March 13, 2025Featured Speaker15 Strategies for Gathering High-Quality Formative Assessment DataKySTE Spring Conference, Louisville, KY

Monica Burns, the educator and edtech consultant behind ClassTechTips, presents multiple featured sessions at the KySTE (Kentucky Society for Technology in Education) Spring Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Known for her ability to make technology integration practical and accessible for busy classroom teachers, Monica delivers sessions spanning formative assessment, AI in education, and digital creativity — including '15 Strategies for Gathering High-Quality Formative Assessment Data,' '20 Ways Busy Educators Can Use Chatbots to Save Time,' and 'AI and the Future of Classroom Creativity.' Monica Burns has built a national reputation as one of education's most trusted voices on technology integration, with her ClassTechTips platform reaching hundreds of thousands of educators through books, speaking engagements, and online resources. What makes her sessions particularly valuable is her focus on practical, immediately actionable strategies rather than abstract technology hype. Her formative assessment session equips teachers with concrete techniques for gathering meaningful data about student learning using both digital and non-digital tools. Her AI sessions address the questions teachers are actually asking: how to use chatbots responsibly to save time on planning and administrative tasks, and how generative AI tools can enhance rather than replace student creativity. For Kentucky educators attending KySTE, Monica's sessions offer a concentrated opportunity to engage with one of the field's most practical and engaging technology voices.