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Chris Gott

Bluffton University
Learning Technology Specialist
Bluffton, Ohio

I'm a creative instructional innovator dedicated to helping teachers be more effective and efficient through technology and visioning. I love blended learning environments and am a Moodle expert. I'm always open to a better way to connect instructors with learners and strive to introduce technology that removes barriers. A range of experience means I'm honestly down for any interesting conversation from education to technology to movies and theatre to Kerbal Space Program to music to just about anything else.

7:00am PDT

Registration and Breakfast Buffet Grand Ballroom B

8:30am PDT

Opening Announcements and Keynote: Dr. Marc Brackett, PhD Grand Ballroom A

10:20am PDT

Kirr - Shift the Culture of Your Classroom Berkeley Maranon Davis - The Skin I’m In: Empowering Students to Challenge the Myth of Meritocracy Clarendon Zimmerman - From Conflict to Collaboration: Leadership shifts that changed school culture White Hill

11:45am PDT

Colavecchia - Thinking Beyond the Test Berkeley Collado - Building a Learning Farm of Global Collaborators Grand Ballroom A Reed/Mathieson - Charlottesville 2017: Using Visible Thinking to Support Courageous Conversations Cambridge Stern - Connecting to Experts to Solve Authentic Problems Clarendon

1:10pm PDT

Cassidy - Digital Portfolios in Elementary Whittier Miller - Becoming the Leader You Would Want to Follow Beacon Hill Polubiec - Lessons from Finland: Exercise balls, baby boxes and Karelian pies Cambridge

2:35pm PDT

Asavavatana - I'm Little and I'm Literate! Early Childhood Literacy in a Digital World Clarendon Rosenthal-Tolisano - Building a Professional Development Hub for your School Whittier Sumich - Shifting Staff from Professional Development to Professional Learning St. James

4:00pm PDT

Gorman - Computation Thinking Across the Curriculum… Students Thinking for Solutions Arlington Long - Your School Library - A Dynamic Part of Your Learning Community! Berkeley

10:20am PDT

Gorman - PBL Splash ... What Project Base Learning Done Right... Really Is Berkeley Rimmer - Taking a Step Back: Giving Students Ownership of their Learning Clarendon

11:45am PDT

Dunbar - Mirror Classrooms: Reflections on Global Collaborative Learning White Hill Hansen - 10 Tips for Getting Educators to Open Up (Number 6 will Shock You!) Cambridge Hoe - Improving Your Digital Workflow in a 1:1 Environment St. James Rosenthal-Tolisano - Building a Personal Learning Network Whittier

1:10pm PDT

Kuropatwa - Behind Their Eyes - making thinking visible is not enough Georgian

2:35pm PDT

Kirr - Personalized Learning - What's Stopping You? Arlington Merrill/Van Ledtje - Books, Bytes, Swipes, and Likes: Crafting Digital Identity with a Global Audience Whittier Mull - Using the Question Formulation Technique to Guide School Decision Making Terrace

10:20am PDT

Bruzzese - Technology Together: Whole School Professional Development for Capability and Confidence Whittier Joseph - Skills for Innovative Leadership Beacon Hill McNulty - Using Google Sites as Digital Portfolios Clarendon Merrill/Van Ledtje - "I'll Help You Sheer Your Sheep!": Examining Minecraft Stories as Narratives of Care St. James

11:00am PDT

Hall - Making Connections - Using Google Forms to Promote Teaching and Learning Statler

11:45am PDT

Shea - Applying Artificial Intelligence Tools to Improve Student Writing Terrace

12:00pm PDT

Levine - Adulting: How Understanding Executive Function Can Help Leaders Support Educators Statler