eLearning Revolution - June 24 Schedule

Keynote Address - 8:30 - 9:45 AM

Leveraging Technology to Turn up the H.E.A.T. on Student Learning

Presenter: Dr. Chris Moersch, LoTI Connection
Advancements in technology are making laptops and handheld devices smarter, faster, lighter, and more accessible than ever before. Whether you are using a laptop or mobile device, educators must decide which application, learning environment (blended or online), instructional model (PBL's, CBL's, S.T.E.M) can best elevate teaching practices and student achievement given limited planning time during the school year. This keynote address introduces specific strategies for evaluating different learning configurations in K-12 classrooms based on their potential for increasing the amount of H.E.A.T. (Higher order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic connections, Technology use) in student learning and improving professional practice.

Session I - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Copyright Crash Course: How Copyright Impacts Distance Education

Presenter: Heather Lister, Hempfield SD
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

Just how much of this video can I post online? Can I scan this article and post it online for my students to read? Are you confused about how copyright laws impact distance education? This crash course will overview the copyright and fair-use best practices that impact online learning.

Hybrid Learning Classroom Rotational Model

Presenter: Ken Zimmerman, Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Hands-on-Activity

Welcome to the PA hybrid learning instructional model which focuses on classroom rotations. Learn how classrooms are implementing hybrid learning through using direct, independent and collaboration stations colliding the best of two worlds - teacher led instruction and rich, on-line digital media that students enjoy. This session will provide an overview of the pivotal changes that are taking place in instructional practices in these classrooms. Experience hybrid learning first hand while engaging in the hybrid learning model throughout this session.

Providing Targeted 1:1 Staff Development using Walkthrough and Peer Observation Feedback

Presenter: Dr. Chris Moersch, LoTI Connection
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Hands-on-Activity, Demonstration

Classroom walkthroughs also called data walks, learning walks, or quick visits are intended to provide opportunities for formative assessment, but do they actually change practice? This session offers specific strategies that are immediate, seamless, and targeted for leveraging walkthrough data for improved teaching and learning in the classroom.

Setting Students on the Right Track: The Importance of Orientation and Advisors

Presenter: Melissa Ostrowski and Patrick Eichelberger, Penn Manor SD
Audience: Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, Administrators
Presentation Format: Conversational

Students enter the virtual learning realm with varying circumstances and perceptions. This presentation will address how orientation practices and advising are key to student success. Examples will be provided on how to give a solid start to students entering the virtual learning environment and support them along the way.

SAFARI Montage: Students and Faculty Actively Retrieving Information

Presenter: Al Harding, SAFARI Montage
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors
Presentation Format: Hands-on Activity

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to use SAFARI Montage as an effective resource in today’s 21^st century classroom. Attendees will create instructional playlists to boost the effectiveness of their lessons and the overall engagement of students using the 4C skills: Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, and Critical Thinking.

Session II - 12:50 PM - 1:50 PM

Designing and Implementing Blended Learning from the Ground Up

Presenter: Rebecca Gajecki, Mike Hammel, and Stephanie Leister, Solanco SD
Audience: Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors and Administrators
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

The Solanco School District endeavored to provide blended course options for secondary students. Solanco teachers authored blended courses and implemented them broadly. As a result, blended learning courses have enjoyed strong enrollment and received positive feedback. This presentation will detail the design and implementation of blended learning courses at Solanco.

Transform Instruction through the L.I.F.E. Model

Presenter: Joey Rider-Bertrand
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Administrators
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

Are you tired of outdated models to teach today’s students? Learn about a new instructional model with a student-focused, active learning cycle: Launch. Interpret. Formulate. Expand. This model combines inquiry, design, and problem solving to increase students’ thinking and conceptual understanding. Two versions of the L.I.F.E. Model will be presented.

The Nuts & Bolts of Student-Directed Learning: How to Make it Work on Your Campus

Presenter: Dr. Chris Moersch, LoTI Connection
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, Administrators
Presentation Format: Conversational, Demonstration

What exactly is student-directed learning? Explanations vary ranging from allowing students to create their own PowerPoint presentation to empowering students to define the pathway for their own learning. This session offers practical techniques for establishing a student-directed learning environment that is both differentiated and digitally-based, and is aligned to the Common Core.

Math Fact Fluency Online – for FREE

Presenter: Diane Hurst, Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Format: Hands-on Activity

This session will provide a sampling of three online programs that support math fact fluency: Sumdog, Math Facts Pro (lite), and xtraMath. These programs are FREE to teachers. This session is NOT a sale-pitch, rather sharing of free resources for classroom teachers. Teachers are encouraged to bring other online ideas.

Getting Them Thinking: A Design Model for Online Learning

Presenter: Mark Burke, ThinkID8
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, Administrators
Presentation Format: Hands-on-Activity

Where does most of the thinking happen in online learning? Designers have to think a lot about the courses they build. They have to think about content, graphics, assignments, tests, grade weighting, LMS setup and on-screen navigational guides. But, are we getting the students thinking?

Session III - 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM

Guided Reinvention: Helping Employees through Change and Transition

Presenter: Jim Rowell, Rising Sun Consultants, LLC
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, Administrators
Presentation Format: Conversational

We all know that change is the only constant. What can be done to help employees through changes in an intentional manner that keeps them engaged? This workshop is designed to demonstrate the difference between change and transition and how these two concepts affect an organization and its people.

STEM Projects for the Hybrid Classroom

Presenter: Michele Westphal, IU 13
Audience: Secondary
Presentation Format: Demonstration

Participants will discover web-based STEM resources that can be used as independent or group projects. NASA Space Math, STEM Collaborative, The National Science Digital Library, and other resources will be demonstrated with a focus on direct application in the hybrid classroom.

60in60: App Attack

Presenter: Scott Snyder, West Shore SD
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

Get ready to enhance your classroom, management and instructional practice with 60 free or low-cost apps that are easy to implement for iOS, Android, and/or Windows devices. There will be apps for both you and your students shared in this high-paced session.

Using Mobile Devices for Data Driven Online Learning with the Nearpod App!

Presenter: Jeff Rothenberger, Berks County IU 14
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

Participants will explore the multiple features of the Nearpod app from both the student and teacher view. This presentation provides educators with an efficient yet creative option for the delivery of instructional content while collecting data to make informed decisions about every student with an electronic device, BYOL, or iPad.

Integrating Tools and Projects to Increase Literacy in a Hybrid Classroom

Presenter: Liz Lubeskie, Manheim Central SD
Audience: Secondary
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

Literacy in a hybrid classroom is critical to its success. Various web 2.0 tools will be introduced that allow teachers to differentiate according to readiness levels and to help students become more successful readers and writers. Project-based learning opportunities will also be explored, especially for the non-language arts classrooms.

Session IV - 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM

Using Assessments and Benchmarks to Help Impact Student Achievement

Presenter: Kathleen Bendernagel, Edmentum
Audience: Elementary and Administrators
Presentation Format: Conversational

Educators are enabled to easily monitor student progress and differentiate instruction using Common Core Daignostic pretests and benchmarks built specifically from the PA Common Core with real-time assessment data and reports that have proven high test reliability as well as high predictive validity and correlation to PSSA scores.

The Moodle Lesson Tool: Developing Interactive Asynchronous Learning Opportunities for Flipping, Differentiation, or Hybridizing

Presenter: Debbie Lugar, M.Ed., Cornwall-Lebanon SD
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors
Presentation Format: Demonstration

Discover how the "Lesson" tool can provide individualized or differentiated instruction, plus asynchronous instruction for flipped and hybrid classrooms. "Lesson" is probably the least understood, most underused, yet most powerful Moodle tool. Participants will be immersed in a Moodle Lesson, then see a demonstration of the construction of a Lesson.

Harness the Power to Assess, Prescribe, Individualize, Customize, Instruct, and Report Using K12’s New Management Platform, Peak12

Presenter: Erik Elorriaga & Mike DePalma, Fuel Education

Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Demonstration

Personalize, engage, and achieve using Fuel Education! Harness the power to assess, prescribe, instruct, and report through Fuel Education's new open technology platform (Peak Office) which enables teachers and administrators a one-stop shop to customize and individualize learning for every student using the most extensive and comprehensive K-12 curriculum in the industry.

Using H.E.A.T. and the Common Core to Streamline the Lesson Planning Process

Presenter: Dr. Chris Moersch, LoTI Connection
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Hands-on-Activity

During the course of a school year, classroom teachers and building administrators are creating and evaluating hundreds, if not, thousands of lesson plans. This session offers a practical approach to designing new and retrofitting old lesson plans to ensure their alignment to the Common Core and maximize the amount of H.E.A.T. (Higher order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic connections, Technology use) tied to student outcomes.

Rapid E-Learning Module Development Using PowerPoint

Presenter: Shawn Canady, Lebanon SD and Harrisburg University
Audience: Elementary, Secondary, Technology Integrators/Directors, and Administrators
Presentation Format: Lecture/Informational

This presentation will investigate the often ignored features of PowerPoint. Very few educators take advantage of the ability of PowerPoint to deliver self-guided interactive lessons. Participants will come away with an understanding of how to use PowerPoint to create a rapidly developed and easily deployable e-learning module.

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Keynote Address - 8:30 - 9:45 AM

Session I - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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