Control Alt Achieve: My OAESA 2025 Sessions

I am excited and honored to be presenting at the OAESA 2025 Professional Conference in Columbus, Ohio on June 16th and 17th.

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

You can get all of the details about the conference including registration, presenters, sessions, and more on the conference website at:

oaesa.org/gamechangers/

Below is a list of sessions I will be presenting at OAESA 2025, along with any associated resources. 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 16, 2025

11:00am - 💼 AI for Admins: Learning and Leading with AI
1:00pm - 🧩 Excellent Extensions for Chrome
2:20pm - 🔑 Accessibility Tools to Support all Learners
3:30pm - ⬆️ Keynote: Level Up Every Learner with AI

June 17, 2025

9:40am - 🧰 The AI Toolbox: Best AI Tools for Schools
10:50am - 👓 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of

Detailed version:

📅 Monday, June 16, 2025

💼 AI for Admins: Learning and Leading with AI

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Session Agenda: http://bit.ly/curts-aiadmin
Description: It has been said that with generative AI, every educator now has their own personal 24-hour assistant. Learn how to use tools such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, Brisk Teaching, MagicSchoolAI, SchoolAI, Suno, ElevenLabs and more to help you brainstorm, generate content, summarize information, revise text, process PDFs, analyze data, make forms and presentations, create custom chatbots, generate media and much more. Save more time so you can spend more time impacting your staff and students!

🧩 Excellent Extensions for Chrome

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Session Agenda: https://bit.ly/curts-ext
Description: Web extensions provide extra features, tools, and options for the Chrome browser. Learn how to find, install, and use extensions from the Chrome Web Store, and then explore over 150 recommendations. Hands-on demonstrations will be done for selected extensions, from tried and true tools to my newest discoveries.

🔑 Accessibility Tools to Support all Learners

Time: 2:20 pm – 3:20 pm
Session Agenda: https://bit.ly/curts-support
Description: There are many 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, artificial intelligence tools, audio support, organization, focus, and more. Learn what tools are available and how to access and use these free tools with your students.

⬆️ Keynote: Level Up Every Learner with AI

Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Description: AI is a powerful resource for educators, but if we stop there we miss the full potential of this game changing tool... helping our students. With AI we can provide personalized support for every learner with tutoring, enrichment, feedback, review, conversations, reflection, accessibility and more. This individualized instruction meets every student where they are and helps them grow and achieve. In this session we will learn about the tools and techniques to help level up every learner and adapt to our changing roles as educators.

📅 Tuesday, June 17, 2025

🧰 The AI Toolbox: Best AI Tools for Schools

Time: 9:40 am – 10:40 am
Session Agenda: http://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.

👓 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of

Time: 10:50 am – 11:50 am
Session Agenda: http://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.)