The Ultimate Demo Slam: Utah Google Certified Trainer Edition is an action-packed hour of pure Google Workspace excitement! The Google Certified Trainers in Utah will vie to become the Demo Slam master by presenting one SLAM* each. Participants will watch, learn, discuss, and ultimately judge which Demo Slam will be deemed ultimate Google champion for 2022! Come be a part of this annual part of the UCET experience!
*A SLAM is a two-minute demonstration of the capacities of our favorite tools. All Slams will focus on using the Google Workspace tools to positively impact productivity, instruction, and student learning.

Many teachers and schools are leveraging chromebooks in classrooms, allowing teachers and students to explore learning in new and powerful ways. However, managing a classroom full of students on chromebooks can be a headache. In this over-the-shoulder session, we will share how Alpine School District has implemented Blocksi, a tool that helps teachers keep students safe while enhancing the learning environment. We will demonstrate how Blocksi helps teachers manage a classroom and share teacher perceptions of using Blocksi.

Many teachers and schools are leveraging chromebooks in classrooms, allowing teachers and students to explore learning in new and powerful ways. However, managing a classroom full of students on chromebooks can be a headache. In this over-the-shoulder session, we will share how Alpine School District has implemented Blocksi, a tool that helps teachers keep students safe while enhancing the learning environment. We will demonstrate how Blocksi helps teachers manage a classroom and share teacher perceptions of using Blocksi.

Combine engagement, critical thinking skills, and content through breakout rooms with Google! Bring your device to come have a hands-on learning experience. Participants will not only be able to try a Google break-out room for themselves, but walk away with tips & tricks on how to implement these in the classroom, and design their own mini break-out! Bring your google account, a device, and get ready to break-out!

Wouldn't it be amazing for your classroom to be able to see each student's work and thinking all at once, and give them feedback to encourage and differentiate instruction in real-time? With Classkick, you can!
Classkick is free for all teachers, and you can join some of Utah's finest educators for a maker session on how to quickly and easily turn your favorite worksheets and lesson plans into engaging, interactive learning experiences for students. We'll walk you through how to quickly and easily design and assignment using Classkick's creative canvas, and enrich your student interactions with notes, pictures, stickers, audio recording, 1:1 live chat, and more. Sign up for a free Classkick basic account at classkick.com for a head start.

Wouldn't it be amazing for your classroom to be able to see each student's work and thinking all at once, and give them feedback to encourage and differentiate instruction in real-time? With Classkick, you can!
Classkick is free for all teachers, and you can join some of Utah's finest educators for a maker session on how to quickly and easily turn your favorite worksheets and lesson plans into engaging, interactive learning experiences for students. We'll walk you through how to quickly and easily design and assignment using Classkick's creative canvas, and enrich your student interactions with notes, pictures, stickers, audio recording, 1:1 live chat, and more. Sign up for a free Classkick basic account at classkick.com for a head start.

Our purpose is to help educators enter the world of coding in elementary. The idea of this workshop is to help teachers, regardless of prior experience in CS, jump right in and see how they can start making it a part of their classroom. In the workshop, participants will participate in entry level coding and computational thinking activities that they can learn and take right into the classroom to engage with students. They'll be introduced to coding concepts in a simple and learner focused approach to help participants learn the basics. Additionally, we'll discuss how they can use it in a cross-curricular setting. Educators will leave the sessions with their new CS skills, ideas for the classroom, how to provide differentiation, and platform space to continue to practice their new skills themselves and with students.

In this panel presentation, elementary and secondary school level coaching teams (technology, literacy, and instructional coaches) will discuss how they collaborate to increase the impact of their coaching at their schools. District-level coaches and administrators will discuss how they have structured support and facilitated the implementation of school coaching teams. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask the panel questions.

Learn how to inspire and engage the rising generation and reduce obstacles to learning in this 20-minute, STEM-based Over-the-Shoulder session provided by the SUU STEM Center for Teaching and Learning. Join us while we share STEM opportunities for educators and families through school STEAM nights, community STEM activities, professional development, free online homework help (available statewide), and our library resource system, which includes STEM tools and equipment, consumables, and even fully-stocked lesson kits.
Whether you are looking to start your own learner-driven program, add opportunities to an existing program, or simply add resources to your own classroom, you will find viable options to implement and resources you can start using today. Look through our K-12 SEEd standard classroom kits including earthquake structures, magnets, biomimicry and more. Each kit will have a take-home material lists and QR codes to access our online lessons.

Learn how to inspire and engage the rising generation and reduce obstacles to learning in this 20-minute, STEM-based Over-the-Shoulder session provided by the SUU STEM Center for Teaching and Learning. Join us while we share STEM opportunities for educators and families through school STEAM nights, community STEM activities, professional development, free online homework help (available statewide), and our library resource system, which includes STEM tools and equipment, consumables, and even fully-stocked lesson kits.
Whether you are looking to start your own learner-driven program, add opportunities to an existing program, or simply add resources to your own classroom, you will find viable options to implement and resources you can start using today. Look through our K-12 SEEd standard classroom kits including earthquake structures, magnets, biomimicry and more. Each kit will have a take-home material lists and QR codes to access our online lessons.

As students engage with and search for information online, they encounter a landscape of false claims, conspiracy theories, and manipulated images and videos, much of which they may believe. This online climate requires more than the common practice of presenting multiple viewpoints and asking students to draw conclusions based on evidence. This presentation will provide strategies, tools, and resources for how to help students navigate this digital world, including ways to foster a classroom environment that supports conversations about tough topics.

Do you find yourself in coaching conversations where you wish you could ask questions that help your colleague authentically engage and reflect? This session will provide a brief overview of adult learning theory as it pertains to positioning and coaching language. Participates will receive instruction and support materials to aid in crafting both validation and growth questions.

With ThingLink, you can create unique learning experiences with interactive images, videos, and 360° media for students of any age! Join this session for a quick demonstration on how you can start using ThingLink to elevate your digital instruction today!

With ThingLink, you can create unique learning experiences with interactive images, videos, and 360° media for students of any age! Join this session for a quick demonstration on how you can start using ThingLink to elevate your digital instruction today!

Come learn how easy it is to create beautiful, effective school newsletters with smore.com. Product experts show off the tool, spark ideas and giveaway fun swag!

Come learn how easy it is to create beautiful, effective school newsletters with smore.com. Product experts show off the tool, spark ideas and giveaway fun swag!

As the number of emergent bilingual students, or English language learners, continues to increase in your school each year, you need culturally responsive solutions designed to support not only language learning, but also academic achievement.
Lexia English® for grades K–6 is an adaptive blended learning program that supports students’ English language development through academic conversations. The program integrates speaking, listening, and grammar in the subjects of math, science, social studies, general knowledge, and biographies.

As the number of emergent bilingual students, or English language learners, continues to increase in your school each year, you need culturally responsive solutions designed to support not only language learning, but also academic achievement.
Lexia English® for grades K–6 is an adaptive blended learning program that supports students’ English language development through academic conversations. The program integrates speaking, listening, and grammar in the subjects of math, science, social studies, general knowledge, and biographies.

Engage with Research Quest, free, online, NGSS-focused, phenomenon-based investigations using digital lab spaces with authentic museum objects and research to build students' literacy, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills.

Wait, did that really happen? Fake news, clickbait, misinformation, disinformation, and even deep-fake technology are everywhere and their spread can have devastating effects. In a country where almost half of its citizens get their news from social media, individuals regularly diagnose themselves using google, but only 9% of Americans trust the media “a great deal,” we need to arm our students with the tools they need to navigate the media they encounter on a day-to-day basis. Students share stories within 15 seconds, often before reading it completely, so they need a simple, effective way to check whether something is legitimate or not before passing it on. Come and learn some quick and easy ways to teach this important skill to your students, and maybe even yourself.