NCTIES2025

Join us for a "Crowdsourced Ideas Swap" where you'll collaborate with peers to explore ISTE standards and brainstorm practical classroom applications for EdTech tools. Using a shared digital space, participants will post and review each other’s ideas in a real-time “Gallery Walk.” Leave with a diverse toolkit of ISTE-aligned, tech-enhanced activities to implement in your classroom, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and digital skills.

New Hanover County Schools has embarked on a transformative journey to enhance teacher effectiveness and student achievement through the implementation of Advanced Teaching Roles (ATR). This innovative program aims to empower educators with specialized skills, knowledge, and leadership opportunities. By delving into the intricacies of the ATR program, this presentation will offer insights into its design, implementation, and the positive impact it has had on both teachers and students. Join us as we unveil the secrets behind this initiative and explore how it can be adapted to other school districts.

Social media is a powerful tool that facilitates connections with others, a platform to share ideas, and a means to learn new things. In this session, you will discover how to effectively combine and tailor social media platforms and strategies to build a stronger learning community for your colleagues and students. The session will cover using different social media platforms to achieve different objectives, such as sharing resources, connecting with experts, and collaborating on projects. Additionally, we will explore how social media can be leveraged to foster a more inclusive and supportive learning environment. This educational session is suitable for educators of varying levels of social media experience. Whether you are a novice or an expert, this session offers an opportunity to learn something new.

Come see a tech parade that will get your students motivated to participate in your media center or classroom. Activities will include BeeBots, Spheros, Indi Cars and Ozobots. See how an ordinary worksheet can be transformed into a learning experience where students are actively engaged and want to do more! Examples of student activities will include community helpers, subtraction, measurement of angles, Planet research, and more!

Finding PD that meets the unique needs of your staff is hard. Finding PD that your staff enjoys is even harder. In this session, Colleen Pinyan will share how she uses instructional design principles to design and host fun, engaging PD in her library. She will discuss how these PD sessions have empowered her teachers to integrate instructional technology into their lessons. Colleen also will talk about how these workshops have forged stronger relationships with her staff, opening the door for collaboration. Participants will hear about the lessons Colleen has learned on her PD journey and will have time to discuss and plan PD ideas for their own schools.

Come engage in an exciting exploration of Augmented Reality (AR) through tools like QuiverVision, MergeCubes, FlipAR, and JigSpace to witness how these technologies can transform content and create immersive learning experiences, particularly in science education. Attendees will also receive a variety of standards-aligned lesson ideas tailored for K-5 classroom use. To enhance this session, several iPads will be available for hands-on practice with these AR apps, allowing participants to fully experience the potential of AR in their teaching.