ENGAGE 2024 Professional Learning Conference

Looking for a summer PD session to fill that Blank Space on your calendar? We don't know about you, but we're feeling Kami tooooo. Kami invites you to a world of Enchanting possibilities on PDFs, Slides, Docs, and beyond. Together we'll explore Kami's creative tools for digital annotation, comprehension, creation, and collaboration. Kami seamlessly integrates into your curriculum and ensures everyone has a chance to shimmer with its built-in accessibility features. Kami shines in Canvas, Google Classroom, or simply by sharing links with your groupies. Get ready to rock your classroom with Kami, the superstar of digital learning! Kami promises to be the shining star in your classroom, leaving you rehearsed and ready to 'Kami-fy' your content with Swift-worthy flair! Be Fearless and join us in our Kami Era.

Dive into the world of adaptive tools, teaching techniques, and best practices for exceptional learners. See how I modify materials and content for students with a variety of needs and accomodations. In this session, we will be talking about common issues teachers face with modifications, accomodations, and making materials more accessible while focusing on student abilities. All subjects can learn from the world of Art Education to better their teaching practices and make their classroom more student friendly and accessible. 

Implementing ULS with the iPad where unit teachers can collect student data/ how to engage students/data collection and grades.We will explore how ULS lessons can be correlated online to the powerpoint, to taking valid grades to have authentic grades. Modeling on how to take the powerpoint presentation to students.

Unleash deep learning potential by embracing challenge and struggle. Providing appropriate struggle is more than "wait-time" - because face it our students have better wait-time skills than most of us! Let's uncover how appropriately structured challenges stimulate cognative development. This interactive presentation is designed to recognize the value of student struggle as a pathway to content mastery, critical thinking, and problem solving skills. We will share strategies to guide students through productive struggle, ensuring a balance between support and autonomy.

Providing relevant, engaging and real time socials skills lesson that incorporates the social skills curriculum with play based activities/learning.