ABC Summer PL: Full Schedule

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

9:45am PDT

Differentiating Gamified Education with Decktoys LIMITED

Friday August 8, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am PDT

Decktoys is a great software tool to differentiate instruction by letting students literally choose their path. It allows students to work on different tasks, individually or collaboratively, while also making it easy to immediately pull them back together for whole-class instruction or quickly place them in small groups. Participants will learn how Decktoys works and how to use it to make learning fun, engaging, and creative, while maintaining high standards. Participants will also learn how to use the AI-embedded tools in Decktoys to quickly create their decks and then customize them as much as they want. We will take time during the session for participants to find and customize Decks relevant to participants’ subject areas and grade levels (Grades 3 and up) from the thousands already made. We will learn to use the assessment tools in Decktoys to make formative and summative assessments quickly, as well as get results quickly and easily. I will also share some holiday-themed “escape room” style Decks that I have created that participants can use to make learning culturally relevant for our diverse populations, including Decks for Black History Month, Asian History Month, and Cinco de Mayo.

Speakers

Elan Goldmann

Teacher, ABCUSD

I have been teaching upper elementary at Juarez for the last 28 years, mostly in 6th grade. As a lifelong tabletop and computer gamer, I try to bring gamification techniques and game theory into as many areas of education as I can. I hope to help attendees of my workshop get their... Read More →

Friday August 8, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am PDT
203

Upper Elementary, Secondary

11:30am PDT

Google Classroom Mastery: Beyond the Basics LIMITED

Friday August 8, 2025 11:30am - 12:45pm PDT

105

Unlock the full potential of Google Classroom to streamline your teaching workflow and enhance student learning. This hands-on session explores advanced features and hidden gems within Google Workspace that can transform classroom management, student collaboration, and assessment. Learn practical strategies for organizing content, providing targeted feedback, and creating engaging learning experiences.
Key Session Components:

Question Banks & Quiz Improvements - Create reusable assessments with automatic grading and targeted feedback
Rubrics & Comment Banks - Streamline feedback with customizable rubrics and saved comments
Guardian Summaries & Communication - Leverage parent/guardian connection features to strengthen the home-school partnership
Differentiation Tools - Assign work to specific students and create tiered assignments
Student Portfolio Development - Help students showcase growth using Classroom's organization features (Audience Grades 4-12)

Speakers

Allison Marcroft

Teacher, ABCUSD

Allison is a proud product of ABCUSD schools and holds a Spanish degree from Lamar University, enriched by her 18-month mission in Argentina. Since 2002, she has been a dedicated teacher at Cerritos High School, currently teaching Spanish and Computer Science. As the World Language... Read More →

Friday August 8, 2025 11:30am - 12:45pm PDT
105

Upper Elementary, Secondary

11:30am PDT

Planning Panic, Be Gone! Your AI Teaching Assistant Has Arrived FILLING

Friday August 8, 2025 11:30am - 12:45pm PDT

206

No more Sunday scaries! Escape the late-night lesson planning vortex with this transformative session on AI-enhanced curriculum design. This session promises to revolutionize your relationship with prep time so thoroughly that your friends will suspect you've hired a secret teacher's assistant (spoiler alert: you kind of did). Learn how to transform that blank document dread into curriculum confidence with AI tools that actually understand what teachers need and, most importantly, what students need. (Audience Grades 4-12)

Speakers

Chad Laines

IT Program Specialist, ABCUSD

After 33 years teaching middle school history, Chad Laines now serves as an Instructional Technology Specialist advocating for thoughtful tech integration in education. His HI+AI philosophy positions technology as a tool guided by human intelligence to enhance learning through personalized... Read More →

Friday August 8, 2025 11:30am - 12:45pm PDT
206

Upper Elementary, Secondary

1:45pm PDT

Designated EL Instruction: A Step by Step Guide to Wonders ELD for 2-6 LIMITED

Friday August 8, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT

207

Teachers will walk away with an in-depth understanding of how to teach Designated ELD utilizing our Wonders Materials. They will receive a copy of sample lesson schedules of what to include weekly and what to incorporate into their weekly Designated ELD lesson plans in order to maximize EL instructional time. Teachers will be given an opportunity to play with the platform and try to prepare their first week's lessons for Designated ELD.

Speakers

Linda Baas

Intervention Specialist, ABCUSD

I am an educator with 27 years of Title 1 experience in both English and Spanish classroom settings spanning K-5th grades. I have worked as Intervention Specialist for K-6 and also have expertise and passion for ELD instruction. I hope to help attendees to transcend the basics and... Read More →

Friday August 8, 2025 1:45pm - 3:00pm PDT
207

Upper Elementary