2021 High Aims Summer Institute has ended

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2021 High Aims Summer Institute

8:30am EDT

Keynote - Kids Deserve It - In Person AuditoriumAdam Welcome Keynote - Kids Deserve It - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAdam Welcome

9:30am EDT

Adam Welcome Book Signing Outside of AuditoriumAdam Welcome

9:45am EDT

Cyber CometCast Podcast Project -- How a Unique School Year Provided New Opportunities - In Person Middle School Room 600Jen Mott Cyber CometCast Podcast Project -- How a Unique School Year Provided New Opportunities - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJen Mott Achieving and Succeeding with Teacher Diversity - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDr. Kristilynn Turney, LLC Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) - The Creation of an Elementary Anti-Racism Student Club Middle School Room 652Jordan Meehan • Barb Danver What Gifted Students Want You to Know Middle School Room 2657Leana Staton Embedding and Exemplifying Digital Citizenship - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Getting the Most Out of Google Drawing: So Far Middle School Room 654Jennifer Ackerman • Jessica Williamson Google Sheets in the Classroom Middle School Room 2600Sarah Kiefer The Magic of Hyperdocs Middle School Room 2602Stacy Recker Virtual Book Clubs Middle School Room 2603Kim Bryant • Heather Farnham Voice Assistants: Learning support for students at home! Middle School Room 2652Rebecca Dwenger Book Creator Across the Ages Middle School Room 2654Lauren Kajfasz • Diane Schroeder • Lisa Kuhn Literacy Tools for Success Middle School Room 657Debby Spitzer Personalizing Professional Learning Models: Strategies to Bridge the Gap Between Your District Vision and Your Classroom Practices - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAaron Roberts Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning in the Schools Middle School Room 800Amy McKiddy • Carrie Urshel 10 "Look Fors" In a Math Classroom Middle School Room 602Jonelle Bell • Karen Kresser Are They Ready? Building the Bridge to School Readiness-Preschool to Kindergarten Middle School Room 802Dr. Therese Hunt Flipgrid Middle School Room 804Whitney McKee Strategies to Gamify Any Classroom Middle School Room 805Megan Brown Strategies to Gamify Any Classroom - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyMegan Brown Using Bootcamps to teach Skills in a Choice-Based Art Room Middle School Room 851Abby Hanser Using Data in the Math Classroom Middle School Room 653Matt Page • Laura Thompson Advancing Inclusive Excellence in your Community - Virtual Streaming VirtuallySoroya Smith Early Literacy and NWEA MAP Fluency Streaming VirtuallyBeth Ehrhardt • Lynne Kulich Coaching Your Way Through OTES 2.0 Middle School Room 2804Amy Spicher • Julie Scarlato High AIMS and UC Partnership on Creating a Student Focus Group on Social Justice Issues Middle School Room 2800Rachel Saunders • Kelly Spivey Desmos is NOT Just for Math! Middle School Room 2803Steve Phelps Looking at the Whole Picture: Using Math Running Records to Understand Student Fluency Middle School Room 2851Angie Garber • Ericka Thompson Blossoming with Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Middle School Room 2805Stacey Leitzel

10:45am EDT

Rethinking PD: A Student Focused Approach to Shifting Instruction Middle School Room 600Michale Sanker Voraciously Virtual: Ideas for Building Virtual Experiences for Learners, Staff and Community Middle School Room 602Barb Danver • Monica Dawkins Becoming a Historical Story Teller with EdTech Tools - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJustin Thomas Establishing Relationships with Minority Students Middle School Room 603Hakim Oliver Intentionally Connecting with Students Minus the Blind Spots Middle School Room 652Donita Jackson • Austin Sayre Ipotlechay ancay eachtay usway ootay - experiencing non-native speaking Middle School Room 653Miranda Cockrell Hands-On Centers that Work - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDebby Spitzer Virtual PD Burnout...Are We Done Yet? Middle School Room 2602Emily Cowan • Lisa Kuhn Keeping up with the Collaboration Middle School Room 2603Jackie Heinzelmann • Jenni Stadtmiller Sit & Synthesize Surprisingly Simple Strategies - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyHolly Stout Tech with Littles Middle School Room 2652Brittney Priore • Sarah Kiefer Choice Boards go Hands On! Middle School Room 2653Julie Pfeiffer • Wendy Silvius The Importance of SEL Within a Pandemic Middle School Room 800Tina Darling Energize Your Classroom with Engaging Strategies and Tools! Middle School Room 802Kim Carlson Math Openers that Maximize Student Engagement Middle School Room 804Christina Sherman Standards Based Grading in the High School Classroom: From Theory to the Nuts and Bolts. Middle School Room 805Chad Husting Thought you knew all the tech tools? Survey Says . . . Middle School Room 851Katie Enneking • Holly Smith-Conway Leadership Deep Dive - In Person AuditoriumAdam Welcome Leadership Deep Dive - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAdam Welcome

12:15pm EDT

Rebuilding in Cincinnati: A Virtual Tour of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center Museum - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJodi Elowitz Power Your Leadership with Scaled Conversations Streaming VirtuallyJames Haga • Natasha Adams • Isaac Seevers • John Spieser 3 Powerful Ways to Create Authentic PBL for Gifted Students - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJen Molitor UDL in the Digital Environment - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Inspiring Students through Math Visuals - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAnne Berger Taking My Online Experience Back to The Classroom - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyRobyn Thomas Implicit Bias-Yes, I'm talking to you! - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDr. Kristilynn Turney, LLC The Whole Child: Resilience in Gifted Children - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAllison Curran • Holly Mueller Building High-Quality ELA Common Assessments Aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyBrad Brunswick

12:30pm EDT

How to Recharge -Superintendent's Session (with luncheon) Viking RoomAdam Welcome

1:15pm EDT

Community Outreach and Parent Engagement During a Pandemic - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLeila Kubesch Tapping Into Your Tech Coach - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyEmily Cowan • Megan Whitacre Need Data? How to Use ODE's New Benchmark and Checkpoint Assessments - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyMike Ross Magic, EPIC, Innovative- Experienceships that Work! - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyBrian Purvis • Donna Lauver

2:15pm EDT

Bibliotherapy for Gifted Learners: Using Children's Literature to Connect, Create, and Celebrate - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyHolly Mueller Using Art to Assess Critical Thinking Streaming VirtuallyChris Walters No Printer? No Problem! Paperless solutions for education. - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Level Up Using Universal Design for Learning - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAllison Curran The Importance of Daily Check-Ins with Your Students - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyKaren Crema

8:30am EDT

Keynote - Connection Before Content - In Person AuditoriumChad Littlefield Keynote - Connection Before Content - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyChad Littlefield

9:30am EDT

Connections and Book Signing Outside of AuditoriumChad Littlefield

9:45am EDT

Cyber CometCast Podcast Project -- How a Unique School Year Provided New Opportunities - In Person Middle School Room 600Jen Mott Cyber CometCast Podcast Project -- How a Unique School Year Provided New Opportunities - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJen Mott Achieving and Succeeding with Teacher Diversity - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDr. Kristilynn Turney, LLC Students Organized Against Racism (SOAR) - The Creation of an Elementary Anti-Racism Student Club Middle School Room 652Barb Danver • Jordan Meehan Cyber Threats and Trends to Education Institutions Middle School Room 2657 Embedding and Exemplifying Digital Citizenship - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Experience the Hamilton County ESC Innovative Resources Middle School Room 655Steve Phelps The Magic of Hyperdocs Middle School Room 2602Stacy Recker Voice Assistants: Learning support for students at home! Middle School Room 2652Rebecca Dwenger Work Smarter, Not Harder: Our Top 20 Tips to Make Your Teacher/Admin/Counselor Life Easier! Middle School Room 2653Ashley Morrison • Lauren Richardson Personalizing Professional Learning Models: Strategies to Bridge the Gap Between Your District Vision and Your Classroom Practices - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAaron Roberts Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning in the Schools Middle School Room 800Amy McKiddy • Carrie Urshel 10 "Look Fors" In a Math Classroom Middle School Room 602Karen Kresser • Jonelle Bell Are They Ready? Building the Bridge to School Readiness-Preschool to Kindergarten Middle School Room 802Dr. Therese Hunt Flipgrid Middle School Room 804Whitney McKee Strategies to Gamify Any Classroom Middle School Room 805Megan Brown Strategies to Gamify Any Classroom - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyMegan Brown Using Bootcamps to teach Skills in a Choice-Based Art Room Middle School Room 851Abby Hanser Using Data in the Math Classroom Middle School Room 653Matt Page • Laura Thompson Creating Spaces: PD Edition Middle School Room 603Emily Cowan • Lisa Kuhn Advancing Inclusive Excellence in your Community - Virtual Streaming VirtuallySoroya Smith Coaching Your Way Through OTES 2.0 Middle School Room 2804Julie Scarlato • Amy Spicher Blossoming with Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Middle School Room 2805Stacey Leitzel Resuscitating Writing Middle School Room 2802Kasey Dunlap

10:30am EDT

Fully Engaging Staff and Students: 10+ Experiential Exercises to Personalize Learning for teachers - In Person AuditoriumChad Littlefield Fully Engaging Staff and Students: 10+ Experiential Exercises to Personalize Learning for teachers - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyChad Littlefield

10:45am EDT

Rolling On with Science and STEM Middle School Room 854Pam Caffery Becoming a Historical Story Teller with EdTech Tools - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJustin Thomas Establishing Relationships with Minority Students Middle School Room 603Hakim Oliver Intentionally Connecting with Students Minus the Blind Spots Middle School Room 652Austin Sayre • Donita Jackson Ipotlechay ancay eachtay usway ootay - experiencing non-native speaking Middle School Room 653Miranda Cockrell Outside the Bubble: Tools to Increase Global Perspective Middle School Room 2600Lauren Richardson • Ashley Morrison Hands-On Centers that Work - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDebby Spitzer Virtual PD Burnout...Are We Done Yet? Middle School Room 2602Emily Cowan • Lisa Kuhn Keeping up with the Collaboration Middle School Room 2603Jackie Heinzelmann • Jenni Stadtmiller Sit & Synthesize Surprisingly Simple Strategies - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyHolly Stout Choice Boards go Hands On! - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJulie Pfeiffer • Wendy Silvius The Importance of SEL Within a Pandemic Middle School Room 800Tina Darling Math Openers that Maximize Student Engagement Middle School Room 804Christina Sherman Standards Based Grading in the High School Classroom: From Theory to the Nuts and Bolts. Middle School Room 805Chad Husting Thought you knew all the tech tools? Survey Says . . . Middle School Room 851Katie Enneking • Holly Smith-Conway

12:00pm EDT

Superintendent Debrief and Dialogue Roundtable and luncheon with Chad Littlefield Viking RoomChad Littlefield

12:15pm EDT

Rebuilding in Cincinnati: A Virtual Tour of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center Museum - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJodi Elowitz 3 Powerful Ways to Create Authentic PBL for Gifted Students - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyJen Molitor UDL in the Digital Environment - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Inspiring Students through Math Visuals - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAnne Berger Developing and Implementing a School or District-wide Diversity Plan - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyDr. Kristilynn Turney, LLC Teaching Service Learning Using PBL, SEL & Gifted Standards - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLeana Staton • Libby Turpin The Whole Child: Resilience in Gifted Children - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyHolly Mueller • Allison Curran Building High-Quality ELA Common Assessments Aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyBrad Brunswick

1:15pm EDT

Tapping Into Your Tech Coach - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyMegan Whitacre • Emily Cowan Need Data? How to Use ODE's New Benchmark and Checkpoint Assessments - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyMike Ross

1:30pm EDT

Fully Engaging Staff and Students: 10+ Experiential Exercises to Personalize Learning for principals and curriculum designers Viking RoomChad Littlefield

2:15pm EDT

Bibliotherapy for Gifted Learners: Using Children's Literature to Connect, Create, and Celebrate - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyHolly Mueller Using Art to Assess Critical Thinking Streaming VirtuallyChris Walters No Printer? No Problem! Paperless solutions for education. - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyLori Wegman Level Up Using Universal Design for Learning - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyAllison Curran The Importance of Daily Check-Ins with Your Students - Virtual Streaming VirtuallyKaren Crema