The VITAL Google Summit is a unique Google event giving a behind-the-scenes look at how schools across Tennessee are transforming their approach to teaching and learning with the goal of personalizing student learning. The morning will consist of networking, vision, district spotlight and keynote by Anthony Kim. The afternoon will include four 50 minute breakout sessions focused on Admininstration Leadership, CTE, STEM/Makerspace, Elementary, Middle, and High School uses of Google and Personalized Learning in the classroom. The day will end with a question and answer session with all the session leaders available for discussion. The summit hash tag is #VITALGoogle.
Where: Prescott South Middle School - 1859 S. Jefferson Avenue, Cookeville, TN 38506
When: Saturday, August 25th
Summit Schedule Info
General Schedule
Breakout Sessions Detailed Information
Led by Jackie Vester
Utilizing online platforms including Google Classroom to personalize learning for students in your classroom
Led by Mike Ames & Jeff Brown
Introduction to our My Big Idea program for high school aged students. We use modern entrepreneurial methods in our workshops to expose students to innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will learn idea recognition, following a passion and innovative problem solving. The other takeaways include public speaking(presentations), dynamics of teamwork and proof of concept thinking.
Led by Beth Billingsley
Classroom teachers are always looking for quick and easy ways to assess student learning. This session will highlight a few websites and apps that can be used for quick assessments. The best part is that students will enjoy the sites so much they don't realize they are being assessed.
Led by Amber Tatum
A look at how to proactively help younger or lower level learners link the writing process to STEM using hands on strategies.
Led by Debi Crabtree & Jeff Slagle
The work of the educator is sacred. Teachers themselves, when asked why they chose their profession, are always most likely to say, "I wanted to make a difference. I wanted to help children. I wanted to give back to my community." Shouldn't we be guiding our students toward meaningful work and purposeful living during the 14,256 hours they spend in K-12 school? This important work is rooted in effective career exploration and continues with access to interest-based CTE. Join us to explore some ideas, share your insights, and consider a pilot opportunity with a newly released, state-approved career exploration course from Village Virtual. We think differently.
Led by Jasmine Wheeler
This workshop provides a unique perspective on utilizing Virtual Reality Field Trips in the classroom environment. During this webinar, you have the opportunity to learn the Nearpod's principles of VR, experience a hands-on integrated VR lesson, connect VR with core subject contents, and discover ways to create your own VR lessons as well as accessing top designed Nearpod VR lessons.
Led by Julie Williams
We will share how Lexia's web-based, research proven literacy tool uses a personalized learning approach to significantly raise student achievement.
Led by Stephanie Boyd
This session will introduce you to Google Level 1 Certification and lead you onto the path of certification as an official Google certified teacher.
Led by Sara Harvick
This session will include a variety of multi-subject online tools and resources. Participants will be able to access and utilize the resources to create instructional materials. We will model these online tools from the perspective of our personal, real-world classrooms and provide opportunities for creation of lesson ideas. Participants will have time to explore the various sites and talk with teachers who currently use these resources in their schools, and in their flexible classroom environments, on a daily basis.
Led by Thomas Fuhrman
Participants will have an opportunity to learn about and experience the engagement potential that virtual and augmented realities have to offer, engaged in Google Expeditions and using the Merge Cube and other AR/VR apps to put students in places they have never been or to bring to them experiences that aren't readily available in a less digitally enhanced experience. This session is for those who may have dabbled in or have researched augmented and virtual reality but aren't exactly sure what to do next to engage student with it.
Led by Stefanie Janko & Krista Brannon
Would you like to start using Google Classroom or Canvas? This session will give you a brief overview of both platforms and show you some similarities and differences. During the session, you will be able to set up your own classes and create assignments. You will get time to play around with both and see which platform fits your students needs.
Led by Tabitha Savage
Are you looking for ways to increase your students' creative output in the classroom? Join us to learn 8 digital tools that are sure to ignite engagement and get the creativity flowing in your classroom!
Led by Rhonda Bruce
Transform Google forms to the next level. Let's explore the power of Google Forms for effective data gathering and analysis. Creating the form is only half the fun. Making the content meaningful will change your classroom.
Using data validation to create student feedback is a game changer for every classroom. What will Add-ons for Google Forms help me do?
Led by Becky White
Classroom teachers are always looking for quick and easy ways to assess student learning. This session will highlight a few websites and apps that can be used for quick assessments. The best part is that students will enjoy the sites so much they don't realize they are being assessed.
Led by Casey Garrison
Google101 is utilized at Prescott South Middle for all incoming 5th graders to prepare students to use Google for Education Tools within their academic classrooms and beyond.
In this session, attendees will learn how Google101 is utilized within the Encore classroom and how collaboration between the Encore and 5th grade Classroom Teachers occurs and how it makes student learning more effective with the use of Google for Education apps. Please bring your laptop or device with you as this is an interactive presentation.
Led by Tera Brooks
Are you interested in improving student confidence and reading ability? We are excited to share with you how Lexia Learning worked for us! We would like to introduce the program to you briefly, and share with you how we used this program to drive our personalized student learning, specifically for our RTI and ELL populations.
Led by Lacy Loggins
What is CBE? Why is going in this direction important and or what does that state department think of this kind of learning?
Led by Jay Watson
The new Google Sites is incredibly user friendly. Learn how to use it, as well as the dos and don'ts of web design? What fonts and colors are appropriate? What about graphics? How can you leverage the new Google Sites to make life easier for you, while, at the same time, facilitating the student learning process?
Led by Mick Shuran
There are many, many resources for using technology in the classroom but maybe not as many for those in the admin chair. This presentation looks at practical technology tools that are used everyday that can be implemented as soon as you get back to your building. Although the focus is on administration, teachers could benefit as well.
Led by Terra Norine and Emily Cook
Learn how to create a custom STEM Lab/Maker Space to meet the unique needs of your district. Troxell's experienced STEM specialists will help you craft a vision for a space that will engage all learners and increase student collaboration and engagement with Troxell’s full line of STEM products, curriculum, and professional development.
Led by Adam Percival
Digital tools can now pinpoint student proficiency or struggles at the individual skill level. We’ll discuss how this type of data can inform next steps in a blended learning classroom using examples from the UpSmart ELA and Math program.
Led by Tina Faust
Get ready to wear your student shades to experience several digital resources! These interactive assessments can be used for student engagement, reinforcement material, pulse checks, assessments, and more.
Led by Mike Ames & Jeff Brown
We host a one day, hands-on, in-school Fall workshop designed to show students that they can turn their passions and ideas into something real. Come get a taste of what the students do to turn their ideas into a business.
Led by Chris Smallen
A makerspace has the potential to be more than a buzzword in education. Come discuss how you can design and create a space that is fueled by student passions, research, collaboration, and the need to think critically and problem solve daily. This session will focus on creating the physical space, as well as exploring a variety of tools and technologies used to create standards-aligned lessons, activities and projects that promote student engagement with an emphasis on the 4 Cs (collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication). You will leave with our go-to resources from our journey and examples to implement your own makerspace.
Led by Casey Garrison
Computer Science and Programming basics address standards across all curricula and can be used as stand-alone coursework, supplemental activities, and enrichment for students.
In this session, attendees will discover how to implement programming and computer science with your students via a free, online platform. Attendees will have the opportunity to view and create an account, sample free-self paced professional learning, create classrooms, and learn varied applications for their students. Bring your computer and discover how you can expose your students to one of the fastest growing and highest paying jobs needed in the job market today and forward.
Led by Marc Callahan
Read&Write for Google is a powerful literacy extension with features like Text-to-Speech, Translator, Word Prediction, Talking Dictionary, Picture Dictionary, Speech Input, Study Skills Highlighters, Voice Notes, Simplify Web Pages, PDF Annotations and a super awesome Vocabulary Builder!
EquatIO, EquatIO Mathspace and EquatIO Mobile is our exciting new digital Math/STEM solution that allows students and teachers to EASILY create, engage with, and respond to math and STEM using dictation, handwriting recognition, formula prediction and more in Google Docs, Slides, Forms, and all areas of G Suite!
Led by Mitchelle Kelley
This session will examine sample data collected from a computer adaptive reading assessment and individual-student anecdotal data. Participants will practice strategies that utilize data to create small groups and provide instruction to accommodate students in need of intense reading intervention.
Participants will utilize best practices to provide differentiated instruction by using:
1. Computer adaptive formative assessment data
2. Successful small group reading intervention
Led by Randy Garrett
Engage your students with interactive technology.
Led by Anthony Kim
The session with provide an introduction to the Core Four - targeted instruction, data driven instruction, flexible curriculum and student reflection. You will have an opportunity to practice building a PL roadmap for your classroom/school.
Led by Sara Harvick
This session will include a variety of multi-subject online tools and resources. Participants will be able to access and utilize the resources to create instructional materials. We will model these online tools from the perspective of our personal, real-world classrooms and provide opportunities for creation of lesson ideas. Participants will have time to explore the various sites and talk with teachers who currently use these resources in their schools, and in their flexible classroom environments, on a daily basis.
Led by Shannon Greinke
Think beyond just using Chromebooks in the classroom for testing, and focus on the message of versatility. Google for Education sparks learning from anywhere, at anytime and on any budget. Join this session to learn about next generation devices, digital curriculum, virtual reality, and solutions beyond the classroom.
Led by Jessica Childers
Participants will learn to create assessments using Google Forms. Teachers can use a current paper classroom quiz or test (formative or summative) and transform it into an online assessment using Google Forms. Participants will learn how to use the different question types, insert images, and set up auto-grading. Students can receive immediate feedback, and teachers can cut down significantly on grading. Also, teachers will see the tools available after the assessment is graded including Item Analysis, Points Distribution, Question View, and Individual View.
Led by Amy Sharp
Educators, like students, have individual needs and strengths. Providing personalized learning opportunities for educators is important because (1) it meets the individualized needs of educators, promoting growth for educators and (2) it provides a model for educators of the shift in teaching and learning expectations from traditional to personalized. While a vast pool of resources exists for personalized professional development, the logistical integration of these resources can be a challenge. In this session, we will share the professional development action steps and practices for our district.
Led by Rhonda Bruce
Transform Google forms to the next level. Let's explore the power of Google Forms for effective data gathering and analysis. Creating the form is only half the fun. Making the content meaningful will change your classroom.
Using data validation to create student feedback is a game changer for every classroom. What will Add-ons for Google Forms help me do?
Led by Becky White
Classroom teachers are always looking for quick and easy ways to assess student learning. This session will highlight a few websites and apps that can be used for quick assessments. The best part is that students will enjoy the sites so much they don't realize they are being assessed.
Led by Tera Brooks
This session is for Administrators who are looking for better ways to build collaboration to enhance school culture within their buildings. We will discuss the many ways we have modeled using Google Apps such Google Docs, Google Classrooms, Google Calendar, and several other Google Extensions for our teachers to create a more collaborative school climate.
Led by Lacy Loggins
What is CBE? Why is going in this direction important and or what does that state department think of this kind of learning?
Led by Lacy Means
There are so many different things that you can do with Nearpod in the classroom: interactive lessons, virtual field trips, quizzes, polls, videos, articles, and more. Bring your laptop to see how engaging Nearpod can be for your students.
Led by Frantz Belot and Jerry Boyd
Tech Trep helps you learn more about what you love, so you can give your passions a purpose. Love Minecraft? We’ll teach you how to make a mod (and much more). Love drawing and movies? We'll help you make your own animated films. Want to start your own business? We can teach you that, too. It's time to unleash your creativity and change the world - Dare to Create.
Led by Mick Shuran
There are many, many resources for using technology in the classroom but maybe not as many for those in the admin chair. This presentation looks at practical technology tools that are used everyday that can be implemented as soon as you get back to your building. Although the focus is on administration, teachers could benefit as well.
Led by Mike Crabtree
The key to a successful tech program is support. Learn about how Blount County Schools harnessed the power of a Tech Teacher Leader program to provide high-quality, embedded support as over 800 teachers made the transition to a 1:1 environment.
Led by Jackie Vester
Utilizing online platforms including Google Classroom to personalize learning for students in your classroom
Led by Terra Norine and Emily Cook
Learn how to create a custom STEM Lab/Maker Space to meet the unique needs of your district. Troxell's experienced STEM specialists will help you craft a vision for a space that will engage all learners and increase student collaboration and engagement with Troxell’s full line of STEM products, curriculum, and professional development.
Led by Tina Faust
Get ready to explore Googly features to improve efficiency for admin tasks. We’ll take a quick trip around the GoogleVerse & make a few pit stops to add fuel to your Google journey.
Led by Mike Ames & Jeff Brown
We host a one day, hands-on, in-school Fall workshop designed to show students that they can turn their passions and ideas into something real. Come get a taste of what the students do to turn their ideas into a business.
Led by Chris Smallen
A makerspace has the potential to be more than a buzzword in education. Come discuss how you can design and create a space that is fueled by student passions, research, collaboration, and the need to think critically and problem solve daily. This session will focus on creating the physical space, as well as exploring a variety of tools and technologies used to create standards-aligned lessons, activities and projects that promote student engagement with an emphasis on the 4 Cs (collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and communication). You will leave with our go-to resources from our journey and examples to implement your own makerspace.
Led by Casey Garrison
Computer Science and Programming basics address standards across all curricula and can be used as stand-alone coursework, supplemental activities, and enrichment for students.
In this session, attendees will discover how to implement programming and computer science with your students via a free, online platform. Attendees will have the opportunity to view and create an account, sample free-self paced professional learning, create classrooms, and learn varied applications for their students. Bring your computer and discover how you can expose your students to one of the fastest growing and highest paying jobs needed in the job market today and forward.
Led by Jason Beach
In this session we will examine how to use Google's Blockly visual object-based programing language to learn fundamental concepts for computer science instruction. This session will discuss Blockly, Hour of Code, Dash and Dot Robots, and other methods of programing for pre-readers to middle schoolers. Participants will have an opportunity to work with Blockly and program the kid-friendly Dash and Dot robots.
Led by Scott Freschet
Actively Learn is a literacy platform that helps students understand, retain, and enjoy what they read in their secondary ELA, Social Studies, and Science classrooms. In this interactive session, you'll create your own free account, learn why students love Actively Learn, and create a reading assignment that you can use in your class tomorrow!
Led by Nancy Smith
Integrating Edgenuity lessons and digital learning objects into Google Classroom. Tips and Tricks for creating playlist for individualized learning paths and topic driven instruction.
Led by Kelsey Olson
In this session, Shmoop will demonstrate the tools to help teachers blend ACT question types and practice into daily instruction. We'll demonstrate the way Putnam County schools have been successfully using Shmoop for ACT for several years. With emphasis on data collection, and student engagement, you'll be an ACT Shmooperstar after this session
Led by Molly Howell
How can technology support a student-centered mathematics classroom and increase engagement? Come experience a lesson that incorporates technology to develop conceptual understanding of mathematics concepts, meet individual student needs and a create opportunities for student discourse. While participating in this session, you will also learn facilitation strategies that support student learning without taking over student thinking. Our goal is for students to not only learn the math…but to experience it!
Led by Nathan Twitty and Brittany Reece
We will show ways to use google classroom in elementary classrooms. We will also give websites that could be used.
Led by Thomas Fuhrman
Participants will have an opportunity to learn about and experience the engagement potential that virtual and augmented realities have to offer, engaged in Google Expeditions and using the Merge Cube and other AR/VR apps to put students in places they have never been or to bring to them experiences that aren't readily available in a less digitally enhanced experience. This session is for those who may have dabbled in or have researched augmented and virtual reality but aren't exactly sure what to do next to engage student with it.
Led by Jessica Childers
Participants will learn to create assessments using Google Forms. Teachers can use a current paper classroom quiz or test (formative or summative) and transform it into an online assessment using Google Forms. Participants will learn how to use the different question types, insert images, and set up auto-grading. Students can receive immediate feedback, and teachers can cut down significantly on grading. Also, teachers will see the tools available after the assessment is graded including Item Analysis, Points Distribution, Question View, and Individual View.
Led by Catherine Jones
This session will prompt thinking about a variety of ways a school can embed grade level standards based STEM practices into multiple levels of students learning experiences. From STEM @Home to encore classes to integrated classroom lessons, STEM becomes a way of thinking for the teacher and the student using the Engineering Design Process to solve problems and improve the current status quo.
Led by Kathy Pryor
Do you want to create custom maps with photos, text, and a variety of placemarks? Do you want a way to visually display data from a spreadsheet? Do you want to share your maps with students in collaborative projects? Then this introductory session to Google My Maps is just the thing you need! Bring a laptop to practice creating on your own.
Led by Lesley Herron
Looking for ideas to jump start your journey to a more personalized learning classroom? Come learn with us! I will be sharing ideas and examples that can be easily be tweaked to your needs in your own classroom.
Led by Beth Billingsley
This session is designed to show teachers how to integrate Google Docs, research and other tools that will transform the way you teach, and more importantly, how your students learn. Hopefully, after this session, you will teach students to never turn in another bad paper! The course will show you focus on grammar skill extensions, citation tools. Let Google do the teaching for you!
Led by Adam West
The best teachers are those that show you where to look but don't tell you what to see.
Led by Natalie Beach
Bring a laptop to explore options available in Google Sites for your classroom or school.
Led by Amy Baggett
In this session I will show you how I use the vast array of resources offered in the Google Suite in order to help enhance Personalized Learning in my classroom. I will walk you through my beginning stages and show you how my classroom is an ever evolving process which students LOVE. I also will open up the conversation for others to share what they have done and we can all learn together!
Led by Kristi Reagan
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a Makerspace up and running? Learn from someone who has gone through the process. In this presentation, you will learn the ups and downs of creating a media center based makerspace. Examples of obstacles faced and how to work around them will be presented along with ideas for which products to purchase and/or use in your Makerspace based on experienced successes and failures. Product recommendations will be provided along with considerations to be made before purchase.
Led by Terra Norine and Emily Cook
Learn how to create a custom STEM Lab/Maker Space to meet the unique needs of your district. Troxell's experienced STEM specialists will help you craft a vision for a space that will engage all learners and increase student collaboration and engagement with Troxell’s full line of STEM products, curriculum, and professional development.
Led by Jeff Slagle & Penny Riddle
Various lesson plans and ideas on using Google to enhance learning for your Work Base Learning students. Also different apps to use to make WBL more realistic and provide students with career readiness.
Led by Mike Ames & Jeff Brown
Introduction to our My Big Idea program for high school aged students. We use modern entrepreneurial methods in our workshops to expose students to innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will learn idea recognition, following a passion and innovative problem solving. The other takeaways include public speaking(presentations), dynamics of teamwork and proof of concept thinking.
Led by Jason Beach
In this session we will examine how to use Google's Blockly visual object-based programing language to learn fundamental concepts for computer science instruction. This session will discuss Blockly, Hour of Code, Dash and Dot Robots, and other methods of programing for pre-readers to middle schoolers. Participants will have an opportunity to work with Blockly and program the kid-friendly Dash and Dot robots.
Led by Donna Sherrell
Learn how to manage and maximize time for EPSO's by using Google.
Led by Ashley Ingram
Explore how STEM fits into every subject, in every classroom. Discover the psychology of creativity and how using it will cultivate curiosity and bridge the gap. Also learn how to leverage your resources and source funding.
Led by Jim Russell
ASU Prep Digital offers a digital high school program using the Cambridge International Curriculum, Artificial Reality and coming this fall Game Based Assessments. Also offered is a catalog of 143 college courses for students to get a head start on college while exploring different career options.
Led by Stephanie Boyd
This session will introduce you to Google Level 1 Certification and lead you onto the path of certification as an official Google certified teacher knowledge of the tools they can use in these formats. All levels and subjects are invited to attend.
Led by Beth Billingsley
This session is designed to show teachers how to integrate Google tools to help teachers with everyday tasks. This session will focus on easy to use communication tools, documentation tools, and a must have plefora of tools that will make your job easier! You can never replace a teacher, but technology can be it's sharpest tool!
Led by Lessa Wilson
Flipgrid is the leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families around the world. Flipgrid promotes fun and social learning by giving every student an equal and amplified voice on the topics you define!
Led by Maury Wood
Have you ever been to professional development activities and told yourself, "There's hours of my life I'll never see again." This is not one of those sessions. In my session, you will be given access to several technological extensions, programs, and websites that you will find very useful in your classroom. The best thing is that they're FREE!
Led by Adam West
The best teachers are those that show you where to look but don't tell you what to see.
Led by Ashley Dean
In this session, you will learn the basics of using Seesaw and how it can help you personalize learning in your classroom.
Led by Lacy Means
There are so many different things that you can do with Nearpod in the classroom: interactive lessons, virtual field trips, quizzes, polls, videos, articles, and more. Bring your laptop to see how engaging Nearpod can be for your students.
Led by Kathy Pryor
Do you want to create custom maps with photos, text, and a variety of placemarks? Do you want a way to visually display data from a spreadsheet? Do you want to share your maps with students in collaborative projects? Then this introductory session to Google My Maps is just the thing you need! Bring a laptop to practice creating on your own.
Led by Lesley Herron
Looking for ideas to jump start your journey to a more personalized learning classroom? Come learn with us! I will be sharing ideas and examples that can be easily be tweaked to your needs in your own classroom.
Led by Natalie Beach
Bring a laptop to explore options available in Google Sites for your classroom or school.
Led by Shay Whinn
Let's get this year started! This session is all about using free Google based tools to enhance your instruction in a one-to-one classroom. We will dive a little deeper into Google Classroom, Google Drive, ReadWorks, Quizlet, and more. You will have something to share with you colleagues when you leave!
Led by Kristi Reagan
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get a Makerspace up and running? Learn from someone who has gone through the process. In this presentation, you will learn the ups and downs of creating a media center based makerspace. Examples of obstacles faced and how to work around them will be presented along with ideas for which products to purchase and/or use in your Makerspace based on experienced successes and failures. Product recommendations will be provided along with considerations to be made before purchase.
Led by Sharon Anderson
Join me as we discuss Putnam's journey to find a set of curriculum resources to build a coherent, consistent ELA curriculum in Grades 5 - 12.
Led by Trey Upchurch, Misty Briggs, and Heather Tinch
1. Small group Q and A with admin 2. Playlist (Benefits of PL) 3. PL Resources that are open source. There is pre-work for this session. Link
Led by Sam Brooks and Lance Key
Interactive design creates meaningful relationships between students and activities, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. Here’s your chance to learn some of the best uses of G Suite for Education and explore beneficial Chrome apps and extensions. Tools to be featured include Google Draw, Google Slides, Book Creator, Screencastify, and many more. Come examine how educators can make the most of these tools to increase student engagement and depth of knowledge.
Led by Terra Norine and Emily Cook
Learn how to create a custom STEM Lab/Maker Space to meet the unique needs of your district. Troxell's experienced STEM specialists will help you craft a vision for a space that will engage all learners and increase student collaboration and engagement with Troxell’s full line of STEM products, curriculum, and professional development.
