NJECC’s 33rd Annual Technology Conference ~ January 8th, 2019 Keynote ~ Dr. Michelle Schmitz, Apple Distinguished Educator, Principal "Pioneering Change in Education" (Sponsored by Apple Education)
Dr. Schmitz is an elementary administrator who IS reimagining and rethinking education to meet the needs of today’s learner. Schmitz is the founding principal of EPiC Elementary where Every Person is Inspired to Create, a learning environment that is redesigning education based on three pillars: Empowering Creativity, Equipping Students, and Engaging Communities. Her mission is to challenge your thinking and provide real-world ideas that will push your students to be creative thinkers, collaborators, and innovative problem solvers.
Tuesday Presentations and Workshops Join us for more than 100 presentations featuring professionals teaching in K-12 schools and universities. This year we will feature strands for Library Media Specialists, Special Education Teachers, Math Teachers and English/Language Arts Teachers. We will offer hands-on sessions and BYOD sessions. All presentations and workshops are listed below. You are free to choose from any of the sessions when you register for Tuesday, January 8th, 2019. The detailed schedule will be available mid-December. If you choose to attend our post-conference workshops, taking place on January 9th and January 10th, you must register for the sessions individually.
Hands-On Post Conference Workshops are listed below by date and time. Please choose your post conference workshops when you register.
Cost: The fee for Tuesday is $110 for NJECC members and $125 for non-members. All individual workshops on the post conference days are $110 (member) and $125 (non-member) for each workshop. Google Certification Preparation Workshop Level 1on post conference days is $279.00 (member) and $299.00 (non-member).
Exhibition Area: Come visit our exhibition area to view displays and demonstrations from vendors featuring the latest in educational technology products and services.
PLCs are most effective when there is an organized way to meet, learn, and grow professionally. Microsoft Teams provides that medium to bring educators together in person or virtually so they can discuss, share, learn and grow professionally all the while keeping resources and communications at the educator's fingertips.
Learning Objectives: ·Create Staff Teams for working together in PLCs ·Discover how to get on staff calendars through Meetings and Meet Now ·Set tasks for professional learning success using Planner ·Create and collaborate together in the PLC Notebook
Pear Deck is a great technological resource to utilize in your classroom to connect to all learners of every age and different abilities. Students will have a voice and participate more, while being engaged and actively learning, and can respond to different types of formative assessments. Along with Pear Deck, you will be able to utilize Flashcard Factory and provide reinforcement for vocabulary words. Pear Deck is Google-friendly and works well with google slides and google classroom.
Raise your hand if you’re overwhelmed with the multitude of fantastic edtech tools out there - and having to remember passwords for them! Which of those tools would be best for the different learners in your classes? Come check out a portal of tools that are sorted by learning style to help you effectively and seamlessly differentiate in your class. Technology tools to address the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners in your classes will be the focus as you explore and evaluate these differentiated resources! Bonus Alert - Get a free ClassLink account to check out how it saves passwords for you! BYOD - A laptop is preferred for this session.
Director of Community and Professional Learning, Classlink
With over 30 years of experience in education as teacher, technology administrator, and professional developer, Jamie Meola Saponaro is an instructional strategies consultant and technology integration specialist as the owner/founder of InTECHgration Consulting. Additionally, as... Read More →
Tuesday January 8, 2019 2:20pm - 3:20pm EST
Room 2042Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ
Do you have families asking you to recommend educational websites? Are you looking for free web resources to use with your students? I will share some of my favorites, and then we can recommend sites to one another. This will be a collaborative workshop -- get ready to share!
Do you use Google Slides for your presentations? I do, too, but there is so much more you can do with the features in Google Slides. Learn how to use Google Slides to create posters, comic strips, choose-your-own adventure stories, stop-motion animation, formative assessments, and more!
Teaching health sciences and well being is a topic that has come to the forefront of education. In this session we will explore tools to assist in teaching health, wellness and Sciences to students of all grades.
This presentation explores free and low-cost options for educators to integrate Augmented Reality in a variety of K-12 subject areas. We will look at some examples of AR apps that can be used on a tablet or mobile device. You will learn how to make interactive augmented reality experiences that you can start using in your classroom immediately. Some apps that will be explored include HP Reveal, Quiver, & iDinosaur.
We all know that hands-on learning is the future. MakerSpaces are answering that call. They are popping up all over, but are they effective? Do all students have access? Are they integrated into the culture of the school district and the community? This session is a conversation to discover how you can improve the STEM/Maker experience at your school district. Bring your questions.
STEM/Makerspace Teacher, Hackensack Public Schools
Dan Borghoff is an edtech specialist, teacher, and maker, currently teaching STEM Design at Hackensack Middle School in Hackensack, NJ. His work with developing student-driven MakerSpaces has been featured on programs like the “NJEA Classroom CloseUp” series as well as the local... Read More →
Tuesday January 8, 2019 2:20pm - 3:20pm EST
Room 1030
Is the content that you share with your students accessible to those with special needs? Get an edge on accessibility compliance with UDL and technology tips and make the content you post to your learning management system accessible to all.
Learn about a "Business as Unusual" approach to professional learning that caused a positive shift in culture that encouraged risk-taking amongst teachers and in turn amplified student voice. Attendees will leave with simple, practical ideas for cultivating empowered educators that can be implemented the next day!
An interactive session that offers beginning strategies on how to implement gaming concepts in any classroom to help kids become addicted to learning and to modify behaviors. Come away with the tools needed to transform your classroom into a learning adventure!
Teacher of English, Freeehold Regional High School District, Aberdeen Consultants, Inc.
Dr. Shantel Marie Scott is a passionate educator and Google for Education Certified Innovator changing lives, with technology, one classroom at a time. Dr. Scott has 15 years of experience teaching English in grades 7-12. With deep roots in innovating classroom instruction, Dr. Scott... Read More →
Teacher of English, Freehold Regional High School District, Aberdeen Consultants, Inc.
My case was an interesting Breast Cancer Diagnosis. I was diagnosed with HER2New + on one breast and than two weeks later with Triple Negative on the other side. After chemo, time for genetic testing and find out that I am BRACA 1 positive. I do things BIG, I like to say Next came... Read More →
Tuesday January 8, 2019 2:20pm - 3:20pm EST
Room 3007Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ
Looking for different ways to assess kids’ understanding? Empower your students to be collaborators and producers of content, rather than consumers. Watch your students teach others by creating instructional videos (bits) and other collaborative tasks to deepen understanding and foster cross-curricular concepts. Examine digital teaching and learning strategies from K-12 classroom experiences (specifically in mathematics). Learn how to shift your practice and teach for the love of learning and joy!
Join us to learn more about what’s new for schools in iOS, macOS, and tvOS. • Learn about the latest Apple products and explore new features in iOS and macOS. • See how Apple School Manager, a single destination for IT admins, simplifies and streamlines deployment. • Discover how teaching tools like Classroom and Schoolwork make it easy to guide how students use devices and apps in the classroom and provide valuable insight into each student's progress.
Are you looking for a fun, inexpensive way to teach hands-on coding to your students? Learn how to use this tiny programmable computer that enables users to see their code come to life. Use block or text coding via Microsoft’s web-based MakeCode to program the Micro:Bit. Perfect for beginners as well as more experienced coders. Bring your device (with USB port) and I will provide some Micro:Bits!
Summit Public Schools embarked on an elementary coding and robotics initiative. The evolution included developing a scope & sequence, cross-curricular curriculum, and selecting robotics hardware in collaboration with the District Library Media Specialists. Elementary students will have a year's worth of hands-on instruction progressing through drawing, block, and text-based coding languages and programming robots. Media Specialists and Technology Coaches wrote the curriculum with a scope and sequence. All grade levels will have eight unique lessons taught by the Library Media Specialists.
An equation editor, new tools for exploration and Smart Lab classroom activities to increase engagement and motivation in the math classroom. Ideas to use in your lessons to enhance instruction and student understanding.
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems provide an avenue for students with significant speech and language difficulties to communicate in a variety of ways, including voice-output technology. The field of AAC has significantly evolved in recent years, including its impact on education and learning. Accordingly, the definition of communicative competence has also been updated. This session will address research-based examples of the skills to become an effective communicator using AAC at school and beyond!
Assistive Technology Professional, Gramon Family of Schools
Tracy is certified as a Speech-Language Pathologist and credentialed as an Assistive Technology Professional (ATP). With over 20 years of experience working with individuals with developmental and acquired disabilities, she is currently a member of the Gramon Family of Schools administrative... Read More →
Tuesday January 8, 2019 2:20pm - 3:20pm EST
Room 2007Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave, Montclair, NJ
Come learn how the New Jersey AT Act Project partnered with the Asbury Park School District to create Raspberry Pi Assistive Technology solutions in order to increase independence for residents across NJ. Staff also collaborated to raise awareness in local schools about people with disabilities and the power of AT.
