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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378624
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Becoming a Nationally Board Certified Teacher
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Aspen Room
Please join Laura Vermillion and Christina Smith in an interactive learning session where you will learn the basics of becoming a Nationally Board Certified teacher.
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General
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5/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378658
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Tech Tool Playground
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Cedar B/Cedar C
Get ready to explore, play, and learn with hands-on experiences! Join us for Tech Tools Playground, where you'll discover the latest tech tools, robots, and interactive gadgets designed for the classroom. Experience live demos, test out cutting-edge devices, and brainstorm creative ways to integrate these tools into your teaching. Whether you're a tech newbie or a seasoned pro, this session promises fun, discovery, and inspiration for your classroom!
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Art
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9/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378651
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Stage Combat - Broadswords & Rapiers
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Cedar Room A*
In this introduction to the use of broadswords and rapiers in stage combat, participants will learn the basic choreography and safety measures to use with students.
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Theatre
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8/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379167
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ART…Authentic. Relevant. Timeless.
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Collaborate* Room
ART…Authentic. Relevant. Timeless.
Art is all of those words and more. What other subject truly celebrates and embraces differences? The session will include some art education, management tips and tricks, supply organizational tools, and some simple activities you can guide your students through in your classroom.
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Art
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11/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378626
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Creating Inclusive Artistry: Adapting Fine Arts for Equal Access
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Maple Room
This interactive workshop is designed for educators who seek to create inclusive, engaging, and accessible art and music experiences for students with disabilities. Participants will explore evidence-based strategies to adapt visual arts and music instruction to meet the diverse needs of learners with physical, cognitive, sensory, and emotional disabilities.
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General
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5/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379163
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Compose, Create, Click! – Digital Music Making for Grades 3–5
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Bring your elementary music classroom into the digital age with this hands-on workshop designed for teachers of grades 3–5. Using free, web-based tools, you'll discover how to guide students in creating their own music through intuitive digital platforms. We'll explore creative assignment ideas that build music literacy, composition skills, and student confidence — no tech background required!
Whether you're a digital novice or looking to expand your toolbox, this workshop will leave you with practical strategies, project templates, and fresh inspiration to bring digital music-making into your classroom.
Bring a device (or use ours provided) and be ready to click, create, and collaborate!
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Music
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12/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379171
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Stamped & Styled: Leather Art Techniques for the Classroom
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Sycamore Room
Join us for a hands-on, tactile experience in leather stamping, where art meets craftsmanship! Designed specifically for art educators, this workshop explores the creative potential of leather as a medium for expressive, student-friendly projects. Participants will learn basic leather stamping techniques using professional-grade tools, while creating their own custom leather bookmarks/ keychains/ etc.
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Art
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20/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378625
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Becoming a Nationally Board Certified Teacher
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Aspen Room
Please join Laura Vermillion and Christina Smith in an interactive learning session where you will learn the basics of becoming a Nationally Board Certified teacher.
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General
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2/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378659
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Cardboard Creativity Challenge
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Cedar B/Cedar C
Join us for a hands-on Cardboard Creativity Challenge inspired by Not a Box by Antoinette Portis! In this fun, STEM-focused workshop, kids will transform ordinary cardboard boxes into anything their imagination desires—rockets, robots, cars, castles, and more!
Using basic materials like tape, glue, markers, and recyclables, participants will design, build, and engineer their own “Not-a-Box” creations. Along the way, they’ll explore problem-solving, spatial reasoning, and engineering concepts in a playful, creative environment.
Through brainstorming, construction, and sharing their designs, participants will develop critical thinking skills while bringing their ideas to life. This workshop encourages innovation, hands-on learning, and thinking outside the box—literally!
Perfect for makers, engineers, and creative minds of all ages. Let’s turn cardboard into endless possibilities!
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Art
General
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14/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378652
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Expressive Arts & the Gifted Mind: Nurturing SEL Through Creativity
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Cedar Room A*
Gifted students often experience intense emotions, deep sensitivities, and unique social-emotional challenges. This session explores how fine arts can serve as a powerful tool for SEL, fostering self-expression, emotional regulation, and interpersonal understanding. Participants will engage in hands-on activities and discussions, leaving with practical strategies to integrate SEL into arts instruction for gifted learners.
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General
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10/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379164
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Eek! I’m teaching elementary music! Now what????
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Collaborate* Room
Oh my gosh!! I’m transitioning to elementary and don’t have limited experience and no resources. What do I do?!?! Here is your solution ?? Be prepared to witness the smooth sequencing from Prek to 5th grade and beyond. Participates will get hands-on experience and walk away with multiple lesson plans and a huge list of resources that meet all the TEKS requirements.
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Music
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20/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379157
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Expressive Arts & the Gifted Mind: Nurturing SEL Through Creativity
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Maple Room
Gifted students often experience intense emotions, deep sensitivities, and unique social-emotional challenges. This session explores how fine arts can serve as a powerful tool for SEL, fostering self-expression, emotional regulation, and interpersonal understanding. Participants will engage in hands-on activities and discussions, leaving with practical strategies to integrate SEL into arts instruction for gifted learners.
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General
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2/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379160
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Screenwriting Basics
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Join Chip Hale,Founder and Director of REEL East Texas for a breakout focused on how to teach students screenplay formatting and writing.
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Theatre
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1/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379172
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Clay in the Classroom
9:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Sycamore Room
In this session you will recieve tips and tricks from an experienced ceramics instructor, create a piece of clay, and take back to the classroom the tools you will need to start your own clay program. Clay pieces will be taken by Mrs. Scaggs to fire and mail back to you.
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Art
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19/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379176
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From Classroom to Community: Promoting Fine Arts with Social Media
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Aspen Room
In today’s connected world, promoting your fine arts program is more important than ever. Whether you have access to post on your school or district’s social media—or need a strategy to get your program featured—this session will equip you with the tools to make it happen.
Learn how to create engaging content, highlight student work and events, and use platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and even AI tools to elevate your program’s presence. Walk away with practical tips, creative ideas, and a ready-to-use plan for building support and visibility for the arts in your school community.
Let’s celebrate and share the incredible things happening in fine arts!
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General
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13/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379165
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Cling Clang Rattle Bing Bang: and other books we play and sing
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Cedar B/Cedar C
Children's picture books come along with melody, props, boomwhackers, drums, puppets and barred instruments. Come participate in this hands-on session that will equip you to challenge and delight your students.
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Music
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20/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378653
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An Introduction to Speaking Shakespeare
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Cedar Room A*
In this introduction to speaking Shakespeare's verse, you will learn the tools used by performers at the Texas Shakespeare Festival to bring Shakespeare's 400-year-old words to life for a contemporary audience.
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Theatre
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5/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379608
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Whimsy & Watercolor: A Beatrix Potter-Inspired Mixed Media Workshop
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Collaborate* Room
Step into the enchanting world of Beatrix Potter in this mixed-media workshop designed for art educators. Participants will explore techniques that blend watercolor, tempera, and collage to create a whimsical rabbit. Inspired by Potter’s timeless illustrations and love of nature, this project encourages storytelling through art and offers adaptable strategies for the classroom. Leave with a finished piece, fresh ideas for student engagement, and a touch of woodland magic!
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Art
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8/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379156
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Creating Inclusive Artistry: Adapting Fine Arts for Equal Access
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Maple Room
This interactive workshop is designed for educators who seek to create inclusive, engaging, and accessible art and music experiences for students with disabilities. Participants will explore evidence-based strategies to adapt visual arts and music instruction to meet the diverse needs of learners with physical, cognitive, sensory, and emotional disabilities.
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General
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4/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379162
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Editing Basics
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Join Chip Hale, Founder and Director of REEL East Texas, for a breakout focused on editing basics. This is perfect if you double as a production teacher or if you want to learn how to create your own virtual showcases.
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General
Theatre
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1/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378627
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From Classroom to Community: Promoting Fine Arts with Social Media
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Aspen Room
In today’s connected world, promoting your fine arts program is more important than ever. Whether you have access to post on your school or district’s social media—or need a strategy to get your program featured—this session will equip you with the tools to make it happen.
Learn how to create engaging content, highlight student work and events, and use platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and even AI tools to elevate your program’s presence. Walk away with practical tips, creative ideas, and a ready-to-use plan for building support and visibility for the arts in your school community.
Let’s celebrate and share the incredible things happening in fine arts!
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General
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7/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379166
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It’s not your Grandparents’ Folk Dancing
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Cedar B/Cedar C
Folk dancing is a great way for students to connect, interact and appreciate themselves and those around them. Music that the students can connect with helps them to find folk dancing with a group or partners less scary and more likely to put a smile on their face. You may even hear, “that was fun!” In this workshop you will experience several different structures of folk dancing with surprising genres of music.
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Music
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11/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378654
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Winning, Losing, and Everything in Between
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Cedar Room A*
Team culture, rehearsal process, choosing a script, and pitfalls of a UIL One Act Play director. This session will explore several topics which are often overlooked factors that lead to success or failure in the OAP process (and throughout the year.)
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Theatre
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8/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379168
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Integrating Recorder into the Music Classroom
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Collaborate* Room
Participants will learn how to effectively teach elementary students how to play the recorder. We will discuss how to teacher recorder as a stand-alone unit, and also how you might integrate recorder playing into activities you are already doing in the classroom.
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Music
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8/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378661
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AI in the Arts
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Pecan Room (Lab)
In this exciting workshop, we will discover the power of AI in the Fine Arts. There's no need to be afraid of artificial intelligence. In fact, it can help boost our creativity (if used correctly). We will explore some powerful AI tools for research, planning, and creation, and have fun making things with the help of the computer. We will also discuss the ethical use of AI tools for creation and discuss how we might use these platforms to support out students as they explore the universe of creative tools.
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General
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9/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379175
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Monoprints
12:40 PM - 1:25 PM
Sycamore Room
Want simple ways to create mono-prints? We will use a variety of surfaces like gelli plates, plexi-glass, foam plates etc, to create these quick but fun mono-prints.
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Art
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25/25
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378628
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The Arts as a Language: Supporting Emergent Bilinguals Through Creative Expression
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Aspen Room
Visual expressions have been utilized by teachers for years as a way to complement ad assist written expression. How can you channel those ideas in a way that supports language development? Join us and explore strategies for using visual arts, music, theatre, and movement to support emergent bilingual students.
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General
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8/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379170
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Neurographic Style Art
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Cedar B/Cedar C
In this hands-on session, teachers will experience the calming and creative process of Neurographic art—an expressive drawing technique that blends art and mindfulness. We’ll begin with a review of essential shading techniques including hatching, crosshatching, stippling, and blending. Then, through guided reflection and a brief eyes-closed drawing exercise, participants will generate spontaneous lines that serve as the foundation for their artwork. These organic shapes will be transformed into unique, abstract pieces using a variety of shading styles. Walk away with a finished piece, practical strategies for classroom implementation, and a renewed appreciation for art as a tool for emotional expression and focus.
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Art
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12/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378655
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Backstage Pass: Secrets to Producing like the Legends
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Cedar Room A*
If you and your students ever think, "How did they do that?" then this is the session for you! We will go through a series of backstage photos from great OAP productions and discuss how they did what they did! This session will leave you inspired to CREATE something new for your OAP contest entry ...without breaking the bank or the rules!
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Theatre
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9/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378629
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Illustrate & Innovate: Art Adventures with Picture Books
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Collaborate* Room
Discover how picture books can spark creativity and lead to amazing, outside-the-box art projects! This workshop explores the connection between storytelling and visual expression, incorporating AI tools to inspire new artistic possibilities. Join us for a hands-on experience that blends traditional techniques with modern innovation!
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Art
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6/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378657
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Hit the Ground Singing...Choral Tips to Jumpstart your Year
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Maple Room
Jumpstart your school year with fresh strategies to engage your singers from the very first rehearsal. In this interactive session, Dr. Pat Antinone shares practical choral techniques designed to build vocal tone, ensemble blend, and rehearsal momentum right from day one. Whether you're working with middle school beginners or seasoned high school choristers, you'll leave with adaptable warmups, foundational exercises, and classroom tools to energize your singers and set the tone for a successful year of music-making.
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Music
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10/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378663
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Fine Arts and PBL: Using Creative Storytelling to Make Meaningful Connections
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Stories have the power to connect us—to history, to emotions, and to each other. In this hands-on session, discover how Project-Based Learning can transform artistic storytelling into a meaningful, immersive experience for students. Whether through visual art, music, theater, or digital media, creative storytelling helps students express their voices while deepening their understanding of the world around them.
Participants will explore practical strategies for integrating storytelling into arts education, engage in a collaborative storytelling activity, and leave with ready-to-use project ideas that inspire connection and creativity. Whether you're an arts educator or looking to bring more creativity into your classroom, this session will equip you with the tools to make learning more engaging and impactful.
Join us to unlock the power of storytelling and help students bring their narratives to life!
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General
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4/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379174
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Piñata Power
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Sycamore Room
Unlock the vibrant world of piñata making in this hands-on workshop designed for art educators! You’ll learn how to transform simple, classroom-friendly supplies—cardboard, tissue paper, and tape—into colorful, three-dimensional party sculptures. From basic structural forms to eye-catching decorative finishes.
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Art
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18/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379159
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The Arts as a Language: Supporting Emergent Bilinguals Through Creative Expression
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Aspen Room
Visual expressions have been utilized by teachers for years as a way to complement ad assist written expression. How can you channel those ideas in a way that supports language development? Join us and explore strategies for using visual arts, music, theatre, and movement to support emergent bilingual students.
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General
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7/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378660
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Cardboard Creativity Challenge
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Cedar B/Cedar C
Join us for a hands-on Cardboard Creativity Challenge inspired by Not a Box by Antoinette Portis! In this fun, STEM-focused workshop, kids will transform ordinary cardboard boxes into anything their imagination desires—rockets, robots, cars, castles, and more!
Using basic materials like tape, glue, markers, and recyclables, participants will design, build, and engineer their own “Not-a-Box” creations. Along the way, they’ll explore problem-solving, spatial reasoning, and engineering concepts in a playful, creative environment.
Through brainstorming, construction, and sharing their designs, participants will develop critical thinking skills while bringing their ideas to life. This workshop encourages innovation, hands-on learning, and thinking outside the box—literally!
Perfect for makers, engineers, and creative minds of all ages. Let’s turn cardboard into endless possibilities!
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Art
General
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15/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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378656
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Magic's in the Making (Not the Money)
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Cedar Room A*
Great theatre doesn’t have to come with a big price tag. In this session, we’ll explore resourcefulness, creativity, and collaboration that can outshine any budget. Learn practical tips for stretching your dollars, rethinking your materials, and empowering your cast and crew to become problem-solvers. You’ll leave with tools to create meaningful, magical theatre... no matter your budget!
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Theatre
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9/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379169
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From Play to Play
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Collaborate* Room
Play is an important part of child development and is the gateway for children to learn music concepts. In this interactive presentation, Vincent will present games, play parties, and activities that will sequence learning from playing to discovery of musical elements to whole class concept activities that transfer to center activities for children to play with what with what they have learned.
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Music
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19/20
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Tuesday July 22, 2025
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379173
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Jewelry from Print to Pendant
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Sycamore Room
In this unique workshop, participants will explore the art of gelli plate printmaking and learn how to incorporate encaustic wax techniques to add texture, depth, and a dreamy finish to their prints. You’ll then turn your favorite creations into stunning handmade jewelry!
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Art
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18/20
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