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Poster Presentations
World Language classrooms are uniquely complex: one teacher, multiple proficiency levels and students who are often English Learners themselves. Traditional differentiation can only stretch so far. In …
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Concurrent Session
Looking for fresh tools that genuinely move learning forward? In this fast-paced, high-energy session, educators known for sharing spotlight transformative AI and edtech tools for every subject and gr …
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Leadership Round Tables
Ready to move beyond AI talk and into AI literacy in action? This high-energy round table discussion lets you experience brand-new AI Literacy EduProtocols from the EduProtocols Field Guide: AI Litera …
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Poster Presentations
Generative AI is increasingly part of lesson planning, differentiation, progress monitoring and IEP development, but with limited district professional learning and a flood of vendor-sponsored certifi …
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Concurrent Session
AI can already complete most traditional school assignments, so what is worth assigning now? In this hands-on session, bring one current assignment and put it through an honest audit: What does AI do …
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Poster Presentations
How can AI support young learners in developmentally appropriate ways? This poster presentation shows how elementary educators can use Google NotebookLM to strengthen learning both in and out of the c …
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Concurrent Session
Women in educational leadership often navigate contradictory expectations: be confident but not intimidating, decisive but collaborative, ambitious but selfless, strong but likable. This candid, pract …
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Concurrent Session
In the hands of creative, forward-thinking educators, AI has the potential to make learning more authentic and engaging for K-12 students. This session explores how AI can help students connect classr …
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Concurrent Session
Schools invest significant time and resources in family engagement, yet many leaders still struggle with low participation, communication barriers, chronic absenteeism and limited family involvement i …
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Poster Presentations
School libraries are no longer just book repositories. They are equity-driven, technology-rich learning hubs that amplify student voice, collaboration and innovation. This poster presentation shares l …
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Poster Presentations
Families cannot engage with opportunities they do not understand. Many schools offer innovative programs, specialized pathways, unique supports and engaging student experiences, yet struggle to commun …
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Concurrent Session
Technology coaches have traditionally helped teachers find the right tool. But what happens when the right tool doesn't exist? Today, AI allows coaches to help create custom solutions tailored to spec …
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Concurrent Session
AI in education is quickly moving beyond chatbots and basic productivity tools. This session explores what the next generation of AI-powered education can look like through real-world projects develop …
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Concurrent Session
As schools navigate privacy, cost and connectivity challenges, relying on cloud-only AI is no longer enough. This session introduces a practical framework for deploying hybrid and offline AI in educat …
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Poster Presentations
When classrooms moved online, many educators relied on digital worksheets and static assignments that limit active learning. This poster presentation challenges that approach by reimagining virtual in …
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Poster Presentations
As AI and emerging technologies reshape education, instructional coaches face a new challenge: How do we deliver vital information while building trusting relationships with overwhelmed educators? One …
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Concurrent Session
What happens when robots, stories and AI come together in the K-8 classroom? This dynamic session empowers K-8 educators and coaches to reimagine computer science integration through robotics, We Will …
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Leadership Round Tables
Too often, professional development feels like being marched through an exhibit everyone has already seen, at the same pace, whether it fits or not. This round table discussion invites educators and l …
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Leadership Round Tables
As federal cybersecurity support recedes, district technology leaders are absorbing more risk with fewer resources. How do you protect your district when the prior protections of the Cybersecurity and …
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Poster Presentations
Should scholastic esports programs prioritize competition or student learning? The most successful programs recognize the answer is both. This poster presentation explores how to harness the excitemen …
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Leadership Round Tables
Every student can code, comment and vibe! This interactive round table discussion explores a proven elementary and middle school framework that uses CodeMonkey, text-based coding and AI vibe coding to …
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Poster Presentations
Documentation is a staple of CTE classrooms, but too often it becomes a compliance task rather than a driver of learning. This poster presentation shows educators how to redesign documentation so it a …
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Concurrent Session
Graphic novels are a powerful way to engage students in content, and creating them no longer requires artistic talent. In this hands-on session, you will explore a creative workflow that uses Gemini a …
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Leadership Round Tables
School systems aren't lacking data; they're lacking timing, coherence and usability. Many districts still rely on fragmented systems and lagging indicators, limiting their ability to intervene before …
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Poster Presentations
What does AI implementation really look like across a state? This poster presentation explores published AI integration case studies from across Michigan, highlighting how districts are developing gui …
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Concurrent Session
Don't wait for rigid policy or buy expensive software. This session shares a zero-cost blueprint for building a community-anchored AI literacy ecosystem aligned with digital fluency standards. Explore …
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Concurrent Session
Struggling to find time for high-quality math differentiation? This high-energy session shows how generative AI can move your elementary classroom from one-size-fits-all to personalized-for-all while …
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Concurrent Session
Game jams bring students together to ideate and collaborate on building a game in a short span of time. They give students with different skill sets a chance to create something meaningful, develop sk …
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Poster Presentations
What would your school look like if every member of the community felt seen, heard and valued? This lively, interactive poster presentation (with a musical twist) explores how educators and school lea …
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Concurrent Session
What really happens when a school district is hit by a cyberattack? In this session, two K-12 CTOs share their personal experiences dealing with a cybersecurity incident, walking through how they disc …
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Poster Presentations
As schools navigate AI in teaching and learning, the stakes are high, but the path forward does not have to be top-down. This poster presentation shares how one district centered student voices, educa …
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Leadership Round Tables
Can generative AI help drive growth in both math and reading? This round table discussion examines how Edtech Studio and the ESTREAM model were used in a pilot where, according to state testing data, …
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Concurrent Session
As generative AI tools such as Gemini for Education rapidly enter K-12 classrooms, educators need evidence that reflects the realities of teaching and learning across diverse school communities. This …
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Brain Gym/Digital Wellness Room
Wellness isn't something you only rest into; it's something you practice. In this Brain Gym session within the #SameHere Global STARR Gym for the Brain learning space, you will actively practice evide …
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Concurrent Session
Stop stressing over the perfect typed prompt. Your messiest, unfiltered spoken thoughts may be the shortcut to better AI results. This session introduces voice prompting, also known as rambling prompt …
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Leadership Round Tables
As AI rapidly enters schools, elementary student voices are often missing from the conversation. In this round table discussion, educators from Thompson School District share how Ponderosa Elementary …
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Poster Presentations
Technology should do more than entertain students. It should create connection, amplify student voice and strengthen school communities. This poster presentation shows how intentional technology integ …
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Concurrent Session
AI is rapidly changing education, yet many leaders are unsure how to apply it in their daily work. This session offers a practical, transparent look at how a superintendent uses AI to lead more effect …
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Leadership Round Tables
Schools have more data than ever, from dashboards and surveys to analytics and performance metrics. Yet some of the most important information about students' lives, experiences and needs can't be cap …
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Poster Presentations
Is the technology in your school healthy, or quietly showing symptoms of trouble? This poster presentation uses a doctor's visit framework to help school leaders assess their EdTech ecosystem without …
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Poster Presentations
AI is transforming school environments, but technology without empathy risks alienating diverse Gen Alpha and Gen Beta learners. This poster presentation bridges technical infrastructure and human-cen …
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Poster Presentations
Stop using AI to answer questions and start using it to architect deep learning. This poster presentation shows how educators can build custom AI Gems that act as pedagogical architects, turning stand …
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Concurrent Session
Screen time is one of the most contested topics in K-12 education, but not all screen time is the same. Cognitive and media research points to one consistent exception: character-driven, mascot-anchor …
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Poster Presentations
Communication, collaboration and social competence are among the most important skills students need for success in school, work and life. How can students practice them safely and authentically? This …
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Poster Presentations
Most AI rollouts plan for the technology but not for the teacher. You can choose great tools and run a full day of training and still watch adoption stall, because the real blockers aren't technical. …
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Leadership Round Tables
Quantum computing is no longer five years away. Error-corrected quantum computers are reaching commercial customers, encryption experts are accelerating their timelines, and analysts project hundreds …
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Concurrent Session
Trust is often discussed as a leadership trait but rarely designed as an organizational system, yet every successful school system depends on trust among boards, leaders, educators, students, families …
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Concurrent Session
What happens when the superintendent is not in the room? The strongest organizations are not built around one leader; they are built so leadership happens everywhere. This session challenges district …
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Poster Presentations
What if every student approached challenges like an engineer? This poster presentation explores how engineering design, problem-solving, creativity and iterative thinking can transform learning across …
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Leadership Round Tables
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming K-12 education, but the legal, ethical and contractual frameworks governing its use are still evolving. This round table discussion brings together lega …
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Concurrent Session
Competitive gaming keeps growing, but creating esports spaces where every student feels welcome, valued, and empowered takes intentional leadership. In this interactive panel session, female esports l …
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Poster Presentations
There's a new toy in town, and students are already playing with it. This Toy Story-themed poster presentation explores how to support students in using AI as a learning tool while teaching them to us …
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Concurrent Session
Many schools are implementing cellphone bans to improve student focus, behavior and academic performance, but early research paints a nuanced picture. Some schools report modest improvements, while ot …
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