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Tools That Work Round 1: Prize Attack  |
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Anna Blake Laura Chervenak Cindy Jackson Ed Lydon Bill White
Get straight to the point and learn about Tools That Work! Hear five-minute stories and stay until the end of the session for a chance to win one of the prizes listed below.
You'll hear from:
VEX Robotics
Anna V. Blake, Elementary Tech Integrator at VEX Robotics, is an experienced Elementary Tech Integrator who will discuss how the introduction of VEX GO helped to empower her students to build and code a robot within minutes!
MatterHackers
Bill White, Applied Engineering & Technology Teacher at Avonworth Middle/High School, will show off the Pulse 3D Printer and how it’s engaged and inspired students through project-based learning.
ExploreLearning
Laura Chervenak, VP of Professional Development at ExploreLearning is a former high school teacher and administrator who will demonstrate how simple changes in fractions instruction can make an impressive impact on student understanding.
Samsung Electronics
Ed Lydon, National Sales Director & Education Program Manager for the Display Division at Samsung Electronics America, will talk about how Samsung is upgrading classrooms around the world.
Rosen Classroom
Cindy Jackson M.Ed, Director of Customer Success at Rosen Classroom, will discuss how teaching foundational literacy skills must be fun, encouraging, and relevant in students’ lives to help them become the best readers they can be.
Prizes include:
From VEX Robotics: VEX GO Classroom Bundle (Value at $1,998)
From MatterHackers: $100 MatterHackers Gift Card
From ExploreLearning: Limited edition Frax t-shirt featuring the ferrets of the F.F.S. Sable.
From Rosen Classroom: Rosen LevelUp license for up to 30 students, which includes access to 2,400 eBooks
Anna V. Blake is an Elementary Technology Integrator at Elizabeth Forward School District in Elizabeth, PA. Anna teaches over 400 children the fundamentals of computational thinking and computer science to grades K through 5 with applications like VEXcode VR, and Swift Playgrounds to robotics like BeeBots and Parrot drones. She has presented at the Sonoma County Remake Summit '18, TRETC '19, Virtual TRETC '20, PETE&C '19, PETE&C '20, VPETE&C '21, STEAM Summit at AIU3 '19, ISTE19, ISTE Tools That Work '20, and ISTE Virtual '20 about computational thinking and making in an elementary school setting.
I am a former high school teacher and administrator and I've worked for ExploreLearning for 11 years, helping teachers to use Reflex, Gizmos, Science4Us and now Frax. Helping to solve the big problems in science and math instruction has been so rewarding!
Cindy is a former educator with over 10 years of classroom experience. She has many roles during her years of teacher and found that K-12 Literacy, Ed. Tech was her passion.
Ed Lydon is the National Sales Director & Education Program Manager for the Display Division at Samsung Electronics America.
Bill White is a long-time 3D printing advocate and a MatterHackers Education Ambassador, helping to introduce 3D printing and digital manufacturing to students and educators in schools, libraries, and makerspaces across the nation. He is currently an Applied Engineering & Technology Teacher at Avonworth Middle/High School and has been teaching for over 18 years.
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