Control Alt Achieve: My ISTE 2023 Sessions

I am excited and honored to once again present at the 2023 ISTE Conference in Philadelphia this June 24th through 28th.

I always look forward to this opportunity to see old friends, make new friends, share some ideas, and learn so many new things from others.

You can attend ISTE in person this year, or take part as a virtual attendee. Registration opens January 10th. To get more details and register for the conference go to:

conference.iste.org/2023/attend

Below is a list of sessions I will be presenting at the ISTE Conference, along with any associated resources. I will continue to update this list with any changes and additions to my schedule.

Please feel free to join me for any of these sessions. I look forward to sharing, learning, and chatting with you!

🧔 My Sessions

Short version:

June 24th

4:00pm - Fantastic Feedback Tools and Where to Find Them
5:00pm - Making and Taking Virtual Tours with Google Earth

June 25th

2:00pm - Beyond the Slideshow: Unleashing Student Creativity With Google Slides

June 26

10:00am - Passwords and Positive Self-Talk
11:30am - Mote Booth - Book Giveaway!
12:30pm - Book Creator Booth Session
1:30pm - Vivacity Booth Session
3:00pm - Google Tools to Support all Learners
4:30pm- Vivacity Booth Session
7:00pm - Vivacity Tech & HP Party - Register at bit.ly/iste23viv

June 27

9:00am - Vivacity Booth Session
10:30am - Holy Sheets! Spreadsheet Activities for all Subjects
1:00pm - Vivacity Booth Session
3:00pm - Docs Rocks! Engaging Learning Activities with Google Docs
ISTE23 Board Game Meetup - Registration: bit.ly/iste23bgm

June 28

8:30am - The Bard's Tale: Google AI in Education
10:30am - Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of
1:00pm - The Joy of Drawings: Amazing Learning Activities with Google Drawings

Detailed version:

📅 SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2023

💬 Fantastic Feedback Tools and Where to Find Them

Time: 4 – 4:50 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-feedback
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: As students create more work that is digital, educators need new ways to provide meaningful feedback. Explore four fantastic options for providing engaging, personal, digital feedback in Google tools, including text comments, voice comments, video feedback, and digital handwritten feedback, all using a range of built-in tools and extensions.

🌍 Making and Taking Virtual Tours with Google Earth

Time: 5 – 5:50 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-getours
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: With Google Earth's Voyager tool you can explore hundreds of pre-made tours and activities, and with the Project tool you and your students can make your own 3D geographic tours of a story, historical event, interesting locations, or any concept from class, including text, images, videos, links, and more!

📅 SUNDAY JUNE 25, 2023

🚀 Beyond the Slideshow: Unleashing Student Creativity With Google Slides

Time: 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Franklin 11/12/13
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-slides
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: We all know Google Slides is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories, interactive quizzes, online comic strips, storybooks, stop-motion animation, manipulatives, class soundboard, formative feedback in class, peer editing activities, and more? In this session we will explore these and more non-traditional uses of Slides. Learn how students can use Google Slides to express themselves in more ways than just a presentation.

📅 MONDAY JUNE 26, 2023

🔓 Passwords and Positive Self-Talk

Time: 10 - 11 a.m.
Location: Mainstage
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-passwords
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: This session focuses on a digital wellbeing practice that I have used for many years, which is combining positive self-talk with strong passwords. Research supports the benefits of positive self-talk, and technology best practices encourage strong passwords or passphrases. I put these two together by making my passphrase a sentence of positive self-talk. This can relate to a goal I am working towards, or an encouraging reminder, or a helpful thought to reflect on. Every time I type in my current password, I am giving myself a message of positive self-talk.

🎙️ Mote Booth - Book Giveaway

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Mote Booth #1157
Description: Come by for a meet and greet and FREE book giveaway! Mote will be giving away a limited amount of my "Control Alt Achieve" books. First come, first served!

📚 Book Creator Booth Session - Let Your Inner Illustrator Come Alive!

Time: 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Location: Book Creator Booth 3036
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-bcpen
All of Book Creator's Booth Sessions - https://bookcreator.com/ISTE/

💻 Vivacity Booth Session

Time: 1:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Booth # 1404

🔑 Google Tools to Support all Learners

Time: 3 - 4 p.m.
Location: Terrace Ballroom I
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-support
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: There are many Google tools, apps, extensions, and features available to assist all learners. In this session we take an in-depth hands-on look at a wide range of technology tools to assist any and all learners. These can include text-to-speech, speech-to-text, readability, reading comprehension, audio support, organization, focus, and more. Learn what tools are available and how to access and use these free tools with your students.

💻 Vivacity Booth Session

Time: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: Booth # 1404
Topic: Chromebooks Can Do That!

🎉 Vivacity Tech & HP Party

Time: 7:00-11:30pm
Location: City Winery Philadelphia - 990 Filbert Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
Registration: https://bit.ly/iste23viv
Description: Free event hosted by Vivacity Tech and HP. Food & Drinks, Dueling Pianos, Games, Drunk Spelling Bee, Raffles & Prizes, and more!

📅 TUESDAY JUNE 27, 2023

💻 Vivacity Booth Session

Time: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Booth # 1404

📊 Holy Sheets! Spreadsheet Activities for all Subjects

Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Location: Franklin 11/12/13
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-sheets
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: Google Sheets is not just a tool for crunching numbers. It is a powerful tool for learning, inquiry, exploration, and inspiration in any subject area. In this session we take a look at several practical activities for a wide range of content areas including random writing prompts, flash cards, educational games, student-created learning databases, art and creativity, conditional formatting feedback for students, task lists, and of course analyzing data to draw conclusions and make predictions.

💻 Vivacity Booth Session

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Booth # 1404
Topic: 1pm - Google AI Tools in Education
Topic: 2pm - Chromebooks Can Do That?!

🤘 Docs Rocks! Engaging Learning Activities with Google Docs

Time: 3 – 4 p.m.
Location: 203AB
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-gdocs
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: Google Docs is more than just a word processor! Explore engaging hands-on activities including reading comprehension with highlighting, black out poetry, interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories, cloze reading with dropdown chips, summarization with the Word Count tool, creative uses of Emojis, prewriting with embedded graphic organizers, and more!

🎲 ISTE23 Board Game Meetup

Free registration - bit.ly/iste23bgm
Date - Tuesday, June 27th
Time - 6pm to 11pm (come and go as needed)
Location - Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia City Center - 1201 Race St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 - Located right across the street from the North side of the Convention Center
Room - Jefferson Meeting Room on the 10th floor
Cost - FREE!
A wide range of games to play will be provided (board games, cards games, etc.) but we encourage people to bring other games as well (we will share a document with registrants to list games you are bringing)
Food and drinks will be provided (pizza, snacks, soft drinks, etc.)

And big thanks to our sponsors who have completely made this event possible!

BookWidgets - bookwidgets.com
ScreenPal - screenpal.com
Figma - figma.com

📅 WEDNESDAY JUNE 28, 2023

🤖 The Bard's Tale: Google AI in Education

Time: 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Location: Terrace Ballroom IV
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-googleai
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: Google has long been a leader when it comes to creating and using artificial intelligence in practical ways. In this session we will explore a wide range of Google tools that are already incorporating generative AI (and previews of tools coming soon) including Bard and Google's AI integrations in Docs, Slides, Sheets, Gmail, Search and more! See how these tools can be used by teachers and students, and discuss the benefits and challenges of AI in education

👓 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of

Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Terrace Ballroom I
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-hipster
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: Everyone knows about Google Docs, Gmail, Search, and other common Google tools. But there are also loads of smaller, lesser-known, but powerful tools that can be used for teaching and learning. Learn about 70+ hidden gems such as nGram, Trends, AutoDraw, Chrome Music Lab, Toontastic, Landlines, Meme Buddy, Reverse Image Search, Instant Search Cards, Semantris, Grasshopper, Art Palette, Timelapse, Data GIF Maker and more (List subject to change based on how cool and unknown the tools remain.)

🎨 The Joy of Drawings: Amazing Learning Activities with Google Drawings

Time: 1 - 2 p.m.
Location: 117
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-drawings
ISTE session page - Resource link
Description: Google Drawings is an often overlooked, but powerful tool in the Google suite. Learn the basics of how Drawings works, and explore dozens of practical examples for teaching, learning, creativity, and communication, including graphic organizers, educational memes, green screen activities, math manipulatives, desktop publishing, interactive digital posters, poetry, and more.

ISTE Sharing Doc

If you will be attending ISTE, please feel free to contribute to the Google document I set up for sharing resources.
You can add information including if you are attending, session resources, mixers/events/meetups, attractions/restaurants, questions, comments, or other resources.
ISTE Sharing Doc - bit.ly/iste23-share