2016 Annual NYSCATE Conference

Resources and best practice from the Genesee Valley School Library System LTG project on building digital confidence for elem/middle teachers through analog games, toys, and other travelling toolkits. Build computational thinking awareness and get every teacher #CS4All ready using this unique analog-first approach covering video game design, media production, 3D printing, robotics and more.Participants will leave this session with resource lists and best practices based on the Genesee Valley School Library System's LTG project: - Understand why we have taken an analog-first approach to digital professional development as a way to build teacher confidence and comfort with tools. - Articulate the definition of computational thinking and reasons for focusing on the underlying skills rather than on coding particulars in lower grades. - Be able to replicate the project with resource lists, kit designs, and curriculum documents.Elementary Teacher/Staff,Middle Teacher/Staff,Librarian/Media Specialist,Administrative,Staff Development Coordinators,Technology Integration Coordinator

Session will focus on developing a 1:1 program and the steps that Webster CSD went through to Transform Learning through Technology.

You don't have to be a grown-up to be an innovative! Using littleBits -- magnetic circuits that snap together for prototyping -- all students can practice design thinking. In this workshop, educators will learn how introduce basic concepts of STEM and Design Thinking within a classroom setting. Discover how to run a littleBits Design Challenge and view some impressive student creations. We all know the importance of teaching STEM/STEAM, but how do you teach these skills to students in a fun, relevant, and engaging way? The purpose of this workshop is to help educators get a better idea how to introduce a basic concept of STEM and Design Thinking within the a classroom. Design Thinking is a term associated with engineering, but one that also can be applied within an educational context. In education, design thinking refers to methods and activities that students apply during the process of designing to solve a specific problem. littleBits are easy-to-use magnetic circuits that allow students to become inventors. Participating in a design challenge is not only helpful in promoting STEM-based skills, but also creativity, collaboration, and problem solving abilities as well. Through using littleBits, students as young as 6 years old can design complicated circuits in seconds. The circuits, coupled with imagination and ingenuity, result in amazing inventions that helps solve specific problems. Through starting a Design Challenge Workshop, teachers can create a Constructivist environment that will integrate STEM by providing students the opportunity to practice how to "think like an engineer. "Elementary Teacher/Staff, Middle Teacher/Staff, Secondary Teacher/Staff, Librarian/Media Specialist, Staff Development Coordinators, Technology Integration Coordinator

96% of faculty agree that technology plays a significant role in the classroom and 83% of faculty use technology in the classroom to deliver instruction. Whether your school provides devices to every classroom or you have a BYOD policy in place, managing all the devices on your network is a common challenge for IT departments. With these staggering statistics, effective strategies to better manage devices is critical to ensure your team is successful.

Join our session to learn success strategies, including:

• Trends and changes in classroom instruction and the impact on mobile device usage in schools
• Best practices to remotely manage device policies and supervise device usage
• Tips for efficient and manageable application deployment
• How to accommodate BYOD policies without compromising security
• How to automate your asset management to improve compliance, security and more

3 Learning Objectives

1. Learn tips to remotely manage device policies, supervise device usage, and efficiently management application deployment
2. Understand how trends and changes in classroom instruction impact mobile device usage and IT asset management
3. Learn how to accommodate BYOD policies without compromising security

 

 

Take your Google Classroom worksheets to the next level through the use of websites as well as Google Drawings! Google Drawings allow you to create interactive lessons and activities that allow for hands-on manipulation. Along the lines of SMART Notebook- except that every single student will have the ability to complete every single activity! From graphic organizers to drag-and-drop activities, the possibilities are endless! Samples used for multiple grade levels/subject areas will be shared. Participants will have time to manipulate, ask questions, and create their own worksheets with the guidance of the instructor.

Protecting privacy and student data in the digital age has become a primary concern for parents, schools and educators. With over 300 new state laws created over the past three years, schools are ground zero for student privacy issues. To aid this effort, COSN has created a mark of distinction for school systems, the Trusted Learning Environment Seal. The TLE Seal signals that the school system has taken measurable steps to assure the digital privacy of student data.1)Participants will learn what the TLE Seal is and why it was created. 2)Participants will learn how to apply for the TLE Seal and its value to school districts. 3)Participants will learn the resources available to help schools earn the TLE seal. Librarian/Media Specialist,Administrative,Technical (IT),Technology Integration Coordinator, Board of Education, Community Member

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.€ Many of us have heard a variation of Benjamin Franklin's€™s words, but how do we REALLY involve our students? There is a multitude of tech tools that we can use to keep students involved, engaged, and thinking. This hands-on session will give participants concrete examples that they can go home and implement immediately. Participants will leave this session with concrete examples of tools they can use in their classroom next week. Tools covered will include: Kahoot, Debate Carousel, Pass the Paper, backchannels, Schoology, and others. Most tools are free and device agnostic. Elementary Teacher/Staff, Middle Teacher/Staff, Secondary Teacher/Staff, Staff Development Coordinators, Technology Integration Coordinator

This session is a hands on for district curriculum and chief technology administrators. The pillars of digital leadership will be addresses. Each administrator will have the opportunity to assess thier own distct, and to identify next steps in building a digital leadership plan for their district. Practical hands on experience is provided.

The session will demonstrate how the East Irondequoit CSD Librarians at all levels k-12(K-12 1:1 iPad district) with assistance from the Monroe#1 BOCES SLS created a PD course and used Schoology to communicate and engage students and faculty in the library resources and programs. Learn how to establish a library group, course and communicate individually with all the users in your district. How Chaology, a student information management system can increase communication, engagement and use of library resources by students and faculty K-12. How to develop and structure a K-12 Professional Development plan over a school year. Elementary Teacher/Staff, Middle Teacher/Staff, Secondary Teacher/Staff, Librarian/Media Specialist,Administrative,Technical (IT),Staff Development Coordinators