Galileo Learning Summit 2013 - Speaker Sessions
800 Galileo Voices
Presenters:
Robert Maxfield,
School District:
Director, Galileo Institute for Teacher Leadership at Oakland University
Description:
Engage in a dialogue to explore ways that the 800 Galileo Leaders can take a strong political stand to counter the negative messages toward education and teachers in the media, build coalitions with other education groups, showcase professionalism in schools and find ways for teachers to tell their stories about all the good things going on in schools.
Robert Maxfield,
School District:
Director, Galileo Institute for Teacher Leadership at Oakland University
Description:
Engage in a dialogue to explore ways that the 800 Galileo Leaders can take a strong political stand to counter the negative messages toward education and teachers in the media, build coalitions with other education groups, showcase professionalism in schools and find ways for teachers to tell their stories about all the good things going on in schools.
All Aboard the BYOD Express!
Presenter:
Gary Abud
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Participants in this session will be able to use mobile devices to: 1) Facilitate class discussions 2) Create digital notes and notebooks 3) Make instruction interactive 4) Foster digital collaboration and 5) Conduct formative or summative assessment.
Gary Abud
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Participants in this session will be able to use mobile devices to: 1) Facilitate class discussions 2) Create digital notes and notebooks 3) Make instruction interactive 4) Foster digital collaboration and 5) Conduct formative or summative assessment.
Connecting Educators Through Twitter
Presenter:
Chris Stanley
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Learn to create your own Professional Learning Network through one of social media's most popular tools: Twitter. See how educators are making a difference and inspiring others in real time! Chris Stanley (@StanleyTeach) will show you how to get your feet wet and how to become a connected educator.
Chris Stanley
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Learn to create your own Professional Learning Network through one of social media's most popular tools: Twitter. See how educators are making a difference and inspiring others in real time! Chris Stanley (@StanleyTeach) will show you how to get your feet wet and how to become a connected educator.
E3 Action Squad: Enhancing, Empowering, and Engaging Educational Communities
Presenters:
Bryan Dean, Justin Ellsworth, and Paul Cassatta
School District:
Farmington Public Schools
Description:
Technology and UDL are powerful tools for designing learning environments that can reach all students, differentiate instruction, and let learners guide their own learning outcomes. This session will discuss the power of cross-curricular PLCs, district visioning for technology, and the transformation of school cultures.
Bryan Dean, Justin Ellsworth, and Paul Cassatta
School District:
Farmington Public Schools
Description:
Technology and UDL are powerful tools for designing learning environments that can reach all students, differentiate instruction, and let learners guide their own learning outcomes. This session will discuss the power of cross-curricular PLCs, district visioning for technology, and the transformation of school cultures.
Engage Your Learners With Digital Storytelling
Presenter:
Judy Bowling
School District:
Livonia Public Schools
Description:
Today’s students are the YouTube generation! Unlock their creativity and engage them by incorporating digital literacies in the curriculum. Come learn how to use a variety of web storytelling tools and mobile apps to share ideas and tell a story.
Judy Bowling
School District:
Livonia Public Schools
Description:
Today’s students are the YouTube generation! Unlock their creativity and engage them by incorporating digital literacies in the curriculum. Come learn how to use a variety of web storytelling tools and mobile apps to share ideas and tell a story.
Five Indispensable Instructional Technology Strategies to Support Instruction
Presenters:
Gary Abud and Andrew Taylor
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
What happens when you distill Marzano’s nine essential instructional strategies, infuse them with free apps and technological tools, and then deploy them newly refashioned into your existing lessons? Come explore the possibilities for integrating research-based practices with technology innovation in this active learning session.
Gary Abud and Andrew Taylor
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
What happens when you distill Marzano’s nine essential instructional strategies, infuse them with free apps and technological tools, and then deploy them newly refashioned into your existing lessons? Come explore the possibilities for integrating research-based practices with technology innovation in this active learning session.
Game Changing Apps
Presenters:
Drew Minock and Brad Waid
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
We will be presenting game changing apps for student engagement, teacher productivity, and augmented reality. We will show you how we are using these apps to change the culture and engagement in our classroom and our school. This session will benefit all grade levels and administrators. This is happening now! Come see how we are changing the game!
Web Tools:
abud.me
Galileo Project - Web Resource
Drew Minock and Brad Waid
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
We will be presenting game changing apps for student engagement, teacher productivity, and augmented reality. We will show you how we are using these apps to change the culture and engagement in our classroom and our school. This session will benefit all grade levels and administrators. This is happening now! Come see how we are changing the game!
Web Tools:
abud.me
Galileo Project - Web Resource
Globally, Connected Educator: Creating an Online Personal Learning Network
Presenter:
Stephanie Dulmage
School District:
West Bloomfield Public Schools
Description:
Are you connected with educators across the country and world-wide? Are you part of the collective voice in education? Do you yearn for personalized professional development? Do you want PD 24/7? Would you like to learn, be inspired, and collaborate with professional educators on a daily basis? If so, this session is for you. Creating an online personal learning network will accomplish all of this and more. Join me to understand the power of creating a PLN and the nuts and bolts of using Twitter a vehicle for your PLN.
Stephanie Dulmage
School District:
West Bloomfield Public Schools
Description:
Are you connected with educators across the country and world-wide? Are you part of the collective voice in education? Do you yearn for personalized professional development? Do you want PD 24/7? Would you like to learn, be inspired, and collaborate with professional educators on a daily basis? If so, this session is for you. Creating an online personal learning network will accomplish all of this and more. Join me to understand the power of creating a PLN and the nuts and bolts of using Twitter a vehicle for your PLN.
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Google Drive - Work Smarter Not Harder
Presenter:
Robert Schneider
School District:
Lakeview Public Schools
Description:
Attendees will be given strategies on how to implement Google Drive within the classroom. These strategies can be applied to various courses and grade levels within and outside of the classroom.
Robert Schneider
School District:
Lakeview Public Schools
Description:
Attendees will be given strategies on how to implement Google Drive within the classroom. These strategies can be applied to various courses and grade levels within and outside of the classroom.
Hey! Everyone's getting an iPad! Now What?
Presenters:
Denis Metty. Sam Argiri, Dr. Kristi Weiss, Dr. Donna Anderson, Ed Skowneski, Aaron Sutherland, and Katie Fitzpatrick
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Learn from the experiences of Fraser Elementary Principals who completed their first year of transforming building culture to a 1:1 learning environment. Format will be a short introduction followed by a panel discussion with Fraser Elementary Principals to ask questions on a variety of topics. Learn about: fears, glitches, challenges, excitement, student engagement, success stories, transformation.
Denis Metty. Sam Argiri, Dr. Kristi Weiss, Dr. Donna Anderson, Ed Skowneski, Aaron Sutherland, and Katie Fitzpatrick
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Learn from the experiences of Fraser Elementary Principals who completed their first year of transforming building culture to a 1:1 learning environment. Format will be a short introduction followed by a panel discussion with Fraser Elementary Principals to ask questions on a variety of topics. Learn about: fears, glitches, challenges, excitement, student engagement, success stories, transformation.
Hybrid Learning: Tomorrow's Classroom Today
Presenters:
Luke Woods and Dr. Michael Lonze
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Completing the third year of the program in June 2013, our Online Learning Academy continues to grow. The model we are using combines traditional face-to-face time with online components to create a hybrid model that allows students to progress at their own pace. In this session, we will share our process and progress as well as some challenges we have had to overcome in developing Fraser High School's Online Learning Academy.
Luke Woods and Dr. Michael Lonze
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Completing the third year of the program in June 2013, our Online Learning Academy continues to grow. The model we are using combines traditional face-to-face time with online components to create a hybrid model that allows students to progress at their own pace. In this session, we will share our process and progress as well as some challenges we have had to overcome in developing Fraser High School's Online Learning Academy.
iLearning, iFlexible, iPad: Ideas, Tools, and Resources
Presenters:
Joanne Rowe and Julia Alder
School District:
Birmingham Public Schools
Description:
Learn how to unleash the flexibility of the iPad to promote student creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, inquiry, and visible thinking. You'll leave with resources, assessment, and app ideas.
Joanne Rowe and Julia Alder
School District:
Birmingham Public Schools
Description:
Learn how to unleash the flexibility of the iPad to promote student creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, inquiry, and visible thinking. You'll leave with resources, assessment, and app ideas.
The Leader in Me
Presenters:
Steve Yauch and Heather Nuckloss
School District:
FranklinCovey/Education and Waterford Public Schools
Description:
Explore the innovative, school wide model that emphasizes a culture of student empowerment and helps unleash each child’s full potential. Applying The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, teachers and students internalize timeless leadership principles that nurture the skills students need for success in the 21st century.
Steve Yauch and Heather Nuckloss
School District:
FranklinCovey/Education and Waterford Public Schools
Description:
Explore the innovative, school wide model that emphasizes a culture of student empowerment and helps unleash each child’s full potential. Applying The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®, teachers and students internalize timeless leadership principles that nurture the skills students need for success in the 21st century.
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Leading with the Soul
Presenter:
Amy Flynn
School District:
Oakland Schools
Description:
Based on Bolman and Deal's "Leading with Soul," this session will recreate the historical significance of incorporating spiritual basics to enhance your leadership mission. Strategies and lessons will guide you to: recapture your purpose, rekindle your spirit, and infuse soul into your leadership practice. (All strategies are appropriate for transfer to the classroom.)
Amy Flynn
School District:
Oakland Schools
Description:
Based on Bolman and Deal's "Leading with Soul," this session will recreate the historical significance of incorporating spiritual basics to enhance your leadership mission. Strategies and lessons will guide you to: recapture your purpose, rekindle your spirit, and infuse soul into your leadership practice. (All strategies are appropriate for transfer to the classroom.)
Less (Teaching) Is More (Learning)
Presenters:
Sara Wilkie and Jordy Whitmer
School District:
BalancEdTech
Description:
One of the arts of teaching is knowing when to lead, when to help, and when to let the students figure it out themselves. Join us as we explore ways to: Engage and empower students as critical thinkers, questioners, connectors and creators of content, Build student repertoire of problem-solving strategies, and Challenge learners to mine mistakes, wrong turns and "failures" for the richer learning opportunities embedded within.
Check out our Wiki - Galileo 13
Sara Wilkie and Jordy Whitmer
School District:
BalancEdTech
Description:
One of the arts of teaching is knowing when to lead, when to help, and when to let the students figure it out themselves. Join us as we explore ways to: Engage and empower students as critical thinkers, questioners, connectors and creators of content, Build student repertoire of problem-solving strategies, and Challenge learners to mine mistakes, wrong turns and "failures" for the richer learning opportunities embedded within.
Check out our Wiki - Galileo 13
One to One or One to Some: iPads in the Classroom
Presenter:
Marnie Diem
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
Whether you have one iPad for yourself, six iPads for centers, or a one to one classroom, this session will explore ways to move from iPad use to iPad integration. Cost a factor? No worries! Tons of free apps and resources will be shared, as well as simple ways to start slowly making the shift from use to integration. All experience levels welcome!
Marnie Diem
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
Whether you have one iPad for yourself, six iPads for centers, or a one to one classroom, this session will explore ways to move from iPad use to iPad integration. Cost a factor? No worries! Tons of free apps and resources will be shared, as well as simple ways to start slowly making the shift from use to integration. All experience levels welcome!
Personalized Learning Through Standards Based Grading
Presenters:
Laura Woods and Kelly Bator
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
We will be describing the process our 9th grade English team used in implementing a standards based grading pilot at Fraser High School. We'll highlight the successes, challenges, and next steps as we explore how we have utilized this grading shift, as well as our school's 1 to 1 iPads, to personalize learning for all students and make sure they receive the skills needed to be successful readers, writers, and thinkers. We'll also discuss how we've used flipped lessons, Blackboard, and other tech in the classroom to facilitate learning for all students.
Laura Woods and Kelly Bator
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
We will be describing the process our 9th grade English team used in implementing a standards based grading pilot at Fraser High School. We'll highlight the successes, challenges, and next steps as we explore how we have utilized this grading shift, as well as our school's 1 to 1 iPads, to personalize learning for all students and make sure they receive the skills needed to be successful readers, writers, and thinkers. We'll also discuss how we've used flipped lessons, Blackboard, and other tech in the classroom to facilitate learning for all students.
Project-Based Learning Demystified
Presenters:
John McCarthy
School District:
PBL and Buck Institute for Learning Consultant
Description:
Learn why PBL is considered to be the best way to teach students the 21st century skills as well as learning and applying content in meaningful ways. PBL is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.
John McCarthy
School District:
PBL and Buck Institute for Learning Consultant
Description:
Learn why PBL is considered to be the best way to teach students the 21st century skills as well as learning and applying content in meaningful ways. PBL is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.
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Project-Based Learning - One Teacher's Journey
Presenter:
Rachel Cook
School District:
Woodhaven-Brownstown Public Schools
Description:
This session will provide a brief overview of the why, what, and how of PBL, and provide time for collaboration so that teachers may generate ideas to incorporate PBL into their classrooms.
Rachel Cook
School District:
Woodhaven-Brownstown Public Schools
Description:
This session will provide a brief overview of the why, what, and how of PBL, and provide time for collaboration so that teachers may generate ideas to incorporate PBL into their classrooms.
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The Role of the Board of Education in Guiding Visionary Leadership
Presenters:
Members of the Fraser Board of Education – Gerard Gauthier, President, Laura Edghill, Vice-President, Jim Birko, Secretary, Ron DelVillano, Treasurer, Carole Bannister, Trustee, Linda Corbat, Trustee, Kathy Roberts, Trustee
School District: Fraser Public Schools
Description:
This session will provide attendees with an overview of the role the Fraser Board of Education has served in developing a culture of innovation within the school district. Board members will provide insight to their strategic planning process, support for innovative programs, and the relationship they have established with the superintendent.
Members of the Fraser Board of Education – Gerard Gauthier, President, Laura Edghill, Vice-President, Jim Birko, Secretary, Ron DelVillano, Treasurer, Carole Bannister, Trustee, Linda Corbat, Trustee, Kathy Roberts, Trustee
School District: Fraser Public Schools
Description:
This session will provide attendees with an overview of the role the Fraser Board of Education has served in developing a culture of innovation within the school district. Board members will provide insight to their strategic planning process, support for innovative programs, and the relationship they have established with the superintendent.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families
Presenter:
Jodi Balconi
School District:
Novi Public Schools
Description:
Participants will learn to establish a proven and successful principle-centered framework to build strong family relationships and develop a common language so family members better understand each other.
Jodi Balconi
School District:
Novi Public Schools
Description:
Participants will learn to establish a proven and successful principle-centered framework to build strong family relationships and develop a common language so family members better understand each other.
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Tiptoe or Dive In: The Technology Pool Awaits!
Presenter:
Marnie Diem
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
Got iPads? No? That's ok! As long as you can get your kids on computers, there is a ton of technology you can use to enhance the learning experiences in your classroom! From blogging to twitter, from reading and writing to math and science, you will come away from this session with a plethora of resources and project ideas to ease the shock of jumping into the technology pool. Heck, after this session you just might be ready to dive into the deep end! (All experience levels welcome.)
Marnie Diem
School District:
Bloomfield Hills Public Schools
Description:
Got iPads? No? That's ok! As long as you can get your kids on computers, there is a ton of technology you can use to enhance the learning experiences in your classroom! From blogging to twitter, from reading and writing to math and science, you will come away from this session with a plethora of resources and project ideas to ease the shock of jumping into the technology pool. Heck, after this session you just might be ready to dive into the deep end! (All experience levels welcome.)
Transforming the Learning Environment
Presenters:
Lori Wetzel, Wendy Murray, and Jessica Carrier
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Are you thinking of moving to a mobile learning environment? Whether you will be moving to a 1:1 mobile learning environment or simply encouraging your students to use their own devices it is imperative to design a system of support for your staff to seamlessly integrate technology into their lesson design. Professional development and ongoing support is critical to the effective implementation of such initiatives. How do schools ensure that their staff has the ongoing support that they need to be successful? Come learn about the tech coaching and professional development model used at Richards Middle School during our first year of 1:1 iPad implementation and our plans for the future. Participants will learn about strategies and solutions for effective coaching and PD that lead to more reflective, student-centered, authentic, and engaging learning.
Lori Wetzel, Wendy Murray, and Jessica Carrier
School District:
Fraser Public Schools
Description:
Are you thinking of moving to a mobile learning environment? Whether you will be moving to a 1:1 mobile learning environment or simply encouraging your students to use their own devices it is imperative to design a system of support for your staff to seamlessly integrate technology into their lesson design. Professional development and ongoing support is critical to the effective implementation of such initiatives. How do schools ensure that their staff has the ongoing support that they need to be successful? Come learn about the tech coaching and professional development model used at Richards Middle School during our first year of 1:1 iPad implementation and our plans for the future. Participants will learn about strategies and solutions for effective coaching and PD that lead to more reflective, student-centered, authentic, and engaging learning.
Understanding Student Discourse
Presenter:
Aaron Johnson
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Students bring varying components of environmental, socio-emotional, and contextual knowledge to the academic environment. Many times schools try to standardize contextual knowledge without understanding that students' actual contextual knowledge may not align with the expected knowledge of the school environment. This session takes a quick look at the sociocultural variables that have a direct effect on student literacy and academic achievement.
Aaron Johnson
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Students bring varying components of environmental, socio-emotional, and contextual knowledge to the academic environment. Many times schools try to standardize contextual knowledge without understanding that students' actual contextual knowledge may not align with the expected knowledge of the school environment. This session takes a quick look at the sociocultural variables that have a direct effect on student literacy and academic achievement.
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Using Technology To Transform Your Elementary Classrooms
Presenter:
Susan Howey
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Teachers will gain many web-based tools to actively engage students in learning across the curriculum (ex: Pringles Challenge). They will also learn the "behind the scenes" of what it takes to run a classroom that incorporates student devices (ex: netbooks).
Susan Howey
School District:
Grosse Pointe Public Schools
Description:
Teachers will gain many web-based tools to actively engage students in learning across the curriculum (ex: Pringles Challenge). They will also learn the "behind the scenes" of what it takes to run a classroom that incorporates student devices (ex: netbooks).