Erin Klein

Interested in exploring social networking, expanding your professional goals, and collaborating on projects with teachers across the world? You will be surprised with what started Klein on this ambitious journey. She opens by stating how she never set out to write a blog and present on a global scale, yet couldn't imagine not being connected now. If you're curious about growing your network, this is a must-see session.

Wouldn't it be nice to have an extra set of hands in the classroom to work with students while you worked with a small group? In this session, you will see how one elementary teacher is leveraging technology to maximize her teaching time while differentiating her instruction for all students. Join Erin Klein as she shares how having a single iPad in the classroom allows you to internally flip your instruction so that your students can get the most focused support you can offer in a limited time frame. If you do Daily 5, Centers, or Workstations, you'll love these simple-yet-dynamic-and-creative teaching ideas!

Interested in redesigning your classroom space? Join Klein as she shares how removing the desks from her classroom helped to enhance student collaboration. She also shares how certain tools can be an essential element for communication with parents and connecting with other teachers. Redesign the way you teach, communicate, and connect!

Do you have great resources you'd like to combine into engaging lessons? Join national presenter and educational technology expert, Erin Klein, as she walks you through each step of creating a rich lesson. Klein shows how Pinterest can transform the way you gather content, plan your lessons, and deliver the information.

Learn strategies to launch your writing workshop with organization and creativity. Gain useful management tips and sound pedagogical practices to lift the craft of your young writer's stories. Students will become inspired to write longer, with enthusiasm and confidence. You will be amazed at how your writers will grow throughout the unit. As a teacher, you will enjoy teaching each lesson as you look closely at the mentor texts you've loved for years and see your students apply quality craft to their own writing.

A great way to engage students is with collaborative projects that align to Common Core standards. In this session, Erin Klein shares a few projects she did with her second grade class to dig deeper into the Common Core. Understanding the need to bring students to a higher level and encourage critical thinking while still maintaining a stress-free, fun environment, Klein offers strategies to achieve this workshop model in an elementary setting. As a member of The National Writing Project, Klein emphasizes the importance of writing as a process and stresses the importance of collaboration.

Modeling a Lesson: You can't get your students to read text one time. How will you get them to read it more than once? In this hands on session, experience how to conduct a close reading lesson with your students. Review how to model a close reading of a text that uncovers the layers of meaning that lead your xxxxx to deep comprehension.

Create a digital playground where students have math-a-magical fun working on math skills in exciting lessons that meet their specific needs. In this highly interactive session, walk through the process of organizing your favorite resources into engaging lessons aligned with the Common Core that students. See how to set up learners to navigate lessons independently or with partners. Lastly, uncover two amazing tools that will transform the way you gather content, plan your lessons, and deliver the information.