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Lubbock–Cooper ISD · June 8
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Session 1
9:40–10:25 AM
9:40–10:25 AM
Pack Your Bags: Powering Up Your Practice with MagicSchool
📍 Room 214 · 🎛 Jeni Long & Rebecca Augustine
Explore MagicSchool’s 80+ AI tools designed to help educators navigate lesson planning, differentiate instruction, design assessments, and support student behavior.
AIAll Levels🏭 MagicSchool
What the AI is Going on Here?!?
📍 Room 233 · 🎛 Darren Wilson
Dive deep into actual student transcripts that reveal the profound, personal conversations made possible when students engage with AI tools like MagicSchool.
AIAll Levels
From Pencil & Paper to AI — Building Writing Stamina Before AI Feedback
📍 Room 232 · 🎛 Stephani Parker & Brisa Cabe
Explores how Writing Cycles and intentional AI feedback can help students build fluency, deepen thinking, and reduce writing resistance without replacing authentic student voice.
LiteracyElementary
An Improv A Day Keeps The Classroom In Play
📍 Room 224 · 🎛 Chad Anthony Miller
Using basic improv skills to get learning out of the head and into the body: listening rather than hearing, being fully present, and engagement over isolation.
SELAll Levels
South Plains Food Bank
📍 Room 220 · 🎛 Mindy Weaver
Partnership with CIS, the importance food plays in schools, U Can Share, and year-round fundraising.
CommunityAll Levels
Connecting Students to Agriculture Through Meaningful Learning
📍 Room 101 · 🎛 Laura Johnson & Lacee Hoelting
Discover ways to connect agriculture back to the classroom through career exploration and hands-on learning, including TEKS-aligned exhibits from the FiberMax Center for Discovery.
CommunityElementary
Small Hands, Big Minds!
📍 Room 128 · 🎛 Aaron Rogers
Explore how iPads can be effectively integrated into Early Childhood Education for young learners.
AppleElementary
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
📍 Room 110 · 🎛 Chris Miller
Learn how Apple Intelligence fits into school environments privately and securely, including Writing Tools, Image Playground, and Transcripts.
AppleAll Levels
The First Amendment: How Not to Get Fired in Education
📍 Room 108 · 🎛 Jay Whitefield
A common-sense guide to free speech, social media, and technology — including recent cases of educators oversharing their opinions and the consequences that followed.
LeadershipAdmin
Lost? Good. Innovation Starts Here.
📍 Room 119 · 🎛 Carl Hooker
Explore how AI and design thinking can help students embrace ambiguity, solve authentic problems, and build future-ready skills driven by curiosity rather than compliance.
InnovationAll Levels
From Excuses to Execution: Classroom Systems That Build Student Accountability
📍 Room 221 · 🎛 Steven Flosi
Practical classroom systems using the ‘Start and Show’ framework to help students begin work, stay accountable, and make progress visible without constant redirection.
LeadershipSecondary
Getting S’more out of Formative Assignments
📍 Room 100 · 🎛 Tina Martinez & Natalie Sims & Kami Carnell
How to use Formative to create assessments, analyze data, use AI tools to assist in question creation, and upload grades with ease.
DataAll Levels
What’s New in Lubbock-Cooper IT
📍 Room 223 · 🎛 Matt Green
From a whole new network to new devices, new services, and AI — the largest scale projects ever in the history of LCISD Technology.
TechAll Levels
Yes You Canva!
📍 Room 115 · 🎛 Paul Enloe
Canva basics for educators — get started with one of the most versatile design tools in education.
CanvaAll Levels
Balancing AI and Human Connection for K-2 EBs
📍 Room 218 · 🎛 Lorena Miranda-Perez & Jennifer Harbour
Using Gemini and Gemini Storybook to provide personalized stories, picture books, quizzes, and scaffolded graphic organizers for K-2 students.
AIElementary
Quizlet Live & Lovin’ It!
📍 Room 114 · 🎛 Bobbie Kite
Re-imagine Quizlet Live with themed games designed to force active communication, strategy, and teamwork — not just parallel play on separate screens.
EngagementAll Levels
Notebook LM — The Co-Teacher That Never Sleeps
📍 Room 129 · 🎛 Alexander Stoffa
A walkthrough of Notebook LM uses, how to build a notebook, interactions with prebuilt notebooks, and time to build your own.
AIAll Levels
Session 2
10:35–11:20 AM
10:35–11:20 AM
Hit the Trail: Experiencing MagicSchool Through Your Students’ Eyes
📍 Room 214 · 🎛 Jeni Long & Rebecca Augustine
Experience MagicSchool the way your students do, then build custom student experiences and explore the insights and moderation tools that keep your whole group safe and on course.
AIAll Levels🏭 MagicSchool
Making Whole-Group Instruction More Engaging with Cooperative Learning
📍 Room 202 · 🎛 Catlin Tucker
Break direct instruction into short focused chunks paired with cooperative learning routines so students process and talk through new ideas more effectively.
InstructionAll Levels
Built-in Accessibility that Reaches Every Learner
📍 Room 232 · 🎛 Jacque Fewin
See how Apple Accessibility features can be enabled via Control Center to support multiple needs and help all students learn in the ways that work best for them.
AppleAll Levels
An Improv A Day Keeps The Classroom In Play
📍 Room 224 · 🎛 Chad Anthony Miller
Using basic improv skills to get learning out of the head and into the body: listening rather than hearing, being fully present, and engagement over isolation.
SELAll Levels
South Plains Food Bank
📍 Room 220 · 🎛 Mindy Weaver
Partnership with CIS, the importance food plays in schools, U Can Share, and year-round fundraising.
CommunityAll Levels
Connecting Students to Agriculture Through Meaningful Learning
📍 Room 101 · 🎛 Laura Johnson & Lacee Hoelting
Discover ways to connect agriculture back to the classroom through career exploration and hands-on learning with TEKS-aligned exhibits.
CommunityElementary
Small Hands, Big Minds!
📍 Room 128 · 🎛 Aaron Rogers
Explore how iPads can be effectively integrated into Early Childhood Education for young learners.
AppleElementary
The First Amendment: How Not to Get Fired in Education
📍 Room 108 · 🎛 Jay Whitefield
A common-sense guide to free speech, social media, and technology for educators.
LeadershipAdmin
Archery Lessons for the Distracted Student
📍 Room 119 · 🎛 Carl Hooker
Practical strategies to support student focus, mental wellness, and intentional technology use — helping students regain control of their attention and build healthier habits.
SELSecondary
Say the Magic Words: A Teacher’s Guide to Prompting AI
📍 Room 221 · 🎛 Jerod Wright
Learn to communicate with AI using a six-part formula (Role, Task, Context, Format, Tone, Example) and test prompts live. No prior AI experience needed.
AIAll Levels
Canva Campout: Exploring New Features and Tools
📍 Room 223 · 🎛 Cary Fulgham
Discover Canva’s latest tools including AI-powered design features, updated templates, and time-saving options for presentations, worksheets, and classroom visuals.
CanvaAll Levels
The Digital Swiss Army Knife: Tools for Your Apple Tech
📍 Room 115 · 🎛 Abby Gonzalez & Brisa Cabe & Rebecca Beardain
A deep dive into the best ‘I didn’t know it could do that’ features on Mac and iPad — tips that solve daily annoyances and make your Apple ecosystem feel like magic.
AppleAll Levels
Igniting STEAM & Literacy: Inquiry-Driven Strategies for Real-World Learning
📍 Room 218 · 🎛 Erin McWilliams
Meaningful TEKS-aligned practices that integrate inquiry, literacy, and real-world problem solving across content areas with hands-on resources.
STEAMElem/MS🏭 TCM
Plot Twist: The Data Has Something to Say
📍 Room 114 · 🎛 Melanie Irvin & Charmynee Arnold & Libby Vineyard
How to analyze and use data to help drive instruction in secondary classrooms.
DataSecondary
Lights, Camera… Engagement! Winning the First Five Minutes of Class
📍 Room 233 · 🎛 Cathy Sharp
Practical strategies that instantly capture student attention and spark curiosity including mysteries, predictions, visual puzzles, challenges, and storytelling.
EngagementAll Levels
Session 3
1:00–1:45 PM
1:00–1:45 PM
Hit the Trail: Experiencing MagicSchool Through Your Students’ Eyes
📍 Room 214 · 🎛 Jeni Long & Rebecca Augustine
Experience MagicSchool the way your students do, then build custom student experiences and explore the insights and moderation tools that keep your whole group safe.
AIAll Levels🏭 MagicSchool
Partnering with Students to Shift Feedback and Assessment into the Classroom
📍 Room 202 · 🎛 Catlin Tucker
Practical strategies for providing timely, focused, and actionable feedback and reframing assessment as a shared responsibility that celebrates growth.
InstructionAll Levels
What the AI is Going on Here?!?
📍 Room 233 · 🎛 Darren Wilson
Dive deep into actual student transcripts that reveal the profound, personal conversations made possible when students engage with AI tools like MagicSchool.
AIAll Levels
Built-in Accessibility that Reaches Every Learner
📍 Room 232 · 🎛 Jacque Fewin
See how Apple Accessibility features can be enabled via Control Center to support multiple needs for every learner.
AppleAll Levels
An Improv A Day Keeps The Classroom In Play
📍 Room 224 · 🎛 Chad Anthony Miller
Using basic improv skills to get learning out of the head and into the body: listening rather than hearing, being fully present, and engagement over isolation.
SELAll Levels
South Plains Food Bank
📍 Room 220 · 🎛 Mindy Weaver
Partnership with CIS, the importance food plays in schools, U Can Share, and year-round fundraising.
CommunityAll Levels
Connecting Students to Agriculture Through Meaningful Learning
📍 Room 101 · 🎛 Laura Johnson & Lacee Hoelting
Discover ways to connect agriculture back to the classroom through career exploration and hands-on learning with TEKS-aligned exhibits.
CommunityElementary
iPad Quick Wins and Efficiencies
📍 Room 128 · 🎛 Aaron Rogers
A virtual tool belt filled with easy wins, efficiencies, and ideas that will make your daily life in the classroom a bit easier.
AppleAll Levels
Camp Games — Level Up with Gamified Learning
📍 Room 110 · 🎛 Brisa Cabe
Transform routine review into the ultimate camp game using gamified instruction ranging from low-prep field games to high-tech digital tools.
EngagementAll Levels
The First Amendment: How Not to Get Fired in Education
📍 Room 108 · 🎛 Jay Whitefield
A common-sense guide to free speech, social media, and technology for educators.
LeadershipAdmin
Lost? Good. Innovation Starts Here.
📍 Room 119 · 🎛 Carl Hooker
Explore how AI and design thinking can help students embrace ambiguity, solve authentic problems, and build future-ready skills.
InnovationAll Levels
From Excuses to Execution: Classroom Systems That Build Student Accountability
📍 Room 221 · 🎛 Steven Flosi
Practical classroom systems using the ‘Start and Show’ framework to help students begin work, stay accountable, and make progress visible.
LeadershipSecondary
Getting S’more out of Formative Assignments
📍 Room 100 · 🎛 Natalie Sims & Tina Martinez
How to use Formative to create assessments, analyze data, use AI tools for question creation, and upload grades with ease.
DataAll Levels
Yes You Canva!
📍 Room 115 · 🎛 Paul Enloe
Canva basics for educators.
CanvaAll Levels
Igniting STEAM & Literacy: Inquiry-Driven Strategies for Real-World Learning
📍 Room 218 · 🎛 Erin McWilliams
Meaningful TEKS-aligned practices that integrate inquiry, literacy, and real-world problem solving with hands-on resources.
STEAMElem/MS🏭 TCM
Quizlet Live & Lovin’ It!
📍 Room 114 · 🎛 Bobbie Kite
Re-imagine Quizlet Live with themed games designed to force active communication, strategy, and teamwork.
EngagementAll Levels
From Data to Action with Aware Premium
📍 Room 129 · 🎛 Jeremy Wagner
Discover how Eduphoria Aware Premium can elevate classroom instruction and campus-wide planning through deeper, more actionable data analysis.
DataAll Levels
SMILE Factor: Bringing Passion, Play, and Purpose Back to Education
📍 Room 118 · 🎛 Matthew Joseph & Laurie Guyon
Reconnect with what drew you to teaching through powerful storytelling, practical strategies, and a healthy dose of humor about joy in learning.
SELAll Levels
WWDC 26 Watch Party
📍 Library · 🎛 Chris Miller
Watch the Keynote from Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference 2026 live — be there for the reveal of the latest Apple tools, frameworks, and features.
AppleTech Staff
Session 4
1:55–2:40 PM
1:55–2:40 PM
Build Your Base Camp: Designing Custom AI Tools for Your Team
📍 Room 214 · 🎛 Jeni Long & Rebecca Augustine
Hands-on session building custom MagicSchool tools designed around your specific needs — for one classroom or an entire district.
AIAll Levels🏭 MagicSchool
From Passive Viewing to Active Learning with Video and Podcasts
📍 Room 202 · 🎛 Catlin Tucker
Learn how video and podcasts can remove barriers and give learners more control over pace, using structures like reciprocal teaching to create active collaborative experiences.
InstructionAll Levels
America’s 250th Birthday: Semiquincentennial
📍 Room 233 · 🎛 Meg Kattwinkel & Sarah Stafford
Collaborate on ways to incorporate America’s 250th anniversary celebration with your students — you don’t have to teach social studies to participate!
GeneralAll Levels
Once Upon a Problem: Using Picture Books for Innovation and Design Thinking
📍 Room 232 · 🎛 Laurie Guyon
See how picture books can spark real-world problem-solving and design thinking, with low-prep strategies that keep students engaged in brainstorming and building.
InnovationElementary
An Improv A Day Keeps The Classroom In Play
📍 Room 224 · 🎛 Chad Anthony Miller
Using basic improv skills to get learning out of the head and into the body: listening rather than hearing, being fully present, and engagement over isolation.
SELAll Levels
South Plains Food Bank
📍 Room 220 · 🎛 Mindy Weaver
Partnership with CIS, the importance food plays in schools, U Can Share, and year-round fundraising.
CommunityAll Levels
Connecting Students to Agriculture Through Meaningful Learning
📍 Room 101 · 🎛 Laura Johnson & Lacee Hoelting
Discover ways to connect agriculture back to the classroom through career exploration and hands-on learning with TEKS-aligned exhibits.
CommunityElementary
Say the Magic Words: A Teacher’s Guide to Prompting AI
📍 Room 221 · 🎛 Jerod Wright
Learn to communicate with AI using a six-part formula and test prompts live. No prior AI experience needed. Applicable to all grade levels.
AIAll Levels
Canva Campout: Exploring New Features and Tools
📍 Room 223 · 🎛 Cary Fulgham
Discover Canva’s latest tools including AI-powered design features, updated templates, and time-saving options for classroom resources.
CanvaAll Levels
The Digital Swiss Army Knife: Tools for Your Apple Tech
📍 Room 115 · 🎛 Abby Gonzalez & Brisa Cabe & Rebecca Beardain
A deep dive into the best ‘I didn’t know it could do that’ features on Mac and iPad.
AppleAll Levels
Balancing AI and Human Connection for K-2 EBs
📍 Room 218 · 🎛 Lorena Miranda-Perez & Jennifer Harbour
Using Gemini and Gemini Storybook to provide personalized stories, picture books, quizzes, and scaffolded graphic organizers for K-2 students.
AIElementary
Plot Twist: The Data Has Something to Say
📍 Room 114 · 🎛 Melanie Irvin & Charmynee Arnold & Libby Vineyard
How to analyze and use data to help drive instruction in secondary classrooms.
DataSecondary
Notebook LM — The Co-Teacher That Never Sleeps
📍 Room 129 · 🎛 Alexander Stoffa
A walkthrough of Notebook LM uses, how to build a notebook, and time to build your own.
AIAll Levels
Building Inquiry-Based Instruction
📍 Room 118 · 🎛 Matthew Joseph
Practical strategies to design lessons that spark curiosity, encourage students to ask questions, evaluate information, and engage in meaningful problem solving.
InnovationAll Levels
WWDC 26 Round-Table Discussion
📍 Library · 🎛 Chris Miller
A lively discussion and recap of Apple’s recent announcements from WWDC 26 — all are encouraged to participate in open discussion about Apple’s latest products and features.
AppleTech Staff
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