2026 Technology Conference
Schedule Subject to Change
All sessions have limited capacity and are on a first come first seated basis.
Creating a schedule on Sessions Sync does not reserve your seat for the session.
8:00 AM
Registration
South Padre Island Convention Center - Lobby · Capacity 1000
9:00 AM
Welcome & Opening
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
9:30 AM
Keynote Speaker: Carl Hooker "Are We Ready to Be Future Ready?"
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
10:30 AM
Exhibit Hall Open
South Padre Island Convention Center - Exhibit Hall · Capacity 1000
11:00 AM
Titlewave Support Tools
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 202 · Capacity 125
Alexandra Cornejo
Melissa Haynie
GOAL! Dynamic Digital Playbooks with Kami
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 102 · Capacity 48
Belsa Rios
Entering the New Phase - Outpacing the Bad Guys
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 101 · Capacity 48
Eric Rodriguez
AI for Teachers: Practical Strategies That Work
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 201 · Capacity 48
Denisse Montemayor
Selfies and Shelfies: Promoting Library Programs with Canva and AI
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 104 · Capacity 48
Stephanie Galvan Russell
Let’s Talk Virtual Learning: What It Takes to Launch, Support, and Scale
South Padre Island Convention Center - Learning Lounge 1 · Capacity 25
Apple Sauce: Enhancing Critical Thinking & Innovation with Apple in the Classroom
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 103 · Capacity 48
Ernesto Gonzalez
Cynthia Chairez
SHYANNE DIAZ
Empowering Every Voice: Using SchoolAI to Support Multilingual Learners and Student Thinking
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
Omar Lopez
Fely Garcia Lopez
Not Knowt-It-Alls… Just Knowt-ing What Sticks in the Classroom: Responsible, Standards-Aligned Study Workflows
South Padre Island Convention Center - Exhibitor Learning Lounge · Capacity 25
Claudia Garcia
11:45 AM
Lunch On Your Own
South Padre Island Convention Center - Patio Area · Capacity 1000
1:15 PM
Canva Glow Up: New Tools You'll Love
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 202 · Capacity 125
Alexandra Cornejo
FortiGate: Secured Networking Approach
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 201 · Capacity 48
Art Garcia
ELA: Building Strong Responses Step by Step
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 104 · Capacity 48
Michelle Garza
Ready, Set, FAIL! Using Risk-taking and Failure to Unlock
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
Building Living Classrooms: Using technology in GREEN spaces
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 103 · Capacity 48
Maria Ochoa
Maria Jose Cardenas Muedano
Clarissa De Leon
Authentic Publishing in a Title I School: Digital Magazine as Instructional Technology
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 102 · Capacity 48
Dwayne Vega
From Overwhelmed to AMAZing with OneSync Say Goodbye to Manual Account Provisioning with ClassLink
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 101 · Capacity 48
Kimberly Jett Gonzalez
1:30 PM
Beyond the Buzz: Empowering Excellence Through AI in Texas Education
South Padre Island Convention Center - Learning Lounge 1 · Capacity 25
2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall Open
South Padre Island Convention Center - Exhibit Hall · Capacity 1000
2:30 PM
Transforming Teachers in Tech
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 104 · Capacity 48
Nancy Stockton
Michele Galvan
Kelly Gaskin
10 AI Tools to Foster Creativity
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
Building a Sustainable Virtual Program
South Padre Island Convention Center - Exhibitor Learning Lounge · Capacity 25
Build an Esports Program WITHOUT Playing the Games
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 102 · Capacity 48
Wayground Beyond the Quiz: Building an All-in-One Learning Ecosystem with AI
South Padre Island Convention Center - Learning Lounge 1 · Capacity 25
April Arendall
Palo Alto Networks: Beyond the Blind Spot- Device Security, a Complete Solution
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 101 · Capacity 48
Farshad Hendi
Aaron LaFontaine
What’s New in Education from Apple (Extended Session)
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 202 · Capacity 125
David Hernandez
Ernesto Ayala
NotebookLM—Building Your "Grounded" Knowledge Lab (Extended Session)
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 103 · Capacity 48
Brian Smith
Laurie Beaman
Teaching Data Science in the AI Era: From Tidy Data to Intelligent Insight (Extended Session)
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 201 · Capacity 48
James Curts
3:25 PM
Designing the Layers of School Safety
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 101 · Capacity 48
Leverage Kahoot! EDU to Sustain Learner Engagement
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 150
Ernesto Rodriguez
Smarter, Faster, Better: AI Tips, Tools & Custom Solutions
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 102 · Capacity 48
Jessica Hruska
Andres Gonzales
To Infinity and Beyond: Gemini in Google Workspace & Google Classroom
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 104 · Capacity 48
Brenda Sepulveda
MICHELLE HARVEY
4:15 PM
Door Prizes
South Padre Island Convention Center - Room 500 · Capacity 1000