Session Topics
Visionary Planning: Emerging Technologies
We need to find ways to leverage the technology to support teachers and improve the student experience. Empowering the next generation of learners by helping them learn to utilize tools like ChatGPT to enhance learning. We can tackle complex assignments, master concepts, enhance writing and problem solving, receive instant personalized feedback, and more. Explore the implications for lesson planning, accommodations and modifications, curriculum from OER using UDL guidelines within minutes instead of hours! Leverage the power of AI to support learning goals in unprecedented ways. Discover new ideas, multiple perspectives and solutions, real world relevance for academic benchmarks, and create a more supportive class environment, speeding up our ability to provide high quality instruction and feedback.
Exploration into the future of education, fueled by artificial intelligence. This session delves into the integration of AI in educational settings, presenting innovative strategies to transform teaching and learning. This session acknowledges the challenges of AI, offering practical solutions to ensure equitable, engaging, and effective educational experiences. It provides insightful discussion points, hands-on tasks, and real-world examples, making it an invaluable guide for educators, administrators, and policy-makers keen to harness AI's potential for a progressive educational landscape.
Did the technology improve test scores? This session is about how you can position the district to answer a different question about the use and application of technology.
Empowered Leadership: Efficiency of Administrative Approaches
How I Learned to Love a Framework: TPAL (TPCK for administrators)
Anoka-Hennepin School District
Learn about Anoka-Hennepin's journey to help leaders focus on the right work. This story highlights the efforts of principals to co-author a framework and apply it in leadership practices.
Collaborating with Systems: Collaborating with Data to Change Ourselves
St. Cloud Area Schools
Often times we use data to understand student progress - but what if we also explored data to make intentional decisions about our system updates. This session will explore ways data can compel change to the adults in the system.
The administrative team of 279Online describes how they built a distributed leadership model for a k-12 comprehensive online school from the ground up. Their vision incorporated ISTE standards, the innovative creativity of team leaders and staffulty, and a shared focus on scholar agency.
Examples of what they will share include the formation of their Instructional Leadership Team and Team Leads, Scholar Leadership and Equity Work.
System Design: Optimize Systems Using Technology
K-12 ed-tech is a constantly evolving world, where our practices of yesterday become irrelevant in a matter of months. How do we advance the current curriculum and pedagogical practice to utilize updated learning methods, communication styles, and techniques? Technology is the solution to this challenge and will fulfill the promise of instructional advancement that is necessary for today’s learning. The learning ecosystem created by technological advancement will streamline workflow, bridge equity gaps, and empower teachers, students, and the ed-tech community to raise the standard of learning collectively. Join the conversation on how using meaningful technology strategies and next-generation content within strategic planning will remove hurdles and streamline the focus of budgetary needs.
We will explore the importance of leveraging automation tools such as Clever IDM (or similar tools ClassLink or Identity Automation) to optimize user account management processes and enable seamless data flow in educational institutions. We will explore the benefits of automating user provisioning, updating, and de-provisioning across different directory services. Furthermore, we will emphasize the significance of developing and maintaining a Map of Data Flow Through the School's Information Systems for efficient data management across departments.