Wasatch Back Teaching and Learning Conference 2017: Full Schedule

8:00am MDT

Deep Thinking and Creating in the Elementary Classroom with Wixie

Learn to use standards as inspiration for exciting and high-level technology projects that promote deep learning. From trading cards to book trailers, learn how the production of images and digital media can help elementary students understand content better, present their learning, and uncover powerful ideas.

Wixie licenses have been purchased for Wasatch Elementary Schools.

Speakers

Carolyn Daly

Tech4Learning

Carolyn Daly has been working for an educational technology company in San Diego, called Tech4Learning for over 20 years. She has conducted hundreds of presentations at local and state-wide conferences and writes articles for the online Creative Educator magazine. Before working for... Read More →

Wednesday August 16, 2017 8:00am - 9:50am MDT
Room 214

Creativity/Productivity, Elementary | Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

10:00am MDT

Powerful Primary Projects with Wixie

Learn creative and effective ways to assess understanding and build thinking skills in your classroom. Explore tools and strategies for using Wixie to engage primary students in projects like visual math explorations, social studies applications for culture, language arts proficiencies for first person narratives, and more.

Wixie licenses have been purchased for Wasatch Elementary Schools.

Speakers

Carolyn Daly

Tech4Learning

Wednesday August 16, 2017 10:00am - 11:50am MDT
Room 214

Creativity/Productivity, Elementary | Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

1:00pm MDT

Design your own activities in Wixie

Come learn how to make the most of Wixie (it’s like Pixie in the cloud). Participants will log into their teacher accounts and learn how to use the student authoring tools, view work their students have completed, and find, customize, create, and assign curriculum-specific templates to a class, small group, or individual students. Participants will leave the session with knowledge about program features so they feel comfortable getting students on board, as well as powerful curriculum ideas for the 5th grade classroom.

Wixie licenses have been purchased for Wasatch Elementary Schools.

Speakers

Carolyn Daly

Tech4Learning

Wednesday August 16, 2017 1:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Room 214

Creativity/Productivity, Elementary | Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

10:00am MDT

Choosing the Right 2.0 Tool

Speakers

Elizabeth Fowler

Cynthia Ham

Thursday August 17, 2017 10:00am - 10:50am MDT
Room 210

Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

Host Organization Pearson

10:00am MDT

Utah’s Online Library For Elementary Teachers

In this workshop explore many of the licensed products available to Utah teachers, students and their parents through Utah's Online Library. With increasing emphasis on non-fiction and reading and writing in all subject areas, there is a greater need now than ever to make the most of the fantastic resources in Utah's Online Library. See maps, web-based interactives, encyclopedias, images, sound and video, lesson plans and more

Speakers

Shannon Lyon

Sr. Instructional Trainer, Utah Education Network

Shannon has been a trainer at UEN for four years now, and previously worked as a technology specialist and 5th grade teacher. She loves her family, doing almost anything outdoors, and technology in the classroom, most definitely in that order.

Thursday August 17, 2017 10:00am - 10:50am MDT
Room 215

Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

Host Organization UEN

1:00pm MDT

Going Google: Taking Learning to the Next Level

Google is more than a search engine - it offers many tools that give people the opportunity to work virtually from anywhere, with anyone, at any time they choose. And these tools are available to teachers and students for free. This sessions explores the latest new features of Google tools and shows how to use them in education to foster digital learning and improve overall productivity.

Speakers

Jared Covili

Thursday August 17, 2017 1:00pm - 1:50pm MDT
Room 406

Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

Host Organization UEN

2:00pm MDT

Adobe Spark and Utah's Online Library

Come learn how to use the great Adobe Spark tools along with Utah's Online Library to get your students creating exciting student projects. The Adobe Spark suite makes it simple and easy to create narrated slideshows, beautiful web pages, and web graphics and memes. Utah's Online Library has several educational resources that will provide your students with the information they need for their projects.

Speakers

Rob Bentley

Instructor and Adobe Product Manager, Utah Education Network

Rob taught Language Arts and Spanish for 6 years. For the last 15 years, he's been teaching teachers how to integrate technology effectively into their curriculum. During his time at UEN, he's presented at URSA, UELMA, UCET, ISTE, FETC, UFLA, and the CTE conferences many times.

Thursday August 17, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Room 211

Instructional Design, Elementary | Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

Host Organization UEN

2:00pm MDT

Lesson Planning with Technology Integration

Speakers

Ana Payan

4th Grade DLI, Wasatch School District

I will be providing some ideas to Spanish Teachers on using Technology when preparing a lesson plan. A list of some websites that I use will be provided.

Thursday August 17, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Room 516

Instructional Design, Elementary | Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

2:00pm MDT

Get Your Google On

This will be an introduction to the basics of using Google Classroom and Google Drive. I suggest bringing your technology devices, as we will be setting up your Google Classroom and going over basic functions. This will include: adding students, creating assignments, and giving students feedback.

Speakers

Rachel Love

Teacher, Mountain Green Elementary

Thursday August 17, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Room 309

Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

2:00pm MDT

Utah's Online Library

Speakers

Shannon Lyon

Sr. Instructional Trainer, Utah Education Network

Thursday August 17, 2017 2:00pm - 2:50pm MDT
Room 215

Web 2.0 Tools, Elementary

Host Organization UEN