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Talk Tech to Me: 5 Ways to Drive Student Engagement

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 115C

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Presenters

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Holly Clark
Chief Learning Officer
The Infused Classroom
@HollyClarkEDU
@HollyClarkEdu
Holly Clark is an education leader, international speaker, bestselling author and student advocate. She’s a veteran educator who has spent over 15 years teaching in a 1:1 classroom, and over five years as an administrator in public and private schools. She holds a master’s degree in instructional design and educational technology from Columbia University. Clark is passionate about helping teachers create classrooms where students want to learn and can become the agents of their own thinking and understanding. She’s is a National Board Certified Teacher , MIEE and Google Certified Innovator .
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Colene Hardy
English Teacher
Deer Path Middle School
@mscehardy
Colene Hardy is an award-winning educator who has worked in public schools for almost 20 years, both as an English teacher and an educational technologist. Colene has two master’s degrees in education and is seeking her Ph.D. in Instructional Technology with Northern Illinois University. She has presented on EdTech around the midwest, including at the Northern Illinois Computing Educators conference and the Association of Illinois School Library Educators conference. Colene has worked on four teams that received innovation awards. She is a lead learner, insatiable reader, mom, teacher, foodie, and adventurer.
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Madeleine Mortimore
Global Education Innovation Lead
logitech
Madeleine Mortimore is the Global Education Innovation & Research Lead at Logitech.

Session description

It’s time for an edtech refresh! From evaluation to adoption through sustained use, this session explores research-backed ways educators are getting creative with technology, creating more engaging, student-centered learning experiences.

Purpose & objective

At this session, attendees will get hands-on access to tools that are new to the education market and practice with an instructional technology specialist applying these tools in a way that moves classroom tech use from substitution to TRANSFORMATION.

Attendees will also learn the latest research about ways technology impacts focus, comfort and auditory and visual engagement - context that will help administrators and teachers evaluate tech purchases and find tools with the greatest shelf lives.

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Outline

Introduction (5 minutes)
- The session will open with a short welcome and introduction.

Current State of EdTech Hardware (15 minutes)
- Madeleine will provide an overview of the recent research Logitech did with Education Week around which edtech investments and tools have the largest classroom impact and value, what effect tech has on focus, comfort and more, and how data-backed decisions can boost edtech adoption and effectiveness.

From Substitution to Transformation: Getting Creative with Edtech in the Classroom (20 min)
- Colene Hardy will share the creative ways she uses edtech to boost creativity and student engagement in the classroom.
- Edtech and Movement Demo

- Holly Clark will share how she encourages educators to rethink what they are asking students to do with edtech and what it means to move beyond substitution into transformation.
- Sketchnoting Demo: Sketchnoting is a visual style of note taking. Students mix handwriting, drawings and shapes to capture what they are learning. Attendees will learn how to sketchnote using the Logitech Pen or Crayon, and build understanding of the benefits of sketchnoting for students and gain tips on how to encourage their students to use sketchnoting in their learning journeys.

Q&A (10 mins)
- Madeleine Mortimore opens up the session for Q&A with attendees.

Wrap Up (5 mins)
- Madeleine Mortimore to wrap up the session.

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Supporting research

Logitech and Education Week Research

The EdWeek Research Center administered this nationally-representative, online survey 8/18/22-9/07/22. A total number of 1,009 participants including 180 district leaders, 207 principals/vice principals, and 622 teachers responded to the survey (note the teacher data was weighted by years of experience so as to be nationally representative. Data on years of experience came from NCES).

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Session specifications

Topic:
Emergent technologies
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices required
Attendee device specification:
Laptop: Chromebook
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
ISTE Standards:
For Education Leaders:
Empowering Leader
  • Support educators in using technology to advance learning that meets the diverse learning, cultural, and social-emotional needs of individual students.
For Educators:
Designer
  • Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
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