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Vermont Fest 2024

1:00pm EST

Conference Opening Northstar IJeff Mao Aligning Our Tech Plan with the Strategic Plan! Northstar IDan Roswell • Forest Immel • Patricia Aigner

2:30pm EST

AI in the SECURITY World Gateway IIChris Ragoza How to Successfully Handle Printing Difficulties in K-12 Schools Gateway ITina Scheindel • Peter Drescher • Alex Webster The Future Is Now! AI Is Alive! Northstar IMark Racine • Chris Warden

3:50pm EST

Ed-Fi Q&A and Data Governance Discussions Northstar IDavid Kelley • James Nadeau

8:45am EST

Opening & Keynote: Richard Culatta: Harnessing AI for Digital Good in Education Oscar Wilde BallroomRichard Culatta

10:00am EST

Developing a Consortia Solution on Back-up/Cyber Safety/Disaster Recovery Gateway IITim White • Peter Drescher • Ken Goldberg Librarians Lead on GenAI and Intellectual Property Northstar ISuzanne Judson-Whitehouse Twenty-five for ‘25: Inspiring and Promising Trends, Technologies, and Tools Escapade IIMaureen Yoder You can't protect what you cannot see! Increasing Cyber Security and posture on a K12 budget! RoundaboutDavid Wren

11:30am EST

AI - It's Not Magic, It's Computer Science !! Northstar IILucie deLaBruere Disrupting for Justice: FHTMS Students Organized Against Racism (S. O. A. R.) - A Northstar IGary Russell Esports Facility Building: Hardware for Gaming and Streaming RoundaboutBrycen Just Kami's Latest and Greatest Features Escapade IIOliver Tingling Library Advocacy 101 Gateway IILiz von Nagy

1:45pm EST

Create VR Experiences with CoSpaces and Tinkercad Escapade ISean Theoret Disrupting for Justice: FHTMS Students Organized Against Racism (S. O. A. R.) - B Northstar IGary Russell Engaging Students and the Community with Biographies Gateway IIKatrina Antonovich Law for Librarians Escapade IIMeg Boisseau Allison Leveraging AI to Manage & Protect your Network RoundaboutJeff Mann

2:45pm EST

AI Policy Starter Kit: Concrete Tools for District Leaders Escapade IISuzanne Judson-Whitehouse AI tools as "Thought Partners" for Teachers and Students Gateway IIJennifer Mitchell CS for High School students using CoSpaces Northstar IIBen McVety • Kristen Wilson SWANK- Showing and sharing movies in your school and classroom Escapade IJill Abair Updating Your District’s Legacy Apple Environment: Spotlight on Activation Lock and Managed Apple IDs RoundaboutPhilip Bauchan What the Heck is Copyright (+ Fair Use) in Schools Northstar IShannon Walters

8:00am EST

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 Getting Creative with the Circuit Playground Northstar IIRichard Ballard Take the Pai* out of PD by making it Proactive and Personalized! RoundaboutNolan Sutker

11:00am EST

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 Swank K12 Movies: Using Movies Inside and Outside of the Classroom RoundaboutSeth Acock

1:45pm EST

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

2:45pm EST

Create a Group of Student Technology Experts in Your School! RoundaboutFaith Horton • Jeremy LaClair 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