IntegratED 2019

In your class, are students engaged right away? Are you accidentally giving messages that keep them in a low gear? We'll look at four possibilities for starting class using chat tools, images, games, and short videos.

This session provides elementary teachers with developmentally appropriate content that is designed to incorporate movement, physical skill development, and academic content.  Why?  Because there is extensive research that shows that students learn better when they are moving!  Attendees will leave with ample movement activities and ideas that can be implemented right away to engage students with what they are learning, review content, assess student learning, and most importantly get students moving.  Come ready to move as you unlock your creativity and increase your students learning potential with this interactive session!

At the end of 2016, The Oxford Dictionary named “post truth” its word of the year, citing as its definition: “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In an age in which information is abundant, easy to access and often overwhelming AND in which there’s economic incentive to mislead consumers, discerning fact from fiction has become THE 21st Century skill. In this session Jennifer and Darren will explore the fake news phenomenon, discuss its impact on our students, teachers and society, put our own source evaluation skills to the test and discover ways that all educators can lead the charge as defenders of facts in a post truth world.
Join ISTE authors Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins as they expand upon tactics outlined in their book, Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News. Attendees will gain practical strategies and skills for navigating the landscape of fake news and helping students think critically about how they receive, evaluate, and share information.

This session provides elementary teachers with developmentally appropriate content that is designed to incorporate movement, physical skill development, and academic content. Why? Because there is extensive research that shows that students learn better when they are moving! Attendees will leave with ample movement activities and ideas that can be implemented right away to engage students with what they are learning, review content, assess student learning, and most importantly get students moving. Come ready to move as you unlock your creativity and increase your students learning potential with this interactive session!

Explore how to integrate Desmos with your curriculum to deepen discourse and differentiate for all learners. Experience several strategies for more robust math engagement with Desmos using word banks, sentence frames and error analysis.

Do you want to provide students with opportunities to identify their strengths and weaknesses through self-assessments? Do you want students to analyze and demonstrate how they think and what they understand in a variety of ways? Do you want students to take ownership of their learning and growth? Do you want to create an environment where reflection and feedback are an integral part of the learning process? If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you are ready to create a classroom focused on student-centered assessment and feedback.  **PLEASE BRING HEADPHONES!*