4T Virtual Conference Newsletter
April 28 2017
Register Today!
There is no cost to register for the 2017 conference!
Don't Miss Our Opening Keynote Speaker: Leigh Graves Wolf from Michigan State University
You do not need to sign up to attend specific sessions. Instead click on the room link to your session (posted on the Schedule page in May) that you would like to attend, and it should open up in Blackboard Collaborate. Make sure you TEST Blackboard Collaborate to know that it is working on your computer BEFORE the conference. If Blackboard is not working properly on your computer, please contact the Blackboard support room (the conference facilitators cannot help with individual issues in Blackboard). Please NOTE that Blackboard Collaborate DOES NOT work on CHROMEBOOKS. It works very well on iPads, Smartphones, iPods (via the app which is free) or any other desktop or laptop computer.
A Look at Some of Our Outstanding Sessions for May 20th
Katie Gibson
Enhance your classroom culture, instruction and organization with Responsive Classroom and Google Slides
1st Grade Teacher
Ann Arbor Public Schools
Ann Arbor, Michigan
@gibsonk_lawton
Jeremy Hyler
From Texting to Teaching: Grammar Instruction in a Digital Age
Language Arts and Science Teacher
Fulton Middle School
Middleton, Michigan
@jeremybballer
Katie Titler
Thinking Critically Of And Through Technology
Spanish Teacher
Pulaski High School
Pulaski, Wisconsin
@kmtitler
Katie Cherry
Bring Novels to Life with WeVideo
5th Grade Teacher
Charles Bartlett Elementary School
Alexandria, Virginia
Alyssa Marcangelo
Virtual Reality in the Classroom
French Immersion Teacher (Elementary)
Detroit Country Day
Detroit, Michigan
@ammarcangelo
Lauren Fardig-Diop & Raymond Mojica
Media and Relationships: Using hip-hop, and genius annotations to build classroom culture
English Teacher
Restorative Justice Coordinator
Bronx Academy of Letters
New York, New York
A Big Thank You to the Ford Motor Fund
Ford Motor Fund has generously given a large donation to the 2017 4T Conferences. We value this partnership, in particular from an organization that "works with our partners to find innovative solutions to community concerns using a coordinated, strategic approach." Learn more about the Ford Motor Fund here.
Session Schedule Posted!
We have an incredible line up this year! Everything from Google, to coding, to virtual reality, to personalizing learning, to responsive classroom, to hip hop, to media literacy, to authentic math learning, to digital organization and portfolios, to grammar in the digital age! Take a look at our wonderful sessions for each date!
2017 4T Conference Sponsors
This conference is no cost for teachers because of our sponsors and partnerships. Please support them, as they are supporting your PD!
UofM Flint
University of Michigan-Flint Campus
Ford Motor Fund
We work with our partners to find innovative solutions to community concerns using a coordinated, strategic approach. Learn More
Earn up to 19 FREE SCECHs
Our commitment to our K-12 teachers with a Michigan teaching certificate is to give them free SCECHs for attending the conference. Click here to learn more about earning your free SCECHs this year!
New this year for non-MI teachers: certificate of attendance!
Previously K-16 teachers that are not certificated through the state of Michigan have requested an official certificate of attendance. We are now able to provide this to any educator that would like one. We are charging a small fee for processing and time. You can purchase the certificate online after you have completed all your sessions. A UofM instructor will check our database to make certain you attended the sessions listed and then email (or mail if you request) your official signed certificate of attendance. The certificate will be signed by a UofM Professor. Learn more at the link below. If you are a UofM graduate, we will wave the fee.
Website: http://www.4tvirtualcon.com/store/p1/4T_Virtual_Conference_Official_Attendance_Certificate.html
How to participate in the conference
1) Make sure you have registered.
2) Click on the schedule tab (will be up and running soon) to see all the conference session offerings and the room links (included in the schedule). Each session is live through Blackboard Collaborate. It is a free tool for our participants to use. As a participant you are responsible for making sure that Blackboard Collaborate works on your computer. We HIGHLY recommend that you test Blackboard on your computer before the conference begins to make sure that the tool will work. Please note that Blackboard DOES NOT work with Chromebooks (you can use it on regular Laptops and Desktops or via iPad with the free App). Please click on the test link below to make sure the room opens up for you.
Participants: Test the Room Link!
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008372&password=M.DC73F93BEE882740BBF0943955025C
Make sure you can open the Blackboard room. If you cannot, please download the latest version of JAVA (Free---go to Software Update on a MAC). You can also visit the Blackboard Collaborate Support Desk at
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Support/Support-for-Blackboard-Collaborate.aspx
3) Click on the room link to the session you would like to attend at the correct time (according to the conference schedule). Type in your full name and let Blackboard collaborate download to your computer and open (you may have to double-click on the Blackboard download to get it to open). Please note that we recommend logging into each session about 10 minutes BEFORE the start time to make sure you get a spot (only 100 participants per session), and to make sure your computer is working properly with the session tool.
4) If you are interested in applying for SCECHs, please see the SCECHs page for more information.
2) Click on the schedule tab (will be up and running soon) to see all the conference session offerings and the room links (included in the schedule). Each session is live through Blackboard Collaborate. It is a free tool for our participants to use. As a participant you are responsible for making sure that Blackboard Collaborate works on your computer. We HIGHLY recommend that you test Blackboard on your computer before the conference begins to make sure that the tool will work. Please note that Blackboard DOES NOT work with Chromebooks (you can use it on regular Laptops and Desktops or via iPad with the free App). Please click on the test link below to make sure the room opens up for you.
Participants: Test the Room Link!
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008372&password=M.DC73F93BEE882740BBF0943955025C
Make sure you can open the Blackboard room. If you cannot, please download the latest version of JAVA (Free---go to Software Update on a MAC). You can also visit the Blackboard Collaborate Support Desk at
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Collaborate/Support/Support-for-Blackboard-Collaborate.aspx
3) Click on the room link to the session you would like to attend at the correct time (according to the conference schedule). Type in your full name and let Blackboard collaborate download to your computer and open (you may have to double-click on the Blackboard download to get it to open). Please note that we recommend logging into each session about 10 minutes BEFORE the start time to make sure you get a spot (only 100 participants per session), and to make sure your computer is working properly with the session tool.
4) If you are interested in applying for SCECHs, please see the SCECHs page for more information.