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Assessment Can Be Creative

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Welcome to a Trailblazer Route!

View Route Map (PDF)

 

How This Works

Blaze a trail through the Solutions Hub Expo at the co-located ISTELive 26 and ASCD Annual 26 conference! This guided journey will take you to selected innovative exhibitors focused on STEM tools. Here's how to participate:

     1. Start at the Trailblazer Base Camp (Booth #2269) where our team will welcome you.

     2. Visit the Trailhead counters to pick up a physical map of this route -- or create your own.

     3. Collect conversation guide at the Trailhead to guide your vendor discussion.

     4. Speak with at least two vendors on your route using at least 2 of the questions provided.

     5. Return to Booth #2269 to share what you learned.

     6. Spin the prize wheel to win a premium insulated tumbler or other exciting swag.

 

Meet Your Guide 

 

Heather Hurley, Elementary Assistant Principal

My name is Heather Hurley and I've spent years in elementary education and now support teaching and learning as an assistant principal for a virtual elementary school. I love finding new ways to make learning more engaging, meaningful, and fun for both students and teachers. That's why I chose a path focused on creative assessment. I've always believed assessment shouldn't just be about checking boxes. It should give students a chance to show what they know in ways that feel authentic, empowering, and motivating. I hope you will be excited to explore tools and ideas that help bring more creativity, voice, and choice into how we measure learning.

 

View Full Route Map

Booth numbers occasionally change. For the most current booth locations, browse the interactive expo map.

 

🚏 Stop 1

Colleague AI - Booth 1650

Qball - Booth 1752

 

🚏 Stop 2

Seesaw Learning - Booth 1525

Lucid for Education - Booth 1624

Adobe - Booth 1729

 

🚏 Stop 3

Microsoft Corporation - Booth 1800

Renaissance/Nearpod - Booth 2000

 

🚏 Stop 4

Math and Movement - Booth 3003

 

🚏 Stop 5

FLUX Creativity - Booth 2941

 

🚏 Stop 6

Ozobot - Booth 2538

WeVideo - Booth 2738

 

🏁 Stop 7

Chibitronics - Booth 2452

 

Return to Booth #2269 for Swag and Refreshments!

 

These routes are created by ISTE+ASCD educators. ISTE+ASCD does not select or endorse any organizations or products on the Solutions Hub Expo floor. 

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