#NYCSchoolsTech Summit

Name	Location Name	Speakers
7:30 AM (EST)
Registration	FOYER (1st Floor)
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM (EST)
Continental Breakfast	SCHOOL CAFETERIA (7th Floor)
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (EST)
Welcoming Remarks & Opening Keynote	AUDITORIUM (1st Floor)	Richard Culatta - ISTE + ASCD
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
Partner Meet & Greet	IN THE HALLS OF FLOORS 1, 3, 5
Complimentary Headshots Available	Instructional Technology Teacher Center (1st Floor)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM (EST)
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Future Ready NYC Tech Pathways	Room - 5N4 (5th Floor)	Ross Berman - NYC PS Alexander Poher - NYCPS - Office of Student Pathways
PARTNER SESSION: GOOGLE - What's New with Google and AI	Room - 5N3 (5th Floor)	Danieta Morgan - Google
[SPOCs] - Intune Device Management Overview	Room - 1N3 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Pablo Guerrero - Division of Instructional and Information Technology Juan Carlos Jordan - DIIT - SPMP Paul Fernandez - DIIT
[AI] - AI Alchemy - AI Strategies & Applications for Transformative School Leadership	Room - 3N3 OTHER SHOP ROOM (3rd Floor)	Mark Erlenwein - Staten Island Technical High School
PARTNER SESSION: Dell - Digital Humans becoming Reality	Room 1N8 CIVIL ENGR LAB (1st Floor)	Michael Shepherd - Dell Technologies
PARTNER SESSION: LEGO Education - Purposeful Play with LEGO Education	Room - 1E10 (1st Floor)	Joseph Sanfilippo - LEGO Education
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Discussion on the Adobe Print Curriculum	Room - 1N4 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Richard DePinto - Brooklyn Technical HS
PARTNER SESSION: LINCLearning / Yourway - Leveraging AI to Elevate Student-Centered Learning: How Yourway is Transforming Learning and Driving Coherence in NYC	Room - 5N6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Jason Green - Yourway Learning
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Tips & Tricks for Using Microsoft Products	Room - 3N6 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Jaclyn Patanio - DIIT Katina Lathourakis - DIIT Michael Edwards - Division of Instructional and Information Technology
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Using Ed Tech Tools and Best Practices to Support the Science of Reading	Room - 3N1 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	stacey crabbe - Ps55 Michelle Spagnoli - 31R055
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Celebrating Asymmetrical Success	Room - 1N6 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Shira Moskovitz - PS 343 The Children's Lab School
PARTNER SESSION: Newline Interactive \| "Revolutionizing Education: The Power of Interactive Flat Panels and AI Technology"	Room - 5W4 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Mark Russo - Newline
PARTNER SESSION: Jupiter \| The All in One Solution That Transforms NYC School Management	Room - 3N8 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Gwen Akacin - Jupiter Ed
PARTNER SESSION: Access411 \| CAASS Breakout Session: Innovation for Safer Schools	Room - 5N2 (5th Floor)	Austyn Ray - Access411 Tyreek Williams - Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
PARTNER SESSION: Sooth.fyi \| Bias, Misinformation, and AI Chatbots: How Can My Students Find Anything on the Internet?	Room - 5N8 DNA LAB (5th Floor)	Jeff Walsh - Sooth.fyi
[SPOCs] - Cybersecurity 101: Understanding the Essentials of Digital Protection	Room - 3W2 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Anthony Dixon - The City of New York Demond Waters - NYCPS
[SPECIAL ED.] - Special Education - Blending Tech for Access and Choice	Room - 3N4 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	Mathew Gorin - 75 Claire Keller - P721K
[SPOCs] - Streamline Issue Tracking with an Internal Ticket System	Room - 5N7 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Nichol DiLeo - Abraham Lincoln HS Valdon Springle - Abraham Lincoln High School
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Gradebook Roadmap	Room - 5C1 LIBRARY (5th Floor)	Jennifer Tavis - PruTech Vidit Desai - NYCPS
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM (EST)
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - What is ERMA?	Room - 5N6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Rao Rupchand - DIIt Charles Amaning - DOE
[LIBRARY] - Digital Tools for Readers Advisory	Room - 3W6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (3rd Floor)	Lindsay Klemas - NYC PS Rachel Chapman - NYCDOE - George Westinghouse Campus
PARTNER SESSION: TEQ \| Microsoft Tools for Dyslexia and Learning Differences	Room - 1N8 CIVIL ENGR LAB (1st Floor)	Robert Abraham - Teq
PARTNER SESSION: Apple Education \| Level Up Technology in the Classroom	Room - 5N3 (5th Floor)	Apple Education - Apple Inc.
PARTNER SESSION: D2L \| Empowering the Classroom with iLearnNYC	Room - 3N8 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Amy Kuna - D2L
PARTNER SESSION: Kibeam Learning \|Reinventing Reading: Using AI to Bring the Science of Reading Digitally to Kids Without Using Screens	Room - 5W4 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Jim Marggraff - Kibeam Learning, Inc.
PARTNER SESSION: ReFrame Solutions \| Addressing Chronic Absenteeism with Better Communication	Room - 5N8 DNA LAB (5th Floor)	Christopher Rogers - ReFrame Solutions
[SPOCs] - Strategies for Effective Ticket Writing	Room - 5N7 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Zach Dane - New York City Department of Education Michael Edwards - Division of Instructional and Information Technology
PARTNER SESSION: Kahoot! \| Leverage Kahoot! EDU to sustain learner engagement with formative assessment & gamified instruction	Room - 3N4 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	David Tulkoff - Kahoot!
[AI] - Leveraging AI Tools to Improve Efficiency	Room - 3N3 OTHER SHOP ROOM (3rd Floor)	Jazlyn Mena - New York City Public Schools Santi Khairassame - Project Recess
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Meeting Cybersafety & Digital Citizenship Compliance Requirements	Room - 3N6 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Jaclyn Patanio - DIIT Laura Ogando - DIIT - Manhattan
[SPECIAL ED.] - Understanding and Implementing Assistive Technology in Schools	Room - 1N3 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Maricris Formoso-Santos - Central AT Team Joseph Piazza - CAT Team Le Nghi - 03M415 Colleen Warn - Central Assistive Technology Team NYCPS David Carroca - NYCPS Central Assistive Technology Team
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Amplifying ALL Students’ Voices with Adobe Express	Room - 1N6 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Shira Moskovitz - PS 343 The Children's Lab School aliza fliegelman - 06m048
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - 3D Animation and Design with Autodesk Maya	Room - 1N4 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Patricia DePinto - Brooklyn Technical High School
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Lessons Learned & Best Practices: Transition to Computer Based Assessments	Room - 5N4 (5th Floor)	Michael Ryan - NYCPS Kirby Fields - NYCPS Office of Assessment
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Teach Financial Literacy through Read Alouds and Interactive Activities with Sora and TeachingBooks.net	Room - 3N1 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	Eileen Marks DiFabio - NYCPS Melissa Jacobs - NYC Public Schools Office of Library Services/NYC School Library System
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICES] - Teaching Mobile App Development with Android Studio	Room - 3W2 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Michael Miller - Brooklyn Technical High School
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Next Generation Student Information System	Room - 5C1 LIBRARY (5th Floor)	AnnMarie Dull - NYCPS Mani krishnamoorthy - DIIT
[STEM/CS/E-GAMING] - Do You Want to Build a STREAM Lab?	Room - 1E10 (1st Floor)	Philip Ponterio - 31R039 Jason Padilla - PS 39 Francis J Murphy Jr Jason Nieto - PS 39 The Francis J Murphy Jr School
PARTNER SESSION: ALL IN LEARNING - AI to Clickers: Engage, Assess, Get Data, Not Stress	Room - 5N2 (5th Floor)	Darren Ward - ALL In Learning
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EST)
Complimentary Headshots Available	Instructional Technology Teacher Center (1st Floor)
LUNCH	SCHOOL CAFETERIA (7th Floor)
PARTNER MEET & GREET	IN THE HALLS OF FLOORS 1, 3, 5
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM (EST)
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Field Trip Reboot!: Using the Museum's Digital Resources to Plan Effective Field Trips	Room - 5W4 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	John Sapida - American Museum of Natural History Heather Cabrera - NYC DOE
[AI] - AI: Enhancing Educational Outcomes	Room - 3N3 OTHER SHOP ROOM (3rd Floor)	Marissa Ramos - NYCPS- DIAL
PARTNER SESSION: Canva \| Harness the Power of Canva to Transform Teaching and Learning	Room - 5N3 (5th Floor)	Elisabeth Bostwick - Canva
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Mic Check: Engaging Students with Podcast Projects	Room - 3N1 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	Robyn Bryant - NYC Public Schools Ernest Poole - PS 131Q Elizabeth Reale - Willets Road School
PARTNER SESSION: SchoolStatus \| Improving Your School Through Teacher Evaluations.	Room - 3N4 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	Jay Moss - SchoolStatus
PARTNER SESSION: Instructure \| Empowering Professional Learning: Leveraging Protraxx and Canvas LMS at the DOE	Room - 3N8 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Thomas Turano - Instructure Joel Hommes - Instructure
PARTNER SESSION: Game-U - Engaging students in STEAM with video game design	Room - 1N8 CIVIL ENGR LAB (1st Floor)	Mike Kawas - GameU
[LIBRARY] - Building Culminating Products Using AI Tools	Room - 3W6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (3rd Floor)	Vincent Hyland - Office of Library Service, NYCPS
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Student Accommodation System (SAS) Overview	Room - 5C1 LIBRARY (5th Floor)	Lhassan Afkir - NYC DOE Anjana Rajan - DOE - Office of School Health Vijay Varma Buddharaju - NYC Department Of Education Daryl Wang - DOE Central Eric Steed - Diit
PARTNER SESSION: InnerOrbit (RocketLit) - Scaffolding for the New NY Science Tests	Room - 5N2 (5th Floor)	Erin Cooke - InnerOrbit
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Adobe Express- Stop Motion	Room - 1N4 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Victoria Stuto - PS 29
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Gamified Learning	Room - 1E10 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Tsee Lee - Brooklyn Technical High School (13K430)
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Design and Drafting for Production- Freshman Technology	Room - 3W2 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Richard Wanliss - Brooklyn Technical High School Garfield Taylor - Brooklyn Technical High School
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Adobe Creative Cloud Suite	Room - 1N6 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	F. Michael Guldal - Brooklyn Technical High School
STEM/CS/E-GAMING] - Let Them Lead: The Power of Student-Led Initiatives in Technology and STEM	Room - 1N3 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Zach Rosch - Tottenville High School
PARTNER SESSION: Lightspeed Systems \| Turning Digital Insights into Digital Transformation.	Room - 1E17 (1st Floor)	Mike Boggess - Lightspeed Systems
[SPOCs] - Streamline SPOC Life	Room - 5N7 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Alvaro Gonzalez - Marble Hill School for International Studies Clemente Marte - Mott Hall V X242
[STEM/CS/E-GAMING] - The Zen of Zeros and Ones: Mindfulness Meets the Matrix	Room - 5N6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Sean Arnold - NYC Public Schools Nadia Taylor - NYC
PARTNER SESSION: JumpRope \| Communicating Learning Everyday Is As Easy As 1, 2, Click!	AUDITORIUM (1st Floor)	Jesse Olsen - JumpRope
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Leveraging Google Collab features and available AI tools to learn Python to solve problems, and enhance code literacy through code narration	Room - 5N4 (5th Floor)	Hoiming Lee - Brooklyn Technial High School
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Modernizing Student Transportation	Room - 3N6 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Kirstie Johnson - NYCPS Anusha Anantharaman - NYCPS CIO
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM (EST)
PARTNER SESSION: HMH - The Transformation of Grade Level Instruction – An Interactive Classroom	Room - 5N4 (5th Floor)	Aaron Levy - HMH
PARTNER SESSION: KAMI \| Teaching Redefined: Unlock the Power of AI with Kami’s New Features	Room - 1N8 CIVIL ENGR LAB (1st Floor)	Oliver Tingling - Kami
[SPECIAL ED>] - Adapting Science Instruction and Investigations using Artificial Intelligence and Assistive Technology	Room - 1E10 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Melissa Stark - P94M
[STEM/CS/E-GAMING] - How to Get Your School to Compete in the Minecraft Battle of the Boroughs Esports Competition	Room - 1N3 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Anthony Casasnovas - NYCPS \| DIIT Jose Perez - NYCPS
PARTNER SESSION: Clever - Exploring Clever: Driving Innovation while Protecting Users in NYCPS	Room - 1E17 (1st Floor)	Katy Juranty - Clever
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Scaffolding Free Response Questions for AP Computer Science A	Room - 3W2 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Quincy Holmer - Brooklyn Technical High School
[AI] - Empowering Educators: Practical AI Solutions to Transform School Leadership	Room - 3N8 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Brett Roer - Amplify & Elevate Innovation Maximillian Re-Sugiura - High School of Art and Design Siu Hei Szeto - Transfer Schools
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE ] - Let's Get Animated!	Room - 1N6 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Kerry McGarvey - PS24Q Cindy Wong - PS41Q Lisa Choi - NYC Public Schools (P.S. 7Q) Eric Scattaretico - NYC Public Schools - PS 100X Isaac Clason
PARTNER SESSION: Adobe \| Empowering Student Engagement with Adobe Express	Room - 1N4 COMPUTER LAB (1st Floor)	Joe Santiago - Adobe
[SPECIAL ED.] - ATLAS	Room - 5C1 LIBRARY (5th Floor)	Vadim Gellerman
[INSTRUCTIONAL BEST PRACTICE] - Utilizing educational website applications in curriculum and instruction	Room - 3N1 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	Staci Balice - Space Shuttle Columbia P.S. 58
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] - Implementing The DOE Gradebook	Room - 3N6 COMPUTER LAB (3rd Floor)	Noumouke Kake - 20K220
[LIBRARY] - Creating a Digital Presence for your School Library	Room - 3W6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (3rd Floor)	Leanne Ellis - NYCPS Office of Library Services
[AI] - AI Experience: Microsoft Copilot Prompt-a-thon	Room - 3N3 OTHER SHOP ROOM (3rd Floor)	Tara Carrozza - NYCPS Digital Learning & Innovation Darren Clay - Microsoft
PARTNER SESSION: TOURO University \| AI for Educators	Room - 3N4 SCIENCE LAB (3rd Floor)	PAYAM BINA - Touro University
[SPOCs] - Unlocking the Power of AMP: Your Guide to the ServiceNow Asset Management Portal	Room - 5N7 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Robert Kelly - NYCPS - DIIT
PARTNER SESSION: NVIDIA -	Room - 5W4 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)
[DIIT APPLICATIONS] -School Bandwidth	AUDITORIUM (1st Floor)	Michael Haley - DIIT
PARTNER SESSION: MagicSchool \| Empowering Educators and Students with MagicSchool: Leveraging AI for Effective Teaching and Learning	Room - 5N3 (5th Floor)	Hayley Grossman - MagicSchool Charles Gerber - NYCPS - District 75
PARTNER SESSION: EXTRON - Designing AV Systems for ESports Applications	Room - 5N6 REGULAR CLASSROOM (5th Floor)	Roy Hermanson - Extron
PARTNER SESSION: itopia \| How to Increase Industry Based Certifications in the Classroom	Room - 5N2 (5th Floor)	James Riley - itopia
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EST)
Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks	AUDITORIUM (1st Floor)

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