2026 Engage Learning Conference

2026 Engage Learning Conference

Brook Gibbons

Mountain Brook Schools

Assistant Principal, Mountain Brook Junior High

Mountain Brook Jr. High

7:15am CDT

Registration Main Lobby

8:30am CDT

Opening Keynote Session: Reimaging Learning in the Age of AI with Richard Culatta Fine Arts Center

9:45am CDT

Teacher Talk: Beyond the Quiz - Kahoot! For Every Learning Moment INCubator (Room 214)Brandy Smith

10:50am CDT

SPOTLIGHT SPEAKERS: Less Talk, More Action: Connecting Results to Practices (Grades K-12) Band RoomEmily Freeland • Allyson Apsey

12:00pm CDT

Lunch and A Fireside Chat with Richard Culatta and Holly Martin (Registration/RSVP Required for Lunch) GymRichard Cullatta • Dell • Gaggle • Engaged Systems

1:00pm CDT

SPOTLIGHT SPEAKER: The Risk of Trying (Grades K-12) Room 207Mark Gibson

2:05pm CDT

From Passive to Plugged In: Student Engagement with Magic School AI (Grades K-12) Room 101Bill Garner

3:30pm CDT

Closing Session: One Conversation: Teaching, Technology, and the Future of Learning (Panel with Spotlight Speakers) Fine Arts CenterMarlo Gaddis • Jeff McCoy • Mark Gibson • Emily Freeland • Allison Rodman • Adam Phyall • Holly Martin • Sheryl Abshire

7:15am CDT

Registration Main Lobby

8:30am CDT

Opening Keynote Session: Breaking Plates and Breaking Through: The Bold Path to Collective Efficacy with Allison Rodman Fine Arts Center

9:45am CDT

From Classroom to TED Stage: Amplify Your Ideas and Your Students' Voices Black BoxAthena Lao

10:50am CDT

Level Up Learning: Canva Code To Gamify Learning (Grades K-12) Room 116Stephanie Parker

12:00pm CDT

Lunch and Fireside Chat with Allison Rodman (Registration/RSVP Required for Lunch Order) GymAllison Rodman • Classlink

1:00pm CDT

How to use Canva to Bolster Student Engagement (Grades K-12) Dance RoomEmily Bounds

2:15pm CDT

Closing Session: Seeing, Teaching, and Caring Like Theo: A Closing Conversation with Allen Levi Fine Arts Center