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About the Conference Program
When considering which session to attend be aware that most sessions will address more than one strand so be sure to look at the full descriptions.
Cookies and Conversations on Thursday are designed to give attendees the opportunity to network with others who have similar job responsibilities. You may choose any of the sessions to attend, so if you are more interested in learning from a different group, you are welcome.
If you have questions about the program of events, please contact by email at Pat Bone or by phone (785) 296-2303.
This session explores the concept of "Thin Slicing," which delineates a sequential progression of a lesson from prior knowledge to grade level standard. Learn how to quickly gather insights into student thinking through targeted tasks and observations. Discover how Thin Slicing can inform your instruction, differentiate learning, and propel students towards deeper mathematical understanding. Math teachers will experience and work together to create thin sliced lessons. They will collaborate on how to launch the lesson and provide tasks that increase rigor and ability to avoid frustrations and boredom while instilling perseverance and patience.
Join us for an action-oriented session to enhance knowledge, tools, and strategies necessary to implement collaborative inquiry processes within your schools. By leveraging data-driven decision-making and fostering a collaborative culture, attendees will learn how to identify possible systemic challenges, select aligned evidence-based practices, plan and implement practices across a school, and monitor progress to ensure sustained student success. This session will focus on literacy data, however many of the processes can be transferred to other content areas if you choose to implement them at your school site.
Modern artificial intelligence tools present both challenges and benefits to classrooms across the academic spectrum. This session is intended primarily for K-12 classroom teachers and curriculum leaders in all subject areas. Presenters will provide a brief look at the current state and capability of popular software tools and then discuss both the potential positive and the potential negative impacts of these capabilities. Best practices from national organizations and from other states’ efforts will be described, covering hot topics such as academic integrity, inquiry, and immediacy of feedback. A significant portion of the session will be reserved for discussion of attendees’ key concerns.
Teaching Assistant Professor, Kansas State University
I am a teaching assistant professor in the department of computer science at Kansas State University. I teach a variety of computer science classes at the post-secondary level, but I am heavily involved with CS at the K-12 level. I participate in and run multiple outreach programs... Read More →
Dr. King has helped other educators across Kansas with computer science education efforts at KSDE since 2018, and has served as education program consultant for both computer science and information technology pathways for six years.
Thursday October 24, 2024 10:45am - 12:15pm CDT
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