2019 SC Midlands Summit: Full Schedule

Welcome to the SC Midlands Summit!

10:00am EDT

Using Phenomena To Engage Students in Science

What is Phenomena and what makes it engaging? By centering science education on phenomena that students are motivated to explain, the focus of learning shifts from learning about a topic to figuring out why or how something happens and connects that learning to the natural world. Explore example phenomena-based lessons as we share resources to get you started on building your own phenomena based science lessons.

Speakers

Brad Fountain

Senior Director, EC Teaching & Learning, Discovery Education

Brad is a passionate educator with over 20 years of educational experience. He began his career teaching in a 3-5 multi-age classroom in rural North Carolina where he utilized some of the earliest educational internet based web resources. He launched one of the first technology based... Read More →

Wednesday June 12, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Playground

Playground

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Hands On, Presentation
Subject(s) Science
Session Tag Science, Discovery, Digital

11:10am EDT

Hey Ma! I Met a Polar Bear Today!

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Discover how thousands of kids visited Mars, investigated Ford’s Theatre, participated in Constitution Day and explored the frozen tundra with polar bears via virtual reality and virtual field trips. We'll show you how to leverage free virtual reality and archived virtual field trips to engage students, connect them to other classrooms and supplement curriculum.

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Patti Duncan

Silver, Discovery Education

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-based digital curriculum resources for K–12 classrooms worldwide. We are the home to award-winning digital textbooks, multimedia content, and the largest professional development community of its kind.

Wednesday June 12, 2019 11:10am - 12:10pm EDT
Playground

Playground

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Hands On, Presentation
Subject(s) All Content Areas
Session Tag VR, VFT, Discovery

2:40pm EDT

Hot Topics with Discovery Education

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Discovery Education has developed a variety of powerful and engaging resources designed to support educators in your quest to address the top needs in empowering today’s learners. From resources to fuel a cultural shift with STEM to ways to encourage social/emotional learning, to a wide variety of literacy supports to engaging ideas for addressing the needs of diverse/ELL learners, you’ll leave this session with our favorite resources for supporting these hot topics including instructional strategies, fresh ideas and perspectives, and ways to continue the conversation within the DEN Online Community.

Speakers

Patti Duncan

Silver, Discovery Education

Wednesday June 12, 2019 2:40pm - 3:40pm EDT
Pee Dee

General Session

Session Strand 6-12
Session Type Presentation
Subject(s) Math
Session Tag Math, Discovery, Digital

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Creating Purpose for Numeracy and Literacy through STEM

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n 2019 teachers and students are hyper focused on the “what” of teaching and learning. What course are you taking? What scores are you achieving? What college will you try to attend? We often impose responsibility upon students at the expense of curiosity and wonder. What is forgotten is the all-important Why? Teachers and students crave purpose for learning content, for numeracy and for literacy. In this session participants will crystallize purpose for their STEM lessons in order to teach and learn with purpose and effectiveness.

Speakers

Robert Corbin

Director-Global STEM Initiatives, Discovery Education

Robert Corbin is a Doctor of Philosophy and National Board Certified Science Teacher serving as Director of Global Initiates for Discovery Education. Robert served as VP of Learning Experiences at the Discovery Place Science Center in Charlotte, NC between 2006 and 2016. He is a North... Read More →

Thursday June 13, 2019 8:30am - 9:45am EDT
Piedmont & Sandhills

Keynote

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Keynote
Subject(s) All Content Areas
Session Tag STEM, Discovery

10:00am EDT

Evaluating Student Knowledge: Formative Assessments with Discovery Education

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Assessment of student understnding does not always have to be a quiz, test or project. Digital resources from Discovery Education can be used in a variety of ways to activate prior knowledge and drive instruction using formative assessment strategies. Join us for the conversation around what this could look like in a media rich, student centered learning environment.

Speakers

Patti Duncan

Silver, Discovery Education

Thursday June 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Low Country

General Session

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Assessment, Technology Integration
Session Type Presentation
Subject(s) All Content Areas
Session Tag Assessment, Discovery, Digital, Media

10:00am EDT

Featured: Meet, Greet and Get Your Hands Dirty with Robert Corbin

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Directly following his Keynote presentation, Dr. Robert Corbin will be answering questions of participants as well as taking them through a hands-on activity from Discovery Education's STEM Connect resources. Come join in the conversation and fun with this premier STEM expert!

Speakers

Robert Corbin

Director-Global STEM Initiatives, Discovery Education

Thursday June 13, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Playground

Playground

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Hands On
Subject(s) STEM
Session Tag STEM, Keynote, Discovery

11:10am EDT

STEM for ALL with Discovery Education

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Learn how Discovery Education supports you in creating a STEM learning environment, where powerful critical thinking and exploration practices draw across disciplines to allow students to ask and solve deep real-world questions, collaborate with peers and experts, arrive at meaningful conclusions through inquiry and the exploration of the 4C’s skills tied to STEM careers. Leave with resources to use and share right away!

Speakers

Kelly Hines

Thursday June 13, 2019 11:10am - 12:10pm EDT
Low Country

General Session

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Presentation
Subject(s) STEM
Session Tag STEM, Discovery

11:10am EDT

Featured: Get Your Hands Dirty with Robert Corbin

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Dr. Robert Corbin, Discovery Education's STEM expert, will lead you through a typical Discovery Education STEM Connect hands-on experience in our Discovery Education playground.

Speakers

Robert Corbin

Director-Global STEM Initiatives, Discovery Education

Thursday June 13, 2019 11:10am - 12:10pm EDT
Playground

Playground

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Blended Learning, Technology Integration
Session Type Hands On
Subject(s) STEM
Session Tag STEM, Discovery

1:30pm EDT

Let's Get Googley with Discovery Education

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Learn tips for using Google Classroom and G-Suite with Discovery Education resources. Explore apps, tools, and extensions that easily integrate with Classroom while gaining ideas to engage your learners.

Speakers

Jennifer Hall

Instructional Technology Department, "Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia"

Jennifer Hall has been an educator for more than twenty-two years and currently serves as an Educational Technology Specialist (ETS) for Atlanta Public Schools. As a National Board Certified Teacher, she has seventeen years of middle school classroom experience. Her expertise includes... Read More →

Thursday June 13, 2019 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Low Country

General Session

Session Strand K-2, 3-5, 6-12, Google, Technology Integration
Session Type Hands On, Presentation
Subject(s) All Content Areas
Session Tag Google, Discovery, Tech

2:40pm EDT

It’s Not Right, But It’s Okay: Errors as Opportunities in Math

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The teaching was on par, but the learning . . . well, it fell short. But it’s OK! Use student errors and misconceptions as opportunities for learning. The use of student thinking—even erroneous thinking—is critical in high-quality math instruction. Learn how to create a culture to appreciate productive struggle and the meaningful math that comes from the process.

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