SUECON 2015

Vocabulary Theater is an engaging student centered way to help reinforce vocabulary skills. This teaching strategy requires little to no prep,and can take as little as ten minutes. The students love it!

Come join an open discussion with David Faires, a middle school teacher who has completely reformed his instruction by treating his iPads/smart phones the same way he does students personal musical instruments. David argues that "We have been doing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) for years in Band and Orchestra so we already know how to do this!" Come join the conversation as we explore his ideas of how schools can use the policies they already have in place for band/music programs to move toward a 1-to-1 environment.

True Grit or the Marshmallow Effect Researchers have found that grit, self-regulation, is more important to success than IQ, grades, or even SAT scores. In the 60’s at Stanford University, Walter Mischel did a series of experiments testing the willpower of children. Follow up studies showed that the kids who were able to delay gratification years later had higher SAT scores, better social skills, even lower body mass. In this presentation will examine the research on grit, particularly that done by Angela Duckworth and Carol Dweck. I will be sharing ideas about how grit can be taught, plus tons of books on the subject.

We will be learning how to use Movenote and Zaption. Movenote allows you to combine video and voice to a document or slide show that you can easily share with others. Zaption allows you to take videos from YouTube and other sources and add questions for your students as they watch. Both tools are free and easy to use and share.

Culturegrams is one of the best resources available for social studies. You can get information about different countries and states as well as compare places throughout the world. If you are looking for a great resource for your Social Studies class you should see what Culturegrams is able to do for your class.

Skype and Google Hangouts are awesome tools to connect learners with experts, learners with learners, and classrooms with each other. We’ll learn ways to use Google Hangouts, Skype to in education and what a Mystery Skype is all about. Come and learn how to use Skype to make your classroom feel a whole lot smaller and a lot more engaging.