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Discover how digital communication, AI, and digital citizenship (DigCit) can form a TECH Team that drives student engagement and success. Through hands-on activities, explore ways to give students voice and choice with creative interactive lessons, provide instant feedback, customize learning, and how to securely use learning tools and resources. Leave with strategies to streamline lesson plans, deepen engagement, and empower students as responsible, future-ready digital learners who own their learning journey!
This session will introduce participants to the GenCyber program which is delivered across the country to teachers through funding from the NSA, the NSF and other federal partners. We will roll through the importance of cybersecurity instruction in grades 6-12, lead a cybersecurity activity, and provide an opportunity to share and reflect on ways to instruct students about cybersecurity and the potential for students' future careers. Participants will walk away with a list of resources for integrating cybersecurity in their classroom.
Join us for a fun-filled professional development session exploring the art of digital storyboarding using Canva. K-12 educators will learn to create engaging storyboards using Canva's tools and templates as well as discover practical strategies for using storyboards in the classroom to enhance student learning and engagement. Leave this session confident and equipped to incorporate storyboarding and Canva into your classroom.
How can we leverage technology to ignite real change in our schools, despite our past experiences rooted in traditional approaches? This session explores how shifting mindsets—beyond merely adopting new tech—has transformed districts involved with SparkNC, an initiative that empowers students to explore high-tech careers. We will discuss how overcoming resistance and fear of failure has transformed learning. Join us to reflect, engage, and gain fresh ideas for driving technological innovation!
Join us for an interactive session on creating a Digital Citizenship Family Night, led by students! Discover engaging activities like coding, developing QR videos on digital responsibility, and student-led performances that promote a positive online presence. We’ll also explore the creation of AI-generated work products. Collaborate with fellow educators to design a comprehensive plan that enhances digital citizenship education and strengthens the home-school partnership, empowering families in technology instruction and digital safety.
GAP Your Way to STEM Success! Educators, boost your students' STEM and Pseudocode literacy! This hands-on session uses LEGO® to show how Pseudocode, a planning tool for clear coding instructions, creates learning opportunities. Build together, write step-by-step instructions, and explore the power of clear communication in coding!
Join us for an engaging, hands-on session that blends STEM and literacy! You’ll dive into activities such as building a strong structure, designing a Mars Rover, “Saving Gus,” and exploring real NASA data. Our goal is to showcase how the Engineering Design Process connects to literacy (both fiction and non-fiction), science content, technology integration, and inquiry skills. With activities that range from low-tech to high-tech (and even no-tech), this session will demonstrate the versatility and accessibility of STEM for all classrooms.
Join us for a dynamic session on the potential impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Social and Emotional (SEL) competencies and student mental health. We’ll highlight the essential role of educators in guiding AI interactions to ensure they reinforce, rather than detract from, SEL goals. Participants will leave equipped with practical strategies for overseeing chatbot use, engaging students in meaningful conversations about AI’s influence on their development, and mindfully integrating AI as a supportive educational tool. Don't miss this opportunity to engage in essential discussions on the future of SEL in an AI-driven world!
Come learn about Brunswick County Schools’ Coaching Cafés—a professional development series hosted by instructional coaches and digital learning specialists designed to empower middle school teachers in championing student engagement and academic growth through digital tools.
This presentation is ideal for all teachers and coaches alike looking for fresh ideas to enhance professional development and digital learning integration in their districts.
In this session, NCDPI and Identity Automation will demonstrate the latest version and benefits of RapidIdentity Studio, a free rostering tool offered through the state’s NCEdCloud contract. NCDPI will explain the process by which PSUs can request to use Studio to augment or replace existing rostering solutions such as Clever or ClassLink. Benefits of using Studio include the ability to securely roster applications that comply with OneRoster standards as well as those that do not, manipulate data coming in from the source and going out to the targets, and roster users who are not in your SIS system such as long term substitutes.
Engage your students with fast-paced EduProtocols; engaging strategies that help students learn vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills through repetition, structure, and a dash of fun! You’ll learn all about three EduProtocols: Fast and Curious, 8 P*Arts, and StoryMoji/Random Emoji Power Paragraph (REPP), and will leave energized, armed with information and templates you can implement immediately.
