Fresno Unified School District
EdTechCon Break-Out Sessions
Below you will find our list of break-out sessions for the EdTech conference organized by time block. You may register for at least one session per block by clicking on the session title, which will take you to iAchieve. You will find the schedule at-a-glance at the top and session descriptions/presenters further down the page. Also, be sure to make your picks and register right away, as each session is limited to 25. Please make your selections by end of day February 24, 2026. 🚀
Break-Out Sessions At-A-Glance
Block 1 Break-Out Sessions (9:00AM - 10:00AM)
Creative Projects in Every Classroom: Get Started with Adobe Express
Description: Explore why creativity matters in today’s classrooms, how Adobe Express can help make creative projects manageable for you and your students, and how Express supports student learning across any subject area or grade level. This session covers the homepage layout, explores creative project possibilities, and guides you through a hands-on activity. You’ll also learn how to set up and manage Adobe Express Classrooms to organize student work and assignment and leave with ready-to-use resources to bring more creativity into your teaching.
Presenter: Adam Juarez, an Educational Technology Integration Coach for Kings Canyon Unified School District. He supports teachers through individualized coaching, demo lessons and professional development. Adam is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Google Educator Group Central Valley Leader, former CUE Board Member, 2020 30 K-12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow (EdTech Magazine), 2022 ISTE Featured Voice, and co-author of The Complete EdTech Coach.
Audience: TK - 12
Galactic Gamecraft: Exploring Digital Learning Through Gamification!
Description: Step aboard our starship of innovation as we journey into the universe of digital game-based learning. In this EdCamp-styled, sci-fi-inspired session, educators will collaborate like a crew on a mission—exploring how gamification can transform classrooms into dynamic learning galaxies.
Participants will chart their own course by:
Discovering new educational games across platforms and genres.
Evaluating games for classroom impact, engagement, and alignment with learning goals.
Building their own Play Diary—a personalized logbook to house games, strategies, and reflections.
Contributing to a collaboration sheet, creating a shared “gaming constellation” of resources with fellow EdTech explorers.
This interactive, drama-infused session invites educators to think like protagonists—problem-solvers, innovators, and adventurers—while designing playful learning environments that spark curiosity and creativity.
Presenter: Adrianna Bell is an 8th-grade English teacher in FUSD, originally from Atlanta, GA.
Audience: 2 - 12 Grade Teachers
Express, Create, Prove: Learning Through Canva
Description: Unlock the power of creativity in your classroom! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore practical ways to integrate Canva into your weekly instruction so students can demonstrate their understanding through design. Transform traditional assessments into engaging showcases of student learning. Whether you teach elementary, secondary, or higher education, you’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies that empower students to create, express, and prove what they know in dynamic and meaningful ways.
Presenter: Corrina Valle: Third Grade Teacher in FUSD
Audience: 4 - 12 Grade Teachers
Reading Progress: Chart a Course to Literacy at Warp Speed
Description: Set your coordinates for fluency! In this mission briefing, you’ll learn how to integrate Reading Progress into your classroom and help students navigate the galaxy of words with confidence. Discover how this powerful tool supports reading development, tracks progress like a starship’s log, and empowers learners to boldly go where no reader has gone before. Prepare to launch your students into a universe of literacy success—engage!
Presenters: Ted Januse and Billie Chhan, secondary teachers in FUSD
Audience: 1 - 12 Grade Teachers
Description: Nearpod is a game-changer for you, as the teacher, and for your students. In this session you will see how Nearpod can build classroom engagement, give real-time results, and create individualized learning and data gathering.
Presenter: Claudia Silva, Third Grade Teacher in FUSD
Audience: 1 - 6 Grade Teachers
Literary Superpowers: Your Guide to TeachingBooks
Description: An overview of TeachingBooks.net and how it can support you in the classroom or your library.
Presenters: Tim Graveline, Teacher Librarian for 1-12th Grade Alternative Education at Farber. Hockey fanatic and blessed with a lovely family. And Erin Kruse, who has been in education for over 20 years, teaching elementary school and middle school. She is currently the Teacher Librarian for 6th-8th grade students at Cooper Academy. She is a football obsessed book lover blessed with a wonderful husband and two amazing boys.
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
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Description: This one-hour session supports covers some of the most essential digital literacy skills aligned with media and information literacy standards. Learn how to verify sources when using AI tools, evaluate the credibility and bias of online information, and properly cite AI-generated content. The session emphasizes using trust and healthy skepticism when navigating digital spaces by teaching how to fact-check information, recognize misinformation and scams, and understand how algorithms and AI can influence what they see online. Through real-world examples and guided practice, students build critical thinking skills needed for ethical, responsible, and informed participation in academic, career, and everyday digital environments. Presenter: Peter Fortuna, High School CTE Instructor, Cybersecurity/CTE Art, eLearn Academy in FUSD Audience: 7 - 12 Grade Teachers Khanmigo: Teacher Tools from the Learning Galaxy Description: Blast off into the Khanmigo universe! In this session, we’ll explore a constellation of GenAI tools designed to help teachers streamline planning and create stellar learning resources. You’ll also get an inside look at the brand-new tools now available to FUSD educators through our partnership launch. Presenter: Khan Academy Instructors Audience: TK - 12 |
Block 2 Break-Out Sessions (10:05AM - 11:05PM)
Visual Voices: Empower Student Speech with Adobe Express & Animate Characters
Description: Streamline vocabulary lessons into vibrant stories. In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to help language learners combine images, audio, and captions to build engaging, creative narratives and publish them for instant feedback. You'll leave with ready-to-use project ideas, classroom examples, and time-saving strategies to support all students, with a focus on multilingual learners.
Presenter: Adam Juarez, an Educational Technology Integration Coach for Kings Canyon Unified School District. He supports teachers through individualized coaching, demo lessons and professional development. Adam is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Google Educator Group Central Valley Leader, former CUE Board Member, 2020 30 K-12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow (EdTech Magazine), 2022 ISTE Featured Voice, and co-author of The Complete EdTech Coach.
Audience: TK-12 Teachers
Teaching in Hyperdrive: Canva Tools for Tier I UDL, Instruction, & Behavior Support
Description: In a classroom filled with diverse learners, educators need tools that help them move at light speed while still meeting every student where they are. This session launches participants into the world of Canva as a dynamic, accessible platform for designing instruction through a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) lens. Educators will explore how Canva can streamline behavior supports, strengthen instructional clarity, and create differentiated learning materials that engage students across the galaxy of academic needs. Through practical demonstrations and ready-to-use examples, participants will discover how Canva can power up visual supports, behavior expectations, multimodal resources, and flexible learning pathways. Whether you’re navigating behavior management challenges, designing inclusive lessons, or seeking new ways to energize student engagement, this session equips you with classroom-ready strategies to take your teaching into hyperdrive.
Presenters: Rebecca Arias, Regional Instructional Manager, Special Education Department. And Melissa Stephenson.
Audience: Elementary teachers and Special Education teachers
Express, Create, Prove: Learning Through Canva
Description: Unlock the power of creativity in your classroom! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore practical ways to integrate Canva into your weekly instruction so students can demonstrate their understanding through design. Transform traditional assessments into engaging showcases of student learning. Whether you teach elementary, secondary, or higher education, you’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies that empower students to create, express, and prove what they know in dynamic and meaningful ways.
Presenter: Corrina Valle, Third Grade Teacher in FUSD
Audience: 3-12 Grade Teachers
Galactic Gamecraft: Exploring Digital Learning Through Gamification!
Description: Step aboard our starship of innovation as we journey into the universe of digital game-based learning. In this EdCamp-styled, sci-fi-inspired session, educators will collaborate like a crew on a mission—exploring how gamification can transform classrooms into dynamic learning galaxies.
Participants will chart their own course by:
-Discovering new educational games across platforms and genres.
-Evaluating games for classroom impact, engagement, and alignment with learning goals.
-Building their own Play Diary—a personalized logbook to house games, strategies, and reflections.
-Contributing to a collaboration sheet, creating a shared “gaming constellation” of resources with fellow EdTech explorers.
This interactive, drama-infused session invites educators to think like protagonists—problem-solvers, innovators, and adventurers—while designing playful learning environments that spark curiosity and creativity.
Presenter: Adrianna Bell is an 8th-grade English teacher in FUSD, originally from Atlanta, GA.
Audience: 2-12 Grade Teachers
Charting New Frontiers: FUSD AI Tools for Educator Exploration
Description: Set your course for the final frontier of education! In this mission, we’ll boldly go where no classroom has gone before—exploring FUSD’s AI tools wrapped inside Microsoft Copilot Chat. Discover how these advanced copilots can help you navigate uncharted territories of productivity, personalize learning across star systems, and spark creativity at warp speed. Engage in hands-on strategies to boost efficiency, craft stellar resources, and open new dimensions of student engagement.
Presenter: Brian Dvorak
Audience: TK-12 Grade Teachers
Class Teams Foundations and New Innovations: A New Hope for Your Digital Classroom
Description: Join the rebel alliance of educators and master the force of Microsoft Class Teams! We’ll review essential foundations—Channels, Posts, and Assignments—before jumping to hyperspace with new innovations like Learning Accelerators and Copilot tools. Hands-on exploration will help you bring balance to your teaching galaxy.
Presenter: Matthew Schwartz, EdTech Coach
Audience: K-12 Grade Teachers
The CLEVER Awakens: Exploring FUSD's Digital Galaxy
Description: The tools are out there, are you ready to use them? Around the FUSD Galaxy introduces educators to district supported platforms available within Clever. Participants will learn how to access and use resources efficiently, and discover practical ways to integrate these tools into daily instruction. Whether you are new to Clever or looking to maximize what it offers, join us as we uncover the power of the digital galaxy.
Presenter: Mayra Gutierrez: CTE & Women's Alliance Teacher, 9th-12th grade. I teach an internship class where students attend their work site and learn from partners around the community within a field of their interest. I also teach an Alliance course that focuses on academic improvement, leadership skills, and team building.
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
Khanmigo: Teacher Tools from the Learning Galaxy
Description: Blast off into the Khanmigo universe! In this session, we’ll explore a constellation of GenAI tools designed to help teachers streamline planning and create stellar learning resources. You’ll also get an inside look at the brand-new tools now available to FUSD educators through our partnership launch.
Presenter: Khan Academy Instructors
Audience: TK - 12
Block 3 Break-Out Sessions (11:10AM - 12:10PM)
Showcase Student Voice and Reflection with Digital Portfolios, Podcasts, and Other Creative Projects
Description: Discover how digital portfolios, podcasts, and other creative projects can strengthen student learning, support assessments, and give students a powerful platform to showcase their growth. Explore different ways portfolios & podcasts can be used across subjects to make student thinking visible and promote meaningful reflection. During the session you’ll create a digital portfolio and a reflection podcast using Adobe Express and leave with practical strategies to bring student voice and authentic assessment into your classroom.
Presenter: Adam Juarez, an Educational Technology Integration Coach for Kings Canyon Unified School District. He supports teachers through individualized coaching, demo lessons and professional development. Adam is a Google Certified Trainer and Innovator, Google Educator Group Central Valley Leader, former CUE Board Member, 2020 30 K-12 IT Influencers Worth a Follow (EdTech Magazine), 2022 ISTE Featured Voice, and co-author of The Complete EdTech Coach.
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
Teaching in Hyperdrive: Canva Tools for Tier I UDL, Instruction, & Behavior Support
Description: In a classroom filled with diverse learners, educators need tools that help them move at light speed while still meeting every student where they are. This session launches participants into the world of Canva as a dynamic, accessible platform for designing instruction through a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) lens. Educators will explore how Canva can streamline behavior supports, strengthen instructional clarity, and create differentiated learning materials that engage students across the galaxy of academic needs. Through practical demonstrations and ready-to-use examples, participants will discover how Canva can power up visual supports, behavior expectations, multimodal resources, and flexible learning pathways. Whether you’re navigating behavior management challenges, designing inclusive lessons, or seeking new ways to energize student engagement, this session equips you with classroom-ready strategies to take your teaching into hyperdrive.
Presenters: Rebecca Arias, Regional Instructional Manager, Special Education Department. And Melissa Stephenson.
Audience: Elementary teachers and Special Education teachers
Free, High-Impact Strategies to Raise Your Scores
Description: Based on the Eduprotocols book series written by Jon Corippo & Marlena Hebern, Eduprotocols can transform your teaching using research that supports the science of Learning. Teach Better-Work Less-Achieve More is the motto. Give your students the opportunity to think critically, be creative, collaborate and communicate with their peers and adults. These are the 4 C's of teaching. Eduprotocols target the 4 C's!
Presenter: Bonnie Carlos, Academic Coach K-6 in FUSD. 30 years at Wolters Elementary School, previous school counselor, Tech TSA, Reading Interventionist & classroom teacher.
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
Reading Progress: Chart a Course to Literacy at Warp Speed
Description: Set your coordinates for fluency! In this mission briefing, you’ll learn how to integrate Reading Progress into your classroom and help students navigate the galaxy of words with confidence. Discover how this powerful tool supports reading development, tracks progress like a starship’s log, and empowers learners to boldly go where no reader has gone before. Prepare to launch your students into a universe of literacy success—engage!
Presenters: Ted Januse and Billie Chhan, secondary teachers in FUSD
Audience: 1 - 12 Grade Teachers
Charting New Frontiers: FUSD AI Tools for Educator Exploration
Description: Set your course for the final frontier of education! In this mission, we’ll boldly go where no classroom has gone before—exploring FUSD’s AI tools within Microsoft Copilot Chat. Discover how these advanced copilots can help you navigate uncharted territories of productivity, personalize learning across star systems, and spark creativity at warp speed. Engage in hands-on strategies to boost efficiency, craft stellar resources, and open new dimensions of student engagement.
Presenter: Brian Dvorak
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
Class Teams Foundations and New Innovations: A New Hope for Your Digital Classroom
Description: Join the rebel alliance of educators and master the force of Microsoft Class Teams! We’ll review essential foundations—Channels, Posts, and Assignments—before jumping to hyperspace with new innovations like Learning Accelerators and Copilot tools. Hands-on exploration will help you bring balance to your teaching galaxy.
Presenter: Matthew Schwartz, EdTech Coach in FUSD
Audience: 2 - 12 Grade Teachers
The CLEVER Awakens: Exploring FUSD's Digital Galaxy
Description: The tools are out there, are you ready to use them? Around the FUSD Galaxy introduces educators to district supported platforms available within Clever. Participants will learn how to access and use resources efficiently, and discover practical ways to integrate these tools into daily instruction. Whether you are new to Clever or looking to maximize what it offers, join us as we uncover the power of the digital galaxy.
Presenter: Mayra Guttierrez, CTE & Women's Alliance Teacher, 9th-12th grade. I teach an internship class where students attend their work site and learn from partners around the community within a field of their interest. I also teach an Alliance course that focuses on academic improvement, leadership skills, and team building.
Audience: TK - 12 Grade Teachers
Khanmigo: Teacher Tools from the Learning Galaxy
Description: Blast off into the Khanmigo universe! In this session, we’ll explore a constellation of GenAI tools designed to help teachers streamline planning and create stellar learning resources. You’ll also get an inside look at the brand-new tools now available to FUSD educators through our partnership launch.
Presenter: Khan Academy Instructors
Audience: TK - 12