2018 AISD Science + Mathematics X Conference: Full Schedule

8:00am CDT

BLEND Mechanics

Are you ready to learn about BLEND and implement for the upcoming school year? This full-day course is designed for novices or those wanting a refresher on all of BLEND's core features and applications. If you are wanting to learn about advanced features in BLEND, then please attend the "Moving toward Mastery with Outcomes, Rubrics and Advanced Modules" sessions during the general conference. Separate pre-registration required for PreCon sessions; register at http://bit.ly/asmxcon18_attend **Open to AISD staff only.

Speakers

Erin Keefe

Monday July 30, 2018 8:00am - 4:00pm CDT
JBWN 202

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

8:30am CDT

Earth Science 1 Day Content Institute

Come join us in making the Earth Science TEKS fun and engaging for all students. Teachers will be going through activities within the Earth Science stand of the TEKS. We will go through the SPG's, the YPG's, and the lessons that accompany those areas while highlighting specific lessons in grades 3 - 5. We will share lots of different resources and ways to integrate STEM lessons with other subject areas. Separate pre-registration required for PreCon sessions; register at http://bit.ly/asmxcon18_attend **Open to AISD staff only.

Speakers

Kim Taylor

Science/Math Coach

Marcos Varela

Teacher

Monday July 30, 2018 8:30am - 3:30pm CDT
JBWS 265

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Elementary Science Streamlined TEKS Overview

Elementary teachers are invited to an overview of the new streamlined Science TEKS for grades 1-5. Elementary specialists will facilitate a discussion on instructional implications and review changes on the 2018-19 Yearly Planning Guide (YPG). Separate pre-registration required for PreCon sessions; register at http://bit.ly/asmxcon18_attend

This workshop will be offered again on Thursday, Aug 2, at 2:00 pm as part of the general conference; preregistration for that sessions is not required. Teachers are welcomed to attend either session. **Open to AISD staff only.

Speakers

Paula Noe

Lee Warren

Monday July 30, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
JBWS 163

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Elementary Science Streamlined TEKS Overview

Speakers

Paula Noe

Lee Warren

Monday July 30, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
JBWS 165

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Elementary Science Streamlined TEKS Overview

Speakers

Paula Noe

Lee Warren

Monday July 30, 2018 9:00am - 11:00am CDT
JBWS 161

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Differentiating Instruction Without Losing Your Mind Or Your Marriage

Our classrooms are filled with students from a wide variety of educational backgrounds, languages, cultures, life experiences, learning styles and ability. Learn and practice strategies that are proven, practical, powerful and EASY TO IMPLEMENT. Motivate and engage all your students. In this fun session, you will get to participate in at least 1 strategy to see how it works. These strategies are useful for K-12 educators (you can easily modify them for your grade level), curriculum specialists and principals. No technology is needed. You will leave this session with several strategies to create a learning environment where everyone is learning, everyone is engaged, and you get home in time for dinner!

Speakers

Jackie Matthews, M.Ed.

National Trainer/Consultant, The Empowered Classroom

Jackie is passionate about helping schools become highly successful by using positive, effective classroom management and student engagement strategies. She works with individual schools and entire school districts to teach research-based, powerful, proven, and effective strategies... Read More →

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 186

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Discovery Education Presents Spotlight On Strategies

Discovery Education provides creative, research-based instructional strategies, presented by teachers for teachers. These simple instructional strategies incorporate digital media in meaningful, effective, and practical ways. From Assessment to Vocabulary Development, SOS Strategies has something for everyone, and comes with a complete lesson plan including needed materials.

Speakers

Vanessa Jones

Technology Design Coach, Austin Independent School District

Vanessa is a Technology Design Coach for Austin ISD. She has worked in the Dept of Technology for over 20 years. She has taught third through six grades. In 2017, she was a finalist for the TCEA Technology Special of the Year Award and was once recognized as Intel's Education 20... Read More →

Shelley May

Technology Design Coach, Austin ISD

Shelley grew up in Houston, Texas, graduating from Bellaire High School. She attended the University of Texas at Austin and received her B.S. in Education. She later attended the Lawyer's Assistant Program at Southwest Texas State University and after graduation, was a legal assistant... Read More →

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 165

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Fundraising Strategies 101: Grants and Crowdfunding

Do you have great ideas that impact students, but don’t have the resources to fund your idea? Join us as we discuss different fundraising opportunities and strategies that will help you find resources to support your classroom projects! You will learn the common key elements for developing a fundraising concept and tips for success. This session is focused on K-12 grant funding opportunities and crowdfunding strategies and is intended for teachers, campus support staff/coaches. Come prepared with ideas that you would like to fundraise for.

Speakers

Juliana Castillo

Administrative Supervisor of Partnerships, Office Of Innovation and Development

Grants 101 18 19 Final pdf

Proposal Outline Builder docx

Concept Development and Grant Components pdf

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 267

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science, Mathematics, STEM
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Early Childhood, High School, Middle School

9:00am CDT

Talk Like A Scientist

Vocabulary is the basic building block for struggling students to learn new concepts and to be able to apply them. How can we create ways for students to not only learn the words, but use them authentically in their classroom interactions? I will share ways to teach students to use, learn and master science vocabulary. I have many games, ideas and concepts to share about integrating science vocabulary into the classroom on a daily basis. This workshop was presented at NSTA an dwas very well received.

Speakers

Kim Taylor

Science/Math Coach

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Kahoot! Your Way To Great Lessons

Come learn (or review) about Kahoot!, a great edtech tool that kids love and you'll love too. You will learn ways to incorporate Kahoot! into your lessons as a teaching aid, as reinforcement, and as homework - including some ways to incorporate it into BLEND. You'll then have a chance to create your own Kahoot! for the first days of school AND win some fabulous prizes. Bring a charged laptop and be ready to change your classroom!

Speakers

Helen Wilson

Teacher, Austin ISD

With ten years of science teaching under my belt, I moved to Austin in 2012, teaching at Akins High School for three years before joining the faculty at LASA. I'm passionate about science education and edtech, and I look forward to sharing my enthusiasm and interest with all of... Read More →

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 361

Technology Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Moving And Manipulating In Biology: From Gametogenesis To Giving Birth

Biological concepts are often abstract and difficult for students to understand. In this session we will explore several manipulatives related to meiosis, sexual reproduction, and giving birth (a positive feedback loop). Intended for high school biology educators who will participate in each manipulative and receive access to the files for utilization in their classroom.

Speakers

Jennifer Kaszuba

Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin STEM Center

Jennifer works to find ways to engage all students in authentic science experiences to help them realize the wonders of science.

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWN 222

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Biology
Audience (Grade Level) High School

9:00am CDT

Maximizing Mental Agility

The workshop highlights six facets of human thought that are simultaneously hidden and obvious. Most of us are unaware that these factors control the way that we think, and yet, when we are told about them, we recognize situations where they have affected our thinking. By making these characteristics explicit, we give people more insight into the strengths and weaknesses of their own thinking. We then provide specific techniques based on these insights that they can use to be more effective in the workplace and beyond. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Markman

University of Texas Austin

Dr. Markman is the Annabel Irion Centennial Professor of Psychology and Marketing at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 from the University of Illinois and worked at Northwestern University and Columbia University before coming to The University of Texas... Read More →

Tuesday July 31, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 266

Whole Teacher Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

10:15am CDT

Explore free, quality PBS resources available for classrooms PK-12

We at PBS like to be good neighbors to the people we admire most in the world, like teachers. To that end, PBS has a bounty of resources to share, including PBS LearningMedia, our digital archive of assets for educators, and PBS TeacherLine, offering just-in-time coursework to brush up or acquire new skills. Staff from the local PBS station, KLRU, will walk you through how to obtain these assets anywhere in the 50 states and US territories, and how to share among colleagues, students, and families.

Speakers

Benjamin P Kramer

VP Education, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS

The power and potential of PBS LearningMedia, the digital archive of 120K PBS materials, made available for free for educators, and aligned to TEKS.

Tuesday July 31, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 186

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, High School, Middle School

10:15am CDT

New Year... New Results

Q & A session will provide insight into systems, resources, and strategies to increase performance.

Speakers

Paula Noe

Tuesday July 31, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 165

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

10:15am CDT

Using Math Reasoning Screeners to Inform Instruction

What are they thinking?! This presentation is intended for K-5 educators interested in learning more about using math reasoning screeners as formative and summative assessment tools to evaluate and understand student thinking and to inform instruction. We will give an overview of several free math reasoning screeners available for teacher use and share the nuts and bolts of how we implemented a selected math reasoning screener for the first time in the 2017-2018 school year. Attendees will leave with a roadmap for implementing math screeners in their classrooms or campuses along with access to online resources for getting started. Interactive PowerPoint presentation with handout resources; participant technology optional.

Speakers

Elexa Antweil

2nd Grade Teacher, Austin ISD

Jennifer Hopper

Math Specialist, Austin ISD

I have served in education as a classroom teacher, an educational technologist, instructional designer, and currently as a math specialist. My most recent focus (and passion!) is understanding the progression of math learning and also the topic of procedural versus conceptual understanding... Read More →

Final Numeracy Screener Presentation pdf

Using Math Reasoning Screeners to Inform Instruction pdf

Final Numeracy Screener Presentation (1) pptx

Contacts and Resources pdf

Tuesday July 31, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 264

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Early Childhood

10:15am CDT

Helping Students Succeed With Geometry Concepts Through The Use Of Manipulatives

Do your students need some hands-on activities to help develop their understanding of geometry concepts? Discover the benefits of using manipulatives as well as some ways to use some manipulatives for geometry. Ideas will be shared for area, perimeter, volume, properties of shapes, transformations, and more!

Speakers

Kevin Dykema

Teacher, hand2mind

I'm passionate about having students understand the concepts, not just be able to do them!

Tuesday July 31, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals Literacy & Numeracy

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Middle School

12:30pm CDT

CANCELED - Java, Flash & HTML5, Oh My! A Tour Through Content & Device Compatibility

This session is designed for secondary teachers who may be wondering why some of your favorite online content no longer works. Content in Java and Flash is increasingly not supported. Bring a charged laptop with the Chrome browser installed so that you participate in a guided experience in which you will: Test your devices and browsers to see if they support Java, Flash, or HTML5; Check and adjust your settings for quick trouble-shooting tips; Take a quick tour through available PhET simulations and H5P content; and Learn how to embed them in your BLEND course.

Speakers

Rita Fennelly-Atkinson

Technology Design Coach/VILS Coach, Austin ISD

For more than 10 years, Rita has served students for multiple districts as both a general and special education teacher in secondary science. She is currently serving as a Technology Design Coach for Austin ISD as a VILS coach for Sadler Means YWLA.

Tory Hanabury

Jack McGavick

Tuesday July 31, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
JBWS 267

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Middle School, High School

12:30pm CDT

Developing Multiplication And Division With Manipulatives

How can I help my students better understand multiplication and division, rather than trying to memorize a series of steps? See how using manipulatives can help your students better understand these important concepts Discover why manipulatives are a powerful tool in developing conceptual understanding, which leads to procedural fluency.

Speakers

Kevin Dykema

Teacher, hand2mind

I'm passionate about having students understand the concepts, not just be able to do them!

Tuesday July 31, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
JBWS 366

Literacy & Numeracy Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

12:30pm CDT

Pick Plickers!

Plickers is a free online tool you can use to collect data from your students and receive instant feedback to share with your class. All you need is a set of printed Plickers cards, a computer, and one mobile device! You can ask any question in multiple choice format, collect your students' answers using your device's camera when they hold up their Plickers card, and the data will be immediately represented in an easy-to-read bar graph that will help you and your students discover common errors in understanding and gauge your students' mastery of the skills you are teaching. This is an excellent tool to use for formative assessments, exit tickets, and student surveys!

Speakers

Shelby Ottley Bujan

4th grade teacher

Plickers Getting Started pdf

Tuesday July 31, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
JBWS 163

Technology Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

12:30pm CDT

Behavior Change & Influence

We all aim to keep up our motivation to do our best. But, what does that really mean? How can we consistently achieve peak performance at work and at home? This workshop provides you with core scientific principles from psychology to help you understand your personality and motivation. These principles are also essential for successful idea generation and unlocking individual and team creativity. Six lessons will be presented to help you to get to know yourself better and to understand how your feelings and goals influence your effectiveness. You will leave this class with specific tools and exercises to help you and the people around you to reach new heights. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Markman

University of Texas Austin

Tuesday July 31, 2018 12:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 266

Whole Teacher Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:45pm CDT

CANCELED - Space Science: It's In Your Hands!!

Updated for 2018!! While space science can be exciting, evoking thoughts of Star Trek or Star Wars, elementary students can be challenged to learn the actual processes behind the seasons, Moon phases, and the difference between rotation and revolution. How can we make this learning accessible to all types of learners? We'll explore a variety of Earth, Sun, Moon science concepts and some concrete, hands-on ways to make these concepts attainable and retainable for students. Participants: a laptop will be helpful, but not essential (websites and downloadable lessons and materials will be explored); expect to see, and if time, handle, multiple, easy-to-make/find materials to use with students.

Speakers

Michael Massad

Tuesday July 31, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 267

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

1:45pm CDT

Get Your Students Talking: Discourse Strategies For Grades 3-12

If we want to better help students understand we must first determine what they understand and what they misunderstand. How? Ask them to explain their thinking. This session will engage math and science educators of grades 3-12 in strategies for promoting student discourse. From setting and maintaining norms to specific strategies to promote structured conversations we will practice and discuss how your classroom can become a place where students discuss and debate their ideas while supporting the group’s understanding of content.

Speakers

Jennifer Kaszuba

Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin STEM Center

Jennifer works to find ways to engage all students in authentic science experiences to help them realize the wonders of science.

Tuesday July 31, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWN 222

Fundamentals Literacy & Numeracy

Audience (Subject) Science, Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:45pm CDT

Math Tasks And Manipulatives: A Winning Combination

Rich mathematical tasks that engage students in solving and discussing are a vital part of a mathematics classroom. Manipulatives can be utilized as a tool to help students with such tasks by providing entry points for each and every student. Come explore some rich tasks utilizing a variety of manipulatives.

Speakers

Kevin Dykema

Teacher, hand2mind

I'm passionate about having students understand the concepts, not just be able to do them!

Tuesday July 31, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 366

Literacy & Numeracy Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Elementary Science Notebooks Grades K - 5Th

Science notebooks are a tool scientists use to process their data, ideas, and thinking using language. Many ah-ha moments come through the use of notebooks. Come see how an Elementary campus is implementing the use of science notebooks grades K-5. I will be sharing samples and giving you ways to engage students in thinking, processing, and learning new concepts to increase scientific literacy through the use of notebooks. We will be walking through set-up, organization, assessing, and feedback. If you have ever struggled with how to give timely feedback, please come as I will be sharing many differet ways to help you get a handle on how to actually view, assess learning and give feedback in a timely way.

Speakers

Kim Taylor

Science/Math Coach

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWN 202

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary

9:00am CDT

Making Google Work For You

The Google for Education suite of tools offers opportunities to create and collaborate. In this short session, we will discuss navigating and organizing content in google drive, how to set sharing permissions for files, and the basic functions of docs, sheets, slides, and forms. These tools can help shift a learning experience from consumption of information to production of knowledge in a collaborative and creative platform. The intended audience is for beginner to intermediate Google users. This is not a hands on presentation but please bring a device to follow along. Come learn about what Google can do for your classroom!

Speakers

Cari Collins

Technology Design Team, Austin ISD

@clcollin Cari Collins: Cari has a background in Special Education and has worked within Austin ISD for more than 15 years in various capacities as a Project Manager, Trainer, and Professional Development Provider. She is currently working as a Technology Design Coach and strongly advoc... Read More →

Howard Martin

Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD

Anybody want some promotional flyers from UnitedStreaming? Ha! Of all of the the professional groups that I have belonged to over many years, the Discovery Educator Network is by far the most influential group. I've met many people over the years and some single-day experiences... Read More →

Diane Wells

Technology Design Team, Austin ISD

@dianewellsDiane has worked as an elementary educator for more than 15 years with a strong focus on math and technology. She currently works as an AISD technology design coach who champions inclusive practices and an empathetic understanding of the student experience... Read More →

Making Google Work For You link in MSWord docx

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 361

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Oh The Math That They'Ll Know

Come prepared to play math games that incorporate the use of highly motivating and engaging manipulatives. Cards and dice will be used to teach primary math concepts including number sense, operations, place value, counting, comparing numbers and fact families/patterns. Participants will learn how to differentiate the games and activities to reach a wide range of learners in their programs including how to use games for small groups, centers, and solitaire activities. Participants will learn management techniques to help students successfully engage in game playing, how to use games for assessment and how to develop strategy books with their students. Using games as a teaching strategy is a powerful way to reach all learners. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Stephanie Bainbridge

Math Consultant, Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

Stephanie has been a US Box Cars consultant for the past ten years while teaching in her home state of Missouri. She has extensive experience teaching in ESL, grades 5 - 9 math, and background working with students from high poverty inner city communities. Stephanie has presented... Read More →

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals Equity

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood

9:00am CDT

Superspeed Math – A Fun And Engaging Way To Learn +. -, X, ÷ With Fluency.

Elementary teachers! Want to see a fun and engaging way for students of all ages to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fraction math facts? SuperSpeed Math is a Whole Brain Teaching Game that does just that! It starts with the simplest arithmetic and increases in difficulty as you move to the next ‘level’. It works for English Language Learners too. It is so entertaining that students will ask to play the game. (Not realizing they are learning too!) Take a look at this positive and fun way to learn math facts. No more boring worksheets that only put kids to sleep and turn them off. Turn them ON to SuperSpeed Math!

Speakers

Ed Yeager

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 161

Literacy & Numeracy Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Teaching Science Using PBL Micro-Lessons

New to problem-based learning and uncomfortable planning unit-long PBL projects? Learn how to use tenets of problem-based learning to create engaging lessons that push students to ask a deeper “why.” In this session, we will explore how teachers can create PBL micro-lessons with few materials and lots of creativity to teach science TEKS and challenge student pre-conceived notions in a lecture spanning a single class period.

Speakers

Dani Lindo

8th Grade Science Teacher, AISD

I started my career as a behavioral interventionist working with kids with autism and severe developmental delays. After transitioning to teaching, I became a Chemistry teacher in South Los Angeles where I specialized in problem-based learning. While in LA, I attended the University... Read More →

Teaching Science through Problem Based Learning pptx

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 268

Student Agency Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Refresh of HMH Science Fusion Digital Resources + Sneak Peak of HMH BLEND Modules

HMH Science Fusion is AISD's adopted textbook resource for Science, grades 1-8. If you are new to the district, haven't yet explored these resources, or simply need a reminder of what's available, then please plan to attend this workshop. Teachers will also be introduced to HMH Science Fusion resources that will soon be available in BLEND, allowing you to easily integrate Science Fusion activities and materials into your BLEND modules.

Link to slide deck is below:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qCIZtkMcrvFMCmCC501BMWlIBbNcHswnUUURZ0tZRYk/edit?usp=sharing

Speakers

Juan Medrano

Leslie York

Instructional Materials Integration Specialist, Austin ISD

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWN 206

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Middle School

9:00am CDT

Scientists In The Classroom: A Roadmap

Discover how one campus designed and implemented a program that virtually invites scientsists and researchers into the classroom and encourages student participation, public speaking, critical thinking, and curiosity. Research on the program's effectiveness and impact on students will also be presented.

2017-2018 speakers included two former US ambassadors (Russia & South Korea), leading scientists at the Smithsonian, Field, Natural History Museum, and La Brea Tar Pits. A wildlife photographer (NPR film on Cheetahs) from Zimbabwe, One of the members of the NASA Mars Mission study conducted on a Hawiian volcano for 366 days. The top female astronaut (Peggy Whitson). The United Nations was one of the final speakers.

A total of 51 noted speakers (31 female, 20 male) spoke to the McMath Middle School students over the course of the year. Next year will include at least one Nobel Leaurate as well as the Head of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Virtually all speakers have volunteered to participate again next year.

All talks were really a Q&A with the students interacting with the speakers. These were not lectures but engagements with the students. About 150 career choices were addressed over the course of the year. The sessions are held during the student's lunch period so no extra demands are put on the school administration.

Cost to the school system: $0

Speakers

Christopher Long

Assistant Professor

William Reed

Presentation to Austin ISD final pptx

Kid to Kid Cultural Exchange Summary for 2017 2018 school year Rev 3 docx

Speakers currently scheduled for the first two weeks of class docx

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWN 222

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) STEM, Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Behavior Change & Influence

Speakers

Markman

University of Texas Austin

Wednesday August 1, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 266

Whole Teacher Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

10:15am CDT

Space Science: It's In Your Hands!!

Speakers

Michael Massad

Wednesday August 1, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 362

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

10:15am CDT

Rolling On Fact Fluency

Attendees learn how to incorporate the use of dice and cards that focus on strategies for developing operational/fact fluency. Participants will learn engaging and hands on activities that they can use to help each student, at their own level, achieve success in math. They will learn how to create a learning environment that fosters student growth, excitement, and cooperative peer interaction. Structured game play is both engaging and motivating for students. Throughout the workshop participants will have opportunity to play each game, learn how to differentiate the activities, how to develop math journal extensions, maximize math talk, and how to use the game activities for assessment purposes. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Stephanie Bainbridge

Math Consultant, Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

Wednesday August 1, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals Equity

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

12:30pm CDT

Middle Years Math Fun'Die'Mentals

Participants will learn engaging and hands on activities that they can use to help each student, at their own level, achieve success in math. Participants will learn strategies for teaching middle years algebra, order of operations, probability, mixed operations, and coordinate geometry using games that incorporate dice and cards. Structured game play is both engaging and motivating for students. Participants will also learn how to differentiate these activities with a simple change of instruction or adding/taking away dice to meet the needs of all students while teaching the same concept. Participants will be given time to play games, ask questions and share. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Stephanie Bainbridge

Math Consultant, Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

Wednesday August 1, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Middle School

12:30pm CDT

Searching For Planets Beyond Our Own Solar System

I will give an overview of the field of exoplanets, or planets which orbit stars other than our Sun, aimed those interested in learning about and/or teaching students about exoplanets. I will discuss the different ways astronomers have been able to find exoplanets and how we will soon be able to search these planets for signs of alien life. I will also present and discuss some tools for teaching students about exoplanets in the classroom, including websites where students can join the search for themselves and maybe discover a new exoplanet. The session will be given in a lecture format, and no technology is required to participate.

Speakers

Dr. Andrew Vanderburg

Wednesday August 1, 2018 12:30pm - 1:30pm CDT
JBWS 262

Technology Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) STEM
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

12:30pm CDT

Maximizing Mental Agility

Speakers

Markman

University of Texas Austin

Wednesday August 1, 2018 12:30pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 266

Whole Teacher Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

1:45pm CDT

Elementary Science STAAR Spiral Review

In this session we will discuss the use of a "Big Topic Book" that will serve as a constant spiral review of the lessons throughout the year to help prepare for STAAR. We will go over the purpose, outline, and implementation process. You will also be able to create one to guide you during the school year. This resource can also be inplimented in other subjects as well as a quick guide for homework or test prep. Great for any grade! Especially 3rd - 5th.

Speakers

Lana Ewing

Wednesday August 1, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 161

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

1:45pm CDT

Shake, Shuffle And Roll Grades 1-2

Participants will learn engaging and hands on activities that they can use to help each student, at their own level, achieve success in math. They will learn how to create a learning environment that fosters student growth, excitement, and cooperative peer interaction. Structured game play is both engaging and motivating for students. Throughout the workshop participants will have opportunity to play each game, learn how to differentiate the activities, how to develop math journal extensions, maximize math talk, and how to use the game activities for assessment purposes. Student samples, game-boards, ideas for whole/small group instruction will be provided. **Open to AISD staff only**

Speakers

Stephanie Bainbridge

Math Consultant, Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks

Wednesday August 1, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 366

Fundamentals Equity

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

1:45pm CDT

Station Rotation Model In The Intermediate Classroom

For elementary school teachers (upper elementary in particular). How does the station rotation model work in a classroom? I will share how I use Blend to facilitate the station rotation model in my classroom, including differentiation for intervention and an accelerated/compacted program. I will share strategies for implementation in both low-tech and 1 to 1 settings, along with resources teachers can access to help set up stations. Come prepared to learn and see some examples of my Blend modules. There will be time at the end of the presentation for questions and sharing what works in your classroom. Your own laptop or device may be helpful, but not necessary.

Speakers

Melani Novinger

4th Grade Teacher

Wednesday August 1, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWS 362

Fundamentals Equity

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Middle School, High School

1:45pm CDT

Get Your Students Talking: Discourse Strategies For Grades 3-12

Speakers

Jennifer Kaszuba

Graduate Research Assistant, UT Austin STEM Center

Jennifer works to find ways to engage all students in authentic science experiences to help them realize the wonders of science.

Wednesday August 1, 2018 1:45pm - 2:45pm CDT
JBWN 222

Fundamentals Literacy & Numeracy

Audience (Subject) Science, Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Elementary Science Anchors Of Support

In this session we will go over how to create and use anchors of support to scaffold learning and help our visual learners as well as using them to grab the students attention and interest in a new lesson. You will be able to make the skeleton/outline of anchors of support for your classroom you will be using during the school year!

Speakers

Lana Ewing

Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 363

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Making Google Work For You

Speakers

Cari Collins

Technology Design Team, Austin ISD

Howard Martin

Technology Systems Trainer/ Instructional Designer, Austin ISD

Diane Wells

Technology Design Team, Austin ISD

Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 361

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, High School

9:00am CDT

Punnett Squares Squared: How Reconceptualizing Strategies Aids All Students

Instructional strategies relating to several biology standards will be presented, mainly 6(F) and 6(C). At Eastside High School Biology classes include both the main biology teacher and a science inclusion teacher who also teaches mathematics. Several areas that were difficult for students were examined by the inclusion teacher, and simpler and in some cases, less time-consuming strategies were developed.

Speakers

Karen Casto

Teacher, Austin Independent School District

I am a mathematics and science inclusion teacher at Eastside. I have taught precalculus, algebra 2, and will be teaching algebra 1 as well as being an inclusion teacher in biology this year.

Jessica Cherry

Teacher

I am going into my 6th year of teaching at Eastside Memorial High School. I have taught IPC, Biology, and will be teaching Environmental Sciences and A&P next year.

Punnett Squares pdf

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Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWN 204

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Biology
Audience (Grade Level) High School

9:00am CDT

Station Rotation Model In The Intermediate Classroom

Speakers

Melani Novinger

4th Grade Teacher

Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 362

Fundamentals Equity

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Take Matter And Energy Teks Outside

Participants will engage in hands on lessons and activities taking learning outside for Matter and Energy TEKS. Bring learning to life and help to create context for your students learning through the lens of the schoolyard. Be prepared for outdoor activities with a hat and water bottle.

Speakers

Anne Muller

Outdoor Learning Specialist, Austin ISD

Anne Muller is the Outdoor Learning Specialist for the Austin Independent School District. She works to connect children to nature through supporting the district curriculum, facilities use for green schoolyard features, professional development, field trips to the district demonstration... Read More →

Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
JBWS 161

Whole Child Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

9:00am CDT

Friday Math Challenges

We will explore the many rewards students and teachers receive from Friday Challenges. These challenges offer students a way to collaborate, problem solve, use critical thinking and think about problems in ways they never thought about before. It is a fun way to engage students in math and problem solving, and allow them to see problem solving as more than just numbers on paper. During this session we will use Growth Mindset to show students that somethings that seem impossible at first, are actually attainable. This session will explore 5 different challenges that students are excited to go home and share with parents. There is no technology required for this session, just bring your creative thinking skills and be prepared to be stumped!

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Speakers

Cyndi Larrimore

5th Grade Teacher, Austin ISD

I have been a 5th grade math and science teacher or 20 years. I am always on the lookout for new ways to engage and challenge my students.

Thursday August 2, 2018 9:00am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 261

Equity Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Mathematics
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

10:15am CDT

Conference Forms In Seconds!

Teachers will learn how to create and customize conference form data and templates using Google Sheets and Docs. Then, through the use of the Google add-on Autocrat, they will convert this data into conference forms for parents INSTANTLY. There will be further opportunities to learn how to create instant student log in cards, class lists, dismissal information charts, and much more using this quick document merging add-on. Teachers will need their AISD laptop or other Google Drive compatible device.

Speakers

Sarah Dyke

1st Grade Bilingual Teacher

I’m a 1st grade teacher who loves to use technology to make my teaching life a whole lot easier. I believe that - for teachers especially - tech should help us work smarter not harder! Ask me about all things Google.

Conference Forms in Seconds pdf

Thursday August 2, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 363

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) General
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

10:15am CDT

What To Do At The Zoo

If you are looking for a fieldtrip that does more than just get your students out of the classroom, join the Austin Zoo for "What To Do At The Zoo" to investigate how to get the most out of your trip to the zoo. We will discuss programming options, self-guided tour tips, before and after visit activities, and much more.

Speakers

Jennifer Chapman

Education Program Manager, Austin Zoo

Thursday August 2, 2018 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
JBWS 161

Student Agency Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary

2:00pm CDT

Elementary Science Streamlined TEKS Overview

Elementary teachers are invited to an overview of the new streamlined Science TEKS for grades 1-5. Elementary specialists will facilitate a discussion on instructional implications and review changes on the 2018-19 Yearly Planning Guide (YPG). This workshop will be offered again on Thursday, Aug 2, at 2:00 pm as part of the general conference; preregistration for that sessions is not required. Teachers are welcomed to attend either session.

Speakers

Paula Noe

Lee Warren

Thursday August 2, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
JBWS 186

Fundamentals

Audience (Subject) Science
Audience (Grade Level) Elementary