IETA 2025

Transform your school’s programs with this interactive workshop designed for administrators and educators. Discover how to secure grant funding, leverage our collaborative Community Platform, and integrate AI into your classrooms for free!. Plus, you’ll hear quick 5-minute pitches from key partners who can provide direct support for your initiatives. With prize drawings throughout the session, there’s even more incentive to join and leave with valuable resources! Walk away with practical strategies, new connections, and the tools you need to drive innovation, empower your staff, and elevate student achievement.

Explore the essentials of managing chromebooks and the chrome browser environment via the Google Admin Console. This session covers deployment strategies, user settings, device settings, and app management to maximize the effectiveness of chrome in education. If you are managing chrome or chromebooks at your district, you will not want to miss this session. Key takeaways from this session include:
-Deployment: Learn how to efficiently deploy and manage chromebooks in your environment.
-Key Configuration: Understand user settings and device settings for safety and security.
-Implementation: Discuss strategies to integrate chromebooks effectively into the classroom.

This session will explore using the Chalk app to create lesson plans and units.

What if there was a cheap extension for Excel or GSheets that could allow you to manipulate spreadsheets at a high level? Imagine being able to compare sheets for uniques or duplicates in seconds, to be able to merge and transfer information from one spreadsheet to another without using complex formulas or repeating VLookup scores of times? That add on is called Power Tools by Able Bits. I’m not trying to sell a product here but this extension changed my life and allows me to easily do complex things and unlock information from spreadsheets that I wouldn’t be able to in any other way. This presentation will show you some of ways iSucceed Virtual Schools use Power Tools and how this software can allow you to take your spreadsheets to a new level. The ideal audience for this presentation are people who regularly use and manipulate spreadsheets and who would like to use an affordable tool that makes this easier.

Part of the barrier to innovative assessment practices is often just having the resources in place to facilitate new methods of grading and assessing students. In this blazingly-fast session, participants will be given 25 resources to support innovative assessment practices with an explanation of the purpose and function of each one.

In this session, we delve deep into the advanced security features of the Google Admin Console. As digital threats continue to evolve, it's crucial that educational domains stay ahead with robust and proactive security measures. Join us to explore the latest best practices, upgraded and free tools, and strategies to safeguard your school's digital environment. By participating in this session, attendees will gain:
-Comprehensive Understanding of Security Features: An in-depth look at the latest security settings and options within the Google Admin Console, enabling you to effectively configure and manage these features for optimal protection.
-Strategies to Combat Emerging Threats: Insights into the current landscape of digital threats and how to preemptively address these challenges within your educational domain, keeping student and educator data safe.
-Practical Security Best Practices: Real-world applications and case studies demonstrating effective security practices. Attendees will leave with practical knowledge that can be immediately applied to enhance the security of their own domains.

Roundtable discussion. Come ready to talk about what you use to dig into student data or what you are looking into. What data do you find asked for most. Example: How test data and attendance might correlate. Do/Will you have a specific person(s) in charge of creating reports. Anything else you would like to share or know about student data analytics.

Join us for a 90-minute exploration of how Optical LAN is reshaping the landscape of educational networks. We'll delve into the key advantages of OLAN, including scalability, security, cost-efficiency, and sustainability. Discover how OLAN enables schools to meet the demands of today's digital classrooms while future-proofing their network infrastructure.

Throughout this session, we'll showcase real-world case studies, highlighting successful implementations in educational institutions. We'll also discuss the practical considerations, best practices, and potential challenges associated with transitioning to Optical LAN.

Whether you're an IT professional, administrator, or educator, this presentation offers invaluable insights into the transformative potential of Optical LAN for schools. Join us to unlock the power of cutting-edge technology that paves the way for a more connected and innovative learning environment.

In today’s dynamic K-12 education environment, teachers and administrators face various challenges, from managing student data to organizing classroom activities. This presentation explores how Microsoft PowerApps can be a powerful tool in addressing common classroom issues by enabling educators to build custom, low-code applications tailored to their unique needs. Attendees will learn practical examples of how PowerApps can enhance efficiency in tasks such as tracking student progress, managing resources, and automating administrative processes. Discover how technology can empower educators to create solutions that foster a more organized and effective learning environment.

Providing training for teachers and staff alike as a teachers teacher can be a difficult job; whether as an IT professional or in a professional development position. Having the time to sit down one on one or engage in remote help can be draining or time consuming. This session helps unite Google's Screencast tool and Scribe with Google Sites to create an internal resource page for teachers and staff. In our time together my hope is to be able to bring creatively and innvotion by using free tools that come with our Google Education Domains to provide how-to's, instructionals, and troubleshooting content so that teachers and staff can provide "self-help". Learn how to link calendars, PDF how-to's, and videos through Screencast to make a vibrate area of learning that is easy to use and simple to manage.

Join us while we delve into the comprehensive security measures of Webex Calling, tailored specifically for educational settings. Discover how Webex ensures both physical and digital security, starting with the innovative panic button feature on the 9800 phones, designed to provide immediate assistance in emergency situations. Learn about how you can integrate with screens in the classroom, mass notification systems, and any platform with open APIs; ensuring visibility into classroom occupancy and environmental data in both normal and emergency situations that you can act upon. This session will highlight how these advanced security features create a safer environment for students, faculty, and staff, while maintaining seamless and secure communication. Don't miss this opportunity to understand how Webex can enhance the security infrastructure of your schools.