Now in my 30th year of education, I have presented and attended numerous conferences and ISTE really is my favorite. In my “years of experience” and from attending and presenting at conferences across the country on STEM tools, ed tech, Digital Citizenship, Robotics, AI, video creation, Latin, Catholic faith in education, Modern Language, ancient coins… I have seen and learned a lot and this year’s ISTE was the ZEE best! I am hoping these posts will encourage others to attend conferences and have similar experiences.

I am still processing all of the fun and learning at ISTE this year. It was an outstanding event. I am sharing “ZEE Best of ISTE” shoutouts in my upcoming posts.

First up is ZEE BEST COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE in an Exhibit Hall Booth…and the winner is Wayground (formerly Quizizz) You had it all. Your ambassadors leading the learning and answering questions with their cool PINK shades, hourly pinata smashing, a spin to win Wheel of prizes, Wayground pinata mascot posing for pictures, and Kyle Niemis in his “pink magnet” jacket to draw teachers’ attention and bring the energy of this truly amazing learning tool to the expo hall. You kept it lively and fun. Loved hanging out with Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth Erika Sandstrom Michael Wesely Larisa Black and all the other Ambassadors. I am honored to be a Wayground Ambassador and part of this group. How can you top this for next year?

Honored for the opportunity to present again with Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth This was for a Diocese of Pittsburgh Back to School PD. I loved sharing my favorite “Tools for teaching AI” & Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth presented her outstanding “Ai and the Law” workshop. We were both Teachers of the Year in the past for our State Ed Tech Group, Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications & Technology and we are still following the pillars of PAECT – Advocate , Connect, Develop and Lead. Join today and expand your PLN! Thanks to all the attendees and thanks to all who donated amazing SWAG for the PRIZE Patrol. PAECT Webmaster Ozobot BrainPOP Padcaster StickTogether by Demco MagicSchool AI Wayground (formerly Quizizz) Common Sense Media Typesy Day of AI Kira CodeAI Padcaster Goosechase (I love being an ambassador for many of these companies. ♥️ Thank you for all you have done to support me over the years and for all that you do to support teachers as continue to prepare students for the future!) Here’s to a great School Year. This is the start of my 30th year in Education! 🔥

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Today was the start of my 29th year of teaching. I have been noticing more often that “I see…ED TECH TOOLS” in everyday objects especially when I am shopping which is a favorite “extra curricular” activity for me. This was just in a hour after school today:

Shopping after start of 1st day 29 years teaching & always in SCHOOL mode-I see @waygroundai @waygroundpinata PINK- @farmerfaubs GOAT of @BookCreatorApp – @Rdene915 the “cat’s meow” w/her books,ThriveinEDU podcasts &presentations-and inspired to plan my next @Goosechase.

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Hope to see you at ISTElive in Philadelphia.

I am looking forward to TRETC 2023. https://www.pghtech.org/events/TRETC_2023 It is great to be attending more face to face conferences again. I have served on the TRETC planning committee for several years and this is one of my favorite conferences because it is local, I get to connect with so many teachers from the area, celebrate the outstanding Pittsburgh ED TECH companies, and learn about new tools and opportunities.

If you are attending, I hope you will participate in the GooseChase https://www.goosechase.com/ activity (PRIZES!) and join attendees in creating a Sticktogether https://letsticktogether.com/ Pixel Art Poster. (Enter to win a PIXEL POSTER for your school) and see how both of these activites can be used in your classrooms and how they are fantastic for community building.

There will be a great DOOR PRIZE at the event donated by PADCASTER. Fill out a ticket at registration. If you use ipads in your school and your students create content with morning announcements or recording events, you will love this equipment. Check out this case study on my school. https://youtu.be/H-_MSA0QXBc Ask me anything about Padcaster!

Also I will be leading a Birds of Feather Sessions with Colleen Hinrichsen and Anna Blake.

Birds of a Feather Group:
Primary Educators (K-6)

Questions to guide discussion: 
What initiatives are you really proud of at your district? 
Share something that currently working and brining results with student learning? 
What changes will define the next 5-10 years of education? 
What is not working at your district? 
What are you looking to change? 
What do you want to know more about?

Hope to see many of you at the Conference on Monday!