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What if real math growth happens when students are thinking out loud and productively wrestling with challenging ideas? In this engaging session, educators will explore practical, ready-to-use strategies that foster rich mathematical discourse, encourage risk-taking, and normalize struggle as part of learning. Through modeled routines and classroom-tested protocols, participants will gain concrete tools to shift the focus from answer-getting to reasoning, justification, and collaboration. Leave ready to build a math culture in which perseverance and deep thinking drive achievement.
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This session translates current neuroscience about the adolescent brain into practical classroom strategies so educators can better engage and support teenagers. After a quick myth‑busting opener and short video visuals of neural wiring, attendees will learn key concepts—neurons and neurotransmission, dendritic growth and pruning, long‑term potentiation, limbic vs. prefrontal development, dopamine’s role, and teen sleep biology—and leave with concrete practices such as retrieval practice, spaced review, explicit scaffolding, emotion‑calming techniques, and sleep‑aware scheduling. Participants will gain confidence explaining accurate brain science to students and caregivers, implement at least two immediately usable strategies to strengthen learning and reduce conflict, and receive a curated list of resources and a one‑week action plan to try in their classrooms.
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Through the power of Canva Code you are able to gamify your instruction, organize your data, or even create your own applications! This training is to introduce you to the world of Canva Code. Don't let the word "Code" scare you, Canva's AI tools do all the hard work for you! This PD is intended to show you how and where to begin with Canva Code. Come with your co-teachers and share in the fun together. You will leave this session with a completed activity to utilize during your next school year, as well as other activities your peers have created!
Are your assessments truly measuring what students know — or just what they can memorize? In this hands-on session, K-12 educators will explore how AI tools can help them design smarter, more purposeful assessments aligned to learning goals. Through guided practice and real classroom examples, you'll walk away with practical strategies for using AI to generate varied question types, identify gaps in assessment design, and create more equitable ways to measure student understanding. No prior AI experience required — just a willingness to rethink how we assess.
Joshua Sousa is the Managing Director for Educational Partnerships, supporting districts and schools around the world in transforming teaching and learning. As part of a distinguished startup team that included two national superintendents of the year, he has provided strategic services across... Read More →
Wednesday June 10, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT Room 116
