology in their classroom. Eric also has a podcast, "Teachers Talking Tech," which helps to reach a wider audience of educators. @techin2nd |
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Integrated PBL
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If you want to use technology to create, and are a fan of students having choice and voice in your classroom, this is the session for you. In this session, participants will learn how to effectively use technology to integrate project based learning into any lesson.
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Eric Robinson
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Promoting Student Choice and Voice
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Trying to figure out how to incorporate the 4 C’s into your classroom? Giving students more choice and voice in your classroom will open up opportunities for your students to collaborate, get creative, think critically and time for authentic communication. In this session, we will talk about strategies you can use with students that will give them these opportunities without having to reinvent the wheel. We will both go hands-on with tech tools as well as discussing student guided learning, blended learning, integrated project based learning, and genius hour.
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Eric Robinson
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How to Leverage Tech as a School Administrator
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As building leaders, how do we leverage technology within our classrooms, building, and district? I will share some tools, resources, ideas, and facilitate a conversation on how to get staff on board with using technology and best practices.
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Jason Gribble
is the Director of Curriculum, Innovation, and Grants for the Riverview Community School District in Riverview and has been a school administrator since 2002 serving students at all grade levels. He is on the Board for both MACUL and MEMSPA . He is also an adjunct education professor at WCC. Jason has spoken at numerous conferences on innovative topics such as Using Greenscreen Technology to Promote Positive School Culture and Using Twitter to Build Your PLN. He is a large promoter of educational technology in the classroom and focuses on ROI when it comes to selecting the proper tool. @jasongribble |
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Voxer! H'uh Yeah! What is it Good For? Absolutely Everything!
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The walkie talkie app keeping you connected. Your team has secure, real-time communication in one powerful push-to-talk (PTT) app. For iPhone, Android, and the web. Come learn how to use this as a tool for you and your staff. Why use this versus texting? Come find out.
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Jason Gribble
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Going Beyond an Hour of Code: Bringing Computer Science and Coding to your School
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Looking at starting a Computer Science class at your school? Unsure of where to start? This session will look the process Mercy High School took in developing and implementing its computer science-based courses. From generating student interest to deciding on a coding language and materials, we’ll provide resources and tips that could help you develop a CS course of your own.
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Chris Janusch
is a Computer Science teacher and Technology Integration Specialist at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, MI. He has an MA in Educational Technology from Marygrove University. |
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Notes Worth Keeping
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Looking to create engaging classroom lessons and encourage student note taking at the same time? Notability is the perfect app for you! Learn how to spice up your lessons, organize your notes, and inspire students. These methods can be used with students in any discipline.
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Lauren Marquard
teaches Latin at Mercy High School, her alma mater. She holds a BA in Latin and History from the University of Michigan, in addition to an MS in Educational Leadership from Madonna University. She currently serves as a State Chair for the Michigan Junior Classical League. |
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Google-licious
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It’s time to beef up the basics of the sweet G Suite! You know how to word process in Docs. You’re creating savvy presentations in Slides. Formatting Sheets is a breeze, and it’s a quick click to collect in Classroom. Well, it’s time to add some accessories to your collection! From label making to word clouds, extensions and add-ons will bring some sizzle to your G suite! Add some dazzle to your Docs, some spice to your slides, some shine to your sheets, and some flash to your forms. The add-ons will excite you, the apps will entice you, and the whole session will leave you feeling… well… Google-licious!
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Marnie Diem
is a classroom teacher turned technological adventurer, working with PreK - 8th grade and all adults at Hillel Day School. A regular presenter at tech conferences, she is a Certified BrainPop Educator, a Seesaw Ambassador, and a Google Educator Level 1 & 2. Recent projects include attempting to follow a pattern in sewing, and (un)successfully mastering the art of multitasking. Outside school she loves spoiling her dog and her two nieces. @GetTeaching |
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Active Learning from the Student Perspective
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This will be a panel discussion with student leads from Mercy's Robotics Team and students currently enrolled in an iExplore and/or Introduction to Engineering course. Participants will gain a student perspective of active learning and how it engages the learner and makes the acquisition of knowledge more personal and purposeful.
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Colleen McMaster
is Associate Principal for Academic Affairs, School Liaison to Mercy's Robotics Team - The Riveters, Advocate for Women in STEM, Creator of Mercy's Freshman iExplore course, Mercy Alum, and an Active Learning Educator. |
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AR / VR and Game Changing Tools in Education
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During this session we explore many of the best tools educators can use in the classroom: management & communication, graphic design, storytelling, coding & programming, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and more!
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Brad Waid
our keynote speaker, is an Award-Winning Educator, Emerging Technology Leader, Global Influencer, International Keynote Speaker and Author, recognized as the #14 global influencer in Augmented Reality. He has been awarded by the National School Board Association as one of the “20 to Watch” in 2013, an award recognizing individuals who will have the greatest impact in education over the next 20 years. @techbradwaid |
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Crash Course: Apps to Flip the Humanities
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The humanities (social studies, English, religion, languages) tend to be the hardest classes to use technology in effectively. Teachers tend to “replace” with technology as opposed use it to “enhance” the class. In this session, you will learn about a plethora of applications -- both ipad and Web-based — to enhance and organize your classroom and to challenge and motivate your students. Educators will leave this session with a variety of ways to flip your classroom and allow for more student voice and engagement.
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Angela Harris-Schultheis
is an eighth-year teacher at Mercy High School with a bachelor’s degree in English and Journalism from Grand Valley State University and Madonna University. She has presented multiple times at Mercy Tech Talk, focusing on applications catered to applications for the Humanities, and she has attended MACUL. In addition, Angela is an Apple Teacher, Edpuzzle Coach, and FlipGrid certified teacher. |
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What’s New for iPad for Teaching and Learning
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iPad can be used to create interactive and engaging learning experiences. In this session, you’ll explore new features that help students and teachers be even more productive and creative. Experience new file management tools, powerful multitasking features, built-in screen recording, and more. Learn about powerful workflows using the Classroom app that take advantage of the creative power of iPad.
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