2014 ITEC Fall Conference: Full Schedule

ITEC is an ISTE affilate who promotes the use of technology in education by demonstrating to its members, other educators and the public developments in the use of educational technology and how its use supports teaching and learning. The ITEC Conference is October 12-14, 2014. It will be held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, IA. The conference is open to all educators and administrators in Iowa and beyond.

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8:00am CDT

Create Free Stop-motion Videos with WeVideo

You will learn to create stop-motion videos using a webcam and the free version of WeVideo. You can then create videos for your class or teach students to make them. Stop motion videos can be an excellent alternative assessment to be used in place of tests or essays! This session has the following very specific requirements:

1. Bring a laptop or Chromebook with a webcam. You need to know how to take a snapshot with the webcam and how to save and retrieve it before attending the session. Please, NO iPads, Android tablets, smart phones, or other devices! This session is geared toward Chromebooks and laptops only.

2. Before attending the session you need (these are very preferred but not necessary):

A) a Gmail account

B) Google Chrome browser

C) Camera App installed in Chrome Browser (from Chrome Web Store).

D) WeVideo app installed in Chrome Browser (from Chrome Web Store). If you are a GAFE school, have your GAFE administrator install WeVideo if possible - but not necessary.

Speakers

Brian McLane

English/Language Arts Teacher, Southwestern Wisconsin High School

Tech Integrationist Wannabe. In 33 years of teaching at East Dubuque (IL) High School, educational technology has become my passion. In my classes, I used (and taught) a variety of Web 2.0 tools including Prezi, PowToon, Glogster, LucidPress, Pixlr, GAFE, Weebly, WeVideo, Voki, and... Read More →

Monday October 13, 2014 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
320

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

1:10pm CDT

Put the Content First with Apple TV/Chromecast/Reflector

How do you make your classroom content driven? Wireless projection is a powerful way to take the teacher away from the front of the classroom and let the content take center stage. Find out how to achieve this using MacBooks, iPads or Chromebooks as well as some teaching methods.

Speakers

Jarod Bormann

Instructional Technology Integration, Keystone AEA

https://www.professionallydriven.com/author

Monday October 13, 2014 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
314

GENERAL SESSION, Administrators, Building Level Leadership, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- PK-2 Teachers, Technical Management- IT Personnel

8:00am CDT

Artechnology

Come learn about the latest technology for the art classroom. This session will cover the use of Artsonia (The world's largest online kids art museum) and other great technologies to use in the art room!

Speakers

Virginia Rogers

Instructional Coach, DMPS

Transformative technologies are my passion. I love a heated discussion about how technology impacts the 21st century learning environment. I also enjoy designing effective instruction that infuses technology at the core to support our learner's futures!

Tuesday October 14, 2014 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
308

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

8:00am CDT

Google-Proofing Your Assignments

Google can be our friend or our foe. When homework depends more on Google finding the answers than our students- it is definitely our foe. We will look at different ways of creating assignments that take the work out of Google's hands and place it back in the students'.

Speakers

Beth Swantz

Digital Learning Consultant, Grant Wood AEA

Tuesday October 14, 2014 8:00am - 8:50am CDT
320

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

11:00am CDT

Badge System Development, Design and Application

This presentation will share the process and tools used to develop two badge systems for professional development in the K-12 setting and at the Center for Technology in Learning and Teaching at ISU. Topics include badge design, achievement types, evidence of learning, automation, and more.

Speakers

Dennis Culver

Instructional Specialist, Iowa State University

Carrie Hillman

Technology Integrationist, Nevada Community Schools

Carrie is an educator who has always had a passion for using and integrating technology in meaningful and powerful ways. Carrie is the Technology Integration Specialist for the Nevada Community School District. She assists teachers and students with infusing technology into the curriculum while inspiring them to think and learn in new ways. Carrie also is an assistant teaching professor at Iowa State University, in which she works with pre-service teachers on designing effective courses... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
106

GENERAL SESSION, Administrators, Building Level Leadership, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers, Secondary

Level Intermediate

11:00am CDT

Flipped Learning for All

So you've heard of Flipped Learning, but you want to start implementing it. How do you take what you teach and begin flipping it? Is it just making videos? What would your classroom time look like after flipping? In this workshop-style session, Jarod Bormann will lead you through three keep steps to begin successful flipping. The goal by the end of the session is to flip a single lesson that you already teach! Please bring a device and headphones :)

Speakers

Jarod Bormann

Instructional Technology Integration, Keystone AEA

https://www.professionallydriven.com/author

Tuesday October 14, 2014 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
320

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

11:00am CDT

Stop, Collaborate and English

Alright stop collaborate and English, Gina Rogers is back with a brand new edition of collaborative tools for the English classroom tools. Something to grab a hold of you tightly, like annotation tools and collaborative writing and reading tools. Will it ever stop? Yes, after about 50 minutes, but hopefully you will exit with a number of ideas to bring back to your ELA classroom.

Speakers

Gina Rogers

Digital Learning Consultant, Grant Wood AEA

Gina Rogers is a instructional technology consultant at Grant Wood AEA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Before accepting her position at GWAEA, Gina was a high school English and Language Arts teacher in two 1:1 districts in eastern Iowa. She taught everything from 9th grade ELA to College... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 11:00am - 11:50am CDT
308

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

1:00pm CDT

An Introduction to Blended Learning Using Blended Learning

An Introduction to Blended Learning using Blended Learning! - The development of a blended classroom in a high school biology course will be detailed. Participants will interact with the exact blended learning system that the presenters students encounter in class so bring your iPad / mobile device and be ready to go to work!

Speakers

Paul Mugan

Biology Teacher, Waverly Shellrock High School

I'm a '91 Wartburg College graduate and have been teaching high school science ever since! I completed a Masters in '08 through University of Wisconsin Stout's online program and it has influenced my teaching profoundly! Since then, I have been focused on Blended Learning and have... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
310

GENERAL SESSION, Administrators, Building Level Leadership, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

1:00pm CDT

Here are 60 Chrome Extensions in Only 50 Minutes

Let's maximize Chrome for students and teachers by using the extensions! There are extensions that can be used to help support student learning and instruction. I will go through some of my favorite Chrome extensions in 60 minutes and give some application ideas along the way, so hold on to your hats! This slide deck is always being updated, so you are bound to find something new!

Speakers

Stacy Behmer

Coordinator of Digital Learning/Media Services, Grant Wood AEA

Stacy is a former elementary and middle school teacher and also spent some time as a district technology director. She is currently the Coordinator of Digital Learning & Media Services at Grant Wood AEA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she works with a team of digital learning consultants... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 1:00pm - 1:50pm CDT
315

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- PK-2 Teachers

2:10pm CDT

Formative Assessment Tools for Any Device

How do we know whether or not our students are understanding the content that is being presented? Formative assessment! In this session you will learn about a variety of device agnostic formative assessment tools like Geddit, Infuse Learning, Socrative, Kahoot, and Pear Deck. We will even throw in some Google Forms for fun. Stop wondering what the students understand and start knowing!

Speakers

Gina Rogers

Digital Learning Consultant, Grant Wood AEA

Tuesday October 14, 2014 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
309

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

2:10pm CDT

Show Your Stuff with Digital Badges

Are you looking for a way to motivate students and teachers in technology instruction? Then digital badges are for you. The presenters will discuss their experiences with digital badges and competency based tech instruction with both students and staff members. Come to discuss and learn together on this buzz-worthy topic.

Speakers

Sarah Freking

District Technology Director, Storm Lake CSD

I am passionate about helping teachers integrate technology. I absolutely believe that a new paradigm of teaching and learning is necessary to teach 21st Century students. We owe it to our students to provide them with the greatest source of information available today-the Intern... Read More →

Christine Sturgeon

Supervisor of Lending Library/Delivery, Prairie Lakes AEA

Christine Sturgeon serves as both the supervisor of the lending library for Prairie Lakes AEA and district teacher librarian for Manson Northwest Webster Schools in northwest Iowa. She is Board President of Iowa Student Learning Institute (IowaSLI), a nonprofit student voice organization... Read More →

Tuesday October 14, 2014 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
106

GENERAL SESSION, Building Level Leadership, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

Level Intermediate

2:10pm CDT

There is EVEN MORE with Google Apps

Once you have done the core apps that Google for Education has to offer, then it is time to keep adding tools to your toolbox! This session will go through some of those little know tools and provide ways you can incorporate them in your classroom! We will look at goodies like: Search Curriculum, My Maps (formerly Map Engine Lite), SmartyPins, Voice, Moderator, Spell Up, Google Docs Storybuilder and some other goodies!

Speakers

Stacy Behmer

Coordinator of Digital Learning/Media Services, Grant Wood AEA

Tuesday October 14, 2014 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
104/105

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation -Elementary Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers

2:10pm CDT

Using Edpuzzle in the Flipped Classroom

Like the idea of the flipped classroom but worried about getting your students to watch the videos? Use Edpuzzle to monitor whether your students watch the videos and even embed questions and comments right into the video they are watching.

Speakers

Kent Muyskens

Tuesday October 14, 2014 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
308

GENERAL SESSION, Classroom Implementation - HS Teachers, Classroom Implementation- MS Teachers