The YouTube Video Editor allows you to combine multiple videos and images, trim your video clips to custom lengths, add music from YouTube's library of approved tracks, and customize your clips with special tools and effects. Join us as we learn how to use this simple, intuitive video editor, publish and share videos, and explore additional ways YouTube videos can enhance your instruction!

Deciding on which device to use to teach coding can be tough, especially when many devices seem so similar! In this session, we will take a look at the BBC micro:bit, Raspberry Pi 3B+, and the Arduino Uno. Join us as we crack the code on these devices and figure out which one is the best choice for your students!

Presentation with Steve Garton from Common Sense that highlights the tools, resources, and lessons available to parents and teachers about digital citizenship on commonsensemedia.org.

Google Slides is a perfect tool to help students learn to help themselves and get organized! Learn how to use this tool in ways that are more personal to students, and less about making presentations. Before you know it, your students will be creating study aides and digital notebooks. Participants will learn some advanced features of Slides that are easy enough that anyone can do them!

Explore apps and online resources that engage writers, young and old, to tell their story digitally. Learn about new tools that inspire creative and collaborative communication with applications in and out of the classroom for both students and teachers!

Technology is all around us. Devices like smartphones, computers, and tablets have vastly improved the way we learn, solve problems, and work in our daily lives. In our increasingly technology-rich world, it is essential that students are equipped to lead a balanced and healthy digital lifestyle for success in school, at home, and in their future careers. That’s where the Digital Wellness Project comes in. We’ve been collaborating with school districts across Central Ohio to develop a rigorous digital wellness curriculum that can be easily implemented by any teacher at every grade level to ensure that students have the tools, resources, and skills to interact personally, socially, and educationally in the real world and in digital spaces.

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Objects are popping off the page and coming into our world! How?! See examples of how AR can bring lessons to life in your classroom and learn how to create AR experiences with your students. Resources, examples, as well as ideas of how to integrate this emerging technology into the curriculum will be shared.

Looking for addition resources for At-Home teaching and Learning. This videos shares options finding and using eBooks.

Edpuzzle allows educators to take existing videos and create engaging assignments. Trim videos, add questions, include teacher narration and audio notes, and easily assign them in Google Classroom.

Are you in the process of building a Makerspace or trying to figure out where to start? This session is full of tips and tricks to put you on the path to success. In this session we will look at some of the things to consider when creating a Makerspace in an elementary setting.

What do the first five minutes of class look like for you? How do you maximize student learning while you take care of attendance and other administrative chores? We'll share our favorite five bellringers that utilize technology and provide meaningful experiences for students.

Explore free math apps and websites that will engage students in grades K-8. Obtain practical tips and best practices to implement the resources.

Explore free math apps and websites that will engage students in grades K-8. Obtain practical tips and best practices to implement the resources.

You mean coding can be taught by ANYONE, and in ALL SUBJECTS?! WHAT?! Get ready to discover how Code.org can support you in integrating computer science into the curriculum with your students. Code.org offers a free online curriculum for K-5 students called CS Fundamentals. This curriculum provides teachers and students a glimpse at what computer programming looks like. Join me to learn about Code.org's curriculum and to see how to integrate logic, problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and so much more into your every day lessons! Empower your students to create and see what they can do!
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Flipgrid is an online digital discussion platform that can be used in the classroom in a variety of ways. Join us for this session as we explore how to create groups and topics, share with students, record responses and explore the platform.
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Do you regularly check in on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Pinterest? Using social media to stay in touch with family and friends has become a routine part of most of our lives. Not only do these sites let us see what’s going on with people that we already know, they can also serve to inspire.

When you get to know your students using Thrively, you help them develop self-awareness and a growth mindset. Thrively is an easy way to get to know your students interests, strengths and career pathways.

Thrively is a tool that gives strengths and interests assessments in an engaging and entertaining way. Based on 23 factors and developed for children, you receive a profile that is personal, positive, and celebrates each child's core strengths and unique talents. Children, teachers, and parents all have a dashboard displaying activities and videos selected specifically for the child's strengths and interests. Explore a comprehensive activity index with over 120,000 activities and hundreds of videos designed to inspire. The videos feature interesting ideas, leaders, and a range of insights into careers and opportunities that are a good fit for the child's unique strengths. The Activity Boards are a way to discover and research the activities and collect them all in one place.

Why Thrively? Thrively helps the students develop self-awareness, grit, and find their passions and purpose! It focuses on the whole child. It helps teachers personalize learning for each student. Thrively promotes goal setting and taking action steps to achieve those personal goals. Plus Thrively is easy to use, so you can get started right away!

The course is for everyone who is new to Google Apps for Education. This course will guide you step by step through some of the apps, such as Google Drive, Google Docs, and Google Slides.