Join us at ISTE 2023

Book Giveaway and Signing with Shannon Miller! | Shannon Miller | 10:15 am - 10:35 am

Stop by to meet Shannon Miller and get a signed copy of her brand new book, Sonia's Digital World, coming out August 1! This book focuses on digital citizenship and aims to help students confidently navigate the digital world.

Sparking Discussion about Current Events with News-O-Matic + Pear Deck |  Melissa Quinn and Stacy Yung | 10:35 am - 10:55 am

Come learn how to use Pear Deck Templates with News-O-Matic articles to engage students in current affairs and facilitate discussion in person or online.

Strategies for Incorporating TutorMe in the Classroom | Mary Alys Foutz | 11:05 am - 11:25 am

Discover top strategies for incorporating on-demand tutoring in the classroom. When paired with a tutoring provider like TutorMe, these strategies help educators implement 1:1 support in every classroom.

Engaging Students through Interactive Music Lessons | Serena Robinett and Stacy Yung | 11:35 am - 11:55 am

Our partnership can help teachers empower students through music production. By exploring creative sound-making, students build essential media literacy skills, collaborative abilities, and the confidence they need to become productive members of society.

Facilitate Effective Classroom Discussions with Flip | Mary Alys Foutz | 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm

Using Pear Deck templates with Flip, you can supercharge engagement in your classroom.

Google for Education presents: How Schools Can Measure the Effectiveness of Technology on Instructional Practices | Kristal Ayres | 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

Using these Pear Deck Templates with Flip you will start more engaging conversations in your classroom — whether you’re educating in person or online.

Start with Story: Retro Report & Pear Deck | Matt Spolar and Stacy Yung | 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Retro Report and Pear Deck have partnered to help teachers give historical context to today’s most important stories. These templates teach students how journalism and storytelling allows us to better understand the lessons of history and apply them to today’s world.

Get Back your Instructional Time! | Gary Giordano | 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm

Our leading classroom management software offers real-time views of student screens, the ability to pre-populate tabs on student devices, chat with students during sessions, and more. Join us to learn the basics and best practices of GoGuardian Teacher.

Book Giveaway and Signing with Yaritza Villalba! | Yaritza Villalba | 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Be one of the first to stop by to get a signed copy and meet the author of McKenzie's Time Machine, Yaritza Villalba.

Fire Up Learning with Flashcard Factory | Debbie Tannenbaum | 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Learn all about this dynamic, FREE tool that can amplify collaboration in your classroom. See how you can use this tool in a variety of settings with students of all ages to get your students collaborating and sharing.

Unleash your Creativity with Adobe + Pear Deck | Amber Trout | 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Our ready-to-teach lessons help students use technology to channel their creativity and tell their unique stories in new and exciting ways.

A Schoolwide Approach to Managing Devices | Mary Alys Foutz | 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm

Learn how GoGuardian Admin offers users real-time data to monitor student devices as well as filtering measures to support classroom instruction. Join us to learn more about best practices and customization within GoGuardian Admin.

Make Personal Finance Fun with Pear Deck | Amanda Volz, Hannah Rael, and Stacy Yung | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm

Next Gen Personal Finance partnered with Pear Deck to develop lessons about personal finance skills for middle school students. Teach high-quality financial literacy content, all while supercharging opportunities for student interactivity and engagement with lessons powered by Pear Deck.

Shield Students with GoGuardian Beacon | Mary Alys Foutz | 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm

Learn how our award-winning safety solution can help schools identify students who are at risk of mental health crises, alert the right responders for immediate help, and quickly activate your school’s custom response plan.

Dive into Data-Driven Insights with Edulastic | Ryan Hetchlet | 10:15 am - 10:35 am

Access the right data to drive student outcomes in your class, school, or district. From single assessment reports to Data Studio’s system level view, see how Edulastic supports data driven decision making.

Peary SEL Focused | Stevie Franks | 10:35 am - 10:55 am

Learn how to be intentional with building your relationships with students by leveraging Pear Deck to be that bridge for you. You'll see specific examples and templates you can use in the classroom to help connect to your students.

EdTech Implementations that Stick | Erica Hartman | 11:05 am - 11:25 am

Learn 10 best practices to match products with strategic goals, drive edtech usage and awareness, ensure stakeholder buy-in and create a system of support for end users that will ensure you are getting the most out of your chosen solutions.

Elevate Learning with Edulastic | Stephanie Howell | 11:35 am - 11:55 am

Explore Edulastic's powerful features, create personalized assessments, and dive into the research-backed strategy of retrieval practice. Experience hands-on activities, learn from real-world success stories, and leave empowered to maximize student achievement.

Fostering Environmental Awareness with Pear Deck and EiE^® | Stacy Yung | 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm

Join us to discover ready-to-teach science lessons that empower students to understand the impact of their actions on the environment and equip them with the knowledge to effect positive change in the world.

Wacom and Pear Deck are Pearfect Together for Teachers | Michele Dick and Amber Trout | 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm

Join us to see how Wacom tablets can help amplify the use of the drawing features in Pear Deck while also allowing the teacher to teach untethered!

Inspire a Love of Reading with Sora + TeachingBooks + Pear Deck | Nick Glass and Stacy Yung | 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm

Powered by Pear Deck, the Sora + TeachingBooks decks offer replicable, bite-sized activities to use before, during, and after reading a book. Join us as we dive into these novel study templates

GoGuardian Teacher Level 1: Best Practices | Melinda Caudill | 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm

Connect with students, eliminate distractions, and gain back valuable teaching time with GoGuardian Teacher. Join us to learn the basics and best practices of GoGuardian Teacher, and see just how powerful this teaching tool can be!

EVERFI & Pear Deck – A Fruitful Partnership! | Jonathan Barnes and Mary Alys Foutz | 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm

Learn how EVERFI and Pear Deck partnered to overcome some of these challenges with innovative solutions that continue to bear fruit with learners, teachers, and administrators of all ages.

Giant Steps — A New, Gamified Tool for your Classroom! | Matt Miller | 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm

Get started with Giant Steps in a snap and discover more about the learning science and research that helped develop this new tool! Learn how to create practice sets, access the standards-aligned content library, use reporting features to gauge student progress, and more.

How to Support Students — and Educators — with TutorMe | Ryan Kahn | 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Join us to learn how TutorMe’s community of tutors and award-winning platform can give your students another pathway to individualized, one-on-one support.

Demarginalizing Design | Dee Lanier | 3:30 pm - 3:50 pm

This interactive Pear Deck session aims to demystify equity work and provide perspective for educators to solve real-world problems with the most marginalized in their midst as co-designers for a better future. Plus, 5 lucky participants will recieve a signed copy of Dee's book, Demarginalizing Design: Elevating Equity for Real World Problem Solving.

Uplevel your Instruction with Edulastic | Gary Giordano | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm

Join us for an overview of the robust formative and summative assessment tools available in an Edulastic Free Teacher Account. You'll see a walkthrough of the platform, including 50+ tech-enhanced question types and over 50,000 pre-made assessments to choose from or customize.

Engage Students with Good Digital Citizenship | Amber Trout | 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm

We've teamed up with Google on Be Internet Awesome, a free, dig cit curriculum with everything teachers need to help kids learn to be safe explorers of the online world.