MACE 2026
Montana educational technology conference with 110+ sessions on AI, digital literacy, STEM, coding, and classroom technology.
Sessions (84)
Conference Registration & Breakfast
“How’s School Going?” - Change Conversations, Change Lives!
A Bot & A Hard Place: Writing Instruction & AI
Creating Impactful, Interactive Environments through Trusted Technology Partnerships
CyberDefense Playbook: Secure Google & Microsoft with Limited Resources
Engaging Students In and Out of the Classroom
Integrating Creativity in the Classroom
Teacher Efficiencies in the Classroom with Skyward
The Impact of Instructional Audio & Real-Time AI Translation
Vendor Exhibit Booths
KEYNOTE- Level Up Every Learning with AI
AI and Adolescents: Building Human Skills for a Tech-Enhanced World (REPEAT)
AI in the Classroom: Visibility, Safety, and Real-World Student Use
AI is Here to Stay: Managing AI in the Classroom (REPEAT)
AI: Your Assistant, Not Your Autopilot
Beyond Print Texts: Using AI to Build Multimodal Literacy Experiences
Digital Health and Safety Program for K-12 Educators and Communities
Future-Proof Your Classrooms: Ignite Active Learning for District-Wide Impact
KEYNOTE BREAKOUT- AI Games, Interviews and Activities for Student Learning
Pear Start - A Teacher Focused AI Tool
Showcasing Student Success: Using Blogging and Web Design to Share Learning (REPEAT)
Teachers as Private Investigators: Eliciting Evidence of Learning (REPEAT)
The Right Moves for Digital Literacy: Teaching Students to Think, Search, and Create Critically (REPEAT)
Using Drones to Add Engagement to Your STEM Curriculum (REPEAT)
AI for Classroom Behaviors: Tools to Support Regulation, Routines, and Relationships
Animating Imagination: Stop Motion for Every Subject (REPEAT)
Building AI Study Partners and Teaching Assistant Agents: Creating Safe, Practical Tools with ChatGPT and Brisk
Building the Foundation of Literacy
Create, Design & Tell: Digital Tools for All
From Broken to Back in Class: Building a Smart Chromebook & Windows Repair Process
Google Arts and Culture Bring the World into Your Classroom (REPEAT)
Guiding Students in the Ethical Use of AI through Recording and Reflecting on its Use (REPEAT)
KEYNOTE BREAKOUT- Your AI Treasure Chest: Creating & Sharing Gemini Gems
Level Up with ClassLink!
Shake & Bake Your Own Web Content (REPEAT)
Stump the AV Guys: Classroom Tech Edition
The Passion Effect: Engaging Activities for Thriving School Culture (REPEAT)
A Different Look: Engage & Excite Students in the Classroom (REPEAT)
Big Learning with Little Books: Book Creator in the Primary Classroom
Empowering All Learners
Energy is Electrifying through STEM! (REPEAT)
From Swag to Strategy: Using Your MACE Swag to Drive Engagement (REPEAT)
Genially Creations and Games in the Classroom with AI (REPEAT)
Go Guardian Hall Pass
Lights, Camera, Learning: Making the Right Moves with Student Video Projects (REPEAT)
Sunderland Foundation Innovation Lab Tour at Hale Library
Tell me What You Want: Spicing Up Your Classroom with AI Image Generators
Unlocking Engagement with SchoolAI
Unlocking Learning Insights with Kite® Mini Tests: New Tools, New Features, and Next- Level Reporting
Work Smarter with AI: A Beginner’s Guide to Befriending AI
5 Star Classroom: Picking The Right STEAM/STEM Tech (REPEAT)
Accessibility Through Design: Using Digital Tools to Support Structure, Executive Function, and Independence
AI in Action: Tools, Tasks, and Teamwork
AI Safety, Governance, and District Control: Building the AI Operating System for Schools
Connect with Apple
Device Optional Integration (REPEAT)
Enhancing Cybersecurity: Proactive & Reactive Strategies for Optimal Protection
High Tech, Low Tech and No Tech Ways for Formative Assessment (REPEAT)
KNOW Cap: Digital Hacks to Build Background Knowledge in Any Content Area
Personalized Intervention Through IXL: Using Data-Driven Practice to Close Learning Gaps (REPEAT)
So You Want To Create a Presentation . . .
Tech Tales (REPEAT)
Social Hour- Sponsored by ClassLink
Beyond the Red Pen: Leveraging AI Tools for Instant, Personalized Writing Coaching
Build It, Click It, Learn It: STEM and Tech in Harmony
Designing Smarter Lessons in Canva: From Graphics to Code in the Modern Classroom (REPEAT)
Don't Roll The Dice With Your Student's Privacy
Human Insight + AI Amplification: Rethinking Purposes, Strategies, and Assessments in K-12 Classrooms
Let's Go KANSAS!!! - Learn from Districts in Kansas on How They've Deployed, Maintained, and Accelerated Learning Using Apple Technology
ROLL Into Smooth Classroom Managment
Between the Flames: Launching a Student-Led Podcast to Amplify Student Voice
Join the MACE Board Q&A
Librarian Round Table
Partner or Problem? Guiding Student Writers in the Age of AI
Smarter Meeting Scheduling: Building a Self-Service Scheduling System for K-12 Environments (REPEAT)
Snorkl: Use Snorkl to Maximize in the Moment Student Feedback
AI and the Special Educator: How AI is Shaping Special Education Practice
AI for Every Learner: Engaging Diverse Students in the Chemistry Classroom
Beyond the Marker: Dynamic Whiteboard Strategies for Active Learning
Rolling with the Robots: A Librarian Roundtable on AI
The Engagement Trifecta
Get SWANKy: Using SWANK Streaming Media to Add Film to the Learning Environment
Google Looker Studio: Personalized Data Dashboards
Level Up Learning: Introducing Computer Science Through Retro Video Games