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7:00am EST

Registration Desk Open The Lower Lobby

8:00am EST

Breakfast Oscar Wilde Ballroom Book Sale Oscar Wilde Ballroom FIRST Robotics - Real STEM, Real Fun! Oscar Wilde BallroomKaren McCalla • Scott McCalla Literacy Makerspace Oscar Wilde BallroomChristina Smith • Jessica Wisloski • Lucie deLaBruere

8:45am EST

Opening & Keynote: Charles Waters: THE LIFE OF AN AUTHOR AND ACTOR Oscar Wilde Ballroom

10:00am EST

Empowering Educators: An AI Toolkit & Resource Guide for the Modern Classroom Gateway IPatricia Aigner Enhance any curriculum with 3D Printing Gateway IIKimberly M Smith Foster a love of learning in every student with Nearpod Escapade IKara Baker Getting Creative with the Circuit Playground Northstar IIRichard Ballard Golden Dome Book Award Escapade IICourtney Bowen • Sarah Adelman Scribble Away with Charles Waters Northstar ICharles Waters Take the Pai* out of PD by making it Proactive and Personalized! RoundaboutNolan Sutker

11:00am EST

Book Signing with Charles Waters Oscar Wilde Ballroom Break Oscar Wilde Ballroom

11:30am EST

Artificial Intelligence: Potential, Precautions, 25 Mind Blowing Possibilities Gateway IMaureen Yoder Green Mountain Book Award Northstar IIShannon Gile Harness the Power of Virtual Makerspaces to Create Equitable Access to STEAM Gateway IIKimberly M Smith Media Mentorship: Students as Leaders in Building Information Literate Communities Escapade ILiz Crouse Red Clover Committee to the Rescue! Escapade IIKate Lucia • Liv Perry Swank K12 Movies: Using Movies Inside and Outside of the Classroom RoundaboutSeth Acock Teaching Game Design for Middle School Northstar IMatt Gile

12:30pm EST

Lunch & VSLA Awards Oscar Wilde Ballroom

1:45pm EST

Cybersecurity for All Students Escapade ICharlene Cooper Exploring Invention Education with the Young Inventor's Program Gateway IITina White Jumpstart Creative Writing with AI Northstar IIJeremy VanDerKern Library Advocacy and Act 150 Escapade IIStephanie Sherman • Rebecca Sofferman • Susie Snow OPALS in Action: Organize, Promote, Engage! Gateway ILaurie Williams • Cheryl Doubleday Shared Resources to Improve Library Services and Classroom Learning: What the Department of Libraries Can Do for You Northstar IJonathan Clark • Karen Gravlin Transforming Elementary Learning with Seesaw: Instruction + Insights and New Curriculum Tools RoundaboutPhil Terra • Phil Terra

2:45pm EST

Create a Group of Student Technology Experts in Your School! RoundaboutFaith Horton • Jeremy LaClair Engaging the In-BeTWEENS Gateway INicole Thompson • Rebecca Sofferman Leaning into AI Escapade IIMike Norkun Make an AI chatbot in GPT4 Northstar ICaleb Clark Making it in the Maker Space Escapade IJill Abair Power Up Your Creativity + Communication with Canva for Schools! Gateway IIShannon Walters Storytime Jam Northstar IIMatt Gile

3:40pm EST

Closing Remarks & Door Prizes Oscar Wilde Ballroom