Spring 2015 Convergence has ended

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Spring 2015 Convergence

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8:00am EDT

Whatever Happened to Joy? Keynote Address Room 1Dean Shareski

9:30am EDT

A Journalistic Approach to School TV Newscasts Room 6Brian Martin Inquiry Learning with Technology Room 5Ashley Allen • Angela Morris The Universal Tools Room 1Kerri Brown Parker • Bethany Smith Turn Your Tech Planning Inside Out: Personalized Technology PD That Works Room 3Katie Caggia • Pete Caggia 'I feel like an outsider in the library': Creating an Inclusive & Welcoming Library Program for All Students - Part 1 Room 7Sandra Hughes-Hassell Kick-start the leveling conversation (Redefining Just Right) Room 8Mary Alice Ramsey Creation Station Room 10 Minecraft - A Deeper Dive Hands on Experience Room 4Eric Marsh

10:30am EDT

50 10 Shades of Book Creator Room 5Elizabeth Adams • Kristel Behrend Digital Citizenship and Identity Management Room 8Dean Shareski Green (Screen) with Envy! Room 6Karen D'Elia Revisiting Oldies but Goodies Room 1Kerri Brown Parker • Bethany Smith 'I feel like an outsider in the library': Creating an Inclusive & Welcoming Library Program for All Students - Part 2 Room 7Sandra Hughes-Hassell Mirrors & Windows: Collection Management Resources for Diverse Student Populations Room 3Rusty Taylor Creation Station Room 10 Making a MakerSpace Room 4Linnea Gibson

11:30am EDT

Lunch On your own

1:00pm EDT

5 Minutes of Creativity Room 8Dean Shareski Google Community Bookclubs Room 1Kerri Brown Parker Google Has Our Vote! Room 4Paula Martini • Kelly Siegert iOS F.A.Q.s and Common Issues Room 6David DuRoss What's in Your Toolbox? A Fresh Look at Blackboard Room 9Patrick Tart Clarifying the Message: Student Choice & Selection in Independent Reading Room 3Julie Abdella • Rusty Taylor Dynamic Storytelling: the Dianne de Las Casas Method Room 5Kit Wellner Global Read Aloud Room 7Jane Miller Creation Station Room 10

1:50pm EDT

2:10pm EDT

Apptastic Daily 5 Room 4Linnea Gibson Getting Schooled in BYOD: Lesson Learned Room 3Melanie Farrell • Carly Kouskolekas iOS Deployment and Management Room 6David DuRoss Smashing PhotoStory, Nettrekker, Photos for Class, and PebbleGo Room 5Tiffany Trent • Kathy Vandeventer Talk Time Room 1 Conversations in the Cloud Room 7Juliette Kuhn • Rebecca Weaver Good Ideas for High School Librarians Room 9KC Berggren • Geri Bowen • Monique Gillis • Donna Hitchings • Pamela Jackson • Catharine Robbins Telling Your Media Story through Twitter Room 8Melissa Edwards • April Thomas Creation Station Room 10

3:10pm EDT

Board Builder for Lesson Plans Room 3Anne Shrode Google Classroom Room 7Luke Miles I Read It on the Internet, So It Must Be True Room 8Kendra Allen Programming with Google CS First Room 4Justin Walker Tiny Tap Case Studies and Applications! Room 6Ellen Weber Creation Station Room 10 Helping Specialists With the Analysis of Student Work (ASW) Process Room 5Barb Vinal

8:00am EDT

eWise Tips & Flips Room 3Mindy Tomasevich Powerful Ideas to Leverage Limited Edtech Room 6Linda Dextre • Michael Parker West Reinvent Your Media Center Room 7Luke Miles • Robin Willis Roll the Dice with Google Docs and QR Codes Room 8MaryLu Ringwood Timesaver Smackdown Room 1Kerri Brown Parker • Bethany Smith Transform your Media Center into a... Room 5Amy Erdman • Johnetta Floyd Working Smarter, Not Harder in Communicating with Others Room 9MaryClay Vick Creation Station Room 10

9:00am EDT

Control Yourself! Self Regulated Learning & Instructional Technology Room 7Ashley Allen • Chris Wasko Gamification & Badges in Your Classroom Room 1Bethany Smith iOS F.A.Q.s and Common Issues Room 4David DuRoss Project-Based and Student Led Literacy Room 5Donna Moye • Maura Stewart • Ashley Ward Teacher Created Apps in Tiny Tap! Room 6Ellen Weber Collaborating with Teachers Using Primary Sources Room 8Dena Belvin PreK-5 Reviewer's Choice Room 3Rusty Taylor Creation Station Room 10

9:50am EDT

10:10am EDT

Symbaloo in the Classroom Room 9MaryLu Ringwood Tak Time Thursday Room 1 Top 10 Literacy Uses in Discovery Education I Wish I 'd known Room 7Wanda Hanley Using Apple Configurator Room 4David DuRoss What's in Your Toolbox? A Fresh Look at Blackboard Room 6Patrick Tart Zaption for Beginners Room 3Anne Shrode Take a Big Bite out of SIP: Adding Library Media to Literacy Goal Room 5Pamela Jackson Creation Station Room 10

11:00am EDT

Lunch On your own

12:30pm EDT

Cultural Awareness and Diversity - Part 1: Who am I? Room 6Deanna Harris Demistifying Action Research Room 3Rusty Taylor • Mindy Tomasevich Extending your Voice: A Voicethread workshop Room 7Sharon Hart Google in your Library Room 1Kerri Brown Parker School TV Newscasts for the 21st Century Room 4Brian Martin Tech Tac Toe Room 5Julia Hendricks • Angela Johnson • Christi Vereckey You're 1:1! Now What? Room 9Geoffrey Chandler Beyond the whisper Room 8Mary Alice Ramsey Creation Station Room 10

1:30pm EDT

Augmented Reality and other APPlications of 1:1 ipads in the Media Center Room 9Geoffrey Chandler • Brenda Shore Cultural Awareness and Diversity - Part 2: Literary Connections Room 6Deanna Harris Information Literacy: Preparing High School Students for College Room 1Kerri Brown Parker Pump Up Your Google Forms & Spreadsheets with New Visions Room 5Geof Duncan Reaching ALL Learners Room 3Tiffany Maddox This Will Blow Your Mind Room 7Luke Miles Videoconferencing: Making the World Your Classroom Room 4Stephanie Fiedler Radical Hospitality: Reflecting on access barriers and relationship building Room 8Kendra Allen Creation Station Room 10

2:30pm EDT

Closing Remarks Room 1Todd Wirt