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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.

Joanna Hubbard

ASD
Classroom Teacher
Mears Middle School

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1:00pm

Featured Keynote Speaker Michael Soskil: Why Teachers Are More Important Than Ever AuditoriumMichael Soskil • Microsoft

2:30pm

Computational Thinking - for MY Students? Room 21Tammy Morris Teaching Through Culture in the K-12 Classroom Room 3Janice Littlebear Using Primary Sources to Create Reader's Theater in Social Studies and History Room 6Karen Beranek

3:45pm

Featured Speaker Michael Soskil: Help Students Learn M.O.R.E. Library AnnexMichael Soskil Youth Engagement in Sustainable Communities in a Changing Environment Room W8Elizabeth Trowbridge Virtual Field Trips & Learning Opportunities Science Room 2Michelle Carton

8:30am

Featured Speaker Richard Thoman Keynote: Climate Change and Communities AuditoriumRichard Thoman

9:45am

Observational drawing for all-ages and subjects Room W10Kristin Link • Kim Sweeny • Barbara Short 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

11:00am

Argument-Driven Engineering in Grades 6-8: STEM Design Challenges Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Building Collaborative Teams In Your Classroom Room 13Darrell Trussell • CPM 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 Become a National Geographic Certified Educator Room 2Alexandra Perrotti • National Geographic Education

12:15pm

ASTA Membership Lunch West High School CafeteriaPatty Brown • ASTA

1:45pm

Embedding Storytelling Throughout the Science Learning Cycle Science Room 4Katie Spellman Symmetry - Geometry and Art Room 21Virgil Fredenberg Featured Speaker Michael DiSpezio: Awesome STEM Activities for the 21st Century Classroom West High Library Main AreaMichael DiSpezio • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Build and Program Games with Arduino Room W7Michael Backus

3:00pm

Argument-Driven Inquiry in the Life, Physical, and Earth-Space Sciences: Lab Investigations for Grades 6–8 Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Featured Speaker Richard Thoman: Alaska's Changing Environment: Fitting the Puzzle Science Room 5Richard Thoman Culturally Responsive Teaching - Implicit and Explicit Biases Room W9Danielle Riha Mathematical Modeling and Social Awareness: Pay Day Loans, Opioid Deaths, Plastic Straw Pollution Room 24Tom Reardon Growing Teacher Leadership for School and System Transformation Through a Grass-Roots, Teacher Lead Professional Learning Network Room 6Karen Martin

4:15pm

Adventures Across Alaska West High Library Main AreaSusan Smith Teach About Wildfire in Alaska's Changing Climate Science Room 1Cathy Rezabeck Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics: Lab Investigations for Grades 9–12 Science Room 2Jennifer Kaszuba Project Invent: Making & Coding for Social Good Room 23Leola Rutherford Braiding Indigenous and Western Science Curriculum Science Room 3Maxine Dibert