What does it take to be an effective leader in the 1:1 era? Join us for this collaborative discussion lead by Tim Schigur, from the Milton School District, and Sue Meyer from Apple, as we explore some of the challenges and celebrations of moving into the 1:1 world.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
This session will focus on the latest professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. As an Educator, you can build skills on the iPad and Mac that directly apply to activities with your students, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for the great work you do every day. Become an Apple Teacher today!
Tuesday July 25, 2017 9:00am - 10:30am CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Whether you are presenting at a conference, publishing a community video, facilitating a workshop, or teaching content to students, you are influencing your audience. Explore and discover how to engage an audience and effectively design and deliver a compelling stories.
Join us to learn about Everyone Can Code, a program designed to give everyone the power to learn, write, and teach code with Swift. You’ll hear about Swift Playgrounds, a free app for iPad for first-time coders with a complete set of Apple-designed lessons that make getting started fun and interactive, and explore the accompanying teacher guide. You’ll also learn about App Development with Swift, a curriculum for high school and college for Mac that shows students how to create apps from start to finish.
Discover how anyone can create music that bring out personal creativity and support authentic learning. Build a theme to suit your project’s mood using built in instruments, loops, and rhythms.
Take part in an elementary Project Based Learning activity where you will take the role of a student during a writing and computer science lesson. As a student you will be rewriting a children's book into an interactive story in ScratchJr. Come and have fun immersing yourself in coding and writing. Please download: ScratchJr, Epic!, and Seesaw on your iPad
Tuesday July 25, 2017 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Discover how to use real-world themes in reading and writing by giving learners voice, ownership, and creative power over how they show understanding. Learn how to create visually pleasing, clearly organized, and personally expressive documents with Pages.
A picture is worth a thousand words and telling your story with pictures and videos is exceptionally powerful. In this session, we’ll discuss how other districts have used videos and photos to show their parents and community the amazing things that are happening in their schools every day. We will talk about the rule of thirds, eliminating background clutter, the importance of good audio, and what tools can help you make your photos and videos better. As part of this session, we will do some shooting and basic editing on an iPad that can help get you started telling your district's story.
Come hear about how some of the schools are using Snap Circuits, Green Screen, Osmos, Spheros, Garageband, Thinglink, coding and other apps to integrate and change lessons for students in numerous content areas.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Bring your story to life. Learn how to use the intuitive, built-in features of Keynote to design fun, dynamic, and interactive presentations for learning and teaching.
A picture is worth a thousand words and telling your story with pictures and videos is exceptionally powerful. In this session, we’ll discuss how other districts have used videos and photos to show their parents and community the amazing things that are happening in their schools every day. We will talk about the rule of thirds, eliminating background clutter, the importance of good audio, and what tools can help you make your photos and videos better. As part of this session, we will do some shooting and basic editing on an iPad that can help get you started telling your district's story.
Podcasting has increased by 75% since 2013, and one in four Americans ages 12 to 54 have listened to a podcast in the last month. Learn how to tell your story with audio using GarageBand and publish for a global audience.
This hands-on workshop will provide opportunities to plan and design using the Design Thinking framework for storytelling based on desired outcomes. Begin the process of leveraging best practice from others to design your own digital story workflow.
This session is a hands-on opportunity to play with some of the latest technology to impact education. Come experience drones, robots, and virtual reality, leave with ideas for implementing future technology.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Learn how to create and share interactive Multi-Touch books to tell your story. Choose a template, add interactive content, and publish your work. Then watch your Multi-Touch books bring every subject to life for every student.
Join us for a discussion and demonstration of 1:1 use in the secondary classroom. Whether you are just starting out or looking to push your incorporation of technology to the next level, this workshop will help.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Learn how to build meaning from data and display it in compelling ways to tell your story. Discover powerful methods to visualize data using interactive charts, tables, graphs, and other dynamic features that show patterns, recognize trends, and illustrate relationships.
Apple’s vision for a digital learning environment is one that serves all students, including those with special education, language, and literacy needs. Discover built-in tools and features on Mac and iPad that support students with diverse learning needs, and how you can incorporate them in lessons to help students improve their reading fluency and literacy skills.
Discover how to use the powerful features of iMovie to enhance your message by fostering digital storytelling, creative collaboration, and reflective sharing.
This session is a hands-on opportunity to play with some of the latest technology to impact education. Come experience drones, robots, and virtual reality, leave with ideas for implementing future technology.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Discover how to use the creative tools within Clips to enhance personal learning by fostering digital storytelling. Build a powerful video segment to share an idea, concept, or experience for reflective sharing.
In this fast paced, learner active course, participants will learn how to help students manage their time, prioritize learning, break down large concepts into smaller pieces, and set and act on goals.
Social media is one of the most powerful communication tools of any generation. Come discover how Milton’s communication director, Jerry Schutz, utilizes social media to connect with parents, students and the community. Social media is an essential tool for telling your story—learn how to leverage it!
Tuesday July 25, 2017 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
Want to incorporate Legos and programming into your next math lesson? This playground will get you building and programming with Lego EV3 robots through a problem based learning approach. Come and checkout the potential of this tool taking your students learning by storm.
Tuesday July 25, 2017 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Central High School1801 Losey Blvd S
