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Summer Spark 2016

Welcome to Summer Spark 2016! We hope you have an incredible two days of innovating, collaborating, and connectating! The collaborative notes and presenter materials will be available at http://bit.ly/USMSparkNotes16. Let us know if we can help you in any way. Enjoy!

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7:30am CDT

Breakfast US Gym

8:00am CDT

Building a Culture of Innovation Theater

9:00am CDT

Unconference Planning Theater

9:50am CDT

Unconference Session 1 Middle School Rooms

10:45am CDT

Unconference Session 2 Middle School Rooms

11:00am CDT

Spark Park MS Lobby

11:40am CDT

Augmented Reality and Other Innovative Tools in the ClassroomFILLING M212 Library BreakOut EDUFULL M216 Walczak Cells that Fire Together, Wire TogetherLIMITED M304 Judge Create FREE & INTERACTIVE Student ShowcasesLIMITED M217 Jacobs Creating Karaoke Kids: Promoting Creative Projects with Digital CitizenshipLIMITED M312 Nesbit Finding $$ for your ClassroomLIMITED M318 Piper Flippin' Elementary MathLIMITED M205 Abraham Grow the GreensLIMITED M218 Taft Implementing Mindfulness and Meditation in EducationFILLING M302 Barthenheier Math Workshop: Using Developmental Grouping to Differentiate Your InstructionLIMITED M316 VanderVelde Mindstorms!LIMITED M306 Fultz Start Something That MattersLIMITED M207 Markwald Teaching for Global CompetencyLIMITED M219 Strains The Future of Sports is eSportsLIMITED M309 Matera What Happened to Student Voice? Accessibility and Alternative Assessment - Let's Explore the Possibilities!FILLING M209 Cermak Blendspace: The one tool that can make a huge differenceLIMITED M140 Ballentine

12:30pm CDT

Book Signings MS Lobby

12:40pm CDT

Lunch LS/MS Dining Room

1:30pm CDT

Explore Like A PirateFILLING Theater Fact or Fiction? Bogus or Bonafide? How to Determine the Validity of Online InformationLIMITED M212 Library Play Like a PirateFILLING MS Commons Sketchnotes: Tools and Tactics for Visual NotetakingLIMITED Mellowes Hall Use this Flipping TechnologyFILLING M218 Taft

2:30pm CDT

Awesome 3D Art for EveryoneLIMITED Meet in the Middle School Lobby Ditch Thet Textbook WorkshopLIMITED Mellowes Hall EAT - How a School Produces Its Own FoodLIMITED M217 Jacobs Fostering Deep, Independent ReadingFULL M216 Walczak Gamification WorkshopLIMITED M309 Matera Go Digital, Assess, Create, Motivate!LIMITED M207 BMarkwald Going Win to Win with ChromebooksLIMITED M218 Taft Increase Engagement by Making Students your Curriculum!LIMITED M209 Cermak Inter-ACTIVATE InstructionLIMITED M312 Nesbit Leveling Up: How Video Game Design Teaches More than just CodingLIMITED M205 Abraham Lobster Tank RoboticsLIMITED M310 DeTorre Play Like a Pirate WorkshopLIMITED MS Commons Take Your Students (or Staff) for An Amazing Race!FULL M304 Judge The Innovative Power of Asking, 'What if? Why not? and So what?'FILLING M316 VanderVelde Think Together - Collaborate to Create Leadership, Inclusion, and Global PerspectiveLIMITED M219 Strains Yeah, Prove It!FILLING M318 Piper Your Kids are Doing it, Why Aren’t You?… The Truth About Social MediaFILLING MS Library

4:15pm CDT

Closing and Raffle Theater