ITEC Fall Conference 2026

ITEC Fall Conference 2026

8:30am CDT

Portrait of an AI-Infused Learner: Envisioning an AI future 302/303Matthew Winters Let's Discuss the realities of AI 305Kyle Kuhlers Puppet or puppeteer? And Other Uncomfortable Questions for the AI Era 304Magdalena Galloway Your AI Policy and Guidelines are set…Now what? 307Cody Churchill • Jamie Petersen Interactive Instruction: Real-Time Formative Assessment Made Easy 316Amanda Dougherty • Meredith Rumohr

9:30am CDT

NotebookLM for Schools: Your Grounded Google AI Super Tool 302/303Eric Curts AI and UDL: Friend or Foe? 304Patrick Donovan

11:00am CDT

Safety is Primary: National / International Perspectives on AI 302/303Matthew Winters Beyond Chatbots: Agentic AI for District Leaders 304Cory Houghton Getting AI Literacy Started Across 3–12: Ready-to-Use, Aligned Units for Elementary, Middle, and High School 305Larissa Bailey • Aimee Peters

1:30pm CDT

The "Gem in AI" - Google Gemini for Schools 302/303Eric Curts From Data Drab to Data Fab: Architecting Decisions with Gemini 304Andrew Fenstermaker Most Human to Least Human: An Interactive AI Ethics Lab 307Aaron Maurer Interactive Learning in Minutes: Mastering Pear Deck for Engaged K-12 Classrooms 316Olivia Pasquariello

2:30pm CDT

AI Profile of a Graduate 314Dr. Mona Yanacheak Teaching Inquiry Skills That Help Humans and AI Think Better Together 307Raymi Choate • Jolie Pelds • Lindy Trout Turnis Canva Code in Elementary 316Amanda Dougherty • Lori VanderLeest

8:30am CDT

Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems 302/303Eric Curts Acing AI Literacy 304Tony Vincent Gemini in Action: Streamlining Workflows & Elevating Productivity in Google Workspace 307Hanna Hollamby The "Vibe Coding" Shift: Automating Google Tools with AI 316Kim Kult The Wins and Woes of Teaching AI: An Upper Elementary Library Case Study 306Lisa Newgard

9:30am CDT

A Sea of Choices: Considering data privacy, human in the loop, and research in AI use 302/303Matthew Winters Humanizing Education in the Age of Reactive Technology 315Keanon Lewis The Output Is Not the Learning 305Aaron Maurer Trash, Trackers, and Training Data: Authentic Machine Learning for Elementary Students 304Erica Smothers

11:00am CDT

Helping Schools Make Sense of AI 305Alex Glade Stop Doing That Manually (There's a Script for That) 315Celeste Scott Your Chatbot Is an App Builder 304Tony Vincent

1:30pm CDT

Tech Tools to Support all Learners 302/303Eric Curts AI Adoption & Implementation: 2 District's Journeys 317Eric Townsley • Brian Unruh Digital Feedback in the Age of AI 305Patrick Donovan Knocking It Out of the Park: What Really Works When Implementing Canvas in K-5 315Jamie Bratvold • John Casotti • Mike Crawford So...What Are We Actually Doing About AI? A District’s Journey from Policy to Practice 306Erica Beals • Amanda DeGroote • Shannon Fleming • Stacy Hansen The AI Task Force Playbook: Vetting Tools, Crafting Expectations, and Empowering Educators 304Daniel Stevens Leveraging AI to Build Apps Round Table 314Joe Wakeman

2:30pm CDT

From AI Tools to AI Workflows 305Aaron Maurer Gemini in the Classroom: Finding Your AI Twin 317Lance Lennon Spark Creativity and Inspire Learning with MagicSchool AI 315Sabrina Edsen