Morning Session
| Room | Presenter | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Chris Hesselbein | Make Your Own Google Expeditions with the New VR Tour Creator | Create virtual reality field trips anywhere in the world using the power of Google Maps. The new Google VR Tour Creator allows students to create guided 360 tours like the ones featured in Google Expeditions. Create a 360 VR tour customized to your curriculum and ready to share with your students! |
| 112 | Jason Cook | Security and Auditing for Google Users and Admins | Methods to Secure and Audit Google Account Access for Users and Technology Staff |
| 113 | Colleen Henry | Google Slides Can Do That?!?! | Google Slides is so much more than a presentation app…this session will explore the different ways teachers and administrators can use the Swiss-Army Knife of Google Apps to create, collaborate, publish, and share. Session Resources https://goo.gl/qXfN5g |
| 168 | Stephen Rouffy | I didn't know sheets could do that | Advanced use of formulas for integrating data in sheets. Session Resources https://goo.gl/bGW6Lf |
| 171 | Christine Blouke | Synergy and Google—A Match Made in Heaven | Synergy SIS and Google tips and tricks |
| 173 | Nora Trentacoste | How Will They Show What They Know? | Join in our exploration of tech tools to help students express and expand their learning experience across all grade levels and content areas. Students should be able to respond in multiple ways that will help them showcase what they can do- speaking, listening, writing, and visual...all while taking advantage of the collaboration and feedback so natural in the Gsuite environment. Teachers will get free access to Texthelp software including Read&Write for literacy and EquatIO for math. You can get the tools before our session at http://bit.ly/THdownloads With limited time, our session is not optimized for tablet users today. Please bring your laptop or Chromebook and join in! |
| 174 | Matt Hurst | Maker Space Race | Maker Space Race Colonists on planet Zorax have developed a wind-powered vehicle to improve transportation between some remote villages. However, they believe the vehicle can be improved. Participants will work in teams using the engineering Design Process to build and test a wind-powered racer. Participants will learn how to set up a simple experiment with constants, dependent variables, and independent variables. Data is recorded in Google Forms to record experiment data, and Google Sheets to view and analyze the data. This hands-on session promotes 21st century STEM/STEAM skills, such as persistence, creative problem solving, risk taking, critical thinking, and teamwork. |
| 178 | Matthew Rosenberg | Using Chromebooks for 3D Design and Design Thinking | Have a Chromebook and want your students to problem solve, design and create 3D objects? The City X Project is an international educational workshop for 8-12 year-old students that teaches creative problem solving using 3D printing technologies and the design process. Easy to implement and adaptable to multiple grades. Learn how to use Tinkercad to create 3D models which you can print with a 3D printer. Students learn the design process to solve problems, empathize, define, ideate, prototype, test and share. All materials for City X are free for classroom use, including a student workbook and teacher toolkit. |
| 179 | Jeremy Lockwood | AVID Digital Collaboration: Save hundreds of hours of labor doing it. | 7 simple strategies that will save teachers an unbelievable amount of time and work |
| 180 | Jennifer Stanislaw | You Too Can Use Google Classroom | This session is for educators who have little to no experience with using Google Classroom. We will set up a classroom together, and practice setting up and sharing assignments. This will also cover the basics of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and a Primer on Google Forms |
| 571 | Katherine Livick | Google My Maps in the Classroom | Did you know that your Google Apps for Education account includes the ability to create and edit customized Google maps? My Maps offers unique possibilities for fun, engaging, and student-centered learning across many content areas and grade levels. Come and check it out! |
| 573 | Tavia Clark & Debra Hernanz | The Search for Sasquatch: Using Google Tools to Move from Consumption to Creation | In this immersive session be the investigator on a hunt to explore and locate the elusive Sasquatch. Using Google tools participants will learn about consuming and curating content for creation of new understandings and ideas. |
| 574 | John Zingale | Virtual Reality Vocabulary | Attendees will learn how to leverage the power of virtual reality to help students create VR, along with embedding in vocabulary, writing, and speaking and listening skills. These tools can be applied to many different subject areas including Social Studies, Foreign Language, Science, and Language Arts. |
| 578 | Corin Wyatt | Between a Doc and a Hard Place | This is a very basic Docs and Drive session. |
| Room | Presenter | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Chris Hesselbein | WTF? (Who's Tried Flippity?) | Make Flashcards, word searches, quiz games, name pickers, and more using Google Sheets templates and this amazing add on! |
| 112 | Melissa Garner | Hacking PD: =Fast 15 | In response to a culture that "doesn't have time" for an hour of PD and is leery that they will learn anything new in a class, I hacked our PD and created =Fast 15. =Fast 15 teaches ONE skill in 15 minutes. Response has been overwhelmingly positive. Come learn why I started this, how I make it work, and then discover together what you might do to get to the heart of what your educators need to know. |
| 174 | Kristina Wambold and Katherine Livick | Using Squid for notes and annotation on chromebooks with pens | A session to introduce squid, an annotation tool for Chromebooks |
| 178 | Katie White | Google MyMaps Across the Curriculum | Learn about Google MyMaps and how they can be used to teach social science, weather, geography (duh), literacy concepts, math and more. |
| 179 | John Gordon | Flipgrid for Everyone | How to start leveraging flipgrid in your classroom to increase student voice. |
| 180 | Rachel Wente-Chaney | Smart Searching for Students and Staff | In this lightning round, we'll explore quick tips for helping people learn to search smarter. |
| 571 | Chris Buja | Analytics for G Suite | "See how districts can use the insights embedded in G Suite to fuel data driven decisions around student equity in 21st C skills, ROI on chromebooks, and effectiveness of professional learning" |
| 574 | Melissa Lim | Communicating with Hangouts Chat | Explore Hangouts Chat, Google's communication platform that allows you to directly chat with a co-worker or communicate with your entire team at once. Whether in a 1:1 chat or a dedicated group workspace, Hangouts Chat makes it easy to collaborate with your team in an organized way. Share and discuss Docs, Sheets, and Slides all in one place. |
| Room | Presenter | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Monica Schneider | Show and Tell: Our Favorite Google Tips and Tricks | This is an unconference session. Come prepared to share your favorite tips and tricks. We'll create a collaborative doc of quick hits to share with our #goog18 peers. |
| 112 | Jason Cook | Security and Auditing for Google Users and Admins | Methods to Secure and Audit Google Account Access for Users and Technology Staff |
| 113 | Colleen Henry | When Google Classroom's Not Right for You | For user who like the features of Google Classroom, but don't have a classroom of their own, Doctopus is the answer. This session is for TOSAs, Admin, and other Technology Staff who are looking for G Suite ways to digitize the paper chase. Session Resources https://goo.gl/o9o2JJ |
| 174 | Renee Ferguson | Create Global Learners | I will show participants how to connect their classrooms globally. This helps to build social/emotional capacity and build 21st century skills. |
| 178 | Will Sappenfield | CK-12 with Google Classroom | Learn to integrate CK-12 with your Google Classroom for automatic grade reporting and custom content creation. |
| 179 | John Gordon | Google classroom | Google classroom as home base |
| 180 | Rachel Wente-Chaney | Google Forms Intro | I use Google Forms every week to make my life easier. They're the Swiss Army knife in the Google Suite. |
| 578 | Corin Wyatt | Hyperdocs in 30 Minutes | Join me for a quick introduction to HyperDocs, a way to design engaging, student-centered lessons for your classroom. |
| Room | Presenter | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | Chris Hesselbein | Getting to Know Google Sheets | Want to use Google Sheets for more than just putting things in grids? In this introduction to spreadsheeting we will create a very simple grade book as we cover the basics of formulas and functions and a few shortcuts that will save teachers time. Curious about Google Sheets? Start here. |
| 113 | John Zingale | Supervising Student Project Progress with Google Sheets | Attendees will learn how to create project tracking sheets and code them for student/user ease of use. This will allow students, and student teams, to keep track of the different project pieces so they stay on task and don't fall behind. Then, attendees will learn how to collect all of the students' tracking sheets and code a master tracking sheet that will keep track of all of your students/classes in one place so you don't have to open up tons of different documents. |
| 168 | Stephen Rouffy | Integrating Code and Data with Apps Script | Using the native coding langue in google sheets to turn a spread sheet into a web site. Session Resources https://goo.gl/8VQwfK https://goo.gl/bGW6Lf |
| 173 | Kristina Wambold | Student-Centered Classroom | Join us for a short but action-packed session on shifting your instructional practice from teacher-centered to student-centered. We’ll investigate why and how to use technology for increasing student choice, creating authentic and project-based tasks, and using engaging, student-centered response tools. You’ll leave inspired and with some great new ideas. Refresh your teaching and engage your students! |
| 174 | Matt Hurst | Maker Space Odyssey | The inhabitants of Zorax need your help! Use the Design Process to brainstorm ideas, and then build a working prototype to share with your colleagues using Google Slides to present. This hands-on session uses open-source electrical components that can be integrated into classrooms or makerspaces for engaging lessons that promote 21st century STEM/STEAM skills, such as persistence, creative problem solving, risk taking, critical thinking, and teamwork. |
| 179 | Jeremy Lockwood | AVID Digital Collaboration: Save hundreds of hours of labor doing it. | 7 simple strategies that will save teachers an unbelievable amount of time and work |
| 180 | Jennifer Stanislaw | Doctopus and Goobric | After assigning a writing assignment on Google Docs, how the heck do you grade them using a rubric? Well, Doctopus and Goobric are your answers. This non-ELA teacher will show you the basics of setting up an assignment in Google Classroom, ingesting the assignment, assigning a rubric and grading. |
| 571 | Chris Buja | Analytics for G Suite | See how districts can use the insights embedded in G Suite to fuel data driven decisions around student equity in 21st C skills, ROI on chromebooks, and effectiveness of professional learning. |
| 573 | Tavia Clark | Leveraging Google Tools for Student Agency in Your Library | Dive into leveraging Google tools to foster and nurture student agency in your library. We’ll explore what student agency is, what it can look like, and how you can utilize Google tools to help students have more ownership of their learning and the library program. |
| 574 | Melissa Lim | Using the New Google Sites to Communicate with Your Students and Community | Explore the new Google sites and easily create a webpage for your classroom, school or a workshop. |
| 578 | Corin Wyatt | Webquests to Hyperdocs | Help students remain curious and work more independently by putting all lesson resources in one place. Hyperdocs can free up your time to work with students that need a challenge or some extra help. |
You can see our past schedules here for loads of great resources and look-backs:
We are hosting two different session formats:
- Full Sessions—our full sessions are 75-minutes long and allow for a deep look at a topic or tool. Unless noted otherwise, our sessions are hands-on. Bring a device to work alongside your session leader.
- Lightning Rounds—our lightning rounds are fast-paced, 30-minute, focused sessions on a slice of a topic or tool. In some of these sessions, you may get the opportunity to sit back and absorb. We schedule lightning rounds before and after lunch to keep the day moving quickly.