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2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference

Welcome to the 2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference at West High School in Anchorage, AK, October 25th and 26th with follow up activities at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Sunday, October 27th.

1:00pm AKDT

Featured Keynote Speaker Michael Soskil: Why Teachers Are More Important Than Ever AuditoriumMichael Soskil • Microsoft Poster session--Profiles of Contemporary Mathematicians Foyer and HallwaysDeborah Narang Vendor Hours West High FoyerGary Cooper

2:30pm AKDT

Computational Thinking - for MY Students? Room 21Tammy Morris Grow New Connections for Engagement Room 22Karen Iris • McGraw Hill Buddy Teachers + Buddy Classrooms = Math Success Elementary Library AnnexAllison Riddle • Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks Energy Literacy and Application in K-12 classrooms Room 24Colleen Fisk • REAP Recognizing and Integrating Crosscutting Concepts Science Room 1Judy Sweeney Teaching Through Culture in the K-12 Classroom Room 3Janice Littlebear Fearless Writing Project: Exploring Student Voice through Creative Writing Room 4Natalie Moten Literacy Fundamentals for Middle and High School Teachers Room 5Dr. Laurie A. Sharp Using Primary Sources to Create Reader's Theater in Social Studies and History Room 6Karen Beranek Desmos Explorations in High School Math Room 8Kristina Roehrig Get Nspired in the Science Classroom Room W11Ellen Piekarski • Texas Instruments What can NSTA do for you? Room 1Jeanne Chowning Escape Room in the World Language Classroom (AFLA registrants only, attendance capped at 25) Room 10Kristi Senden Manie Musicale: A World Language Song Competition Room 12Nicole Ayers • Hopkins_Aline Special Person Interview Room 13Michele Whaley

3:45pm AKDT

Learning that Lasts: Connecting School and Community Room W7Anne Armstrong Laying the Foundation - Early College & Career Exploration Programs Room 14Shelly Morgan Mineral and Energy Resources of Alaska Science Room 4Beki Toussaint • Alaska Resource Education Featured Speaker Michael Soskil: Help Students Learn M.O.R.E. Library AnnexMichael Soskil Mathematical Modelling In 3 Acts Room 17Andrew Byrns • Pearson Science and the Stewardship of the Outdoors Room 19Seth Spencer You Be The Chemist Science Room 5Larry Sernyk Climate Change and My Community Room 2Katie Spellman Youth Engagement in Sustainable Communities in a Changing Environment Room W8Elizabeth Trowbridge Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Using Mentor Texts to Scaffold Writers West High Library Main AreaClare Landrigan Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Literacy Across the Curriculum: Concrete Strategies for Adolescent Student Success Room W10KATHERINE MCKNIGHT Get Nspired For the Math Classroom Room W11Ellen Piekarski • Texas Instruments Virtual Field Trips & Learning Opportunities Science Room 2Michelle Carton MEDIAte New Resources - Activities for Commercials and Music Videos Room 22Charles Beattie Planning for and Implementing an Indigenous Immersion Program: Success with Federal Grant Writing Room 23Brandon Locke TPRS-based instruction in Russian courses Room W9Svetlana Nuss • Christina Nuss

4:45pm AKDT

Vendor Reception (Appetizers and Door Prizes) West High FoyerGary Cooper

6:30pm AKDT

AFLA Welcome Dinner (AFLA Registrants Only) Gallo's Mexican Restaurant

7:00am AKDT

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Breakfast Crowne Plaza Hotel AnchorageJoey Jiglotti • PAEMST

8:00am AKDT

Vendor Hours West High FoyerGary Cooper

8:30am AKDT

Featured Speaker Richard Thoman Keynote: Climate Change and Communities AuditoriumRichard Thoman AFLA Breakfast and Keynote: Dr. Cynthia Chalupa "Moving Forward Together: Articulation, Proficiency, and the Role of Assessment" (AFLA Registrants Only) West High School CafeteriaCynthia Chalupa

9:45am AKDT

Anchorage Museum Resources for Teachers Room W11Grace Graham • Anchorage Museum Observational drawing for all-ages and subjects Room W10Kristin Link • Kim Sweeny • Barbara Short Educator Chat: Identifying Barriers, Challenges, and Possible Solutions to Teaching and Learning West High Library Main AreaDr. Laurie A. Sharp Ethics: The Other Side of Technology Room W8Virgil Fredenberg Exploring the Essential Actions of Instructional Leadership in Mathematics Education Room W7Denise Trakas Featured Speaker Michael DiSpezio: Learning and the Brain AuditoriumMichael DiSpezio • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Teacher Autonomy in the Service of Learner Autonomy Room 20J. Kevin Spink What is the Alaska Education Network? Room 2Raquel Schroeder/Carey Gray • ECHO Network

11:00am AKDT

Do science labs support learning? The effects of a paired laboratory experience on introductory biology student course outcomes Room 19Dayna DeFeo Need a booster class for Evolutionary Science? We can help Science Room 3Jamie Kupfner Argument-Driven Engineering in Grades 6-8: STEM Design Challenges Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Building Collaborative Teams In Your Classroom Room 13Darrell Trussell • CPM Energy Literacy and Application in K-12 classrooms Room 12Colleen Fisk • REAP Featured Speaker Michael Soskil: Innovating for Good: Developing Lifelong Problem Solvers Library AnnexMichael Soskil Seminars in the Science Classroom: Social Dimensions of Argumentation Room 10Jeanne Chowning • NSTA Shake Up Your Fact Fluency Practice - Math Shakers K-5 West High Library Main AreaAllison Riddle Become a National Geographic Certified Educator Room 2Alexandra Perrotti • National Geographic Education Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Who’s in Your Library? Creating Classroom Libraries That Reflect the Passions, Interests, and Identities of Our Readers Room 9Clare Landrigan Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Affect Impacts Effective Literacy Skill Development Room 8KATHERINE MCKNIGHT Bringing History Alive! Teaching Content in the Target Language Room 5Sasha Johnson • Elizabeth Robertson How to be a World Language Guitar Hero with Just Three Chords and the Truth Room 4Aaron Mitchell • Chad Rice Taking the Leap with Student Travel Room 3Nicole Ayers

12:15pm AKDT

ASLA General Membership Lunch Room 4Jessica Willis ASTA Membership Lunch West High School CafeteriaPatty Brown • ASTA AFLA Lunch: AATG Business Meeting and Group Rooms Rooms 1, 2, & 3Elizabeth Dick • AFLA

1:45pm AKDT

Your Seat in the Alaska Professional Learning Network Room 20Tammy Morris An introduction to the new Science Standards for Alaska Science Room 1Deborah Riddle • DEED Embedding Storytelling Throughout the Science Learning Cycle Science Room 4Katie Spellman Hands-on lessons to start teaching Evolutionary Sciences now Science Room 3Jamie Kupfner Symmetry - Geometry and Art Room 21Virgil Fredenberg Argument-Driven Inquiry in Grades 3-5: Three-Dimensional Investigations that Integrate Science, Literacy and Mathematics Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Featured Speaker Katherine McKnight: Yes…and for the Classroom Library AnnexKATHERINE MCKNIGHT Featured Speaker Michael DiSpezio: Awesome STEM Activities for the 21st Century Classroom West High Library Main AreaMichael DiSpezio • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Long Division: It's Not Synthetic Anymore Room 22Darrell Trussell • CPM Culturally Responsive Instruction: Pedagogy & Practices Room 23Dr. Laurie A. Sharp Build and Program Games with Arduino Room W7Michael Backus Climate Change - Model Mathematically Data from The Climate Reality Project Leadership Training with Al Gore Room 24Tom Reardon Cultural Connections via Indigenous Stories Room W11Betsy Paskvan Embedded Reading from the Bottom-Up Room W9Michele Whaley Expecting Students to Speak Room W8Kristi Senden

3:00pm AKDT

Conceptual, Hands-On Metric Lesson Room 3Penny Williams Meshing Science and Math with Hands-On Tech Science Room 4Kaitlyn Weitzeil • Gretchen Striker Argument-Driven Inquiry in the Life, Physical, and Earth-Space Sciences: Lab Investigations for Grades 6–8 Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Earth Day Every Day! Integrating Waste Reduction and Recycling Education into Your Curriculum Room 2Sarah Clement Featured Speaker Richard Thoman: Alaska's Changing Environment: Fitting the Puzzle Science Room 5Richard Thoman Preventing Teen Dating Violence Through the Alaska Safe Children’s Act: Grades 7-12 Room 5Kami Moore STEM Collaboration in the Community and the Classroom Room 20Ted Wilson They Should Already Know This - Catch Up Math Games For 3 -8 West High Library Main AreaAllison Riddle Culturally Responsive Teaching - Implicit and Explicit Biases Room W9Danielle Riha Math Trails: Visited and Revisited Room 8Alison "Sunny" Mall Featured Speaker Clare Landrigan: Using Poetry to Expand Content Knowledge and Structure Informational Text Library AnnexClare Landrigan Mathematical Modeling and Social Awareness: Pay Day Loans, Opioid Deaths, Plastic Straw Pollution Room 24Tom Reardon Spend Less Time Grading and Get Better Results with Evaluator Add-ons for G-Suite Room W7Michael Backus Growing Teacher Leadership for School and System Transformation Through a Grass-Roots, Teacher Lead Professional Learning Network Room 6Karen Martin Reading Across the Curriculum: Developing Students' Interpretive Skills by Looking Between the Lines (all languages) West High School CafeteriaCynthia Chalupa • AFLA

4:15pm AKDT

Adventures Across Alaska West High Library Main AreaSusan Smith Teach About Wildfire in Alaska's Changing Climate Science Room 1Cathy Rezabeck Visualizing Algebra with Algebra Tiles (Penny Williams for Sandy Schoff) Room 3Penny Williams Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics: Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Critical and Analytical Thinking: Why are We Failing to Develop Critical Thinking Consistently and Reliably in Students? Room W9Maureen Cronin Inspiring kids through FIRST Robotics (it's so much more than robots!) Room W11Rebecca Soza Project Invent: Making & Coding for Social Good Room 23Leola Rutherford Braiding Indigenous and Western Science Curriculum Science Room 3Maxine Dibert Building ELL student literacy through instructional coaching of classroom teachers Room 21Svetlana Nuss Creative Activities, Strategies and Technology to Better Prepare Your Students for the Revised SAT Room 24Tom Reardon

6:00pm AKDT

AFLA Awards Dinner and Business Meeting (AFLA Registrants Only) Crowne Plaza Hotel AnchorageElizabeth Dick • AFLA

9:00am AKDT

Authors' Brunch Crowne Plaza Hotel Anchorage AFLA Brunch and Roundtable Sessions (AFLA Registrants Only) Crowne Plaza Hotel AnchorageElizabeth Dick