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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443837
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The Future of Teaching and Beyond - Saving the Human Teacher in an AI World
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Birch Room*
AI can create lessons, present information, assess students, and provide instant feedback. If that’s all a teacher does, what happens when an AI platform can do it faster and cheaper?
Saving the human teacher requires an answer many educators don’t want to hear: we must evolve.
In this inspiring “Tech Story,” Daniel Rich shares his journey from a teacher who resisted technology to an educator using EduAI and the PAGER Framework to work smarter, save time, and create more student-centered learning. AI shouldn’t replace the teacher. It should free teachers to do what technology can’t: build relationships, inspire curiosity, guide meaningful conversations, and make every student feel seen.
AI can do more—but only a human teacher can mean more.
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Classroom Focus
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2/50
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443852
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Padlet with Purpose: Building Systems for Instructional Leaders
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Collaborate* Room
Padlet is more than an interactive space for collecting student or teacher responses. It can become a powerful tool for building and managing instructional systems on a campus! When designed intentionally, Padlet can move from a one-time engagement activity to a system that helps teams organize information, monitor progress, and make more informed instructional decisions. The goal is not simply to use Padlet, but to use it with purpose to strengthen the systems that support instruction. This session will provide campus administrators and leaders a framework and practical ideas for using Padlet to strengthen instructional systems, while building a deeper understanding of its capabilities and potential.
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Administration/Leadership
Product Specific
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1/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443888
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Your Planning Period, Upgraded: Building Lessons with Claude
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Elm Room
Spend less time building lessons and more time teaching them. In this session, an 8th grade U.S. History teacher shows how she uses Claude, an AI assistant, to plan lessons that fit her schedule, her curriculum, and the students she actually has, including struggling readers. Watch a lesson come together live, from plan to handouts to review games to exit tickets. Learn the prompts that get the best results and how to check and revise what AI gives you. You’ll leave with prompts you can use right away and a lesson you’ve started drafting.
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Classroom Focus
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0/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444204
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There's an AI in My Boot!
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Innovate* Room
"Howdy, partners! There's a new deputy in town, and AI is ready to team up with DMAC! Join Crysten, a DMAC Specialist, and Courtney, a K–5 Reading Interventionist from New Diana ISD, as they round up assessment resources and take Tier 1 instruction on a wild adventure!
First, saddle up with DMAC to learn how to access and download assessments, answer keys, and assessment reports. Then, it's time to let AI join the roundup! Discover how to use these resources with AI to uncover those sneaky misconceptions and create engaging bell ringers, spiral reviews, differentiated activities, and more.
No need to feel like a lost toy when it comes to planning instruction! With DMAC and AI in your corner, you'll have a whole new toy box of instructional ideas ready for your classroom. So reach for the STAARs, partner, because you've got a friend in DMAC and AI!"
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Classroom Focus
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444194
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Math in Minutes: Quick Wins with Polypad & Amplify Classroom
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Magnolia Room
Join us for a fast-paced, idea-packed session on class openers, warm-ups, and quick games that spark rich mathematical thinking and discussion. These short activities work inside or outside your math block and can be revisited all year long, keeping students engaged, curious, and ready to learn.
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444183
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Buzz & Woody | Canva + AutoCrat: The Admin Power Duo
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Maple Room
You’ve got a workflow! Discover how Canva and AutoCrat can become your go-to sidekicks for saving time, simplifying tasks, and creating more with less effort. Use Canva’s Bulk Create, AI image generation, templates, and branding tools to quickly produce certificates, mass letters, presentations, and polished campus resources. Then let AutoCrat handle mail merges, personalized documents, and bulk automation. To Infinity & beyond!
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Administration/Leadership
Product Specific
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12/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444145
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Exploring ways to integrate agriculture into the classroom through the eyes of a student
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Sycamore Room
Join Texas Farm Bureau Agriculture in the Classroom® as we step into the shoes of a student to explore a variety of FREE resources including TEKS-aligned curriculum, hands-on activities, TEA-approved CPE professional development, grant opportunities, and more. Participants will discover techniques to meaningfully incorporate agriculture into the classrooms of all grade levels and subject areas.
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Product Specific
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2/24
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443843
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Imagine It. Build It. Use It. - Creating Custom Apps With Google AI Studio
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Birch Room*
What if the perfect app for your classroom or job doesn’t exist yet? Build it.
Google AI Studio allows educators to turn their ideas, everyday tasks, and even existing spreadsheets into useful, personalized apps. You don’t need to be a programmer. You need a problem to solve, a clear idea, and the willingness to experiment.
Daniel Rich and Ms. Renfrow will share real examples of apps they’ve created, explain how those apps save time and solve problems, and walk participants through the process of creating an app in Google AI Studio. Participants will leave inspired to stop searching for the perfect tool and start building it.
In today’s world of AI, imagination may be the only limit.
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Product Specific
Subject Areas
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2/50
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443861
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To Data & Beyond: What Story Is Your Data Telling? Connecting STAAR Trends to Local Assessments in DMAC
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Collaborate* Room
One assessment doesn’t tell the whole story. We’ll dig into local assessment results and three-year STAAR trends in DMAC to identify strengths, needs, and priorities for student learning. Then, we’ll take those identified gaps into TAG and show you how to find ready-to-use assessments and resources aligned to the TEKS your students need most.
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Product Specific
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0/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443879
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The PBL Upgrade: Designing AI-Integrated, Multimodal Learning Experiences
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Elm Room
Instead of banning AI, leverage it as the unit architect while requiring students to produce physical, visual, and auditory artifacts that AI cannot create independently. This meta-session teaches educators how to take existing, traditional assignments and redesign them into robust, AI-resistant PBL units!
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Classroom Focus
Subject Areas
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3/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444144
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To Diffit and Beyond!
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Innovate* Room
The learner will explore Diffit, how to create "sub ready" materials that are aligned to what they are doing in class. Learn how to create something from a simple prompt, or upload a resource of their own and create activities to go with it! Diffit can even create activities that go with instructional practices like the jigsaw method.
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Classroom Focus
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0/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444195
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New Toys in the Box: Discover What’s New in DEX
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Magnolia Room
Come see what’s new in Discovery Education! Explore resources and tools that help bring lessons to life and spark student curiosity. Leave with practical ideas for using Discovery Education to support teaching and learning in your classroom. Don’t have Discovery Education Experience (DEX), or aren’t sure whether your district does? Join us anyway to discover what this wonderful digital tool has to offer!
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Classroom Focus
Product Specific
Technology Applications
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3/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444187
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Tech Tools Throwback - Mixtape: Rockin' your Workflow
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Maple Room
Grab your mixtape, pop in those D batteries, and get ready to jam while we show you some totally rad gizmos that will save you time, boost your workflow, and keep your classroom rockin’ all year long. Learn how to use gnarly tools like ChatGPT + Brisk, NotebookLM, KNOWT, and more to crank up the volume and turn everyday teaching into something truly EPIC. The best mixtape since the Walkman.
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Classroom Focus
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9/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444153
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What's new—and what's next—with ClassLink?
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Sycamore Room
Join us for a look at some of the latest ways ClassLink is helping districts turn data into action. We’ll explore Analytics Plus with Screen Time and Digital Health reporting and Insights, connecting digital resource usage with student outcomes. Come see how these newer capabilities can help you better understand engagement, evaluate edtech investments, and get even more value from your ClassLink partnership.
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Product Specific
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1/25
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444331
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eSports 101: From Seoul to Your Campus
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Birch Room*
Where did esports come from, and what does it take to coach it well? We start in 1990s South Korea, where a national bet on broadband helped turn StarCraft into a televised sport, and follow the thread to today's high school and college leagues. Then we get practical: what counts as an esports title, what makes a player good, and the coaching basics for a teacher or librarian who didn't plan on being a coach.
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Technology Applications
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443870
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Opening the Door: Using Technology to Build Relationships That Matter.
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Collaborate* Room
Technology has transformed the way schools communicate, collaborate, and connect. A QR code can provide instant access to information. A digital form can gather hundreds of responses. A shared document can bring people together across a campus. A message can reach an entire school community in seconds.
But access does not automatically create connection.
Strong learning communities are built on relationships—relationships between teachers and students, colleagues and staff, schools and families, and campuses and community partners.
In this interactive session, participants will explore how digital tools can open the door to communication and collaboration, while intentional relationship-building encourages people to walk through it.
Using examples from the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, participants will explore practical tools that can help them to create meaningful conversations, increase participation, strengthen trust, and build sustainable partnerships.
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Administration/Leadership
Classroom Focus
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2/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444138
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Technology With a WHY
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Elm Room
Technology is constantly changing, but meaningful learning should remain at the center of instruction. In this practical session, educators will explore how to move beyond using technology simply because it is available and instead make intentional choices based on what students need to learn, create, and experience.
Participants will explore a simple WHY framework for purposeful technology integration. Through classroom examples and interactive activities, educators will consider how technology can increase engagement, collaboration, creativity, inquiry, problem-solving, communication, and student ownership.
Rather than focusing on specific platforms or products, this session will focus on the instructional purpose behind technology choices. Participants will examine when technology can enhance a learning experience, when a simpler approach may be more effective, and how to select tools based on the desired student outcome.
Examples from multiple content areas will demonstrate how the same approach can be adapted across grade levels and subjects. Participants will leave with a practical framework for evaluating technology choices and designing meaningful technology-enhanced learning experiences they can implement immediately.
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Classroom Focus
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3/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444218
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The Wayground Playground
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Innovate* Room
Come learn how you to use Wayground and even turn on certain Accommodations for student in Wayground. Did you know that you can get notifications when students leave Wayground tab? Or when they right click in Wayground?
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Product Specific
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0/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444197
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Who's Talking? Student Voice in the Age of AI
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Magnolia Room
Students are curious, creative, and already living in a world shaped by AI. Instead of shutting the door, this session invites educators to serve as a guide on the side as students learn to use AI with purpose, honesty, and confidence. The session will explore what it looks like to model responsible AI use, set meaningful guardrails, and help students take ownership of their learning. From asking stronger questions to checking AI responses, revising ideas, and making thoughtful choices, attendees will leave with practical ways to support student voice and agency while keeping learning at the center.
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Classroom Focus
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1/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444189
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To Infinity & Beyond: Making Learning Accessible with KNOWT + NotebookLM
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Maple Room
What if the problem isn’t the content, but how much of it students have to process?
For many students, especially students receiving special education services, a page full of text, a lengthy study guide, or a 50-minute lecture can feel like a mission to infinity and beyond.
Discover how Knowt and NotebookLM can become powerful tech sidekicks for turning a LOT of information into learning students can actually use.
See how teachers can upload study guides, notes, readings, presentations, and other instructional materials and transform them into more digestible, organized, and relatable learning experiences. Explore how recorded class lessons can become resources students can revisit when they need repetition, processing time, or another chance to connect with the content.
We’ll focus on practical ways to chunk information, simplify access, support review, and help students interact with content without lowering the learning target.
Best of all, these tools are easy to use and designed to support the teacher, not create more work. Come see how a few simple tech tools can help turn “This is too much” into “I can do this."
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Classroom Focus
Special Populations
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1/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444164
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To the Library and Beyond: Powering Up Your Imagination!
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sycamore Room
Blast off into a world of possibilities where the library is a destination for fun, creativity, and discovery! Explore engaging ideas for bringing students through the doors and keeping them coming back. Discover ways to spark curiosity, encourage exploration, and create a welcoming space where reading and imagination take flight.
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Library Media
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12/25
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444332
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Esports 201: The Program Toolkit
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Birch Room*
For programs that are already running or about to launch, we'll go through where to find good resources (free guidebooks, coaching certifications, league options in Texas), the streaming and production tools that work on a school budget and a school network, and how to keep a season organized. The last 15 minutes are a roundtable, so bring your questions and your problems, and we'll work through them as a room.
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Technology Applications
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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443874
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Our Micro-PD Story: Chapter-by-Chapter Tech Integration
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Collaborate* Room
Every school district has a technology story, but far too often, the chapter on professional growth is written with disengaged staff and long, one-size-fits-all faculty meetings. Longview ISD set out to rewrite that narrative by shifting from traditional models to a dynamic, asynchronous Micro-PD ecosystem.
In this session, we will share our district’s journey of transforming tech coaching for 1,400 staff members across 14 campuses. Discover how we combined Google Vids with Gemini AI to rapidly script, design, and produce high-quality, three-minute instructional video tutorials. Learn how we integrated NotebookLM directly into our hub, grounding AI in our district’s own documents to give teachers instant, cited answers and generated study guides for immediate troubleshooting.
Attendees will explore our story framework for building a centralized Google Sites hub that delivers personalized, bite-sized learning pathways. You will leave with our complete story blueprint and a turnkey Google Sites template pre-stocked with adaptable tech video tutorials covering Gmail efficiency, Google Workspace essentials, and AI tools like Gemini and NotebookLM. Come discover how to turn your district’s tech training into a story of high-impact, flexible, and sustainable professional growth!
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Administration/Leadership
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4/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444139
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Slide to the Right, Slide to the Left: Coding the Cupid Shuffle
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Elm Room
Let's turn your classroom into a dance floor! In this hands-on session, participants will explore how coding can engage students in STEM and bring the joy of movement and creativity into math and science learning. You'll code using Python to “line dance” to classics like the Cupid Shuffle and the Electric Slide. Just like teaching students the steps of a dance, you'll see how coding can be scaffolded for learners of all levels. This session is for beginners with no coding experience to those ready to choreograph their own routines. By the end, you'll leave with: A ready-to-use, student-friendly coding activity that sparks excitement, ideas to connect coding to rhythm, patterns, and problem-solving, and a playful, out-of-the-box way to get students moving, thinking, and laughing while building technology and coding skills. No dance skills required — just your curiosity, energy, and willingness to have fun!
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Subject Areas
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9/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444221
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Operation Differentiation
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Innovate* Room
Learn how to use MagicSchool Teacher Tools to help you differentiate your directions, lessons, and assignments! We will explore tools such as sentence starters, assignment scaffolder, and more!
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Product Specific
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1/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444199
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Tech Stories from the Field: How Texas Educators Made Digital Literacy Work
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Magnolia Room
Hear directly from Texas educators about their journey with Learning.com and TechApps for Texas. Panelists share how they launched, built teacher buy-in, and connected instruction to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), plus lessons learned along the way. Ideal for administrators, technologists, Library Media Specialists, and teachers.
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Administration/Leadership
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1/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444190
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You've Got a Friend in AI: Rescuing Your Resource Room
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Maple Room
Welcome to the next chapter of classroom management! Just as the toys in Toy Story 5 must adapt to a rapidly changing digital world, special educators need innovative ways to manage their ever-growing "toy boxes" of manipulatives, games, and decodable texts. In this interactive session, attendees will discover how to use generative AI to conquer cabinet chaos and design sustainable instructional models. Participants will learn a step-by-step method for organizing their messy storage and prompting ChatGPT to build a structured, usable inventory.
We will explore how to take this digital inventory and instantly generate a year’s worth of customized station rotations that build from easier to harder skills. Educators will learn how to implement a predictable four-station routine that provides students with consistency while eliminating the need to invent four new activities every day. Finally, we will cover how to use AI to condense these rotations into a manageable 8-week plan accompanied by a simple one-page Monday morning setup checklist. Stop playing catch-up, avoid the trash incinerator of burnout, and let AI be your favorite new deputy!"
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Classroom Focus
Special Populations
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0/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444179
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The Digital Learning Swap Shop
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Sycamore Room
Do you have a favorite digital tool, an innovative classroom idea, or a technology challenge you just can't solve? Bring it to the table! This interactive EdTech roundtable is all about educators learning from educators. Whether you've discovered a game-changing AI tool, found a creative way to engage students, or have a question that needs a fresh perspective, there's a seat for you at this table.
Come ready to share a tool, tip, trick, or question as we exchange ideas, explore new resources, and collaboratively tackle real classroom challenges. No lengthy presentations, no one-size-fits-all solutions, just authentic conversations and practical takeaways.
You don't have to be a technology expert to participate. Bring your curiosity, your experiences, and your willingness to learn from others. You'll leave with new ideas, valuable connections, and a few more tools in your digital toolbox!"
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Administration/Leadership
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1/25
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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446150
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Press Start on Career Pathways: Esports Meets CTE
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Birch Room*
Join Aaron Jaggers, founder of the Texas Esports Collective, to explore how esports can connect students to Career and Technical Education (CTE) pathways. Discover opportunities to link gaming interests with classroom learning in areas such as technology, business, broadcasting, and event management. Leave with practical ideas for helping students turn their passion for esports into skills for future careers.
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Technology Applications
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1/50
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444235
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Every Unit Has a Story: Turning TEKS Blueprints into Ready-to-Teach, Localized Lessons with AI
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Collaborate* Room
Every district has a curriculum blueprint, and every teacher knows the gap between a TEKS scope-and-sequence and a lesson that's actually ready for Monday. In this hands-on session, we'll turn a static TCMPC/TEKS unit blueprint into a localized, standards-aligned, ready-to-teach unit in minutes using AI, then layer in UDL supports and student-choice so it works for real East Texas classrooms. You'll leave with a unit you built and a repeatable workflow that gives prep time back.
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444141
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Unleashing the Power of Data
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Elm Room
In this hands-on, interactive session, participants will explore how putting real scientific data into students’ hands can transform science instruction. Using classroom-ready probes, sensors, and digital tools, this session demonstrates how teachers can shift students from passive observers to active investigators who engage in 3D Learning. Participants will go home with ready-to-use activities that they can make their own.
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1/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444224
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Hear Me Roar: Amplifying Student Voice and Understanding
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Innovate* Room
You want to give personal feedback to every student, but sometimes that seems impossible. Try Snorkl! Students can record verbal explanations and show their learning on the virtual whiteboard and Snorkl will provide AI generated feedback on the students strategies. It will identify learning gaps and provide the teacher with insight on the students progress.
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Product Specific
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2/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444203
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To Infinity and Beyond with Writing
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Magnolia Room
We have new toys for writing teachers to play with! This session will explore Write Align and how to enhance your students’ writing and tailor your instructional activities. You will have data, exemplars, and a chatbot at your fingertips to build tailored learning experiences for students. Come and see what is new!
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Subject Areas
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5/30
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444193
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You’ve Got a Friend in Tech: Tools for Student Media
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Maple Room
Every media adviser needs a good toy box—and today’s toy box is filled with tech! Student publications and media programs rely on the right digital tools to create, collaborate, organize, and publish, but finding affordable resources can feel like searching through a toy box full of possibilities. This session explores a collection of free and low-cost tech tools, including Canva for marketing and design, Google Classroom for organization and workflow, Photopea for photo editing, and more. Whether you advise yearbook, newspaper, broadcast, or multimedia, you’ll discover practical resources that can make your job easier while giving students more opportunities to create, collaborate, and tell their stories. Come explore the tools, pick up a few new favorites, and take home a tech toy box full of resources ready to put to work. To infinity and beyond!
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Classroom Focus
Technology Applications
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6/40
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Wednesday November 18, 2026
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444181
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Upload, Create, Engage with NotebookLM
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Sycamore Room
What if the lessons, articles, notes, and resources you already use could become engaging podcasts, interactive study tools, and personalized learning experiences in just minutes? Discover how Google's NotebookLM can transform your existing instructional materials into powerful resources that support student engagement, comprehension, and independent learning.
In this hands-on session, educators will explore how to use NotebookLM to create AI-generated audio overviews, study guides, quizzes, and other instructional resources. We'll examine practical classroom applications, including differentiating instruction, supporting diverse learners, and helping students take ownership of their learning.
Participants will also discover how students can use NotebookLM as an independent learning companion to explore content, ask questions, and strengthen understanding. Bring a lesson, article, or instructional resource and leave with a ready-to-use creation of your own!"
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