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10 Moves to Energize Your Most Difficult Students
1:1 and Device Management - Roundtable Discussion
A Better Way to Keep Students On Task With Real-Time AI Filtering
A School-Wide Approach: Empowering Instruction and PLCs with Mastery
AI + Data with Matt Miller
AI + Google Apps Scripts + Google Sheets = Streamlined Tasks
AI Cybersecurity: Policy Elements for Safe & Productive AI Use
AI Driven Coaching
AI Filtering and App Analytics: How Indiana Districts Stay Ahead
AI Guidelines and Policies - Roundtable Discussion
AI Roundtable: Sharing Strategies, Tools, and Workflows
AI Tools for the Classroom - Roundtable Discussion
AI for IT/Coding - Roundtable Discussion
AI in the K–12 Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know Now
AI report/AI Indiana Landscape
AI tips & ideas for Google Admins
Access for Subs, Student Teachers, etc. - Roundtable Discussion
Adaptable AI Governance Development Research
All The Magic
Apple Engineering Roundtable
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
Apple Lab: Content Caching
Apple Lab: Identity Management
Automating Document Review with AI Tools
Back to the Future: Teacher Tools That Save Real Time
Balancing Expertise and Partnership in Technology Coaching
Before The Walls Go Up
Best Practices for Integrating and Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom
Better Together: How ManagedMethods Helps Secure Your Google Workspace
Beyond AI Detectors: How Typed By Hand and Richmond Community Schools Are Building Trust Through Transparent Student Work
Beyond Accessibility: Inclusive Learning with BenQ
Beyond Compliance: Building Accessible Digital Materials and Web Content
Beyond Orientation: Helping New Educators and School Staff Thrive
Beyond the AI Hype: A K-12 Leadership Guide to AI Governance, Data Protection, and Responsible Adoption
Beyond the Chatbot: Transforming K-12 Workflows with Google Canvas in Gemini
Beyond the PDF: Crafting Interactive Student Activities with Code with Canva
Beyond the Search Bar: Librarian-Led Frameworks for AI Use in the Classroom
Budget Strategies - Roundtable Discussion
Budget-Minded Software - No Developer Required: Building Better School Tools with AI
Build a Winning Team - Collaboration across the district
Building AI Internally – Lessons Learned
Building Bridges with data: partnering to drive student and community success.
Building Safer Schools Through Trust, Technology, and Partnership: A Former Superintendent’s Perspective
Building a Hiring Process You Can Trust
Building a K-12 Cybersecurity Roadmap from Bronze to Platinum
Building your security grand plan one step at a time
CRDC 2025-2026 Survival Guide: The 1-Hour Countdown Checklist
CTRL + THINK: Guiding Students Through AI Literacy and critical thinking skills
Camp EdTech: Navigating Your Route to the Tech Director's Chair
Campfire Coaching: Real Conversations for Instructional Growth
Canva AI 2.0: Let's Make Something Cool!
Canva Changed Again! The Updates Every Educator Needs to Know
Certificate Expiring in 47 Days? Automate I.T.
Cheat Code or Catalyst: Navigating the AI Gray Area
Claude Code
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Future Ready: AI Strategies for Elementary Classrooms
Click Happens: A K–12 Phishing Damage Control
Closing Gaps & Improving Access to Digital Materials for Students
Cybersecurity 101 for Schools: Protecting Systems, Students, and Staff
Cybersecurity Governance That Works: Real-World Incident Response for Schools
Cybersecurity for Network/Systems - Roundtable Discussion
Cybersecurity on a District Budget: What to Do First, Next, and Later
Cybershorts Transformative Security Awareness and a few other tasty nuggets
Cyberthreat Information for K-12
DEX Updates - Course Data
Data Detectives: Unmasking Terms of Service and Student Data Privacy
Data Governance - Playbook to Launch
Data Privacy/Data Retention - Roundtable Discussion
Day One Ready: Modernizing K-12 New Student Registration
Deep Dive with the Investigation Tool
Deploying Apple in Education
Designing for Every Learner: Practical Accessibility Strategies for Digital Learning
Digital Accessibility Starts with the Tools We Use
Digital Citizenship in the Age of AI and Misinformation
Digital Curriculum Development & OER
Digital Evidence in Plain Sight: Using Public Information to Support Investigations
Digital Tools to Support Multilingual Learners (and Everyone Else!)
Disaster Recovery Plans - Roundtable Discussion
Doing More With Less: Navigating Staffing Shortages, Budget Constraints, and Rising IT Demands
Doing with DEX Data
Dynamic Duo: How Curriculum and Technology Departments Unite for Excellence
Emergency Radio Communication Enhancement System [ERCES) in K-12 Schools
Esports Roundtable Discussion
Essential Security Within the Google Admin Console
FERPA is the door, not a wall: Unlocking data sharing for your school team
Facilities Management and IT
Fighting AI Hallucinations: Teaching Educators about RAG
Flexible Open Source Solutions for Your Backend Infrastructure
From AI Policy to Classroom Reality: What K‑12 Tech Leaders Must Have in Place
From AI Tool Sprawl to Instructional Impact: Unifying AI Strategy with Canvas
From Consumers to Creators: Bringing Learning to Life with Book Creator
From Glamour Shots to Generative AI- 40 Years Then and Now
From Grading to Growing: Rethinking Assessment with MagicSchool & Wit & Wisdom
From Panic to Prompting: A Three-Phase Roadmap for AI Adoption
From Planning to Practice: A Guide to Cybersecurity Incident Response
From Privacy Promise to Security Proof: Protecting Student Data
From Pushback to Partnership: Engaging Parents in Reimaging the Future of Education
From Web Filtering to Student Safety: AI in Action
From Website Visit to Enrollment: Building a Better Digital Journey for Parents
From the Classroom to the Command Center: How Unified Technology Protects Students and Powers Schools
GIS for schools
Gather the Data, Hack the Planet: AI on Both Sides of the Firewall
Gemini for Educators: Create and Innovate with AI-Generated Resources
Gold Medal Google: The Winning Features for Teachers
Good Prompts Aren't the Skill
Graduation Tracking Power-Up: The New Indiana Diploma and the PS Graduation Planner
Herd Mentality: Creating a Culture That Lasts
High School / Middle School Esports - The why and how to make it happen.
How Districts Are Mastering Today's Digital Safety Challenges
How Eastbrook Community Schools Equipped Parents Without Giving Up Control
How Your District Plugs In: Applied AI, Credentials of Value, and Paid IT Apprenticeships
How to Build Your Custom Cyber Table Top with AI
How to Teach AI Literacy in Any Class
IEP Survival Mode: PowerSchool Special Programs Tips & Tricks
If AI Can Do the Assignment, What Were We Actually Measuring?
Inbox Under Attack: 13 Email Threats Targeting Schools (and How to Stop Them)
Indiana Esports Network Onboarding
Indiana Learning Lab
Integrated Physical Safety & Security Solutions to Proactively Secure School Campuses
Integrating Behavioral & Digital Threat Assessment for Safer Schools
Is Your School Cyber Ready? An Interactive K-12 Cyber Preparedness Game
It's Not a Gotcha: Leading an Empathetic, Step-by Step Accessibility Rollout
It's a Whole Vibe: Intro to Vibe Coding for K-12 Educators Using Gemini Tools
KnowBe4 Usage and Insights for K-12
Leadership Lessons from the Severed Floor
Leading Your Team in Customer Service
Leading the Shift: From Chalkboards to Chatbots
Level Up: Fixing the Communication Systems Frustrating Your Families
MFA/2FA and User Provisioning - Roundtable Discussion
Maintaining Privacy and Security in Cloud Computing Environments
Managing Your Projects and Mastering Your Processes
Measuring What Matters: Formative Assessment Toolbox
Mentoring: Leadership is Not a Single-Player Game
Mission Critical Communications for K12 School Environments
Modernizing Campus Communications
Modernizing Customer Support: ServiceNow, zInsights & the Future of Customer Experience
Navigating Indiana's New Accountability System with GPS
Navigating Indiana’s New Graduation Requirements and Work Based Learning
Network Segmentation Without Making Everyone Miserable
New Tech Directors - Roundtable Discussion
New to HECC? Navigating the Conference
No Cloud Required: A Step-by-Step Guide to Our District's On-Premises Phone Overhaul
No Mess, No Stress with Notion
Not Every Upgrade Needs an App: A SAMR Showdown
Now That’s What I Call Efficient: Using Gemini for Spreadsheet Formulas
One Platform, Many Solutions: How Classlink Helped Streamline Processes in Our District
One Playbook, Every Device: Managing the Modern Education Endpoint Mix
One and Done Is Not a Plan: Designing an AI Learning Pathway for Your Staff
Outside the Classroom: Maximizing Learning Spaces Across Campus
Oversight or Overkill? Finding the Right Balance Between Student Independence, Digital Safety, and Parental Engagement
Plug In, Call Out: A Simple Path to Cloud Calling for K12
Preparing Students for Their Future not Our Past
Proactively Assess Physical Threats to Your School Environment
Professional Learning in the Age of Less
Purposeful Tech: Addressing the Elephant in the Room on Devices in Classrooms
ROI: Which cybersecurity efforts and products offer Bang for the Buck
Rebuilding Together: A Shared Services Model for District Technology
Refresh Smarter: How Device Lifecycle Decisions Impact Your Technology Budget
Reimagine Instruction with Lumio
Relationships, Reflection, and Responsibility: the Student Side of AI
Rethinking Device Repair: 5 Questions Every K–12 IT Team Should Be Asking
Robotics Clubs: Building Blocks to CS
SB78 and HB1004 Legislative Impacts - Roundtable Discussion
Screen Value, not Screen Time with Jamf
Securing Your Classroom Doors: From Perspective to Practice
Service on Empty: How to Handle End Users on No Good Very Bad Days
Show Me MORE Canva Hacks!
So...Now What? Turning AI Conversations into District Guidance
Solving EdTech Challenges: Smarter Software Strategies That Work for Modern School Districts
Speaking "Teacher:" How To Build Alliance, Avoid Resistance, and Get Buy-In
Spice Up Your PD with Educator Voice and Choice
State Reporting - Roundtable Discussion
Stay in the Game: Evolving Esports Equipment Considerations for 2026-27
Strategic Planning for Internet Access Availability
Strengthening UDL with Hybrid AI
Student Wellness in a Digital World: Designing for Belonging and Balance
Students Left to Their Own Devices: How we balance learning & technology to completely reimagine education
Supporting Multilingual Learners
Sustainable Digital Learning Design: Weaving Frameworks, Practice, and Platforms in Real Classrooms
Sustaining 1:1: Practical Strategies for Long-Term Success in a Post-Federal Funding Era
Systems Administrators - Roundtable Discussion
Taking your SLCGP CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Environment to the Next Level
Teach Students to use Chatbots Wisely
Teaching a Distracted Generation
Tech + Paper: Activities That Blend the Best of Both Worlds
Tech Coaches - Roundtable Discussion
Tech Leader Swim Lessons - Tips for Keeping Your Head Above Water
The AI Classroom Simulator: Training Educators for Real-World Challenges
The AI Office: Time Hacks, Tools, Real Tips That Would Make Michael Scott Proud
The AI-Powered Google Classroom
The Administrator’s AI Copilot: Leveraging NotebookLM within Google Workspace
The Breakfast Club: A Space for Every Type of Student
The Breakfast Club: Coffee, Community, and Conference Takeaways
The Case for AI: Bringing Text-to-Image, Text-to-Video, and Chatbots into Your Curriculum
The Collaborative Copilot: Building Custom AI Assistants to Multiply Staff Productivity (Without Outsourcing the Thinking)
The Google Vids Parlor: Scooping Up Your First Video Project
The Great Migration: Lessons from Moving Staff to ChromeOS
The K-12 IT Survival Guide: Solving Your Biggest Technology Headaches
The Power of Video as Professional Development
The State of Zayo Education: Business Update, Industry Trends & What’s Ahead
The Vibe Coding Mixtape: Building Cool Stuff with AI, No Coding Required
Today’s Tech Trends & Troubles
Too Much to Do, Not Enough Time: Tech Solutions That Save Your Sanity
Top Ten Things to Know about IDOE Special Programs
Track What Matters: Building Custom Early Warning and Accountability Dashboards in Data Studio
True Crime: Clicks & Consequences Why Cybersecurity Matters for Every K-12 Educator
Unlocking Innovation with Robotics
Up Your Google Sheets Game - Level 2
Vibe Coding for teachers (no experience necessary!)
Virtualize your computer labs again. Seriously this time.
Web Accessibility
Web Accessibility Guidelines - Roundtable Discussion
What the RAG! Teaching AI to Answer From Your Files, Not Its Imagination
What to do when the lights go out. A sensible approach to backup power.
What's New with Assessments
What’s New for IT from Apple
What’s New in Education from Apple
When Seconds Matter: Unifying School Safety from Alert to Action
Why 6 GHz Is Not the Upgrade Most Networks Expect
World's Best Prompt: Dundee Worthy AI Prompt Writing
Wrangling Data Using R Programming
Write newsletters that people will read
Your Network is Already Coud-Ready. Let's Prove it!
Zero to SQL: Custom Training Your AI for PowerSchool SQL
“Ring, Ring… Why is This My Problem?” :What a School Phone System Really Includes - and What I Wish I’d Known First
Macara Aloi, Secured Tech
Channing Anderson, Ativion - Contentkeeper
Tim Arnold, Richmond Community School Corporation
Sara Atkinson, Duneland School Corporation
Dave Baker, FinalForms
Crystal Bates, Instructure
Steve Battiato, IndyTeleData
Joe Beckman, Purdue University cyberTAP
Jeremy Belcher, Cisco Systems
Adam Bennett, People Driven Technology
Phil Boltz, Muncie Community Schools
Mike Bottorff, Ivy Tech Community College
Lance Brand, Delaware Community Schools
Scott Bricker
Kayla Brown, ManagedMethods
Steven Bryk, People Driven Technology
Ben Burris, Peru Community Schools & Western Wayne Schools
Ben Burris
Jessica Bustillos, Instructure
Marianne Cardwell, Indiana Geographic Information Office
Jeanetta Carrender, Office of Technology
Stephanie Clark, Noblesville East Middle School
Phil Clauss, Pike County School Corporation
Camilla Collier, Indiana Department of Education
Jeff Collins
Joanna Cook
Jenna Cooper, Central Indiana Educational Service Center (CI...
Audrey Cope, MSD of Pike Township
Kasey Cope, Anderson Community Schools
Brandon Cox, MSD of North Posey
Jo Cox, Yorktown Community Schools
Ben Dailey, Bluffton-Harrison MSD
Tim Dale, Northwest Allen County Schools
Graig Davis, Yorktown Community Schools
Heather De Groot, Instructure
Vanessa Deveau Bachle, Indiana Department of Education
Steve Dhondt, ERS Wireless
Cam Dibble, Moss
Cyle Dibble, Roeing IT Solutions
Adela Dickey, Northwest Allen County Schools - Retired
Lisa Drake-Pardue, Carmel High School
Angie Dressander, BenQ Education
Lael DuBois
Kristin Dupuy
Jenna Eastham
Brett Edstene, Indiana Office of Technology
Apple Education, Apple
Amy Everhart, Liberty-Perry School Corporation
Jena Fahlbush, Utah State University / National Center on Ac...
Nicole Faulkner, MSD of Pike Township
Stefanie Flanagin, Indiana Department of Education
Alisha Foor, Indiana Department of Education
Lance Ford, Zoom
Stevie Frank, Zionsville Comm. Schools
Rebekah Frazer, Indiana Department of Education
Natalie Freeman, CIESC- Indiana Online
Marlo Gaddis, Dell
Tommy Gauvey, Fortinet
Nadine Gilkison, Nadine Elaine Gilkison
Jenifer Gossman, CDW Amplified
Rajini Govindarajan, Indiana Department of Education
Christina Gremillion, Jamf
Dave Hadley, WNS Security
Brad Hagg, Indiana Department of Education
Seth Hamilton, Mt. Vernon Community School Corporation
Jeff Harker, Keep Indiana Learning
Carly Havlik, Zionsville Community Schools
Chris Hawkins, Secured Tech
Benton Heles, Cisco Systems
Hunter Hickman, Rensselaer Central High School
Jeremy Hill, Richmond Community Schools
Nate Holmes, Secured Tech
Matthew Hurst, New Castle Community Schools
Shawn Iverson, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
Pete Just, Indiana CTO Council
John Keller, Indiana Department of Education
Darlene Kennedy, NIESC
Mitch Kimball, Moss
Josh King, Cisco Systems
Kyle Kline, Twin Lakes School Corporation
Thomas Klusman, David W. Dennis Middle School
Dianna Knox, Clay Community Schools
Josh Knutson, ByteSpeed
Brenny Kummer, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Rodrick Landess, MSD Lawrence Township
Dan Layton, Zionsville Community Schools
Mark Lecher, Roeing IT Solutions
Adam Lee, Linewize
Nick Leon Leon, Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Im...
Josh Levitsky, FileWave
Sam Lovelace, Lakeland School Corporation
Juan Mack, Matrix Integration
Megan Major, Secured Tech
Brian Maloomian, Guardian Layers
Sarah Margeson, Tippecanoe School Corporation
Anastasia Martindale, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corpor...
Hunter McConnell, Jacksonville ISD/Jacksonville Middle Schoo...
Trent McCormic, Peru Community Schools
Michael McKerley, Zayo
Jennifer McWilliams
Scott McWilliams, South Western Communications (SWC)
Joe Melo, Anderson community Schools
Jessica Miller, Keep Indiana Learning/CIESC
Malia Miller, Test Intermediate School
Mallie Miller, Secured Tech
Matt Miller, Ditch That Textbook
Natalie Miller, Test Intermediate School
Terry Miller
Lucy Misetic, Noblesville High School
Matt Modlin, School City of Mishawaka
Jeff Murray, Union School Corporation
Ryan Murray, Keep Indiana Learning
Tara Nattrass, Lenovo
Nicole Nelson, Lewis Cass Schools
Frank O'Grady, iClass School Solutions
Jason Padgett
Abby Pagryzinski, Carmel Clay Schools
Nick Parcell, Indiana Esports Network
Alison Parr, School City of Mishawaka
Kristin Patrick, Noblesville Schools
Mark Pinkerton, Eastbrook Community Schools
Scott Pratt, Westfield Washington Schools
Lee Prince, Refreshed Tech
Tim Pritchett, Matrix Integration
Joe Quigley, Zayo
Bill Rader, Danville Community School Corporation
Ian Ragains, Indiana Department of Education
Jamie Ramos, Carroll Consolidated School Corp
Scott Richie, Five Star Technology Solutions
Michael Robinson, Regent High School
Sara Rogers, Park Tudor School
Chetrice Romero, Ice Miller, LLP
Sam Rourke, Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Theo Sandberg, Linewize
Lynn Schemmel, Indiana Department of Education
Rissi Scott, Anderson Community Schools
Katie Seago, Noblesville West Middle School
Amber Seibert, Five Star Technology Solutions
Adam Sertich, Apptegy
Morgan Shatto, Liberty-Perry Schools
Emily Shepherd, Muncie Community Schools
Matthew Shuter, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Jordan Sigmon, Linewize
Emily Simison, Duneland School Corporation
Greg Simmons, Fortinet
Julie Smith, Indiana Office of School Safety
Matthew Snoeberger, Lewis Cass Schools
John Sowash, Sowash Ventures
Steve Spradlin, Muncie Community Schools
Tad Stahl, IOT, State of Indiana
Cody Stanley
Bill Stein, MSD of Mt. Vernon
Stephanie Steiner
Tyler Stevens, Concord Community Schools
Maria Strobel, Test Intermediate School
Shawn Suppa, ERS Wireless
Ronda Swartz, Our Lady of the Greenwood
Anna Tansey, SMART Technologies
Audrey Taylor, MSD Wayne Township
Jenny Taylor, CDW Lifecycle Solutions
Lindsey Thompson, Delaware Community School Corporation
Nick Thompson, Wintek Business Solutions
Jake Timberlake
Dennis Trinkle, TechIndiana
Brian Trivett, Greenwood Community School Corporation
Jeff Tucker, Empower Learning
Matt Vosburgh, South Madison Community School Corporation
Allen Walker, School City of Mishawaka
Melissa Walley, School
Cameron Weisheit, Matrix Integration
Morgan West, Moss
Itza White, Five Star Technology Solutions
Matt White, Indiana Department of Education
Jason Wilburn, Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation
Nick Williams, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Jonathan Winslow, MSD of Steuben County
Nathan Withers, TowerPinkster
Jordan Wolff, Typed By Hand
Jahna Yamagishi, Zayo
Jessica Zepik, Stride, Inc
Exhibitor Session
HECC Come & Go
Speaker Session
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Friday, November 13, 2026
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
*Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
New to HECC? Navigating the Conference
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Balancing Expertise and Partnership in Technology Coaching
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Modernizing Customer Support: ServiceNow, zInsights & the Future of Customer Experience
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Beyond Compliance: Building Accessible Digital Materials and Web Content
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
From Consumers to Creators: Bringing Learning to Life with Book Creator
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Emergency Radio Communication Enhancement System [ERCES) in K-12 Schools
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Beyond Orientation: Helping New Educators and School Staff Thrive
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
What’s New in Education from Apple
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Write newsletters that people will read
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Build a Winning Team - Collaboration across the district
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Cybershorts Transformative Security Awareness and a few other tasty nuggets
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
1:1 and Device Management - Roundtable Discussion
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
No Mess, No Stress with Notion
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
From Privacy Promise to Security Proof: Protecting Student Data
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Graduation Tracking Power-Up: The New Indiana Diploma and the PS Graduation Planner
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Claude Code
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
*Mental Health Hackers "Come and Go"
9:00 AM - 3:45 PM
Network Segmentation Without Making Everyone Miserable
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Apple Engineering Roundtable
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
From Grading to Growing: Rethinking Assessment with MagicSchool & Wit & Wisdom
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Data Detectives: Unmasking Terms of Service and Student Data Privacy
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Not Every Upgrade Needs an App: A SAMR Showdown
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
So...Now What? Turning AI Conversations into District Guidance
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Why 6 GHz Is Not the Upgrade Most Networks Expect
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Plug In, Call Out: A Simple Path to Cloud Calling for K12
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AI Roundtable: Sharing Strategies, Tools, and Workflows
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Designing for Every Learner: Practical Accessibility Strategies for Digital Learning
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
From Glamour Shots to Generative AI- 40 Years Then and Now
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
KnowBe4 Usage and Insights for K-12
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Fighting AI Hallucinations: Teaching Educators about RAG
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Cybersecurity Governance That Works: Real-World Incident Response for Schools
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AI Tools for the Classroom - Roundtable Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
How Eastbrook Community Schools Equipped Parents Without Giving Up Control
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Leading Your Team in Customer Service
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Today’s Tech Trends & Troubles
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
From Pushback to Partnership: Engaging Parents in Reimaging the Future of Education
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
New Tech Directors - Roundtable Discussion
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The Vibe Coding Mixtape: Building Cool Stuff with AI, No Coding Required
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Cyberthreat Information for K-12
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
CTRL + THINK: Guiding Students Through AI Literacy and critical thinking skills
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Building Bridges with data: partnering to drive student and community success.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Purposeful Tech: Addressing the Elephant in the Room on Devices in Classrooms
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
IEP Survival Mode: PowerSchool Special Programs Tips & Tricks
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Camp EdTech: Navigating Your Route to the Tech Director's Chair
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
From Panic to Prompting: A Three-Phase Roadmap for AI Adoption
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Sustainable Digital Learning Design: Weaving Frameworks, Practice, and Platforms in Real Classrooms
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
*Lunch- Crowne Hotel- Baked Potato & Salad Bar
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
*Lunch- Union Station- Baked Potato & Salad Bar
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
*Exhibitor Hall Open
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sustaining 1:1: Practical Strategies for Long-Term Success in a Post-Federal Funding Era
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Case for AI: Bringing Text-to-Image, Text-to-Video, and Chatbots into Your Curriculum
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
State Reporting - Roundtable Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
No Cloud Required: A Step-by-Step Guide to Our District's On-Premises Phone Overhaul
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Measuring What Matters: Formative Assessment Toolbox
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Taking your SLCGP CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Environment to the Next Level
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Preparing Students for Their Future not Our Past
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
If AI Can Do the Assignment, What Were We Actually Measuring?
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Mentoring: Leadership is Not a Single-Player Game
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Strategic Planning for Internet Access Availability
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
“Ring, Ring… Why is This My Problem?” :What a School Phone System Really Includes - and What I Wish I’d Known First
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Gemini for Educators: Create and Innovate with AI-Generated Resources
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Wrangling Data Using R Programming
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Is Your School Cyber Ready? An Interactive K-12 Cyber Preparedness Game
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Herd Mentality: Creating a Culture That Lasts
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Stay in the Game: Evolving Esports Equipment Considerations for 2026-27
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
One and Done Is Not a Plan: Designing an AI Learning Pathway for Your Staff
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Cybersecurity 101 for Schools: Protecting Systems, Students, and Staff
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Virtualize your computer labs again. Seriously this time.
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
AI report/AI Indiana Landscape
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Proactively Assess Physical Threats to Your School Environment
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Canva Changed Again! The Updates Every Educator Needs to Know
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Future Ready: AI Strategies for Elementary Classrooms
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Closing Gaps & Improving Access to Digital Materials for Students
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
The Great Migration: Lessons from Moving Staff to ChromeOS
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Data Privacy/Data Retention - Roundtable Discussion
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
What’s New for IT from Apple
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Digital Evidence in Plain Sight: Using Public Information to Support Investigations
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Deploying Apple in Education
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Cybersecurity on a District Budget: What to Do First, Next, and Later
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
The AI Classroom Simulator: Training Educators for Real-World Challenges
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
AI in the K–12 Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know Now
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Click Happens: A K–12 Phishing Damage Control
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Leadership Lessons from the Severed Floor
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Beyond the AI Hype: A K-12 Leadership Guide to AI Governance, Data Protection, and Responsible Adoption
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Too Much to Do, Not Enough Time: Tech Solutions That Save Your Sanity
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Building AI Internally – Lessons Learned
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Indiana Learning Lab
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Digital Accessibility Starts with the Tools We Use
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Spice Up Your PD with Educator Voice and Choice
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Web Accessibility Guidelines - Roundtable Discussion
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
It's Not a Gotcha: Leading an Empathetic, Step-by Step Accessibility Rollout
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Adaptable AI Governance Development Research
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Zero to SQL: Custom Training Your AI for PowerSchool SQL
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Strengthening UDL with Hybrid AI
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Supporting Multilingual Learners
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Digital Tools to Support Multilingual Learners (and Everyone Else!)
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Systems Administrators - Roundtable Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
The Administrator’s AI Copilot: Leveraging NotebookLM within Google Workspace
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
From Website Visit to Enrollment: Building a Better Digital Journey for Parents
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Maintaining Privacy and Security in Cloud Computing Environments
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Thursday, November 12, 2026
*Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
*Exhibitor Hall Open
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
AI Driven Coaching
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
What the RAG! Teaching AI to Answer From Your Files, Not Its Imagination
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Rethinking Device Repair: 5 Questions Every K–12 IT Team Should Be Asking
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Digital Curriculum Development & OER
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Building Safer Schools Through Trust, Technology, and Partnership: A Former Superintendent’s Perspective
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
What’s New for IT from Apple
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Vibe Coding for teachers (no experience necessary!)
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Robotics Clubs: Building Blocks to CS
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
How Districts Are Mastering Today's Digital Safety Challenges
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Beyond the Search Bar: Librarian-Led Frameworks for AI Use in the Classroom
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Integrating Behavioral & Digital Threat Assessment for Safer Schools
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Relationships, Reflection, and Responsibility: the Student Side of AI
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
CRDC 2025-2026 Survival Guide: The 1-Hour Countdown Checklist
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
AI Cybersecurity: Policy Elements for Safe & Productive AI Use
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Day One Ready: Modernizing K-12 New Student Registration
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Disaster Recovery Plans - Roundtable Discussion
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Essential Security Within the Google Admin Console
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Screen Value, not Screen Time with Jamf
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Flexible Open Source Solutions for Your Backend Infrastructure
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
*Mental Health Hackers "Come and Go"
9:00 AM - 2:45 PM
What's New with Assessments
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Beyond Accessibility: Inclusive Learning with BenQ
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
From AI Policy to Classroom Reality: What K‑12 Tech Leaders Must Have in Place
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AI tips & ideas for Google Admins
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Teaching a Distracted Generation
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Doing More With Less: Navigating Staffing Shortages, Budget Constraints, and Rising IT Demands
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
From Planning to Practice: A Guide to Cybersecurity Incident Response
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Unlocking Innovation with Robotics
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
If AI Can Do the Assignment, What Were We Actually Measuring?
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Modernizing Campus Communications
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Cheat Code or Catalyst: Navigating the AI Gray Area
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
From Web Filtering to Student Safety: AI in Action
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Tech Leader Swim Lessons - Tips for Keeping Your Head Above Water
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AI Guidelines and Policies - Roundtable Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Dynamic Duo: How Curriculum and Technology Departments Unite for Excellence
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
The Collaborative Copilot: Building Custom AI Assistants to Multiply Staff Productivity (Without Outsourcing the Thinking)
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Apple Intelligence for Education: A New Era of Innovation
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
FERPA is the door, not a wall: Unlocking data sharing for your school team
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Beyond AI Detectors: How Typed By Hand and Richmond Community Schools Are Building Trust Through Transparent Student Work
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Good Prompts Aren't the Skill
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Beyond the PDF: Crafting Interactive Student Activities with Code with Canva
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Better Together: How ManagedMethods Helps Secure Your Google Workspace
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
How to Build Your Custom Cyber Table Top with AI
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Your Network is Already Coud-Ready. Let's Prove it!
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Top Ten Things to Know about IDOE Special Programs
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Outside the Classroom: Maximizing Learning Spaces Across Campus
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Building your security grand plan one step at a time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Data Detectives: Unmasking Terms of Service and Student Data Privacy
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The State of Zayo Education: Business Update, Industry Trends & What’s Ahead
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
One Platform, Many Solutions: How Classlink Helped Streamline Processes in Our District
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
SB78 and HB1004 Legislative Impacts - Roundtable Discussion
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Professional Learning in the Age of Less
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Back to the Future: Teacher Tools That Save Real Time
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Now That’s What I Call Efficient: Using Gemini for Spreadsheet Formulas
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Apple Lab: Identity Management
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
From AI Tool Sprawl to Instructional Impact: Unifying AI Strategy with Canvas
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
*Lunch- Union Station- Nacho & Taco Bar
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
*Lunch- Crowne Hotel- Nacho & Taco Bar
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Student Wellness in a Digital World: Designing for Belonging and Balance
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
From Panic to Prompting: A Three-Phase Roadmap for AI Adoption
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A School-Wide Approach: Empowering Instruction and PLCs with Mastery
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
GIS for schools
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Canva AI 2.0: Let's Make Something Cool!
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Data Governance - Playbook to Launch
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Inbox Under Attack: 13 Email Threats Targeting Schools (and How to Stop Them)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Gold Medal Google: The Winning Features for Teachers
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Beyond the Chatbot: Transforming K-12 Workflows with Google Canvas in Gemini
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Facilities Management and IT
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
ROI: Which cybersecurity efforts and products offer Bang for the Buck
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
True Crime: Clicks & Consequences Why Cybersecurity Matters for Every K-12 Educator
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
MFA/2FA and User Provisioning - Roundtable Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Solving EdTech Challenges: Smarter Software Strategies That Work for Modern School Districts
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
AI + Google Apps Scripts + Google Sheets = Streamlined Tasks
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The Power of Video as Professional Development
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Managing Your Projects and Mastering Your Processes
12:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Cybersecurity for Network/Systems - Roundtable Discussion
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Building a K-12 Cybersecurity Roadmap from Bronze to Platinum
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
The K-12 IT Survival Guide: Solving Your Biggest Technology Headaches
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Securing Your Classroom Doors: From Perspective to Practice
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
DEX Updates - Course Data
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
A Better Way to Keep Students On Task With Real-Time AI Filtering
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Digital Tools to Support Multilingual Learners (and Everyone Else!)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
One Playbook, Every Device: Managing the Modern Education Endpoint Mix
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Best Practices for Integrating and Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Up Your Google Sheets Game - Level 2
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Digital Citizenship in the Age of AI and Misinformation
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
All The Magic
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Students Left to Their Own Devices: How we balance learning & technology to completely reimagine education
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Track What Matters: Building Custom Early Warning and Accountability Dashboards in Data Studio
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
10 Moves to Energize Your Most Difficult Students
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
It's a Whole Vibe: Intro to Vibe Coding for K-12 Educators Using Gemini Tools
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
From the Classroom to the Command Center: How Unified Technology Protects Students and Powers Schools
1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
AI for IT/Coding - Roundtable Discussion
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Doing with DEX Data
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
When Seconds Matter: Unifying School Safety from Alert to Action
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
World's Best Prompt: Dundee Worthy AI Prompt Writing
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
AI in the K–12 Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know Now
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Apple Lab: Content Caching
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
*HECC Reception and Awards
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Friday, November 13, 2026
*Registration and Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
*Exhibitor Hall Open
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tech + Paper: Activities That Blend the Best of Both Worlds
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Reimagine Instruction with Lumio
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Deep Dive with the Investigation Tool
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Gather the Data, Hack the Planet: AI on Both Sides of the Firewall
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Budget Strategies - Roundtable Discussion
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Mission Critical Communications for K12 School Environments
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Leading the Shift: From Chalkboards to Chatbots
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
High School / Middle School Esports - The why and how to make it happen.
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Navigating Indiana's New Accountability System with GPS
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The Breakfast Club: Coffee, Community, and Conference Takeaways
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Before The Walls Go Up
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
The Breakfast Club: A Space for Every Type of Student
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Level Up: Fixing the Communication Systems Frustrating Your Families
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Campfire Coaching: Real Conversations for Instructional Growth
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
*Mental Health Hackers "Come and Go"
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Tech Coaches - Roundtable Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
The AI-Powered Google Classroom
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Automating Document Review with AI Tools
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Oversight or Overkill? Finding the Right Balance Between Student Independence, Digital Safety, and Parental Engagement
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Rebuilding Together: A Shared Services Model for District Technology
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Show Me MORE Canva Hacks!
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Speaking "Teacher:" How To Build Alliance, Avoid Resistance, and Get Buy-In
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Integrated Physical Safety & Security Solutions to Proactively Secure School Campuses
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
How to Teach AI Literacy in Any Class
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
What to do when the lights go out. A sensible approach to backup power.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
The Google Vids Parlor: Scooping Up Your First Video Project
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
AI Filtering and App Analytics: How Indiana Districts Stay Ahead
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Certificate Expiring in 47 Days? Automate I.T.
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Esports Roundtable Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Budget-Minded Software - No Developer Required: Building Better School Tools with AI
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Access for Subs, Student Teachers, etc. - Roundtable Discussion
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Refresh Smarter: How Device Lifecycle Decisions Impact Your Technology Budget
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Indiana Esports Network Onboarding
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
AI + Data with Matt Miller
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
From Glamour Shots to Generative AI- 40 Years Then and Now
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Building a Hiring Process You Can Trust
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Service on Empty: How to Handle End Users on No Good Very Bad Days
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Web Accessibility
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The AI Office: Time Hacks, Tools, Real Tips That Would Make Michael Scott Proud
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
How Your District Plugs In: Applied AI, Credentials of Value, and Paid IT Apprenticeships
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Teach Students to use Chatbots Wisely
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Navigating Indiana’s New Graduation Requirements and Work Based Learning
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
*Door Prizes
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
