IETC 2021

State of Illinois funding has been allocated for a secure K-12 Broadband Network available at no cost for all Illinois K-12 public school districts. This program removes barriers limiting access to secure Internet bandwidth essential in today's digital learning environment. The key objective is to ensure every Illinois public K-12 school district has sufficient and fully funded bandwidth to meet the needs of their students, faculty and administration. Essam will discuss what the program offers and how schools can access it.

Educators are hesitant to contemplate and discuss shortcomings and areas of growth given the magnitude of their jobs - educating children. Participants will consider why some educators resist improving, what to do about it, and how to ultimately improve instruction for the benefit of students.

Attending a conference will no doubt leave you eager to implement new and fresh ideas you gather by attending sessions. But have you ever felt like you need to take a break and think through those new ideas, dive deeper into a tool or resource, or even debrief with other like-minded educators? This session is designed to give you time for just that. No presenters, no slide decks, just a space for you and other educators to plan, brainstorm, explore, and share ideas.

Attending a conference will no doubt leave you eager to implement new and fresh ideas you gather by attending sessions. But have you ever felt like you need to take a break and think through those new ideas, dive deeper into a tool or resource, or even debrief with other like-minded educators? This session is designed to give you time for just that. No presenters, no slide decks, just a space for you and other educators to plan, brainstorm, explore, and share ideas.

Attending a conference will no doubt leave you eager to implement new and fresh ideas you gather by attending sessions. But have you ever felt like you need to take a break and think through those new ideas, dive deeper into a tool or resource, or even debrief with other like-minded educators? This session is designed to give you time for just that. No presenters, no slide decks, just a space for you and other educators to plan, brainstorm, explore, and share ideas.

Attending a conference will no doubt leave you eager to implement new and fresh ideas you gather by attending sessions. But have you ever felt like you need to take a break and think through those new ideas, dive deeper into a tool or resource, or even debrief with other like-minded educators? This session is designed to give you time for just that. No presenters, no slide decks, just a space for you and other educators to plan, brainstorm, explore, and share ideas.

Using iPads with first graders can be fun! But we also need to get them ready for using Chromebooks when they become big grown-up 2nd graders. This session will talk about how a group of first graders, first-grade teachers, and tech coaches are utilizing Google tools (Jamboard, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, etc) on iPads to learn, grow, and demonstrate Using iPads with first graders can be fun! But we also need to get them ready for using Chromebooks when they become big grown-up 2nd graders. This session will talk about how a group of first graders, first-grade teachers, and tech coaches are utilizing Google tools (Jamboard, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, etc) on iPads to learn, grow, and demonstrate understanding!