My ISTE 2025 Sessions

I am excited and honored to once again present at the 2025 ISTE Conference in San Antonio, Texas this June 28th through July 2nd.

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. To get more details and register for the conference go to:

• conference.iste.org/2025

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 28th
• 2:00pm - 🧰 The AI Toolbox: Best AI Tools for Schools
• June 29th
• 2:00pm - 🧔 Hipster Google - The Best Tools You Probably Never Heard Of
• 6:00pm - 🎲 Board Game Meetup
• June 30th
• 10:00am - 🔋 AI & Edtech Power Hour: Turbocharged Tools for Every Subject and Grade
• 11:30am - 🤿 Dive into Snorkl for Student Feedback
• 1:00pm - 🤖 The Power of Personalized Learning: Custom AI Chatbots for Students
• 2:30pm - 🎙️ 'Mote'-ivate Learning with the New Mote Sidebar
• 3:00pm - 🏫 Level Up every Learner with SchoolAI
• July 1st
• 9:30am - 💯 Quizizz Booth #1500
• 10:30am - ✍️ All Write, No Wrongs with Class Companion
• Noon - ➡️ See It, Brisk It, Teach It - AI for Any Resource
• 1:00pm - 🚦 Did AI Write This Essay? Managing AI Concerns in Schools
• 2:30pm - 🔮 "Abracadabr-AI" - MagicSchool AI Rooms for Student Learning
• July 2nd
• 9:40am - ✨ Yes (even) You Can Code Learning Games and Interactives with Gemini!
• 10am - 🚀 Boost Student Learning with Brisk Teaching

Detailed version:

📅 SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025

🧰 The AI Toolbox: Best AI Tools for Schools

• Time: 2:00pm - 2:50pm
• Location: Virtual
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Session Agenda: https://bit.ly/curts-aitools
• Description: AI is constantly evolving with new tools and features every week. What are the best tools for schools to use? In this session we will do a deep dive in my current list of favorite AI tools for educators and students. We will try out the tools hands-on and see how they can impact all aspects of education. Sample tools may include ChatGPT, Gemini, MagicSchool AI, Khanmigo, TeacherServer, SchoolAI, EnlightenAI, Snorkl, Diffit, Class Companion, NotebookLM, Brisk Teaching, Suno and more.

📅 SUNDAY JUNE 29, 2025

🧔‍♂️ Hipster Google - The Best Tools You Probably Never Heard Of

• Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
• Location: HBGCC - Hemisfair Ballroom 3
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Session Agenda: https://bit.ly/curts-hipster
• 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 Emoji Kitchen, Interview Warmup, Timelapse, Lens, AutoDraw,  ImageFX, MusicFX, VR/AR Models, Read Along, Semantris, GameSnacks, ChromeOS Flex, Teachable Machine, NotebookLM, Applied Digital Skills and more (List subject to change based on how cool and unknown the tools remain.)

🎲 ISTE25 Board Game Meetup

• ✅ Registration form: https://bit.ly/iste25bgm
• 📆 Date - Sunday, June 29th
• ⏰ Time - 6pm to 11pm (come and go as needed)
• 📍 Location - Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk - 600 E Market St, San Antonio, TX 78205 - Located right next to the Convention Center
• 🏨 Room - 4th Floor - Texas Ballrooms C and F
• 💲 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. If you would like to bring a game (or games) please add that here: Board Game list
• 🍕 Casual food and drinks will be provided.

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

• SchoolAI (Platinum Sponsor) - https://schoolai.com/
• Mote - https://www.mote.com/
• Snorkl - https://snorkl.app/
• Quizizz - https://quizizz.com/
• Diffit - https://app.diffit.me/
• Curipod - https://curipod.com/
• Book Creator - https://bookcreator.com/
• Figma - https://www.figma.com/

📅 MONDAY JUNE 30, 2025

🔋 AI & Edtech Power Hour: Turbocharged Tools for Every Subject and Grade

• Time: 10:00-11:00am
• Location: HBGCC - 303BC
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Description: Discover transformative AI and Edtech tools across subjects and grade levels in this fast-paced, interactive panel. Led by educators known for sharing, we'll spotlight practical applications and innovative pedagogies to engage all learners. Leave with a toolkit of resources to energize your classroom and enhance student outcomes.

🤿 Dive into Snorkl for Student Feedback

• Time: 11:30am - Noon
• Location: Snorkl Booth #1137
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Do you find it too time consuming to provide feedback on oral responses, handwritten answers, and hand-drawn explanations? Snorkl is your AI-powered tool to generate personalized feedback and grading on multi-modal student responses for any subject or grade level. Dive into this powerful but easy tool in this hands on session!

🤖 The Power of Personalized Learning: Custom AI Chatbots for Students

• Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• Location: HBGCC - Stars at Night Ballroom 2/3
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Session Agenda: https://bit.ly/curts-chatbots
• Description: AI chatbots are a powerful way to provide safe, monitored, personalized learning experiences for students. Chatbots can be used for a wide range of engaging activities such as interviewing a historical figure, discussing a book, learning about a career, assessing understanding, providing tutoring, or diving into any topic. With AI these chatbots adjust to each student individually to meet their specific needs and interests. In this session we will explore traditional AI chatbots, as well as free tools such as SchoolAI, Mizou, Brisk, Fobizz, MagicSchoolAI and more, where you can choose from a wide range of pre-made chatbots or easily create your own.

🎙️ 'Mote'-ivate Learning with the New Mote Sidebar

• Time: 2:30pm - 3:00pm
• Location: Mote Booth #3147
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: If you only know Mote as an amazing audio recording tool for schools, then it is time to experience the NEW Mote Sidebar. Mote now offers a wide range of tools including read aloud for text/PDFs/images, screen mask, highlighter, dictionary, translation, voice typing, and more. Learn how this new sidebar can help pro-'Mote' learning for all of your students.

🏫 Level Up every Learner with SchoolAI

• Time: 3:00pm - 3:30pm
• Location: SchoolAI Booth #3136
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Join me at the School AI booth for an engaging demonstration on how teachers can create custom AI chatbots for students to engage in personalized learning activities.

📅 TUESDAY JULY 1, 2025

💯 Quizizz Booth

• Time: 9:30am - 10:00am
• Location: Quizizz Booth #1500
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link

✍️ All Write, No Wrongs with Class Companion

• Time: 10:30am - 11:00am
• Location: Class Companion Booth #521
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Join me at the Class Companion booth for an engaging demonstration of how Class Companion can help support student writing with personalized feedback, while also monitoring the writing process to help address academic integrity issues.

➡️ See It, Brisk It, Teach It - AI for Any Resource

• Time: Noon - 12:30pm
• Location: Brisk Booth #2654
• Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-brisk
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Discover how Brisk’s AI-powered tools can instantly transform any online resource into ready-to-use teaching materials. Whether it’s a webpage, video, PDF, document, image or more, learn how to quickly generate activities, questions, and other resources - so you can spend less time prepping and more time teaching!

🚦 Did AI Write This Essay? Managing AI Concerns in Schools

• Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• Location: HBGCC - Stars at Night Ballroom 2/3
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-aimisuse
• Description: As beneficial as AI is, it also comes with challenges and the potential for misuse. In this session we will explore ways to address academic integrity concerns, tools and strategies to help monitor AI use, proper citation for AI generated content, ways to encourage positive use of AI in the classrooms, developing your own class set of AI guidelines for students, alternative assessment options, addressing AI bias and inaccuracies, student data privacy, identifying fake content, evaluating AI tools, and more.

🔮 "Abracadabr-AI" - MagicSchool AI Rooms for Student Learning

• Time: 2:30pm - 3:00pm
• Location: MagicSchool Booth #3454
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Join me at the MagicSchool AI booth for an engaging demonstration on how teachers can create custom AI rooms for students to engage in personalized learning activities.

💻  Chromebooks Can Do That?! Essential Features for Teachers and Students

• Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
• Location: Grand Hyatt - Lonestar D - Lenovo
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• ISTE page - Resource link
• Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-cbtips
• Description: Maximize your Chromebook's potential! Explore screen capture/recording, Screencast, camera functions, keyboard shortcuts, multiple desks, Android apps, offline access, accessibility tools, and new AI features. Perfect for educators wanting to leverage powerful Chromebook and Chromebook Plus capabilities beyond basic use.

📅 WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 2025

✨ Yes (even) You Can Code Learning Games and Interactives with Gemini!

• Time: 9:40am - 9:55am
• Location: Google Booth #2100
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Description: Even if you have never written a line of code in your life, you can with Gemini! In this session we will see how to use Gemini's Canvas feature to create code for educational games, simulations, activities and more, which can then be used with students for teaching and learning.

🚀 Boost Student Learning with Brisk Teaching

• Time: 10:00am - 10:30am
• Location: Brisk Booth #2654
• Add to your Google Calendar - Calendar link
• Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-boost
• Description: Brisk’s "Boost" feature turns any resource (article, video, doc, etc.) into an interactive learning AI chatbot for your students. Choose a mode - tutor bot, character chat, debate, brainstorm, exit ticket, writing coach and more - set a grade level, and share the link. Students chat safely (no accounts required) while Brisk tracks objective mastery and logs every exchange for your review. Discover how a few clicks can provide personalized learning for every student and give you instant, actionable insights.

📝 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/iste25-share

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