IETA 2025

IETA 2025

8:00am MST

Actively Engaging with AI in Education 410ADarren Hudgins Become Cyber Smart! Hands-On Cybersecurity Lessons for K-8 Educators 410BCharlene Cooper • Jeff Ramsey Empowering Educators: Grants, Resources, Partner Power Pitches, AI Lesson Planning, & Exciting Prizes for Educator Success! 120CIdaho STEM Ecosystem • Trisha Mick • ReBekha Lulu From Script to Screen: AI's Role in School Film Production 120ADean Lake Navigating the Shift to Standards-Based Grading: Insights from Borah High School’s Pilot Program 110BMegan Bell • Meagan Lyons • Carrie Gruber Taking Your Coaching to the Next Level 430BNancy Mangum Using AI to Save Time 110CMark Fisk • Jacob Garrison

10:15am MST

Chaos (Theory) in the Classroom 110DLindsay Davis • Samuel Stafford Empowering Every Learner: Tech Tools for Inclusive Education 110CCassie Luna • Christine Kruse LEGO EDUCATION - IDAHO CS INITATIVE with iSTEM 410B Preparing Students for an AI-Influenced Future: Insights from the 'Rise of AI' Course 430BClaudia Mihm Tools for Planning and Grading 440Kayla Baker

1:45pm MST

AI Literacy with Minecraft 410BRandy Hawkins Beginning spreadsheets for teachers 430AEmily Goodwin Chalk- Lesson Planning App 120CTate L. Swensen • Robert Kincheloe Constructive Uses of AI: Helping Teachers Teach Better 110BRushton Hurley Data Science in High School: Preparing the next generation of AI Scientists and Engineers 120ACasey Kennington Elevate Your Classroom: AI Tips Every Teacher Should Know 410AEric Cross Idaho Digital Navigator badges: A collaborative microcredentialing project. 110DRick Stoddart • Trevi Hardy • Heather Luchte Making Accessibility a Priority: Practical Approaches for Meeting WCAG 2.1 Standards 420AAshlee Kolar Personalized Learning Schoology with AI 120BCindi Jensen Teams and Classwork, Assignments, Grades and Insights 440Lora Evanouski • Rachael Lowe

3:15pm MST

Arthur Interactive Media: A Social Emotional Learning Experience 110DKari Wardle Constructive Uses of AI: Helping Students Learn Better 110BRushton Hurley Crafting Cybersecurity: Empowering Education with Cyber in Minecraft 410BMelanie Drown Exploring BSU's New CS Teaching Endorsement Certificate 430BKathryn Rodgers Fueling the STEM Mind: Engaging Methods to Motivate Young Thinkers 410AEric Cross Looking Ahead: Resources for Digital Literacy in Idaho 110AMark Goodell Personalized Learning Performance Matters with AI 120BCindi Jensen Phish and Tips: Reeling In AI Deception and Phishing Scams 440Heather Anderson • Ryan Gravette

8:00am MST

Cybersecurity Basics for Educators: A Day in the Life of A Hacker 410BDixie Harper How One District is Supporting Diverse Learning Needs with Office 365 110DChristy Butler • Gaye Keith Managing MTSS with Unified Insights/ Analytics/ Data/ Dashboards 120BCindi Jensen The Think Do Thrive Variety Session: A Showcase of Curated Gems 410ADarren Hudgins

10:15am MST

25 Innovative Assessment Resources in 45 Minutes 120CTyler Rablin AI Tools and How to Use Them in the K-12 Classroom 410ANicole Sarty • Gina Kwid • Dazhi Yang Distinctive Stories from Amazing Projects 430ARushton Hurley Empowering Educators with AI-Infused Solutions for the Modern Classroom 110AAnna Hanrahan Power up With PBS 440Kari Wardle Project STEM Coding for MS / HS 110DMichelle DiPaula-Craig STEM Career Profiles and Skills 110CCarina Minardi Transforming Computer Science Education in Idaho with ‘Coding in Minecraft’ 410BMelanie Drown What is a Power Buddy? 120BCindi Jensen

1:45pm MST

Decrypting Cybersecurity: Hand’s On Learning with the CYBER.ORG Range 410BCharlene Cooper • Jeff Ramsey Learning to Search: A Critical Digital Literacy Skill 110BJerry Alan Fails • Christine Pinney Microsoft AI: Saving teacher and administrator time, while optimizing student learning outcomes. 430BDale Perrigo Next-Gen Tools for Next-Level Learning: Mastering Diffit and NotebookLM in Education 410CDr. Melyssa Ferro Telling the Stories of Your School or Program 110ARushton Hurley

3:15pm MST

AI Game Changers and Time Savers: Everyday Tools for Teachers 410BDixie Harper Morning Meetings In Elementary Classrooms 440Erika Willsey The NEW Idaho technology standards! 410CAndrea Baerwald Validating Student's AI, Cloud Computing and Data Science Skills with Microsoft Fundamentals Certifications. 110CJason Majors Writing with AI: A Teacher’s Guide to Leveraging Technology as a Tool 430ADanielle Bainbridge

8:30am MST

Cybersecurity CTE Teaching Endorsement and Risk Assessment 440Sin Ming Loo Discover Downtown Boise! An Inquiry Adventure Featuring the City, a Smartphone & YOU! 430ADarren Hudgins • Nancy Mangum Get Hands-On with ‘Coding in Minecraft’ 410BMelanie Drown Hands-on learning to implement drone curriculum into secondary STEM disciplines 110BJae Ryu Promoting Cybersecurity Awareness for Students 430BCharlene Cooper • Jeff Ramsey Robot Simulator...NO Robots needed. 420APenni Aufderheide Keck These Bots Go to 11: Using Micro-bits and Hummingbird Robotics to up your CS game in the classroom 110CMyriah Leisher • Rebecca Porter Want to receive Microsoft or Adobe Certifications to validate your students' skills along with online curriculum to use in your class? 110AJason Majors

10:15am MST

Bridging Languages with Tech: A Multilingual Toolbox 410BKatie Mason Enhancing 6-12 Education with Cybersecurity 110ACharlene Cooper • Jeff Ramsey Magic School Ai 410CPenni Aufderheide Keck Scratching the Surface of Coding With Kids 120AKari Wardle Stress Less: From Frazzled to Focused 110DChristine Lake

1:00pm MST

AI Playgrounds: Exploring School AI Spaces and Magic School Student for Student Innovation 120ADr. Melyssa Ferro Creating "Simple Solution" resources for Teachers and Staff. 120CNate Luotonen CS 100: Not Intro to Programming 110AKathryn Rodgers FREE technology programs offered by the Idaho Department of Education 110DAndrea Baerwald • Sydney Hansen Innovating and inventing with students! 110CBenjamin Davis • Lisa Hitt • Chrystelle Murdock Leadership 410BJanet Avery • Janet Avery Panel: Leveraging Idaho STEM Action Center Resources 430ADee Mooney Tech Tools to Make Teaching Easier 110BJamie Clark Using AI Tools as an Educator 410AJoanie Arendse • Jordyn Mulvihill

2:00pm MST

AI Amplified: Launch Synchronous Learning to the Next Level 420AAmy Marlowe Bridging AI and Education: Applying 1EdTech Standards to AI Goals 110BAshlee Kolar Empowering the Future: Unleashing STEM and Career Potential with Learning Blade and Career Blade 410CIdaho STEM Action Center • Lauren Duris Microsoft Class Teams Search Progress/Search Coach 110DJoanie Arendse • Caleb Nielebeck Navigating Ethics and Bias in AI 410BDixie Harper Unlocking the World of eBooks 430AMarina Rose