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8:00am CST

Digital Explorers: Introducing Students to Coding with Modern Tech

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

During this session, get some ideas of how you can incorporate coding into your classroom. Explore free, paid, hands-on, and tech free ideas to incorporate into your classroom tomorrow.

Speakers

Brittany Horning

Library Media Specalist, USD 259- Wichita Public Schools

Prek-5th grade Library Media Specialist

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

STEM

Audience All
Subject Coding, STEM

9:00am CST

Energy is Electrifying Through STEM!

Friday March 7, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am CST

Alumni Tadtman Board Room

Come learn about how to integrate energy into your classroom through STEM projects like building solar cars and building wind turbines and if you attend you get to take FREE classroom materials home with you! Also learn how USD 273 has created a business/school partnership to make their school more energy efficient by turning their school into a Living Learning Lab through installing sensors and letting students look at their own building data analytics in the classroom! Come hear how motivation to learn spikes when students are using their own building data!

Speakers

Christie Fouts

Junior High Technology/STEM Teacher, USD 273

I am a 7th & 8th grade Technology/STEM teacher at Beloit Jr. Sr. High School. In 2014 USD 273 decided it was vital to implement a STEM program into our schools. We have continued to strengthen and grow our program into a K-12 STEM program. I would love to share with you my STEM... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am CST
Alumni Tadtman Board Room

STEM

Audience ALL
Subject STEM

10:00am CST

How I Snuck Teaching Coding to My Students

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

Alumni Tadtman Board Room

Some students believe only smart students can code. In my lab, all the students code.
Using Block Coding in different forms, students can move robots, an Agent in Minecraft, make basic apps for their iPad, run a microprocessor, or fly a drone. Depending on your comfort level and accommodations, there are multiple ways to bring Coding into your lessons. I will demonstrate Block Coding for the group and give participants time to code a Shero Bolt (you will need to download Sphero Edu on your device to participate in the demonstration). Even if you only use "Hour of Code" in your room, you can still expose students to an exploding career field in STEM.

Speakers

David Maneth

Technology Educator, USD259 Wichita Public School

I have been teaching for twenty years but I keep refreshing how I teach so I keep my students engaged in my content. Currently I am working on supplementing my teaching with LEGO Bricks and Minecraft Education Edition.

Friday March 7, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am CST
Alumni Tadtman Board Room

STEM, Block Coding

Audience All
Subject STEM

11:00am CST

Bridging STEM and Literacy: Makerspaces as Hubs for Cross-Disciplinary Learning

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

Alumni Tadtman Board Room

This session will explore how makerspaces and library media programs can blend STEM with literacy skills such as reading, writing, and storytelling. Participants will discover practical strategies and projects that foster creative thinking by encouraging students to apply STEM tools and thinking strategies to narrative-driven learning experiences. The goal is to demonstrate how hands-on activities can enhance comprehension, engagement, and innovation across subject areas.

Speakers

Erica Minton

Technology Teacher, Prairie Ridge Elementary

Friday March 7, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am CST
Alumni Tadtman Board Room

STEM

Audience All
Subject STEM