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Eric Simmons

Princeton Public Schools
Director of Technology
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

twitter.com/ersimmons

Eric is the Director of Technology for Princeton Public Schools in Princeton, Minnesota and a Google for Education Certified Innovator. A former social studies teacher, he leads technology leadership and instruction in PreK-12 settings. His recent interests include leveraging digital content and geographic connections for student exploration through YouTube and Google Map tools.

7:30am CST

First Timers Session RegencyTroy Cherry • Susan Herder

8:30am CST

Whatever Happened to Joy? Nicollet A/B/C/DDean Shareski

10:30am CST

Building Custom Data Dashboards with Google Data Studio Greenway D/EAndrew Stillman Creating Cohesive GSuite Professional Development with Tracks Northstar Ballroom BMandy Froehlich Creating Global Learners in the 4 C's Classroom. Poster Table 5Steve Asper • LuAnne Oklobzija Curate & Create with YouTube Great Lakes Ballroom CAndi Bodeau Making it Meta: Modeling Blended Learning for Teachers Lakeshore BKaren Qualey • Holly Skadsem Personalization: Shifting from Compliant to Committed Learners St. CroixSarah Morinville

11:45am CST

ConnectED Learning for Minnesota Educators Greenway H/IJen Kohan CoSN: Moving From Privacy to Trust Northstar Ballroom BKeith Krueger Getting Hyped for Learning with HyperDocs! MinnehahaSusan Herder • Carla Staffa Getting Started with ArcGIS Online MinnetonkaShana Crosson • Jim Hanson Google Classroom Goodies Great Lakes Ballroom BAnne Gaspar • Andrea Johnson Turning Consumers into Creators with WeVideo CalhounSue Simonson • Kristin Wallace Using Scrum and Agile Software to Help Give Your Students a Voice Poster Table 1Nichole Miller

12:50pm CST

Creating Design Thinking Mindsets: Insight, Innovation, and Impact HarrietChristian Long Sync your Student Information System with Google Classroom Northstar Ballroom BAndrew Stillman Exploring Open Educational Resources RegencyRyan Cox Gamification of Staff Development for New Initiatives Lakeshore AChuck Nelson • Jason Pelowski Leading Initiatives with Technology and Executing Change Lakeshore BDarren Ellwein • Travis Lape Technology Tools that Build Community Great Lakes Ballroom A3Jodi Burling • Erin Franson

1:55pm CST

Bringing a District into the Twitterverse Greenway JJessica McMahon

3:00pm CST

Digital Diner @ The TIES Playground: Makerspace NorthwoodsLisa Christen • Jen Legatt • Donna Ohlgren • Matt Schneider • Barbara Thierl

8:30am CST

Mobile Learning Mindset Nicollet A/B/C/DCarl Hooker

10:30am CST

Creating Design Thinking Mindsets: Insight, Innovation, and Impact Nicollet B/CChristian Long Expand Project-Based Learning with Voice and Choice Great Lakes Ballroom CBarbara Bray Getting the Most Out of Google Domain Groups Northstar Ballroom BAndrew Stillman Balancing Personalized Learning in a 1:1 Classroom Great Lakes Ballroom A2Jamie Hawkinson • Kristen Powell Coping with COPPA; What Teachers need to know St. CroixJessica McMahon Google Chrome Tools that Work for Everyone Greenway F/GJulie Ray • Tammi Wilkins The IT that nobody knows about….Innovation Teams HarrietMandy Froehlich Digital Diner @ The TIES Playground: Coding/Programming NorthwoodsLaurie Aaronson • Julie Alton • Angie Kalthoff • Mike Staum

11:45am CST

Dream it, Build it! Create Mobile Apps with App Inventor CalhounAndrea Wilson Vazquez Forget Student Government…It’s Time to Launch Student Innovation Teams HarrietEric Schneider On Demand Professional Development Greenway B/CTroy Anderson • Pamela Beckermann • Greg Heinecke • Anthony VonBank

12:50pm CST

Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning Great Lakes Ballroom A3Dave Eisenmann • Eric Schneider Collaborative Curriculum--now what? Great Lakes Ballroom BKaren Johnson • Jon Voss

1:30pm CST

Digital Diner @ The TIES Playground: Playful Learning NorthwoodsDave Blanchard • Lee Anne Brockman • Dhaivyd Hilgendorf • Holly Nelson • Lesli Skarphol

1:55pm CST

How To Set Your School on F.I.R.E.! Northstar Ballroom BBuddy Berry MN #DigCit Trends & What Schools Can Do About It Great Lakes Ballroom A2Dave Eisenmann

3:00pm CST

Designing The School Of The Future . . . Today! Nicollet DBuddy Berry Personalizing the Kindergarten Classroom Poster Table 2Brianna Buck • Kellie Lewis Technology Innovation: One Student Big Change Lakeshore CMark Garrison