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Learning Together Conference 2017

Master Schedule - Scroll down to see the Breakout Sessions

Thursday
8:00-8:15 Welcome from Dr. Lancaster in PAC
8:15-8:30 Mary Patin Introduction in PAC
8:30-9:30 Dr. Robert Dillon Keynote in PAC
9:40-10:40 Breakout Session #1
10:50-11:50 Breakout Session #2
11:50-1:25 Lunch on your own
1:30-2:30 Breakout Session #3
2:45-3:45 Breakout Session #4

Friday
8:30-9:30 Breakout Session #5
9:40-10:40 Breakout Session #6
10:50-11:50 Breakout Session #7
11:50-1:25 Lunch on your own
1:30-2:50 Campus Reflective Conversations with Principals
3:00-3:30 Mary Patin Closing Session in PAC

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Information Center (Lost and Found) located in Room M101.
Mother’s room - for those that need privacy you can go to the Nurse Office located in the LTHS Annex.
Handouts and Presentations are uploaded inside of Sched this year.

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8:00am CST

Opening Session: Welcome, Introductions, and KeynoteLIMITED Performing Arts Center - Concert HallRobert Dillion • Dr. Brad Lancaster • Mary Patin

9:40am CST

LGBTQIA+ 101FULL Classroom M121Erin Kelly What is next with Digital Citizenship?FULL Classroom M111Craig Bennett Intro to Social Media in EducationFULL Classroom M210Nicole Siscaretti Fostering Independence and Fading Supports for Students with DisabilitiesFULL Classroom M212Midge Simmons • Albert Felts Keep the Rigor; Reduce the Workload: Collaborating with Kami and Google AppsFULL Computer Lab - M321Jody Foye Supporting Sensory Needs in the ClassroomFULL Classroom M211Susan Jeantete • Mai Moua • Mary Owen Using Desmos to Create Math ActivitiesFILLING Computer Lab - M220Jorge Jacquez Secondary Science Vertical AlignmentFILLING Science Lab M311Jose Gonzalez • Archie McHarg • Judith Mclaren • Ginger Meeks Charting A Course For Student-Centered Learning (Secondary)LIMITED Performing Arts Center - Concert HallRobert Dillion • John Ross Design Elements of Student Work that Grow Students’ “C’s”LIMITED Science Lab M312Tony Borash Bringing it all together for Elementary Science SuccessFULL Classroom M316Jennifer Neuse Kindergarten and First Grade Teacher CollaborationFILLING Classroom M318Sarah Collier Math Fluency Boot Camp K-5FULL Classroom M116Jordi Booher • Katelyn Houchin Teaching is Fun Again with Deeper LearningFULL Classroom M310 Theatre ArtsSheri Bates • Pete Hunt • Dana Schrader “Going Places with Google”: Google Maps, Google Tour Builder and Google InstituteFULL Computer Lab - M209Monica Wommack Crucial ConversationsFULL Classroom M108Stephanie Williams Technology 101FILLING Computer Lab - M319Claude Pardue • Todd Taylor Teaching with Technology - YouTubeFULL Classroom M105Jerrod Ackley Genius HourFULL Classroom M114Denise Posey • Elizabeth Steck Worth the RiskLIMITED Classroom M320Cathy Hill Google Magic: Is it an Illusion, or is it Real?FULL Classroom M207Amy Mayer Hooking High Achieving Students In Elementary Social StudiesLIMITED Classroom M115Melanie Cravey What is a Makerspace?LIMITED Digital Media Center M221Caitlin Hooker • Marisa Mejia Effective Formative Assessment with Google ToolsFILLING Classroom M206Cari Orts My students' college professors say they write well!LIMITED Classroom M109Cassie Wheatley Reading and Writing Strategies for the Reluctant LearnerFILLING Classroom M120Lauren Wright Using Sentence Templates to Block Blunders and Galvanize Great WritingLIMITED Classroom M117Janice Bech • Aaron Wedemeyer RTI and Smartgoals and Interventions, oh my!FULL Classroom M107Melanie Beninga • Amanda Prehn • Shannon Voges Biometric Screenings – Interactive Health Classroom M122Interactive Health Compassion FatigueFULL Classroom M201EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP) Take 10 - NURSES ONLYLIMITED Library Tables/WorkspaceKimberly Bates • Becca Harkleroad Improv Workshop for Theater Arts Teachers OnlyLIMITED Orchestra M407Jim Doyle STEAM in the Art Classroom L133Samantha Melvin Future Administrator Leadership AcademyFULL Annex Conference RoomDr. John Crain Complimentary Pain & Injury Assessments Classroom M205ARRIOSTI

10:50am CST

4 Goals of MisbehaviorFULL Classroom M121Samuel Hicks • Kim Kellner • Kara Lucas Working with Millennials: Ethical Considerations in an Acute Psychiatric SettingFILLING Classroom M117Aaron Cummins • Patrick Gorman TED-Ed: Spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and studentsFILLING Classroom M120Lamar Schrader Advanced Social Media in EducationFULL Classroom M210Nicole Siscaretti Fostering Independence and Fading Supports for Students with DisabilitiesFILLING Classroom M212Midge Simmons • Albert Felts IEP Goal WritingFULL Classroom M118Stephanie King Tier 2 Reading Interventions for Elementary TeachersFULL Classroom M211Lonnie Driggers • Diane Tilley • Shannon Voges Leader for Life: Connecting the Dots!FULL Classroom M108Kathleen Hassenfratz • Mary Patin Stroke Awareness and PreventionFULL Classroom M116Sarah Andrews Class Dojo and Behavior Management in Your ClassroomFULL Classroom M318Monica Diaz Carle • Brandy Szanyi Charting A Course For Student-Centered Learning (Elementary)FULL Science Lab M312Craig Bennett • Tony Borash Wake Your BrainFULL Classroom M106Brekka Larrew • Vanessa Malone TextasticFULL Classroom M109Brian Bass • Rachel Croci • Leslie Perez Preparing Middle School and High School PreAP and AP students for Success - Tips and Tools from AP ReadersFILLING Classroom M105Megan Holden • Jen McNiel Teaching Grade 4-8 Geometrical Concepts? Try a new angle!FILLING Classroom M114Sheri Remore Wonders and Hidden Gems of Using Google DocsFULL Computer Lab - M209Monica Wommack Amp Your Communication with G DocsFULL Classroom M206Cari Orts Beyond the Red Pen: Meaningful Feedback with Google ToolsLIMITED Classroom M207Amy Mayer Introduction to Windows 10FILLING Computer Lab - M319Pat Bartlett Schoology Rubrics: Can we build them? Yes, we can!LIMITED Classroom M320Cathy Hill Student and Educator Portfolios in SchoologyLIMITED Computer Lab - M220Marisa Mejia • Samuel Wideman Supporting English Language LearnersFILLING Classroom M119Christina Shoemate • Alex Thompson Teaching with Love and LogicFILLING Classroom M208JoAnn Bryan • Amanda Prehn Weeding out Fact from Fiction: How to talk Credibly about Potential Dangers of MJ & Other Drug UseLIMITED Classroom M123Pete Katz Service and LeadershipFULL Classroom M115Travis Rendon Reading Our WorldLIMITED Classroom M316Tara Banton Creating assessments in EduphoriaFILLING Science Lab M311Kathy Burbank Tap & Think Reading StrategiesFULL Classroom M107Stephanie Budai • Erika Powers How I designed self-differentiating assessments (and how my students gamified them!)FILLING Computer Lab - M321Shannon Aguirre Biometric Screenings – Interactive Health Classroom M122Interactive Health Time ManagementFULL Classroom M201EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)

1:30pm CST

Empathy and Real World Bully ResponseFULL Classroom M123Tara Chill Academic > SHIFT > AuthenticFILLING Classroom M111Craig Bennett Self Injurious Behaviorals in AdolescentsFILLING Classroom M117Aaron Cummins • Patrick Gorman Intro to Social Media in EducationFILLING Classroom M210Nicole Siscaretti Co-Teaching with ConfidenceFULL Classroom M119Midge Simmons Creating Accommodated AssessmentsFULL Computer Lab - M321Lena Nel Fostering Independence and Fading Supports for Students with DisabilitiesFULL Classroom M212Midge Simmons • Albert Felts Innovative ideas to keep PE classes vigorously activeFULL Classroom M211Danielle Zibilski Finding, Using, and Creating Intellectual Property in the Digital AgeLIMITED Classroom M110John Ross Keeping Students in the ZONEFULL Classroom M115Kailey Arrivo-Scheffke • Ashley Gallenkamp • Ashley Graham Teaching Practices that Grow Students’ “C’s”FILLING Science Lab M312Tony Borash Writing AwareLIMITED Classroom M316Tara Banton Problem Solving in K-3 Math? Not a Problem!FULL Classroom M318Sarah Collier Who You Gonna Call: The Lawyer!FULL Classroom M118Amber King Dealing with DifficultFULL Classroom M109Melanie Beninga • Andrea Glenn Google with SchoologyFILLING Computer Lab - M209David Garcia • Marla Retano Vertical Alignment of Secondary Life SkillsFILLING Classroom M116Erika Musick-Griffin • Kristy Quigley Virtual Reality & Interactive Webinars Globally Connect ClassroomsFULL Digital Media Center M221Marisa Mejia • Elizabeth Stearns Trauma-Informed Care: Tools of Hope for the ClassroomFILLING Classroom M105Mary Faith Sterk Can We Talk About Failure?LIMITED Classroom M310 Theatre ArtsShannon Aguirre Number TalksFULL Classroom M114Letitia Chaheine • Suzanne Hubbart Google Magic: Is it an Illusion, or is it Real?FULL Classroom M207Amy Mayer Worksheet Free, Yea That's MeFULL Classroom M121Deanna McParland Effective Formative Assessment with Google ToolsFILLING Classroom M206Cari Orts Making Learning StickyFULL Classroom M112Robert Dillion TEKS Centered Learning in MS MathLIMITED Classroom M106Lauren Ingber Programming robots for beginnersLIMITED Computer Lab - M220Nikki Hendricks • Lori Wristers Biometric Screenings – Interactive Health Classroom M122Interactive Health Ditch the Diets: It's Not All About the FoodFILLING Classroom M108Kathryn Scoblick How to Save a LifeFULL Library Tables/WorkspaceMargaret Freudenburg Workplace Stress ManagementFULL Classroom M201EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)

2:45pm CST

Accepting the Challenge: Becoming a Special Education TeacherLIMITED Classroom M208Laura Abbott • Dr. Tamey Williams-Hill Building a Positive Classroom Environment through MusicFULL Classroom M118Matt Bower • Mari Brunson • Daniel Davis Managing Challenging Behaviors In The ClassroomFILLING Classroom M107Matt Carle • Aimee French Easy Ways to Build Community and Add StructureFULL Classroom M109Amy Paci Planning by Choosing to Decide What’s Most ImportantFULL Science Lab M312Tony Borash Advanced Social Media in EducationFULL Classroom M210Nicole Siscaretti Designing Innovative Learning SpacesFULL Classroom M112Robert Dillion Fostering Independence and Fading Supports for Students with DisabilitiesFULL Classroom M212Midge Simmons • Albert Felts Special Ed in the PE Classroom: What's My Role?FILLING Classroom M211Madilyn Cook • Marisa Schuller Working Smarter, Not Harder: Using available tools to create accommodated assessmentsLIMITED Computer Lab - M321Lena Nel Making ARDs parent friendlyFILLING Classroom M116Rachel England • Brandi Hardee • Erika Musick-Griffin Schoology Best Practices for Intermediate to Advanced UsersFULL Recital Hall M307Chasity Beatty • Mary Carnes • Carl McLendon • Jenn Monshaugen • Dana Schrader • Joel Stuemke Spice It Up!FULL Classroom M320Sarah Collier • Cathy Hill You Are What You Eat, So Choose WiselyFILLING Classroom M111Craig Bennett Harry Potter and the Parent and Educator Resource Guide to Section 504LIMITED Classroom M121Krystie Griffin Recording your Lessons and Posting them to YoutubeFULL Classroom M115Robert Messner • Denise Rodriguez Video in the ClassroonFILLING Classroom M114Ryan Dann • Dan Grey Teaching Their HeartFULL Classroom M310 Theatre ArtsMo O'Brien Interactive Lesson PlansFILLING Computer Lab - M209Kerri Newton • Marla Retano The 411 on CTE TEKSLIMITED Classroom M119Rachel Behnke Writing modes: shifting DEC purposeLIMITED Classroom M316Tara Banton Google Magic: Is it an Illusion, or is it Real?FILLING Classroom M207Amy Mayer How the TEKS Encourage Critical and Creative ThinkingLIMITED Classroom M110John Ross Effective Formative Assessment with Google ToolsLIMITED Classroom M206Cari Orts Student Centered Creative ThinkingLIMITED Classroom L136Cha Asokan • Amber Forgey What is a Makerspace?LIMITED Digital Media Center M221Caitlin Hooker • Marisa Mejia Biometric Screenings – Interactive Health Classroom M122Interactive Health Choosing HappinessFULL Classroom M201EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP) The Habits of Happy PeopleFILLING Classroom M105Christine Urban PT Your Best Self NowFULL Classroom M108Kathryn Scoblick