Lumio Palooza July PD 2024

We hope you had a blast at Lumio Palooza, connecting with fellow educators and celebrating innovative teaching strategies with Lumio. Thank you so much for your participation!

The festivities might be over, but the learning continues! Find all the session recordings and follow-up resources below to keep the Lumio party going in your classroom all year long.

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Session recordings

Weren't able to attend live, but still want to earn PD hours? No problem! All sessions are available at the Lumio Academy in the Lumio Palooza Learning course. Enroll in the course, watch the recordings of your choice, complete the associated short quizzes, and earn your certificates.

Day 1 sessions

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Comprehension and Vocabulary Development with Lumio
Creating Mathematicians with Lumio in the Upper Elementary Classroom
Engage to empower: Give students more to DO!!!
Everyone is SPECIAL!
Excelling in Literature Review Writing with Lumio

Presented by Dr. Inci Toral, Business Education Research and Scholarship Convenor from Birmingham, UK

Writing the literature review for a research project is always challenging. The term literature review may be misleading, yet it is one of the core concepts that needs to be nailed down before going ahead with the project. What would be better than evaluating short texts through Lumio's Shout it Out! activities to excel in this process? Intended Audience: University Students (undergraduate and postgraduate).
Gamify Learning with Handouts!

Presented by Audrey Bourgeois, Technology Integration Coach from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This session covers ways to foster collaboration and critical thinking with the use of handouts for gamification. As a former World Language teacher, I have used common games like Battleship, Guess Who, Connect 4, and more to engage learners. Built-in answer keys allow for students to reflect and self-assess. These activities could be modified to fit the needs of multiple content areas or grade levels.
Getting Started with Lumio
Interactive Math with Lumio for Secondary Educators

Presented by Michelle Conway, Professional Development Specialist from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Welcome to "Interactive Math with Lumio" – a dynamic professional development session designed for secondary educators ready to transform their math instruction. In this immersive journey, participants will discover the power of Lumio's interactive features to engage students in meaningful mathematical exploration.
Interactive Storytime with Engaging Read Alouds in Lumio
Kinderactive: Interactive ideas for Little Learners with Lumio

Presented by Devon Caldwell, Kindergarten teacher from Kenton, Manitoba

Discover engaging ways to elevate learning with Lumio! Gain inspiration for incorporating Lumio seamlessly into daily routines, enhancing literacy and numeracy instruction. Explore how to use Lumio for whole-class sessions, individual activities, and collaborative skill-building. Don't miss out on unlocking the full potential of this powerful tool!
La Matematica Mi Fa Sorridere (in Italian)

Presentato da Monica Boccoli e Simonetta Anelli, insegnanti della scuola primaria di Cremona, Italia

"Adoro fare matematica!" Sarebbe bello se tutti i nostri studenti la pensassero in questo modo. Con Lumio si può iniziare la lezione con attività per rompere il ghiaccio o consolidare quanto già imparato. Ciò permetterà di affrontare la lezione con il sorriso sulle labbra e tanto entusiasmo.
Light Up your Professional Learning sessions with Lumio
Lumio and Dual Language-Twice the Fun!

Presented by Cristina Barnett, Dual Language teacher, and Sarah Arreguin, Instructional Technology Specialist from White Settlement, Texas

Delve into the world of Dual Language teaching with Lumio. Learn how Lumio streamlines the process of creating engaging and effective lessons for bilingual classrooms, incorporating templates, graphic organizers, and games to cater to all learners. We will explore how Lumio can elevate the content and vocabulary development strategies in a Dual Language environment.
Lumio in Language Acquisition

Presented by Corinne Lyons, language arts teacher from Detroit, Michigan

In this interactive session participants will learn how to utilize Lumio in their Language Arts classroom to encourage vocabulary acquisition and deeper/higher thinking about culturally relevant text. Instructors will leave with resources to diversify their library, strategies to differentiate instruction, and increase vocabulary acquisition. This includes strategies for multilingual learners and English Language Learners.
Magnetism Exhibition with Lumio
Plan pour un travail autonome avec Lumio (in French)

Présenté par Caroline Boudreau et Mélanie Chagnon, enseignantes au primaire au Québec

Vous désirez que vos élèves puissent travailler de façon autonome dans Lumio? Rien de plus simple! Venez découvrir comment créer un plan de travail afin qu'ils puissent travailler de façon autonome. Ainsi, vous pourrez corriger différents documents simultanément sans interférer dans leur travail. Venez découvrir ce moyen efficace de garder tous vos élèves actifs!
Smart Strategies: Maximizing small groups with Lumio
Student Success Under Construction
Using Lumio in Trauma-Informed Education Practice

Presented by Benjamin Pisani, Curriculum Coordinator from Melbourne, Australia

Working in a trauma-informed environment with students who struggle to engage in learning provides quite a few challenges, some of which include getting students to connect to the learning and to share their voice. Using Lumio, we have been able to connect students to their learning, provide agency where they can share their voice and ideas, connect to the learning, and reinforce the ideas being presented. Lumio helps these students to create pathways for a bright and positive future.

Day 2 sessions

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Building Blocks of Literacy: Phonemic Awareness for K-2 Students

Presented by Michelle Grinberg, Professional Development Specialist from Phoenix, Arizona

In this engaging session, participants will explore strategies, activities, and resources tailored to foster phonemic awareness in young learners. From playful phonics games to interactive exercises, educators will discover how Lumio transforms learning into an immersive adventure that lays the foundation for strong literacy skills.
Digital learning with Lumio: Giving Special Education the boost we needed!

Presented by Angelica Huskin, special education teacher from Troy, Michigan

Explore how Lumio has multiplied students' level of engagement during core content instruction in a center-based, self-contained special education middle school classroom. Lumio has been a game changer for differentiating instruction for students quickly and effectively. Explore examples of how "non-writers" are able to engage with the content by choosing from a variety of picture choices. Lumio helps to cut down on planning and prep time, leaving more time to focus on instruction and making lessons more fun and engaging.
Engaging Students in History with Lumio
Formative assessment using Lumio in the secondary classroom
Getting Started with Lumio
Illuminate your Staff Development: Empowerment through Lumio

Presented by Leigh Arnold, Dan Shinneman, and Noel Elvir, Technology Program Specialists from Palm Beach County, Florida

In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, continuous learning and development are essential for staying ahead. Traditional methods of professional development often lack engagement and fail to provide hands-on experiences. To address this gap, we propose the integration of Lumio into your faculty meetings, professional development, and PLCs. We will model how to utilize Lumio’s collaborative and gamification tools to engage staff in professional development and meetings. Educators will be given the opportunity to collaborate with others in identifying ways to utilize Lumio’s features in their next professional meeting.
Illuminating Learning: Empower all learners with Lumio!
Infinite Cloner - My New Best Friend
Lumio Collaborative Workshop
Lumio en Français pour lire et compter (in French)
Ramp up your reviews with Lumio games!

Presented by Jessica Bourdette, Instructional Technology Integration Coach from Morris County, New Jersey

In this interactive session, explore how to ramp up your content reviews and focus on the gamification of content using the features of Lumio. Regardless of content or age level, participants will learn creative strategies for transforming reviews into exciting games, fostering deeper understanding, motivation, and retention both during the unit and before a summative assessment. We will look at how to launch these review activities in a variety of structures including: student self-paced, whole class instruction, and small group learning centers using the synchronous and asynchronous features of Lumio.
Skating through Science: Constructing explanations with Lumio and PhET science simulations

Presented by Chani Barton, Technology Program Specialist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Join us for an engaging and interactive workshop where we delve into the exciting realm of science through the innovative combination of Lumio and PhET Science Simulations. In this workshop, participants will discover dynamic ways to enhance their science curriculum and empower their students to plan investigations, carry out investigations, and construct meaningful explanations.
Stealth Lumio Professional Learning
Teaching English to kids with Lumio
Transforming students into creators with Lumio
Unleash the Learning Adventure with a Choice Board!

Presented by Maarit Rainio, foreign language teachers from Turku, Finland

Are you ready to turbocharge your students’ learning experience and dive into a world of endless possibilities? Introducing the ultimate tool to skyrocket the learning journey: the Color-Coded Flip Card Choice Board - the passport to an adventure through knowledge like never before. Choice Boards are perfect for differentiated instruction; a way to supply any class with multiple ways to learn, and to expose students to a variety of strategies that address many learners’ needs, interests, and learning styles.
Unleashing the power of effective Classroom Management

Presented by Robin Krupansky, Instructional Technology Integrator from Virginia Beach, Virginia

Join us as we reveal the secrets to transforming your classroom from chaos to calm. Discover time-tested, research-based strategies and techniques that have been proven to enhance student focus, drastically reduce problem behavior, and increase valuable instruction time (that you can use on Monday). Together, we'll unlock the keys to reclaiming instructional time, enhancing student learning, and setting the stage for academic growth.
WyGRYwaj z Lumio! (in Polish)