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8:00am CST

Leveraging AI for Chemistry Review

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am CST

Discover how AI-powered chatbots are transforming student review in the chemistry classroom. In this session, Aaron Vajnar shares strategies for leveraging conversational AI to reinforce key concepts, provide personalized feedback, and boost student confidence before assessments. Learn how chatbots can address diverse learning needs, encourage critical thinking, and create an interactive, self-paced review experience. Whether you're curious about AI's potential or ready to integrate it into your teaching, this session offers practical insights and inspiration to elevate student learning outcomes.

Speakers

Aaron Vajnar

Chemistry, Geometry Instructor, Holton High School

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am CST
Alumni Banquet Room D

AI, Chatbots

Audience Middle School, High School
Subject Science

8:00am CST

Supercharge Your Classroom and Revolutionize Your Feedback Loop

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am CST

Alumni Lecture Room

Get ready to embark on an adventure into the future of education! Come join this interactive session on Class Companion, the AI-powered teaching assistant that will revolutionize your feedback process and supercharge your students' writing skills by providing instant, personalized feedback on written assignments, freeing up teachers' time and empowering students to become independent learners.

ClassCompanion.com

Speakers

Cinnemon Buie

Coordinator, Gardner Edgerton School District

Cinnemon is currently the Secondary Technology Integration Coordinator and District Assessment Coordinator in the Gardner Edgerton School District. She holds Masters Degrees in both Educational Administration and Instructional Design and Technology from Emporia State University, as... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am CST
Alumni Lecture Room

Instructional Tools, Class Companion

Audience Middle School, High School
Subject Writing

10:00am CST

AI in ELA? Never Heard of Her!

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CST

KSU Union Cottonwood

This workshop will guide you through the process of training your own AI chatbot tailored to KS writing standards. Discover how this powerful technology can enhance the quality of feedback, streamline the grading process, and increase the rigor of writing assessments.

Participants will learn how to create and implement a customized chatbot capable of providing consistent, standard-aligned feedback that supports student growth. This session is perfect for educators looking to save time while maintaining a high standard of instruction. Empower your teaching practice and transform how you approach grading with AI as your new teaching assistant!

Speakers

Meghan Mace

English Language Arts Grade 8, Ottawa Middle School

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CST
KSU Union Cottonwood

Audience Middle School, High School, Admin
Subject ELA

10:00am CST

Establishing a Student Led Helpdesk

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CST

KSU Union Room 227

Learn how to set up a student led helpdesk that gives students hands-on IT experience while delivering top-notch tech support to your school. This session will break down the steps to design, launch, and keep a successful student-led helpdesk running.

Speakers

Kelli Francis

Ed Tech Coach, JCHS

I have been in education for 10 years. I have taught ELA, World History, and now CS.

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CST
KSU Union Room 227

Instructional Strategies, Instructional Technology

Audience Middle School, High School
Subject Technology

10:00am CST

STEM Adventure: Build, Code, and Conquer the Challenges!

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:45am CST

Alumni Banquet Room A

In this 90-minute session, you'll collaborate in teams to tackle two exciting challenges. First, you'll design and build a device capable of carrying a payload while navigating a course powered by a Sphero. In the second challenge, your team will create a device to drive and retrieve rings from a custom-built gateway. This hands-on activity encourages critical thinking, engineering design, physics, coding, and more. While this session lasts 90 minutes, this project would typically take multiple class periods to fully complete.

Speakers

Jess Blouvan

Tech Specialist in Coding and Robotics, Bishop Development Center, Topeka Kansas TPS 501

Gail Ramirez

Curriculum Technology Integration Specialist, Topeka Public Schools

I am a district-level Curriculum Technology Integration Specialist. I am certified as a Google Trainer, Seesaw Certified Teacher, Wakelet Coach, Apple Learning Specialist, Microsoft Trainer, and Adobe Certified Expert/Trainer. I work with our computer science curriculum and coding... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 11:45am CST
Alumni Banquet Room A

STEM, Sphero

Audience Middle School, High School
Subject STEM