2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference: Full Schedule

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.

2:30pm AKDT

Computational Thinking - for MY Students?

Do the students in the grade level and content area that you teach need Computational Thinking? YES! You may already be teaching CT without knowing it. Attend this session to learn about the 4 basic components of CT and how they are addressed in all grade level and content area classrooms. Participate in hands-on activities that you can use in your classroom tomorrow. Find out how Computational Thinking, Computer Science, and Coding are related.

Speakers

Tammy Morris

Digital Teaching & Learning Specialist, Inspired Impact, LLC

Tammy has provided professional learning opportunities, both in-person and online, for Alaska educators statewide since 2009. Prior to that she served as a classroom teacher and as an Ed Tech PD Coordinator in the Fairbanks and Ketchikan school districts. As an independent contractor... Read More →

Friday October 25, 2019 2:30pm - 3:30pm AKDT
Room 21

Connecting Across Content Areas

Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 10, 11

1:45pm AKDT

Symmetry - Geometry and Art

Paper folding and cutting connecting geometry and art through symmetry.

Speakers

Virgil Fredenberg

Professor, University of Alaska Southeast

How can we get more people into teaching?

Saturday October 26, 2019 1:45pm - 2:45pm AKDT
Room 21

Connecting Across Content Areas

Content Area 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Content Area Math and Art

4:15pm AKDT

Building ELL student literacy through instructional coaching of classroom teachers

This is a facilitated roundtable, a symposium-style collaborative session. Helping mainstream teachers of ELs facilitate literacy acquisition brings questions: How is building literacy of ELs different? What are the research-supported models of EL coaching? and more. This session is of special interest to EL coaches and anyone involved in the professional development of mainstream teachers working with English learners.

Speakers

Svetlana Nuss

FNSBSD STARTALK Program Director, FNSBSD, UAF

Connect with me at svnuss@alaska.eduEducation is my natural habitat. I work with teachers of ELs in an Alaskan school district and teach Russian at the University of Alaska, but often feel like I never graduated: I love learning and – in the right mind – will never stop. I deeply... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2019 4:15pm - 5:15pm AKDT
Room 21

Integrating Literacy Across Content Areas

Content Area ALL
Grade Level K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

2019 Alaska Cross Content Conference

2:30pm AKDT

Tammy Morris

1:45pm AKDT

Virgil Fredenberg

4:15pm AKDT

Svetlana Nuss

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