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TIES 2016

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Lauire Holland

Media Specialist

8:30am CST

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

10:30am CST

Be Learner-Centered with Mobile Learning Great Lakes Ballroom CBarbara Bray Improving Communication Through Seesaw RegencyBritt Theis My Hero Sphero - Using Sphere Robots in the Classroom Poster Table 2Aaron Athas Technology-Infused Ideas for Learning-Centered Classrooms Lakeshore CNancy Van Erp • Diana Fenton Using Digital Tools: Student Self-Reflection & Self-Assessment Poster Table 6Brianna Buck

11:45am CST

How To Set Your School on F.I.R.E.! Nicollet ABuddy Berry Coding, Robotics, and Empathy in the Language Arts Classroom Great Lakes Ballroom A3Andrew Smith Connect Your Students to eBooks & eResources in MackinVIA NokomisMackin • Shannon Miller Getting Hyped for Learning with HyperDocs! MinnehahaSusan Herder • Carla Staffa LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Using Video in the Classroom Greenway JDean Dahl • Meghan Haselbauer Personalized, Self-Paced Learning with Schoology Lake Superior ACory Klinge • Erin Schiller Ripping Off the Band-Aid: Guiding Change of Student Information & Learning Management Systems RegencySteve Buettner • Michael Walker TED Talks In Elementary Education: Student Voice and Leadership Poster Table 4Kimberly Horst Turning Consumers into Creators with WeVideo CalhounSue Simonson • Kristin Wallace

12:50pm CST

Crafting Questions That Drive Projects Nicollet ATony Vincent Designing The School Of The Future . . . Today! Nicollet B/CBuddy Berry A Successful Collaboration Story: Media Center + Engineering Great Lakes Ballroom A2Tim Berndt • Sara Swenson Create a Positive Digital Culture with your 1 to 1 Program Great Lakes Ballroom CBecky Jacobson • Sara Speicher Don't Shy Away from Greatness Greenway ANick Proud Free and Simple Formative Assessment Tools Great Lakes Ballroom BTammi Wilkins Gamification of Staff Development for New Initiatives Lakeshore AChuck Nelson • Jason Pelowski Inquiry & Student Surveys: Lessons From the Fireswamp Greenway B/CMichael Walker Integrate STEM and PBL into Your Daily Teaching Poster Table 3Stacy Busta • Sarah Kratcha Jumpstart 1:1 Instruction with Exploros NokomisDawn Nelson Sphero: Gutter Edition Poster Table 6John Tomonovich Think, Learn, Do - Teaching Global Competence in the Elementary Classroom Greenway H/IKristy Ardinger

1:30pm CST

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

1:55pm CST

ABCs of Digital Tools for Elementary Instruction Great Lakes Ballroom CAbby Kath • Nicholas Marty Creating a Global Impact: Integrating Technology into Service-Learning Greenway B/CGina Nelson Easy and Amazing Video Creation on iPads MinnetonkaMarc Patton Google Sites: New & Improved Greenway D/EMiriam Tobola Igniting Innovation and Creativity in Our Makerspaces With Digital Tools and Apps Nicollet DShannon Miller Oh the Places you can go in Minecraft Poster Table 2Tracy Pearson Take the Leap! A Move Away from Interactive Whiteboards to Flexible Models of Presentation Great Lakes Ballroom BKaren Qualey • Holly Skadsem Technology During the Daily 5 Lakeshore CMelissa Leonard • Jenny Nitchals • Arielle Olson

3:00pm CST

Inventing the Future through Failure Nicollet B/CBrad Gustafson Making Media that Sticks RegencyTony Vincent Digital Citizenship in a Learning Community Great Lakes Ballroom A3Jenny Huling • Susan Semmler Get Your Chrome On! Top extensions that will change your classroom Great Lakes Ballroom BJo Jacobson • Terah Robinson Hands On With Exploros: Making It Work Poster Table 5Dawn Nelson Learn How to Organize and Assess in a Personalized Learning Environment Greenway D/ETravis Lape My Favorite Things Nicollet ATami Brass Pushing Change - 10 Things That Need 'Unsettling' HarrietKristin Daniels • Patrick Morrow • Rob Swanson

8:30am CST

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

10:30am CST

Expand Project-Based Learning with Voice and Choice Great Lakes Ballroom CBarbara Bray Balancing Personalized Learning in a 1:1 Classroom Great Lakes Ballroom A2Jamie Hawkinson • Kristen Powell Coding the the Classroom with ScratchJr and PBS Kids Scratch Jr Greenway B/CAnn Nicholson Developing a K-6 Project-Based Learning STEAM Maker Campus MinnetonkaKurt Becker • Allison Larsen Integrating Technology into Elementary Literacy Poster Table 4Katie Ness • Katie Salmela Making a Makerspace Lakeshore ACharlie Beck • Christina Lindstrom PBS ScratchJr: Creating Student Stories NokomisLeah Defenbaugh • Alex Dexheimer Presenting Live From ...Here, There, & Everywhere! Greenway D/EChris Turnbull STEM Challenge Centers Poster Table 1Sarah Armstrong • Anthony Hansen Using Seesaw with Other iPad Apps to Differentiate and Meet Academic Standards SkywayKimberly Johnson • Sara Frater_x000B_Megan Rusterholtz We Broke Social Studies, Now Let's Fix It MinnehahaCory Klinge Digital Diner @ The TIES Playground: Coding/Programming NorthwoodsLaurie Aaronson • Julie Alton • Angie Kalthoff • Mike Staum

11:45am CST

Question the Status Quo Nicollet B/CTony Vincent Dream it, Build it! Create Mobile Apps with App Inventor CalhounAndrea Wilson Vazquez Educator's Essential iPad Toolkit Nicollet DKari Gerhart • Caroline Little Introduction to Scratch: Develop Coding Skills in the Elementary Classroom Poster Table 4Erica Graffunder • Mitch Jacobson Robots: The Jetsons(TM) have landed in your Classroom, Now What? MinnehahaMeghan Haselbauer • Angie Potts The Best of PBL! RegencyKris Szajner

12:50pm CST

Blue Lobster Ideas and How to Grow Them HarrietBuddy Berry Build a Passion-Based Classroom and School Nicollet B/CBarbara Bray Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning Great Lakes Ballroom A3Dave Eisenmann • Eric Schneider Librarian's Role in 1:1 Northstar Ballroom BDoug Johnson Scope and Sequence K-12 is the Bling that makes Technology Integration Successful Lakeshore BDeanna Kovash • Jeff Morris • Sandra Wieser-Matthews The Elementary Evolution: Bringing our School into the 21st Century Intentionally Poster Table 3Blake Henely • Josh McRae • Dewey Schara

1:30pm CST

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

1:55pm CST

Creating a Culture of Creativity HarrietBrad Gustafson How To Set Your School on F.I.R.E.! Northstar Ballroom BBuddy Berry Using Failure and Risk-taking to Cultivate Creativity Nicollet DCarl Hooker 3-D Printing Takes Learning to a New Dimension Poster Table 4Chris Schiemann AppSmash for All SkywayKari Gerhart • Caroline Little Digital Learning: How to Empower Successful Students St. CroixDean Dahl • Meghan Haselbauer DigitalWorks: Digital Storytelling and Documentary Filmmaking CalhounSusannah Harris • Carol Henseler Using Technology & Games to Review (like Amazing Race or a Quest) Lakeshore CMike Floersch

3:00pm CST

Designing The School Of The Future . . . Today! Nicollet DBuddy Berry Empowering Students as Learners Nicollet B/CSean Martinson Flipped and Blended Learning with EdPuzzle Northstar Ballroom BTracy Purdy Google Cardboard Great Lakes Ballroom CMolly Schroeder Interact with Aurasma Poster Table 4Anne Gaspar • Andrea Johnson Digital Diner @ The TIES Playground: Playful Learning NorthwoodsDave Blanchard • Lee Anne Brockman • Dhaivyd Hilgendorf • Holly Nelson • Lesli Skarphol