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Microsoft Imagine Academy Updates

Join this session to learn about the NEW and Exciting Microsoft Imagine Academy updates for the 2018-2019 school year. Topics will include new Online Learning and MOAC OneNote curriculum resources, Computer Science courses, and new certification exams! Lots of changes are happening with the Imagine Academy so be the first to see and hear how these valuable resources can be used in your classroom!

Mrs. Heather Daniel & Roderick Daniel

Integrating Microsoft Imagine Academy with OneNote

Educators carry a heavy workload that should be made easier by the technology they use! Microsoft Imagine Academy members now have access to OneNote curriculum resources for easy organization, collaboration and customization. Join this session to learn about this new curriculum resource as well as how to personalize the learning experience with Class Notebook to bring your classroom into the 21st century.

Mrs. Heather Daniel & Roderick Daniel

Introduction to Technopreneurship

Real world = Real Skills!

The Microsoft Imagine Academy Technopreneurship course is designed to encourage a more diverse set of students to learn tech skills. This course allows students the opportunity to turn ideas into real products using design, coding and business skills. Throughout the course students will work in teams, experiencing different industry roles, from project manager to developer. The course culminates in a final working technical prototype that teams will present to an audience of "investors". In this session, educators will have the opportunity to explore the curriculum as well as dive into the units to better understand how to use this real-world course in their classroom.

Mrs. Heather Daniel & Roderick Daniel

"You Matter"

Writing a Personal Mission Statement

Whether a teacher or student; employer or employee, all individuals should discover their own personal mission statement. The personal mission statement is where you express why you do the things you do and why "You Matter". Unlike a corporate mission statement where the what, how, and who are at times loosely stated, a personal mission statement can be specific for you and no one else. Come discover some basic ideas on how to not only create your own personal mission statement but how to encourage your students to do the same and to start expressing why "You Matter".

Tanner Smith

Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance brings the best and the most current personal finance education to your students. This free, online resource includes thought-provoking case studies, a video library, and daily discussion questions to spark engaging conversations to hook your students. There is an interactive library of activities, a library of quiz games, projects, simulations and video games to develop your students’ knowledge of the financial world. These resources provide opportunities to analyze real-life financial situations relevant to your students. NGPF, based in Palo Alto, California, is a nonprofit established in 2014 dedicated to delivering high quality, engaging personal finance resources. NGPF also includes exceptional curriculum including lesson plans and assessments. The materials are constantly updated including a new Kahoot every week.

To get the most out of this session, create a teacher account at: https://www.ngpf.org/ and bring your laptop to explore this phenomenal personal finance resource. You’ll have an opportunity to play Payback (paying for college) and Cat Insanity (managing credit)!

Jeanne Paseman

Adobe: Grading & Administering Create Idaho

Once students have all the tools, how do you use videos to teach in a face to face course? What does the class structure look like? How do you justify to Administration? How do you grade it? What is the Focus? How do you track it? What do I do? What is the next course they take? What do I do if they don’t pass the exam? How do I incorporate the TSA and WRA? We will discuss the pathway options, grade book, LMS, and a myriad of methods to approach the learning process.

Dan Armstrong

Simplifying Assessments by Interviews

Learn how to eliminate hours of grading assessments while ensuring student’s knowledge of a topic. This session will show how interviewing students for assessment allows teachers to personalize each question to student’s understanding of knowledge while practicing their interview skills.

Jason Burton

Gaming with Zulama

Participants will see and hear how they can incorporate game design into their curriculum to engage and motivate students. This session will focus on examples used in CTE Centers and Schools around the country, implementing both free and paid resources, and how those pathways can result in industry certification.

Kristen Kurtzman

Successful Social Media Marketing

Teaching a social media marketing course can be an extremely daunting task. The social media industry evolves so quickly that instructors simply don’t have enough time to keep up with the latest and greatest social media trends and updates.

This presentation will give you tons of new ideas on ways to structure your course, as well as give you tips and tricks on how to stay current on the ever-changing social media world.

Brandon Winter

Introduction to Python

Further your students’ interest in coding by allowing them to learn the dynamic and popular Python programming language! The Microsoft Imagine Academy Introduction to Python is a beginning course (not intended for experienced programmers) in which students can learn and practice coding in an online environment that requires only a modern web browser and Internet connection. No special software is required to complete this course. In this session, educators will explore the Introduction to Python curriculum and Jupyter notebooks and how these tools can bring our students into the world of coding!

Mrs. Heather Daniel & Roderick Daniel

Prison Schools May be the Best-Kept Secret in Public Education!

Dr. Mary Ellen will compare and contrast traditional public schools with their special-purpose counterparts. Prison life and nomenclature will be discussed; .e.g., what are the differences between maximum-, close-, medium-, and minimum-custody levels. Mary Ellen will address safety and security concerns of which correctional instructors must be aware, such as contraband in the classroom, prison gangs, and offenders who "Down the Duck." Considering these challenges, Mary Ellen will present her "Fifteen Reasons Why Correctional Educators are Passionate About Our Profession." With an expected 10-15 correctional educators retiring statewide in the next 5-10 years, employment possibilities are anticipated for educators who'd like to become part of the Robert Janss School--one of the best-kept secrets in Idaho public education!

Dr. Mary Ellen Nourse

Large Format Digital Printers

Hop on the wagon, it's all good! Session covers the many applications for large-format inkjet prints in a school including children’s artwork, athletic events, signage, technical uses, and more. Produce big cost-savings for your school, plus generate $$ from fundraisers with special event/art prints. Session also covers info on the care and feeding of inkjet printers in your technical departments. Find out how you can get the most out of your printer/plotter with tips and tricks, best practices, facts from fiction. Bring all your questions.

John Harrington

Starting a Student Based Business

Starting a student-based business, including utilizing exciting school printer output products. Photography, fine art, and graphics arts/design, business students need a passion for their upcoming careers but also need to do some effective guerrilla marketing and positioning. You will learn some fresh creative thinking to get students off on the right foot in upcoming new business careers. See students get excited in a school-based business, including producing large-format output products. Bring all your questions.

John Harrington

Adobe: The Setup

Reality is that at some point it’s the first day of school. Your students need logins to Adobe ACATestPrep and everything else. This session will give an example of a two week process used at Ridgevue High School to ensure students are given everything they need to succeed in their very first Adobe course and set the stage for all other Adobe courses they will take.

Dan Armstrong

Adobe: What Do I Actually Teach?

In this session Dan Armstrong is going to put all his cards on the table! He's giving away lessons, approaches, course sequence, and all the in-betweens. The purpose of this session is to walk away with ready made tutorials that you can use next week with students. It’s not a full curriculum in this session just the best of the best resources found over the years. Dan will also address professional organizations for your classroom and outside resources.

Dan Armstrong

Adobe: What About My Professional Development?

Every well developed program also comes with a professional development plan for the instructor. In this session Dan will discuss professional development available in the industry. Events like Photoshop World, Adobe Max, How Design Conference, and SGIA will be discussed. The pros/cons, best for a tight budget, biggest game changers. Dan has been to many events of all kinds and will give you the break down what is best to attend and ideas about planning out your year. This session will also feature some ideas about budgeting and planning for CTE programs added cost funds.

Dan Armstrong

Jason Burton

Using Google Forms to Grade & Share with Students and Parents

Learn how to save time on grading, provide additional resources, and give feedback to students and parents on everything that is graded. This session will show how to create a clean and simple system using Google Forms and add-ons to keep grading organized and efficient.

Lounge Time with LouAnn

Meet with and learn more about the Executive Director of Business Professionals of America and her vision for BPA's future. This session will be more interactive

Dr. LouAnn Ross

Lounge Time with LouAnn

Meet with and learn more about the Executive Director of Business Professionals of America and her vision for BPA's future. This session will be more interactive

Dr. LouAnn Ross

ApprenticeshipIdaho

ApprenticeshipIdaho will help you understand how to connect your students to the Registered Apprenticeship opportunities. Registered Apprenticeship is a tried-and-true approach for preparing workers for jobs – and meeting the business needs for a highly-skilled workforce that continues to innovate and adapt to meet the needs of the 21st century. Businesses that use apprenticeship reduce worker turnover by fostering greater employee loyalty, increasing productivity, and improving the bottom line. Apprenticeships offer workers a way to start new careers with good wages. Workforce organizations, community colleges, and other education and training institutions can use apprenticeship as a proven employment and training strategy.

Learn more about the efforts taking place in Idaho to build Apprenticeship opportunities for your students.

John Russ