
Welcome IDEA Members & IDEAcon 2025 Attendees!
TeachersFirst is proud to be an IDEA partner and to present at IDEAcon 2025! Whether you're attending in person or virtually, don't miss our sessions that focus on free edtech tools and practical instructional strategies that will help you engage, support, and differentiate instruction for your students.
Looking for more learning opportunities? We've partnered with IDEA so Illinois educators can earn ISBE-approved professional development hours (PDH) for fully participating in our live OK2Ask virtual workshops and completing our self-paced professional learning units!
Edtech Coaching Reimagined with TeachersFirst
Karen Streeter & Ruth Okoye, EdD
February 17, 2024
| 10:45—11:45 AM CT
| Schaumburg H
(ENCORE) Edtech Coaching Reimagined with TeachersFirst
Karen Streeter & Ruth Okoye, EdD
February 18, 2025
| 9:30 AM—10:30 AM CT
| Epiphany (2nd Floor)
Tech Tools Smackdown: 10 Resources for Multilingual Learners
Melissa Henning
Level Up Your Lessons with TeachersFirst
Melissa Henning
AI for Differentiation
Sharon Hall
Tech Made EZ with Padlet
Barbara DeSantis
Google Keep for the Classroom
Darshell Silva

A collection of teacher-reviewed resources for classroom use and so much more!

TeachersFirst’s professional development workshops focused on edtech integration.

An educational, safe social media tool that prepares middle-level students to be responsible citizens in the digital age.

A social media-like experience where middle-level science students collaborate, connect, and think critically.
Receive updates about
free
teaching resources,
upcoming PD
opportunities,
and other K-12 offerings!