UTC 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the 2025 Upstate Technology Conference!

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8:30am EDT

Amplify Student Voice & Choice

Tuesday July 15, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Media Center

Teaching students how to amplify their voices to create student choice opportunities in their own education is crucial. Come learn how to transform some of the tech tools you already use in the classroom (and some new tools too) to teach the standards while amplifying student voices to create student choice opportunities.
Session Resources

Speakers

Dr. Desiree Alexander

Founder CEO, Louisiana

Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator, speaker, and author who has been in the educational field since 2002. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC and the Deputy Director for the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana. She... Read More →

Tuesday July 15, 2025 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
Media Center

*Featured Speaker*

Target Audience Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Audience Type General (all of the above)
Subject Area All Subjects

9:45am EDT

Digital Breakouts Using Google Forms & Google Sites

Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Media Center

Have you heard of an escape room? Well, help your students escape mundane lessons by creating free digital breakouts to use in your classroom. Come learn how to use Google Forms and Google Sites to create free digital breakout games that encourage collaboration, stimulate problem solving, nurture content knowledge development and have fun while doing it! Break out of the same routine with a free digital breakout.
Session Resources

Speakers

Dr. Desiree Alexander

Founder CEO, Louisiana

Tuesday July 15, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Media Center

*Featured Speaker*

Target Audience Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Audience Type General (all of the above)
Subject Area All Subjects

12:45pm EDT

Differentiation with Google Forms

Tuesday July 15, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Media Center

You've used Google Forms for years...now what? Come learn fast tips, tricks and hacks to use Google Forms in ways you never have before! Learn how to differentiate using branching, password your sections, have your self-grading quizzes work even better and more! Let's go to the next level!
Session Resources

Speakers

Dr. Desiree Alexander

Founder CEO, Louisiana

Tuesday July 15, 2025 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
Media Center

*Featured Speaker*

Target Audience Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Audience Type General (all of the above)
Subject Area All Subjects

2:00pm EDT

Do You Really Know How to Read&Write?

Tuesday July 15, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Media Center

This simply amazing Google Chrome extension will amaze you with what how it can help you and your students! Text-to-speech, Voice Comments, Vocabulary List Builder, Speech Input, Fact Finder, Translator and so much more! You must see this exciting tool for yourself to believe it!
Session Resources

Speakers

Dr. Desiree Alexander

Founder CEO, Louisiana

Tuesday July 15, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Media Center

*Featured Speaker*

Target Audience Level Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Audience Type General (all of the above)
Subject Area All Subjects