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ITEC 2015

ITEC is an ISTE affiliate who promotes the use of technology in education by demonstrating to its members, other educators and the public developments in the use of educational technology and how its use supports teaching and learning. The ITEC Conference is October 11-13, 2015. It will be held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, IA. The conference is open to all educators and administrators in Iowa and beyond.

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Conference Resources & Shared Notes - Will be posted prior to the conference

9:00am CDT

Gamify your Tech Professional Development 312Sarah Nelson Plugin Play - Workshop to design your gamified lesson, unit or course. (6 hours) 313Michael Matera Using the Code Studio CurriculumLIMITED 314Ben Schafer GAFE Admin Technical Retreat 315Karl Hehr • Lance Lennon

1:00pm CDT

Flip Learning without Flipping Out 316Amber Bridge Making In the Classroom 317Jason Marshall

8:00am CDT

Google Play Tablets for Education 309Jeremy Pearson Technology and the Modern Teacher Librarian 308Lynn Kleinmeyer Better classroom video and methods for better self recording sessions or for flipped learning 312Aaron Cook Blended Learning 320Denise Busch Classroom Creativity Explosion 307Terry Shay Coding is Elementary! 316Laura McDonald Copy. Right? Using Resources Responsibly 303Kristina Ishmael Design Thinking for the Maker Classroom 402Leslie Osborn Designing Blended Professional Learning Opportunities for Faculty 314Wilson Rojas Bugueno Everyone is talking about Learning Management Systems 302Denise Krefting Flatten Walls, Open Doors, and Get Connected 319Stephanie Laird Future Goals: Teaching Science, Engineering & Math Through Sports 313Lincoln Hughes Google Love on the iPad 305/306Beth Swantz Linking Text and Technology 317Karen Appleton • Dr. Annette Smith Read, Write, Wonder: Little Known Google Tools to Support Literacy 401Shaelynn Farnsworth Redesigning Your Learning Spaces to Meet Student Needs 310Susan Schrader • Lance Wilhelm Sphero Smackdown 304Andrew Fenstermaker • Aaron Maurer YouTube in the Classroom 318Jonathan Wylie 10 FREE Microsoft Tools to Energize Your Classroom! Board Room 2Phil Peerman What’s New At Apple, iOS 9 and El Capitan in Action Board Room 3Apple, Inc.

9:00am CDT

Cultivating Curiosity: Negotiating the Tension Between Learning and Teaching Grand Ball RoomRamsey Musallam

10:35am CDT

Vendor Time HyVee Hall

11:10am CDT

Push Play - Beginning Gamification in Your Classroom 305/306Michael Matera Take Your Class on a Virtual Field Trip 308Sarah Nelson The Power of Choice: Building Learning Efficacy in Students 309Kate Engelkes Chromebook Implementation Roundtable 304Craig Barnum Coaching for Tech Confidence and Competence 401Gina Rogers • Beth Swantz Empower EVERY Teacher in your District with Personalized PD 303Jarod Bormann • Jill Kelly Engaging Students in Creativity 307Marisa Dahl Google Applications in Extra Curricular Activies - Making Your Life as a Club Sponsor Easier 320Samantha Howe Google Fun for Digital Stories 316Andrew Fenstermaker Learn, Create, Demonstrate with the iPad in the Primary Classroom 317Kim Fisher • Andrea Townsley • Anna Upah Make it Matter: Effective Technology Use to Benefit Student Learning 319Cindy Bassett • Jolie Morgan Redesigning Classrooms 314Seth Denney • Lisa Jacobs Showing Thinking: Sketchnoting and Design 402Erin Olson Total Participation Techniques with Technology 302Lindsay Grow Treat Your Students Like Scientists 318Amber Bridge What Does a TPACK Teacher Look Like? 315Denise Schmidt-Crawford Simple Techniques for Curating Curiosity Grand Ball RoomRamsey Musallam T3: Triple in Tech: Art, Music and Media 313Carol Broos Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 Technology Tour of the Hall of Pride Hall of PrideLance Wilhelm Energize the Room: Using Interactive Technology to Engage and Excite Every Student 312Marie Totten Build a Collaborative Classroom and Increase Productivity using OneNote Board Room 2Phil Peerman Harnessing the Power of the RtI Period 310Brian Scheibach Mythbusters! Are Apple and Google Compatible? Board Room 3Joanna Seymour

12:00pm CDT

Lunch HyVee Hall

1:10pm CDT

Beyond the Badge: Mechanics to build up Your Gamification Toolbox. 305/306Michael Matera Initiative Fatigue: Moving Forward in a Manageable Way 308Matt Townsley Technology Tidbits 309Jane Schmidt • Elizabeth Wold Collaboration across the curriculum 307Kenton Engels • Jacob Garrett • Drew Stonewall Communication & Collaboration With No Walls: Maximizing Digital Learning Spaces 302Diana Byriel • Jill Janes • Darci Newcomb • Jill Theiben Digital Ethics in Education 314Will Brackett Digital Interactive Kiosk 315Joe Wakeman Engaging Students in Critical Thinking 318Marisa Dahl Engaging Students through Classroom Ownership 303Amanda Leaming How You Can Use Augmented Reality in Your School 317Jason Marshall Integrating Technology through Essential Questioning 402Christina Link Lead the Tech Train at Your School! 316Jessica Bieber • Missy Birkey • Katie Heddinger Promoting Creativity & Innovation with a Technology Fair 320Cindy Herren PUBLISH IT! 5 Easy Ways to Bring Blogging Into Your Class 401Jonathan Rogers Speedgeeking with Coffeechug Version 3.0 304Aaron Maurer Systematically Integrating ELA and Technology 319Christine Mangrich • Brian Unruh Building Innovative Thinking Through Rube Goldberg Inventions 313Leigh Zeitz Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 #eWalkThrough 310Kelly Gillespie Anytime, Anywhere Learning - iTunesU 3.0 Board Room 3Joanna Seymour Avaya Safe School Solution: Keeping students safe through instant, coordinated communications 312Steve Given Flip Your Classroom with Office Mix Board Room 2Phil Peerman

2:00pm CDT

Purple Ribbon Winner Exhibit Main Concourse

2:10pm CDT

Vendor Time HyVee Hall

2:50pm CDT

Heater Meals vs. MREs - Consumer Reports 309Jane Schmidt Making Grades Matter in a Digital World 302Matt Townsley Mini-Games: Unlocking the Potential of Play - Matera 305/306Michael Matera Not Your Grandma’s Book Report 308Lynn Kleinmeyer Green Screen on a Budget Using iMovie 303Robert Kleinow • Deb Vail So Classroom Discussions Don't Stink 402Erin Olson So You Have a Smartphone... 314Nick Proud Technology Coaching: Gadgets, Strategies & Moral Support 318Kim Meyer • Gina Rogers Using Chrome to Support Reading 401Stacy Behmer Video As A Powerful Tool 319Patrick Donovan Windows Apps on Chrome OS 315Joe Wakeman Student Blogging: From Instruction to Production Grand Ball RoomRamsey Musallam Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 Creative Classroom Workflows Board Room 3Apple, Inc. FileWave’s end-point Systems Management suite (OS X/Windows, iOS/Android MDM) 312 Windows 10 In Education (For IT) Board Room 2Phil Peerman Wireless - Wave2 802.11ac What you need to know 313Ruckus BYOA: Build Your Own App 316Elizabeth Hayes App Smashing 317Carrie Hillman • Druvenga's Pride Google and NHD 320Deb Masker Integrating Scratch Programming in the Curriculum 307Ann Nicholson Makerspace Is About Culture, Not Tools! 304Aaron Maurer

3:50pm CDT

5 Things Innovative Teachers Do Differently 309Sarah Nelson 60 Chrome Extensions for Education 305/306Stacy Behmer A Journey to PBL 308Christina Link Collecting Data to Exit 'The List' 314Stephanie Mohorne Connecting Our Worlds to Celebrate Technology and Literature 319Alyssa Calhoun • Miranda Kral • Sarah Staudt Google Docs in the Writing Process 401Devin Schoening Green Screen on a Budget for iPads 303Robert Kleinow • Deb Vail Student-Driven Digital Portfolios In Elementary - Oh Yea! 315Jennie Ford • Susan Oehlertz Twenty Twitter Tips for Tweachers 318Jonathan Wylie Unconference 402 “Is Your Project-Based Learning (PBL) Engaging? Rigorous? Authentic? Achieving the Intended Learning?” 302Julie Graber Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 Blended Learning with Office 365 Board Room 2Phil Peerman Caching in with CACHEBOX 313Robert Oagan Guiding Through Change: From Awkward to Awesome 312 Lexia??? 310 Network with the Apple Distinguished Educators: Board Room 3Cindy Herren • Apple, Inc. • Joanna Seymour

8:00am CDT

Integrating Tech in the English Classroom 309Kate Engelkes Understanding Personalized Learning, Competency-Based Education and Standards-Based Grading 319Matt Townsley Annotation Nation 307Gina Rogers Beyond the Blue Button: Google Apps for Individualized Instruction 318Amber Bridge • Megan Jones-Schiebel • Beth Swantz Blogging: Boosting Writing Skills and Motivation 302Karen Hammers • Joni Readout Chromebooks and Special Education 320Samantha Howe • Wesley White How to Strategically Switch Your E-rate Plans 315Pamela Jacobs • Lance Wilhelm Iowa Learning Online - New Opportunities 314Iowa Learning Online - Iowa Department of Education Makerspace Magic 308Christine Sturgeon Share Your Inner Awesome: Using Social Media to Connect with Families and Teachers 316Kim Fisher • Andrea Townsley • Anna Upah Spreading your LMS Wings 303Mike Crawford • April Tidwell Student Voice: Are you listening? 305/306Ian Coon • Mande Gamble • Aaron Maurer Twitter for Teachers 101 401Travis Wilkins Developing Leadership in Classrooms, Schools and Communities 313Leigh Zeitz • Larry Ferlazzo Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 FileWave’s end-point Systems Management suite (OS X/Windows, iOS/Android MDM) 312 Getting the Most Out of Your Mac Board Room 3Apple, Inc. Synthesize with Sway Board Room 2Phil Peerman Vocabulary Instruction in the Age of Blended Learning 310Georgia Scurletis, Vocabulary.com

9:00am CDT

Digital Leadership: Changing Paradigms for Changing Times Grand Ball RoomEric Sheninger

10:10am CDT

Purple Ribbon Winner Exhibit Main Concourse

10:30am CDT

Vendor Time HyVee Hall

11:00am CDT

Choice-based Learning Through Gamification 309Sarah Nelson Googley-eyed for Google Classroom 308Lynn Kleinmeyer Mini-Games: Unlocking the Potential of Play - Matera 305/306Michael Matera Coding: Plugged and Unplugged 303Alyssa Calhoun • Benjamin Feight • Sarah Staudt Curriculum Ideas for Technology Teachers (K-8) 401Tyler Hellmann • Tyler Youngers Designing for Digital Learning 304Kris Byrum • Jill Janes Don't Shy Away from Greatness 314Nick Proud Free IPTV and PBS Resources 302Cindy Herren • Iowa Public Television I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Green Screen! 318Jonathan Wylie PC Imaging 315Sean Flockhart Sharing Student Stories 402Leslie Osborn Skype in the Classroom 316Laura McDonald Social Media & Technology as a Reflective Tool in Art Education 307Chelsie Meyer • Wendy Miller Student Legacies and Learning with Digital Portfolios 319Connie Jeschke • Deb Temperly Wait, I'm going to to teach WHAT? 320Mande Gamble • Jennifer Schlomer The Power of Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s) Grand Ball RoomEric Sheninger Using Tech Tools to Build Collaborative Communities 313Leigh Zeitz • Jared Colley • Joel Garza Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 Mythbusters! Are Apple and Google Compatible? Board Room 3Joanna Seymour Next Generation Firewalls with Barracuda 312 Windows 10 in the Classroom Board Room 2Phil Peerman Wireless Wave2 802.11ac What you need to know. 310Ruckus

11:50am CDT

Lunch HyVee Hall

1:00pm CDT

Beyond the Badge: Mechanics to build up Your Gamification Toolbox. 305/306Michael Matera Discovering Digital Literacies 309Kate Engelkes Keeping your user accounts in sync 308Jeremy Pearson Administrators and Google: How can it cut your work load? 314markyeoman • Wesley White Be a Digital Citizen Super Hero 310Sarah Staudt Classroom Management in a 1:1 Setting 401Luann Langel Instructional Strategies to Support Differentiated Classrooms 307Shaelynn Farnsworth Knocking down the classroom walls with Google Communities and Google Hangout 320Heidi Washington • Melissa White Makerspace Panel 318Amber Bridge • Jason Marshall Publishing Student Books Using iTunes Author 316Cindy Herren Putting the 'T' in PBL 302Jill Kelly • Deb Loftsgard Tech Director Roundtable 315Lance Wilhelm Unconference 319 Visualizing and Filtering Spreadsheet Data with Awesome Tables 313Brian Unruh Tell Your Story Grand Ball RoomEric Sheninger Breakout EduLIMITED Board Room 1 10 FREE Microsoft Tools to Energize Your Classroom! Board Room 2Phil Peerman Enhancing School Leadership with iPad: Board Room 3Apple, Inc. Preparing for E-Rate Success: Best Practices for Fiscal Year 2016 312Jerry Yarbourough Be a Player: Teach the Way They Learn 303Patrice Becicka • Ernie Cox • Maria Musselman Computational Thinking with LEGO WeDo. 304Aaron Maurer Hands on with MinecraftEdu 317Shane Wheeler Using trudacot to redesign elementary lessons and units 402Julie Graber

2:00pm CDT

Connecting Connected Play: 309Jane Schmidt Push Play - Beginning Gamification in Your Classroom 305/306Michael Matera 'Zoom me up: How administrators, teachers, and students can develop new ways to collaborate.' 302Samuel Lustgarten • Evans Ochola Create your own Self Paced Professional Development 307Linda Carroll • Denise Krefting Drones and Robots to Introduce Coding 312Jason Marshall Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Augmented Reality and QR Codes 310Benjamin Feight • Sarah Staudt Fun with QR Codes 316Christina Link IGNITE session 308Stacy Behmer • Benjamin Feight • Kelly Gillespie • Kim Meyer • Erin Olson • Leslie Osborn • Devin Schoening Implementing Chromebook 1:1 - A look at our successful first year! 315Robert Meier • Thomas Meier Integrating Technology in an Early Childhood Classroom 401Marisa Dahl Leave The Textbook Behind 314Patrick Donovan Snapchat 101: Understanding the Ghost World 318Jonathan Rogers Teaching in a 1:1 Program: Does Pedagogy Change? 319Jessie Christiansen • Denise Schmidt-Crawford Digital Pedagogy for Deeper Learning Grand Ball RoomEric Sheninger Breakout Edu Board Room 1 Flip Your Classroom with Office Mix Board Room 2Phil Peerman Network with the Apple Distinguished Educators Board Room 3Cindy Herren • Apple, Inc. • Joanna Seymour

3:00pm CDT

ITEC Board Meeting 305/306