ACTEM2025: Full Schedule

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8:30am EDT

Magic Student: AI resources to help Learning

Thursday October 9, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Participants will experience curated highlights from Magic Student, the student facing AI portion of Magic School AI. Participants will build Magic Student Classrooms, and will leave having created at least two fully usable tools for their current classes. Special educators will be able to leave with tools to help aid their students as well. Please bring a computer and a social attitude as we will be actively interacting with these tools and each other!

Speakers

Bryan Quigley

Secondary Science Teacher, Yarmouth High School

Thursday October 9, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Penobscot

9:40am EDT

Building and Managing a Mobile Maker Lab (for Real!)

Thursday October 9, 2025 9:40am - 10:40am EDT

Penobscot

Real talk - tech toys are expensive, especially when everyone wants their own! In our district, with a middle school, high school, and 6 elementary schools, we were looking for a deployable solution option that could empower any classroom to be creators and innovators. In this session, we will discuss the tools we evaluated and selected, our goals for the program, coaching support, and managing our resources and how the first half year of the Mobile Maker Lab has gone for Bonny Eagle.

Speakers

Susie Simmons

Instructional Tech Coach, MSAD 6 - Bonny Eagle

Susie Simmons is a an instructional technology coach for Bonny Eagle Middle School & High School in Buxton/Standish, Maine. Her ed tech passions include 3D printing, virtual & augmented reality, spreadsheets, coding, and workload automating. She has a B.S. in Technology Education... Read More →

Stephen Avery

Instructional Tech Coach, MSAD 6 - Bonny Eagle

Thursday October 9, 2025 9:40am - 10:40am EDT
Penobscot

Makerspace/STEAM/Project Based Learning

1:00pm EDT

BE's Mobile Maker Lab: Get Hands-On!

Thursday October 9, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Penobscot

Following up on "Building and Managing a Mobile Maker Lab," this hands-on session lets you directly experience the power of a mobile maker lab! Get practical experience using our laser engraver, 3D printers, and smart cutting machine. Learn essential operation and software skills, gaining the confidence to integrate these tools into your classroom and empower student creativity.

Speakers

Susie Simmons

Instructional Tech Coach, MSAD 6 - Bonny Eagle

Stephen Avery

Instructional Tech Coach, MSAD 6 - Bonny Eagle

Thursday October 9, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Penobscot

Makerspace/STEAM/Project Based Learning

8:00am EDT

Generative AI in the Classroom - Pushing Pause

Friday October 10, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

Penobscot

Let’s back up a couple of steps. Instead of jumping right into all the cool tools, do we know what genAI is? Are you an AI-aware educator? How is genAI affecting instruction in the classroom? Push pause for a moment and let’s talk about the challenges, possibilities, and how to leverage it to your advantage. We’ll tackle key conversations with students, set boundaries, and focus on how AI can enhance—not replace—thinking.

Speakers

Christina DiMicelli

Director of EdTech Learning & Growth, Pinkerton Academy

Christina DiMicelli is the Director of EdTech Learning & Growth at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, NH with 15+ years of experience in education. She currently serves on the NHSTE board as the Professional Learning Chair, works with CMTC as the Social Media Ambassador, and is a Google... Read More →

Friday October 10, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
Penobscot

9:10am EDT

Canva For Education Can Do That?

Friday October 10, 2025 9:10am - 10:10am EDT

Penobscot

Canva for Education is becoming that ‘one stop shop’ for both teachers and students. Just this year, Canva release new features such as Canva Sheets, Canva Code, and enhancements for Canva AI. Let’s take the opportunity to dive into these as well as other good to know features to help tell stories we want to share.

Speakers

Craig Sheil

Digital Learning Specialist, Bedford High School

Craig Sheil has been in the education field for the past 22 years, with his current role as a Digital Learning Specialist at a high school in NH. He is a Canva for Teachers Canvassador and Google for Education Trainer. He can also be found co-teaching graduate level technology courses... Read More →

Friday October 10, 2025 9:10am - 10:10am EDT
Penobscot

Tools

1:00pm EDT

Equipping Educators-Building Professional Learning for GenAI

Friday October 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT

Penobscot

Empower your educators with Generative AI (genAI). What is it? How might we design effective professional learning opportunities while fostering a culture of exploration and responsible genAI use? What’s happening with AI in Edu right now? What is important for educators to know about genAI right now and how might we teach them? I’ll share what we have done for the past 3 years. What will YOUR roadmap look like?

Speakers

Christina DiMicelli

Director of EdTech Learning & Growth, Pinkerton Academy

Friday October 10, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Penobscot

2:10pm EDT

GenAI & Students: From Curiosity to Critical Understanding

Friday October 10, 2025 2:10pm - 3:10pm EDT

Penobscot

Many educators want to make sure that students are using generative AI in meaningful ways and not using it as a crutch. The emphasis should be on making sure that human intelligence is at the forefront. But how do we do this? What conversations should we have with students? This session aims to provide you with practical activities, scenarios, and strategies to use with students to help encourage them to use generative AI in a meaningful way.

Friday October 10, 2025 2:10pm - 3:10pm EDT
Penobscot