By Dr. Dylan Arena VP, Learning Science - McGraw Hill | School, Dr. Shawn Smith Chief Innovation Officer - McGraw Hill | School
The Connected Classroom: A universal, longitudinal student record and learner profile that personalizes each student’s unique path to growth
Keynotes
Where
Red Rock Ballroom
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Introduction to McGraw Hill Plus
McGraw Hill Plus empowers teachers to make informed instructional decisions by capturing interaction data generated by online learning; combines it with assessment data to convey a holistic, real-time picture of student learning and targeted student content solutions
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston B
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Augmented Reality
Learn how augmented reality can stimulate engagement and improve retention in the math classroom using McGraw Hill AR, a new app that helps students connect challenging, abstract mathematical concepts and how they can manipulate and explore from their smartphone or tablet.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston A
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, Achieve3000 Literacy
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have accelerated student learning using the power of Achieve3000 Literacy.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda C
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, ALEKS
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have accelerated student learning using the power of ALEKS.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda B
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, Actively Learn
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have deepened and enriched student learning using the powerful learning platform of Actively Learn.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda A
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Innovator's Playground
Discover, explore, and engage with emerging technologies in the classroom with your peers and product experts. Products range from augmented reality to virtual reality to ChatGPT.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston F
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Networking Cafe
Take a break from sessions and meet your peers, participate in the idea board, share ideas, or simply relax. The choice is yours.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Veranda E
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Introduction to McGraw Hill Plus
McGraw Hill Plus empowers teachers to make informed instructional decisions by capturing interaction data generated by online learning; combines it with assessment data to convey a holistic, real-time picture of student learning and targeted student content solutions
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston B
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Augmented Reality
Learn how augmented reality can stimulate engagement and improve retention in the math classroom using McGraw Hill AR, a new app that helps students connect challenging, abstract mathematical concepts and how they can manipulate and explore from their smartphone or tablet.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston A
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, Achieve3000 Literacy
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have accelerated student learning using the power of Achieve3000 Literacy.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda C
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, ALEKS
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have accelerated student learning using the power of ALEKS.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda B
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Star Partner, Actively Learn
Join one of our school district partners as they share with us how their local efforts and their partnership with McGraw Hill have deepened and enriched student learning using the powerful learning platform of Actively Learn.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda A
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Innovator's Playground
Discover, explore, and engage with emerging technologies in the classroom with your peers and product experts. Products range from augmented reality to virtual reality to ChatGPT.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston F
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Networking Cafe
Take a break from sessions and meet your peers, participate in the idea board, share ideas, or simply relax. The choice is yours.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Veranda E
11:45 am - 01:15 pm
Keynote: General Session
11:45 am - 01:15 pm
Innovator's Playground
Discover, explore, and engage with emerging technologies in the classroom with your peers and product experts. Products range from augmented reality to virtual reality to ChatGPT.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston F
11:45 am - 01:15 pm
Networking Cafe
Take a break from sessions and meet your peers, participate in the idea board, share ideas, or simply relax. The choice is yours.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Veranda E
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Meet the Trailblazers Panel Discussion
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston B
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Innovative Tech Tools in the Classroom
Presented by Steve Harnett, Professional Services Director, Digital Teaching & Learning - McGraw Hill | School
In the fast-paced digital age, harnessing the full potential of innovative technologies is essential to revolutionize the learning experience in classrooms. This session will immerse participants in the fascinating world of VR, AR, and Generative AI, demonstrating their transformative role in shaping the future of teaching and learning.
Participants will delve into practical examples, witnessing firsthand how these groundbreaking technologies engage students, foster creativity, and cultivate a deeper understanding of complex subjects. Together, we will unravel the boundless opportunities presented by these emerging tools, equipping educators to embrace the digital era and create an innovative learning environment that prepares students for the challenges of tomorrow.
1. Virtual Reality (VR) in Education: Experience the wonders of VR and its potential to transport students beyond the classroom walls. Discover how VR simulations, virtual field trips, and immersive storytelling elevate learning, enabling students to explore historical events, natural phenomena, and far-off places like never before.
2. Augmented Reality (AR) Applications: Explore the fascinating fusion of real and digital worlds through AR. Learn how AR enhances textbook materials, creates interactive learning experiences, and allows students to manipulate virtual objects, revolutionizing subjects such as biology, architecture, and astronomy.
3. Generative AI for Personalized Learning: Uncover the role of Generative AI in adapting educational content to cater to individual learning styles. Explore how AI-generated content, smart tutoring systems, and automated feedback promote personalized and self-paced learning journeys.
4. Fostering Creativity and Collaboration: Understand how these technologies inspire creativity, collaborative problem-solving, and team-based learning, fostering the critical 21st-century skills students need to excel in a rapidly evolving world.
5. Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Change: Address potential challenges in adopting these technologies and explore strategies to overcome resistance, empower educators, and inspire a forward-looking educational mindset.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston A
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Innovator's Playground
Discover, explore, and engage with emerging technologies in the classroom with your peers and product experts. Products range from augmented reality to virtual reality to ChatGPT.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston F
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Networking Cafe
Take a break from sessions and meet your peers, participate in the idea board, share ideas, or simply relax. The choice is yours.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Veranda E
01:30 pm - 02:15 pm
Demonstration Classroom
Imagine a classroom where time path, place, and pace are personalized for every student and students are the co-owners of their educational journey.
In this session, participants will experience the power of personalized learning through the student lens. Participants will be immersed in a personalized environment, experiencing instruction that reflects the best practices in personalized learning and witnessing first-hand how McGraw Hill Plus and McGraw Hill’s core supplemental and intervention products power a personalized classroom.
Participants will walk away with new strategies that will allow personalized learning to come to life in their own classrooms.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston DE
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Meet the Trailblazers Panel Discussion
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston B
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Innovative Tech Tools in the Classroom
Presented by Steve Harnett, Professional Services Director, Digital Teaching & Learning - McGraw Hill | School
In the fast-paced digital age, harnessing the full potential of innovative technologies is essential to revolutionize the learning experience in classrooms. This session will immerse participants in the fascinating world of VR, AR, and Generative AI, demonstrating their transformative role in shaping the future of teaching and learning.
Participants will delve into practical examples, witnessing firsthand how these groundbreaking technologies engage students, foster creativity, and cultivate a deeper understanding of complex subjects. Together, we will unravel the boundless opportunities presented by these emerging tools, equipping educators to embrace the digital era and create an innovative learning environment that prepares students for the challenges of tomorrow.
1. Virtual Reality (VR) in Education: Experience the wonders of VR and its potential to transport students beyond the classroom walls. Discover how VR simulations, virtual field trips, and immersive storytelling elevate learning, enabling students to explore historical events, natural phenomena, and far-off places like never before.
2. Augmented Reality (AR) Applications: Explore the fascinating fusion of real and digital worlds through AR. Learn how AR enhances textbook materials, creates interactive learning experiences, and allows students to manipulate virtual objects, revolutionizing subjects such as biology, architecture, and astronomy.
3. Generative AI for Personalized Learning: Uncover the role of Generative AI in adapting educational content to cater to individual learning styles. Explore how AI-generated content, smart tutoring systems, and automated feedback promote personalized and self-paced learning journeys.
4. Fostering Creativity and Collaboration: Understand how these technologies inspire creativity, collaborative problem-solving, and team-based learning, fostering the critical 21st-century skills students need to excel in a rapidly evolving world.
5. Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Change: Address potential challenges in adopting these technologies and explore strategies to overcome resistance, empower educators, and inspire a forward-looking educational mindset.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston A
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Innovator's Playground
Discover, explore, and engage with emerging technologies in the classroom with your peers and product experts. Products range from augmented reality to virtual reality to ChatGPT.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston F
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Networking Cafe
Take a break from sessions and meet your peers, participate in the idea board, share ideas, or simply relax. The choice is yours.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Veranda E
02:30 pm - 03:15 pm
Demonstration Classroom
Imagine a classroom where time path, place, and pace are personalized for every student and students are the co-owners of their educational journey.
In this session, participants will experience the power of personalized learning through the student lens. Participants will be immersed in a personalized environment, experiencing instruction that reflects the best practices in personalized learning and witnessing first-hand how McGraw Hill Plus and McGraw Hill’s core supplemental and intervention products power a personalized classroom.
Participants will walk away with new strategies that will allow personalized learning to come to life in their own classrooms.
Interactive Experiences
Where
Charleston DE
03:30 pm - 04:00 pm
General Session Keynote: We're Off to See the Future
By Jaime Donally Instructional Technologist, Author, and Speaker
Let's explore the progression of Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality. In this interactive presentation, we'll examine how common devices can be used to create immersive learning experiences. Attendees will be active learners as they participate and see the technology first hand. The enthusiasm of AR, VR, and MR is growing and the educational benefits are unlimited to personalize learning for all.
Keynotes
Where
Red Rock Ballroom
04:00 pm - 04:30 pm
General Session Keynote: Shifting Workflows: Let Students Lead & Avoid Teacher Burnout
Teachers are burning out at record levels. They’re drowning in unrealistic expectations and doing the lion’s share of the work in classrooms. It’s time to shift from time-consuming, teacher-led, and often frustratingly ineffective workflows to sustainable student-led workflows that position learners at the center of the learning experience. Grounding these student-led workflows in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and leveraging blended learning models to shift control to students can help all students develop into expert learners capable of acquiring information and making meaning. These reimagined workflows also free teachers from the front of the room to spend more time working alongside individual and small groups of learners.
Hear how McGraw Hill is supporting teachers and administrators to personalize classroom instruction.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston B
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Cracking the CODEX
Professor Rudine Sims Bishop has described great reading experiences as providing “mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors” that allow readers to see themselves; show readers different worlds; and invite readers to step into those worlds.
We’re building a new program called Cracking the Codex to deliver these kinds of powerful reading experiences to all students, with a specific focus on those from marginalized communities, in a joyful, accessible format: interactive graphic novels. Cracking the Codex will supplement any reading intervention program by delivering engaging stories for students in grades 3–5. Our game-based approach to storytelling leverages research-proven concepts from learning science: students help their team by reading stories, acquiring background knowledge and vocabulary, and practicing comprehension skills in an adaptive learning environment that builds a mindset of reaching achievement.
Join us for an introduction and demo of this upcoming program, and share your thoughts about how we can deliver the strongest offering possible!
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston A
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Sneak Peek: ALEKS Adventure Gr. 1-2 Math
Join us as we reveal a brand-new ALEKS supplemental math program for lower elementary, starting with grades 1 & 2. It's fun, it's conceptual, it's age-appropriate, and it's built on the proven ALEKS foundation. Be the first to see a sneak peek, and to hear the preliminary feedback from our ongoing grade 2 nationwide pilot.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda B
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Achieve3000 Smarty World
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda C
09:45 am - 10:30 am
Breakout: Activating Agency, Differentiation, Community, and Inquiry with Blended Learning
Presented by Catlin Tucker
The pandemic taught educators several lessons:
Learning can happen anywhere, at any time.
Human connection and participation in a learning community make learning rich and engaging.
Students are more likely to be motivated if they enjoy autonomy and agency.
So, how can teachers move forward in the face of so much change to design and facilitate dynamic student-centered learning experiences? Instead of relying on one model for every lesson, teachers need a robust toolbelt full of instructional models and engagement strategies they use to design learning experiences that give students agency, differentiate effectively, build community, and drive inquiry! Blended learning provides a sustainable path forward that frees teachers from the front of the room, allowing them to work directly with small groups and individual learners. This shift makes it possible for teachers to spend their precious class time on the aspects of this work that are most engaging and rewarding.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston DE
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: McGraw Hill Plus Professional Learning
Hear how McGraw Hill is supporting teachers and administrators to personalize classroom instruction.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston B
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Cracking the Codex
Breakout Sessions
Where
Charleston A
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Sneak Peak: ALEKS Adventure Gr. 1-2 Math
Join us as we reveal a brand-new ALEKS supplemental math program for lower elementary, starting with grades 1 & 2. It's fun, it's conceptual, it's age-appropriate, and it's built on the proven ALEKS foundation. Be the first to see a sneak peek, and to hear the preliminary feedback from our ongoing grade 2 nationwide pilot.
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda B
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Achieve3000 Smarty World
Breakout Sessions
Where
Veranda C
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Breakout: Activating Agency, Differentiation, Community, and Inquiry with Blended Learning
Presented by Catlin Tucker
The pandemic taught educators several lessons:
Learning can happen anywhere, at any time.
Human connection and participation in a learning community make learning rich and engaging.
Students are more likely to be motivated if they enjoy autonomy and agency.
So, how can teachers move forward in the face of so much change to design and facilitate dynamic student-centered learning experiences? Instead of relying on one model for every lesson, teachers need a robust toolbelt full of instructional models and engagement strategies they use to design learning experiences that give students agency, differentiate effectively, build community, and drive inquiry! Blended learning provides a sustainable path forward that frees teachers from the front of the room, allowing them to work directly with small groups and individual learners. This shift makes it possible for teachers to spend their precious class time on the aspects of this work that are most engaging and rewarding.