ETC! 2026

ETC! 2026

7:30am PST

Registration Gym Conference WiFi Information Cesar Chavez Junior High School Spring ETC! 2026 Photo Scavenger Hunt Badge Gym Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Gym

7:45am PST

Exhbitor Hall Multi-Purpose Room

8:30am PST

Welcome and Opening Announcements GymGregg Eilers

9:00am PST

Can a Chatbot Transform Learning? (Ceres Unified School District) Multi-Purpose RoomEmily Bryan • Antonio Garcia District Spotlight Poster Sessions Multi-Purpose Room From Policy to Practice: Modesto City Schools' Holistic Approach to AI Readiness and Engagement Multi-Purpose RoomAngela Gama • Rachel Johnson • Matthew Ketchum The Educator Wellness Room (Stanislaus County Office of Education) Multi-Purpose RoomHolly Gaylor • Gina Smith

9:45am PST

SESSION 1 Beyond the Basic Prompt: A Framework for AI as Your Teaching Partner 504Ravi Prabhala Use AI to Guide AI 706Adam Juarez Using CANVA Efficiently and Effectively 707Mike Ruehle Annotate and Tell: Battleship 601Justin Unruh Games People Play 708Max Shelnutt The Chromebook as Gameboard: Turning Devices into Play Stations for Learning 701Ryan O'Donnell Tales from the "Outer Core": Leveraging Natural Connections Between Science and History 602Brian Wise

11:00am PST

SESSION 2 From Static to Dynamic: Transforming Your Content with NotebookLM 502Rachel Johnson The Man in the Mirror: Helping Students Refocus Their Classroom Behavior 708Max Shelnutt Vibe Coding: Apps for Your Classroom (Without Learning to Code) 701Brian Briggs Snorkling Your Way to Mastery and Engagement 706Adam Juarez Oh... This Calls for a Spreadsheet! 603Roland Aichele Implementing AB 2927: Personal Finance Resources 601Katie Ginsburg Cutting-Edge Creativity: Using Cricut in the Classroom 702Emily Bryan Every Student, Every Time: AI Strategies for Universal Design for Learning 504Ravi Prabhala

12:00pm PST

Exhibitor Hall Excitement Multi-Purpose Room LUNCH Multi-Purpose Room

1:00pm PST

SESSION 3 Custom Chatbots to Gamify Your Lessons 501Rebecca Sheeley From Curious to Confident: Using MagicSchool AI to Support Teaching & Learning 505Steven Alvarez Brand Your Learning Spaces 701Ryan O'Donnell Lights, Camera, Canva! Creating Engaging Videos 702Emily Bryan Eduprotocols and AI. Even better. Even faster. 602Jon Corippo Think, Move, Collaborate: BTC for the Social Studies Classroom 706Adam Juarez • Robert Mayfield Exploring the Machine Learning side of AI with LEGO Education Library 100Jesse Woodward

2:15pm PST

SESSION 4 Gemini and NotebookLM for Teaching & Learning 706Tim Costello • Robert Mayfield Supercharge Your EdTech Tools with Perplexity AI 603Myra Gardea-Hernandez, Ed.D. • Anne-Marie Mason, M.Ed. Rethinking Field Trips: Interactive, Live Experiences with PORTS 804Brandon Caskey

3:15pm PST

Closing and Raffle! GymGregg Eilers