Opportunity to pick up your conference badge. Please have your confirmation bar code available via your mobile device or printed copy. The confirmation email is from confirm@cue.org . Subject line: CUE Purchase & Payment Confirmation
Thursday October 23, 2014 5:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
1st Floor hallwayAdministration Building
Pick up your conference materials, academy tickets, and badge. Please have your confirmation bar code available via your mobile device or printed copy. The confirmation email is from confirm@cue.org . Subject line: CUE Purchase & Payment Confirmation
Friday October 24, 2014 7:45am - 4:00pm PDT
1st Floor hallwayAdministration Building
This academy will harness your collaboration and creation power by building strong foundational skills of how the Chrome web browser and Chromebook connect to create limitless possibilities. 3 hours on your own fun projects to help instruction. Wrapped around PBL. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Presenter Resources
This academy will show you how to make the most of your iPad. The iPad changes the way teachers and students create, learn, share. A major focus will be on applications that can be used in the classroom to engage and ignite student learning and creativity. We will help you find some of the best educational Apps available, including Apps for creating content and media! be ready to take your teaching and learning to another level. Participants need to bring their own iPad or iPad mini, updated to the latest iOS. Presenter Resources
Brought to you by CUE, the producers of the Google Teacher Academy, the nationally acclaimed Google Workshop for Educators (GWE) introduces participants to innovative ways Google tools can be used in education. A full day of fast-paced presentations and hands-on activities includes experience with advanced search techniques, collaborative web-based applications, and inspirational instructional strategies. Google Certified Teachers share ways they've implemented tools such as Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Sites, and... even more. Participants who complete the event are given access to the Google Workshops for Educators Network, an online community focused on supporting educators as they learn more about the power of Google to drive student learning. This workshop is for beginners/intermediate users. CUE is an official Google Professional Development partner. Participants need to bring their own laptop Presenter Resources
Come explore the exciting world of 3D printing across the curriculum. Participants will learn why this is an important topic, and how to choose software and the printers for their classrooms. Presenter Resources
Integrating academic studies and real world applications in media and art. This presentation includes CSU Stanislaus Great Valley Writing Project Teacher Consultant and an award winning animator, illustrator, and novelist. Presenter Resources
Technology is part of the experience and when integrated into learning, marvelous changes occur! Discover 50 easy to use web tools to create an authentic learning environment for students. Presenter Resources
Forty-six percent of students enter kindergarten at-risk of failure, with a two-year achievement gap. Napa County has a program that is reducing the gap before kindergarten. Presenter Resources
K-12 digital literacy & citizenship curriculum, digital media reviews, best apps for learning, advice videos, and family education all FREE! Common Sense Media - your one-stop destination for digital education, advice, and support for making good online and media choices. Presenter Resources
Learn how Downtown College Prep has leveraged classroom observations, instructional leadership, and technology to differentiate professional development and ensure a great teacher for every classroom. Presenter Resources
Unleash curiosity in the classroom and teachers can step back and let students drive their learning. But how? Come to this discussion-based session and help let’s figure it out together! Presenter Resources
Learn how to bring diverse voices into the classroom, intriguing students through the stories of individuals both contemporary and historical. Then encourage authentic student engagement through creative multimedia projects. Presenter Resources
This practical session goes beyond giving you a shopping list for great apps; we discuss how and why you’d want to use them! Come, power up your creativity and efficiency! Presenter Resources
Learn to design your classroom for self-directed 21st century learners. Simple tweaks to dramatically improve the flow of learning in your school and classroom. Presenter Resources
The Common Core Standards focus heavily on non-fiction text and student publishing. Try out two tools that assist with learning in these areas. Curriculet provides teachers with a tool to annotate and analyze student reading. Zaption provides both teachers and students with a tool for publishing interactive videos. Bring your laptop or Chromebook, and join this session to claim your free accounts and set up learning activities with both tools. Presenter Resources
Chief Technology Officer, Stanislaus County Office of Education
Burt Lo has been a middle school teacher, district instructional technology director, and a county office professional development coordinator. Currently, he is the Chief Technology Officer in the Technology & Learning Resources Division with the Stanislaus County Office of Educa... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
C208/209Building C
Are your ELL students ready for the CCSS & assessments? Explore a set of key principles & the various digital resources to support ELLs in meeting the Common Core State Standards. Presenter Resources
LEGO is no longer just plastic bricks. Our intelligent robots have motors and many sensors - sound, light, ultrasonic, touch and much more! Use these robots to get kids more involved - our programs include full lesson plans and teacher resources. Presenter Resources
Connected learning for educators is increasing rapidly. Join Kristen to explore research from 1,000s of schools on impact of Twitter chats, Edcamps, and more! Presenter Resources
Leveraging technology: We will consider the students’ perspective and how to serve them best, followed by the administrator's perspective on how to organize the district and schools for student success. Presenter Resources
Project Based Learning is a great way to integrate multiple subjects to teach CCSS in an engaging way with real-world application. Learn about some simple ways to get extraordinary results. Presenter Resources
Teachers will learn about resources available to prepare students to become sophisticated, responsible users of technology, including programs in digital citizenship and STEM-foundational math. Presenter Resources
Come and join us for a great round of the Amazing Race. While enjoying the game learn how to use Google Maps and Google Search to create a rich and interactive learning opportunity for your students. Come for the game. Stay for the learning possibilities.
Learn how a district developed their 1:1 program and went all-in with a Common Core Curriculum in just 2 years, with virtually no money. Presenter Resources
Are you planning to deploy 1:1 devices soon? Come and see an Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified teacher share their favorite platforms aspects in a lively, loud and hilarious #edufight format. The audience will be encouraged to cheer, her and yell as the presenters battle out the best device! Presenter Resources
Bring your iPad to discover and explore Notability, iMovie, and Book Creator! Understand the SAMR model and how it can act as a guide to successful technology integration. Real life examples to support teacher learning and relieve the stress of "how do I get started?" Presenter Resources
More than ever before, your constituents are accessing important information from their smartphones and tablets. Join Finalsite Educational Sales Consultant Jesse Roberts to learn how you can gear your school or district towards the future with a mobile web strategy. See how schools and districts like yours have implemented responsive designs and mobile-friendly sites, and then take a look at Google Analytics to see the impact a mobile site can have on your website traffic. Presenter Resources
Leverage the amazing power of Twitter by discussing how to harness it’s limitless opportunities across the hall and around the world. With Twitter, YOU will be the hero of your campus/district. Presenter Resources
Science Teacher/EdTech Instigator, Notre Dame High School
Rebecca has been teaching high school science for the past 23 years. She is passionate about educating young minds and sharing with her students the impact that science has on our daily lives. She is also the EdTech Instigator/Lead Learner for Notre Dame High School. 2013 MEd Media... Read More →
Using Google Forms: allow participants to select an option from a list, automatically drop that item from the list once selected, and send an auto-email response to the participant. Presenter Resources
John’s first edu-gig was volunteering to direct a high school play. Little did he know that 15 years later he would have been a teacher, a department chair, a vice principal and eventually the proud principal of that same school. During his teaching tenure, he wrote grants to launch... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
D320Building D
Classroom blogging promotes conversation and collaboration at your school and around the world. Publish student writing and promote literacy across the content areas. Teachers and administrators can be bloggers, too! This is a double session. This session ends at 11:15 am.
Learn the Ways of the Forms in this one hour introductory session. You will learn to create Google Forms to use for quizzes, surveys, rubrics, and collecting assignments. Learn how to insert images and videos, and get a little geeky with data validation. (Best on a laptop). This is a double session. This session end at 11:15 am. Presenter Resources
Although classrooms are labeled by grade, we know that the range of abilities varies in each classroom by a wide span. Come and learn how to differentiate a lot with a little bit of effort to meet all students’ needs- advanced, on-level and strugglers. Presenter Resources
How can I encourage deeper learning, PBL, student engagement and develop students' essential skills? This driving question inspired our teachers to develop learnovationlab.org to share their learning with you. Presenter Resources
CK-12 is the OER for quality, free common core aligned online courses and curriculum concepts. Complete courses you can use, copy, edit and adapt. Get an overview of the CK-12 OER system, learn how to search for and find courses and specific, copy and edit courses and concepts, and even author your own courses and concepts. Quality AND free... CK-12! Presenter Resources
Let’s create multimedia text sets to provide students with multiple perspectives on a topic. Learn how to use YouTube to search for and organize videos while utilizing GAFE to scaffold student thinking and create performance tasks to assess student learning...all while working towards Common Core standards! Presenter Resources
Everyday, my third graders document their experiences with a point-and-shoot digital camera. Please join me for a hands-on tutorial on how to use a classroom camera and share student photography. Presenter Resources
Engage your students with QR coded activities. With the iPad or their smartphone, your students can quickly access media, presentations, or text files files. See examples of how QR codes can be used to differentiate instructions, prepare practices or reviews activities, share projects or even make e-portfolio. Learn how you or your students can store files in the Cloud and generate QR codes. Presenter Resources
Engage students and make content more meaningful. We will use various websites, Google apps and chrome apps. Will provide tools for mac users, pc users, ipads and chromebooks! Presenter Resources
Throughout this session we will explore the Microsoft Educators Network. The Microsoft Network offers many FREE tools to increase student engagement and teacher productivity that can be used Monday Morning. Presenter Resources
Teachers can use Google forms as great formative assessment tools: embed videos and images to assist with instruction then make the assessment adaptive based on the answers a student selects! This is Google at its best! Presenter Resources
John’s first edu-gig was volunteering to direct a high school play. Little did he know that 15 years later he would have been a teacher, a department chair, a vice principal and eventually the proud principal of that same school. During his teaching tenure, he wrote grants to launch... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
D320Building D
Using technology and video lessons to increase student engagement, meet CCSS, and close the math knowledge gap so all students achieve success in math, while increasing motivation and confidence. Presenter Resources
Mobile Technology has greatly impacted education today. Come learn the nuts and bolts process Coachella Valley Unified School District used to implement a district wide 1:1 Mobile Learning Initiative. Presenter Resources
Blended learning, when implemented effectively, transforms your one-to-one initiative into more efficient teaching and engaged learning. A panel of blended learning experts will discuss implementation, tools, and student achievement.
Barbara Bray is a creative learning strategist who has been on a journey to transform teaching and learning for over 30 years. Her story goes down multiple paths that helped her find what she is passionate about and been fighting for. Through her work as a teacher, adjunct professor... Read More →
PS-12 Director of Learning, Innovation & Design, The Harker School
Lead Learner, Google for Education Certified Innovator and Trainer, FableVision Ambassador, 2015 ACSA State Technology Leader of the Year, Leading Edge Certified in all the things, dog-mom, toddler-mom and lover of all things honest and nerdy.
We'll examine the emerging technology leader's role (site, district, etc.) and how, through technology planning, tools and resources, they can be a more effective Technology Leader. Presenter Resources
Attendees will learn to use the iPad for crafting science digital stories with popular video-editing apps while promoting science writing and visual literacy skills. Samples, live demonstration and resources provided. Presenter Resources
MaxCases is sponsoring the amazing Kathi Felder (Kings COE and Google Certified Teacher) and Jon Corippo (Mariposa COE and CUE Rock Star Chief Instigator) for a rollicking overview of the hottest gear, free apps and teaching trends in education RIGHT NOW! This session fills up fast. Presenter Resources
Come see how to use PowToons, a free and animated presentation tool, in all core subjects. Experience sample PowToons and gain the tools to use PowToons in your classroom tomorrow. Presenter Resources
Go beyond pinning photos to true collaboration and expand your teaching repertoire. Participants will leave this session knowing how to curate information and how to collaborate with others via Pinterest. Presenter Resources
Johnna Early, National Academic Advisor from Renaissance Learning and former educator, explores practice and assessment protocols in a 3 tier RTI framework to increase achievement levels in High School Mathematics. It's not just worksheets anymore.
You’re on the agenda for the next faculty PD, and you want them to adopt a new tool/strategy. How do you get them hooked? Embed authentic use in worthy content! Presenter Resources
Learn how a 4th/5th grade teacher transformed her traditional Reading-Writing Workshop model into a tech-embedded experience, aligning Common Core and redefining learning. Presenter Resources
4ht/5th Grade Teacher, Poway Unified School District
I've been a general education teacher for over twenty-five years, predominately down "south" in Poway Unified. I've taught all grades except kinder at an elementary school, currently 4th/5th multi-age. I'm passionate about helping kids become readers and recently about how... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
C201/202Building C
Should you build or should you buy? In this sessions, participants will determine the process, identify resources, and evaluate whether to build or buy online courseware. Presenter Resources
To help boost student motivation and build strong writers, we’ve introduced LEGO Education StoryStarter, built on Common Core and state standards. StoryStarter is a unique LEGO set combined with curriculum and software designed specifically to teach students the basic mechanics of a well-composed story, and offers students a foundation to build and share their own story using LEGO bricks as their toolbox. Presenter Resources
Two students will show how they use Google Apps for Education in a student-centered way. They will focus on beginners using Google Docs, Forms, and Slides. Presenter Resources
Come for an energetic and entertaining #PDparty that will cover the best of everything Google. Only what you need and nothing you don't. YouTube, Google Sites, Forms, Scripts, Docs, tips tricks, jokes, funny stuff, amazing stuff and more!!! Presenter Resources
Risk-taking. Supporting. Connecting. Modeling. These are things we strive to provide for our staffs. But how? Let us empower you to take risks as we share examples from our sites. Presenter Resources
If your campus has recently adopted GAFE or is thinking about it, then this is the session for you. We will discuss and play with the primary functions of GAFE. You won't believe how the functionality of Google will streamline your workflow, and increase collaboration at your site/district on all levels: S/S, S/T, T/T. Join us for an information packed hour guaranteed to have you excited about GAFE. Presenter Resources
Discover how a few core learning strategies will transform your classroom into a 21st Century learning environment infused with Common Core skills and the use of technology. Presenter Resources
TouchCast is a next-generation video creation iPad app that lets you and your students insert fully interactive elements like webpages, maps, and images into your video. Come experience it in action! Presenter Resources
Using free augmented reality apps, any smart device can unlock kid-created multimedia to enrich student presentations. Our quick & easy method will guarantee big rewards at your next school event! Presenter Resources
Participants will apply strategies across the curriculum including Fluency, Word Study, Vocabulary, Listening and Speaking, Writing, Science, and Social Studies Connections. Presenter Resources
Come learn how TechSmith Fuse can bring real-world content into your classroom on any mobile device! We'll show you how to use Fuse with TechSmith Snagit, Camtasia, and Relay to create personalized video content. Each attendee will receive a FREE license of Snagit to take home! Presenter Resources
This presentation explains a 'Maker' environment and how I created one in my Library. You can challenge your students to engage in projects incorporating design, creation and innovation. Presenter Resources
Strategies for teaching reading through digital media to primary students highlighted. Free and inexpensive resources introduced. Techniques for teaching students to understand digital content shared. Presenter Resources
An update on legislation and strategies supporting statewide, regional, and local funding related to technology in education to include leveraging Common Core support funding and plans for implementing the Blueprint for Educational Technology. Presenter Resources
Schoology is a CODiE-award-winning learning management solution focused on collaboration, communication and instruction. Schoology’s user friendly solution is designed for PreK-12 for teaching and learning, professional development, collaboration/sharing of resources and more. Presenter Resources
Learn and steal ideas from a fast-paced demo of 30 Google tools that have revolutionized student learning, parent communication, and staff collaboration in our first year as a Google school. Presenter Resources
Watch your Next Gen science and Common Core math lessons come alive with simulations! Come experiment with ecosystems, density, gravity, fractions, functions, and more. Simulate them! Presenter Resources
We focus on the factors that enable ALL school leaders (administrators, official teacher leaders and non official teacher leaders) to spread their good ideas to support student learning and engagement and healthy school cultures. Presenter Resources
Innovation Day is designed for students to pursue their own interests and creative endeavors outside of the confines of a traditional classroom setting. Presenter Resources
This session will introduce the resources necessary for non computer science teachers to introduce their students to the fundamentals of Computer Science and Coding.
Innovative Computing Experience is a unique program that goes beyond the instruction of computer science and coding by placing an emphasis on Computational Thinking, Design Thinking, and Leadership and Development modules. This STEM program is designed to introduce the key concepts of Computer Science and Coding across the curriculum. Participants in this course will be introduced to the resources necessary to launch a meaningful “Hour of Code” event at their school and begin the discussion of how to introduce computer science and coding to their students. Innovative Computing Experience is a project based program which relies on a variety of puzzles, challenges, collaborative projects, and several computer programming languages to engage students from grades 1-12 in the world of computer science. The vision of this approach is to help inspire and develop the innovators and creators of the next generation.
Many schools are seeking new ways to integrate technology in the classroom. From tablets and smart boards to virtual desktops, discover how to integrate new technology in the classroom. Presenter Resources
In this interactive session, you will learn how to start making learning personal for your learners. Listen to Wow moments, share your own, and create learner-centered environments using methods, tools, and materials to encourage voice and choice. Presenter Resources
Barbara Bray is a creative learning strategist who has been on a journey to transform teaching and learning for over 30 years. Her story goes down multiple paths that helped her find what she is passionate about and been fighting for. Through her work as a teacher, adjunct professor... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 12:15pm - 1:15pm PDT
C201/202Building C
Join us! Supplement and enhance the Next Gen Science and Common Core Math curriculums with powerful interactive visualizations where students manipulate variables and engage in true inquiry-based instruction. Presenter Resources
Explore the student created textbook! Participants will receive an overview emphasizing common core and pedagogical processes, and the tools and techniques students use to create their textbooks. Presenter Resources
We have a moral and ethical obligation to teach students who to use social media professionally. We can not only teach them what not to do (negative digital footprint), but also the positive ways to enhance one's resume and professional opportunities. Presenter Resources
Come, BYOD, and join forward-looking schools shifting into CCSS. Experience how motivation and assessment emerge organically from project-based learning. Get resources, tutorials, and projects to share with your instructional leaders! Presenter Resources
Teaching math in the elementary classroom is enhanced with the use of blended learning. Attend this session to learn strategies and tools that will correlate with common core math standards. Presenter Resources
Less than a year ago, Google introduced Classroom to its Educational Apps. See what the buzz is about. Learn how this simple tool can improve your classroom workflow.
This session is for those comfortable in using Google Add-Ons and wanting to learn how to adapt personally hand-picked add-ons for writing instruction and feedback. In line with CCSS.ELA-L.W.11-12.4-6, Write On with Add-Ons addresses the use of technology to provide feedback to produce clear and coherent writing and to develop and strengthen writing. Presenter Resources
Participants will learn how to leverage YouTube tools in their classes. Including how to make playlists, editing videos, create channels, and more. Presenter Resources
How might we design better schools? The design thinking process can help us to work toward answers to this question by focusing on the people whom the problems affect. This is a double session. This session ends at 2:30 pm. Presenter Resources
Reading doesn’t have to be low-tech! Learn how to cultivate students’ love of reading with strategies and activities that get students excitedly reading, talking about, and recommending books using a variety of activities and free Web 2.0 tools. This is a double session. This session ends at 2:30 pm. Presenter Resources
Get out of your office! GAFE and other free tools can improve your workflow around communication and collaboration to get you out among your students and staff. Tell the story of your school/district using platforms that your stakeholders are already tied into and build your PLN using Twitter to continue your growth as a educational leader. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Presenter Resources
You've heard about Minecraft, now come see what it is and try your hand at playing the game. We will look at how MinecraftEDU bolsters learner engagement and can be used as a platform for many learning activities. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Participation will include a Minecraft license. Presenter Resources
This session will just show you how to make the switch from PowerPoint to Slides and demonstrate all the Tips and Tricks plus Do’s and Don’ts for great presentations. Presenter Resources
Attendees will review a template of common and effective practices and tools used in Common Core/Project Based lesson. Attendees will also choose from a list a tech tools and practices that will be integrated into existing lessons to meet Common Core alignment.
Are you looking for a solution to your Google Drive with a shared folder for student work? Bring your Google Account and experience how Google Classroom can help you distribute, collect, and organize work in a Google Apps learning environment. Presenter Resources
Chief Technology Officer, Stanislaus County Office of Education
Burt Lo has been a middle school teacher, district instructional technology director, and a county office professional development coordinator. Currently, he is the Chief Technology Officer in the Technology & Learning Resources Division with the Stanislaus County Office of Educa... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
D201/202Building D
Come animate a story, create a brochure and write computer code, all connected to the Common Core. The presentation will cover 3 years of experience in creating digital literacy products. Presenter Resources
Schoology is a CODiE-award-winning learning management solution focused on collaboration, communication and instruction. Schoology’s user friendly solution is designed for PreK-12 for teaching and learning, professional development, collaboration/sharing of resources and more. Presenter Resources
21st century learners expect and need a highly engaging and personalized learning experience. Students of today’s classroom are not empowered by the mere consumption of content, but rather through the rich experiences of exploration, critical thinking, and evaluation. Learn how to empower 21st century learners through personalized learning paths and adaptive technology so that you can embark in the global learning transformation of today. Presenter Resources
An Educational Technology Department is essential for any technology rollout. Learn how CVUSD created an Educational Technology Department to facilitate deployment and provide PD to prepare staff for Common Core. Presenter Resources
Trying to align Common Core standards and technology? We will introduce FREE online resources from a variety of well-respected sources. We will include online and offline activities that will support student learning. Presenter Resources
Create student technology leaders! Genius Bar is a student-run technology leadership organization where students help their peers and teachers with technology needs. Students are paired with a staff buddy and support their teacher/administrator in implementing technology in the classroom and throughout the school. Presenter Resources
If you’re looking to provide a safe, collaborative digital space for your students, then this session will offer you the first steps to make that happen. We’ll explore how Sites, Calendar, Drive, and YouTube are your first stops on this journey. But we won’t stop there! I’ll share some of my “tried-and-true” favorite web tools fit for students of all ages. Enjoy a hands on, practical learning session! *Google account required.* Presenter Resources
Learn how to use Google Apps for Education to create and share cross-curricular, media-rich projects to promote creativity,collaboration, and high-order thinking skills to meet the Common Core Standards. Presenter Resources
Hapara makes tools for Google Apps using educators that turn ongoing formative assessment into a habit. Teacher Dashboard organizes the Google Apps environment by class, by application, and then by student. Educators see dashboards of activity in Drive, Gmail, Sites, Blogger, even Google Plus. Hapara Interact provides educators real-time views of student browser activity in Chrome on any machine. Presenter Resources
Participants will learn the basics of getting started with using Android tablets in the classroom. Hear how an experienced teacher piloted a 1:1 tablet program and successfully guided students to mastery with the devices, navigated apps, and created an engaging learning environment. Presenter Resources
Go beyond the typical English classroom and enhance your curriculum with the use of technology! Have students pull the content in with an array of websites, games, performance based projects, and more. Get students engaged, thinking, and interacting. Presenter Resources
The California Ed Tech K-12 Voucher Program has been extended. Check this link: bit.ly/CAVoucher. If your district is listed, come to this session to find out how to claim your share.
Google's Tour Builder for creating place-based storiesin any curricular area is easy enough for elementary students and sophisiticated enough for high school projects. * not ready for mobile devices or chromebooks. Presenter Resources
Shmoop.com provides rigorous-yet-relatable online Test Prep, Common Core-Aligned Courses, and Learning Guides. Speakers will discuss how schools and districts across the nation have jumped from low-achieving to college-bound with Shmoop, with SAT, ACT, CAHSEE, and AP scores improving above the national average. Presenter Resources
If you have struggling readers in your classroom, is there fluency (rate, accuracy, and expression) holding them back? Come and experience Read Live in this hands-on session and see how teacher modeling, repeated reading and progress monitoring will impact their reading ability! Presenter Resources
In this interactive session, participants will learn practical strategies on how to maximize student learning during the first and last five minutes of class in a 1:1 classroom. Presenter Resources
The two presenters are everyday classroom teachers who will wrap 10 concepts into 1 everyday classroom: CCSS, Google Docs, Flipped Learning, iPads, Apps, RTI, PBIS, Screencasting, Marzano and STEM. Attendees will leave with resources packaged for a new, improved and practical-for-the-classroom “I Can Do It All Attitude!” for HOLISTIC CHANGE! Presenter Resources
Participants will learn about four technology-based interventions for students ranging from PreK-Grade 12. Each program is self-paced, available online 24/7 from multiple devices, and offers fun instruction and practice to keep students engaged and motivated! Presenter Resources
Explore a variety of web tools that your students can use to spur inquiry and ways to share ideas and questions they might have as they engage in informative writing. Presenter Resources
Your classroom will change when you simply add a little screencasting. Join Ali on the journey to discover how just how screencasts can. Bring an iPad and a computer. Presenter Resources
Come and find out all the cool ways you can use YouTube in the Classroom. You’ll be amazed at all the hidden gems that YouTube has to offer, both for the teacher and the student. Sure, YouTube has 100 hours of video uploaded every minute but there is so much more to YouTube than watching videos. Let us show you how YouTube can be a valuable creative tool in your classroom. Presenter Resources
Discover ways to enhance your CCSS curriculum with YouTube. Experience inquiry-based learning through powerful videos, exploring and applying higher DOK levels. Flipped tutorials for creating YouTube Channels will be shared.
If you are already leading your peers with technology integration or looking to put technology leadership into place at your site, this session will offer structure and steps that will make the change smooth(er). Start growing your technology coaching environment today. Presenter Resources
Students explore topics that have piqued their curiosity. After researching information, they produce unique projects from the two on-line apps: Glogster (an electronic poster) and StoryBoardThat (an electronic comic).
Travel to countries around the world--This interactive session will demonstrate the versatility of using green screen and film-making in your class on the computer or iPad. Presenter Resources
Explore a variety of FREE student response services that work on any device and give teachers the power to make informed instructional decisions. Bring a device to fully participate in this interactive session!
Come to this collaborative session with the California Department of Education to discuss your local technology challenges, and brainstorm the next generation solutions to help your teachers and students thrive in the classroom. We are engaging local chief technology officers, data technologists, and curriculum support staff that infuse technology into the classroom, in breakout groups to brainstorm current and next generation challenges, what people need to succeed in their school and district jobs, and shape state technology priorities for the near future. Presenter Resources
PS-12 Director of Learning, Innovation & Design, The Harker School
Lead Learner, Google for Education Certified Innovator and Trainer, FableVision Ambassador, 2015 ACSA State Technology Leader of the Year, Leading Edge Certified in all the things, dog-mom, toddler-mom and lover of all things honest and nerdy.
Coding helps students think in new ways. Come learn what computational thinking is, why it’s a critical 21st century skill and how to teach it. We’ll work through example activities. Presenter Resources
You've used them for navigation, but they can do so much more. Bring your laptop and join us for a hands-on look at creating digital stories with Google Maps, Earth, and Maps Engine Lite. Presenter Resources
Instructional Technology & Assessment Director, Natomas Charter School
Joe Wood is the Instructional Technology & Assessment Director for Natomas Charter School and Lead for CUE Rockstar Lake Tahoe and Maui. His career began as a middle school science teacher, but he has also held positions as a technology and literacy coach. Joe's interests are digital... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
E208Building E
Find and curate artwork, historical events, landmarks and digital exhibits with the Google Cultural Institute. Explore three projects: Art Project, World Wonders, and Historic Moments. Presenter Resources
CCSS requires students to create and publish original content on the Internet. Come learn how to encourage students to develop a professional digital dossier through blogging, digital portfolios and Twitter. Presenter Resources
Science Teacher/EdTech Instigator, Notre Dame High School
Rebecca has been teaching high school science for the past 23 years. She is passionate about educating young minds and sharing with her students the impact that science has on our daily lives. She is also the EdTech Instigator/Lead Learner for Notre Dame High School. 2013 MEd Media... Read More →
Come explore some of Google’s lesser-used tools in education, Google Geo Tools. The Geo tools can be used across all curricular areas to enhance student learning. Laptops Strongly Recommended. Presenter Resources
Google Classroom was designed to integrate with GAFE to help teachers save time, stay organized, and improve communication. Participants will gain knowledge and hands-on experience with Google Classroom's feature set.
It’s inevitable that CCSS is coming to your classroom and school, if it hasn’t done so already. Learn how you can meet each broad standard when using Google Presentations, Google Blogger, and Google Sites. Presenter Resources
Attendees will learn major steps to successfully implement Chromebooks in K-12, including technical considerations, communication and training plans for students, teachers, and parents, resources, plus tips and tricks. Presenter Resources
This session will focus on how our IT and Curriculum Departments have learned to work together seamlessly and made for successful district wide technology implementations. Presenter Resources
Administrators are Lead Learners and set the example for their staff. Join the conversation to get strategies that will expand your knowledge, impress your teachers and ensure that your students are prepared to enter the digital age with confidence. Presenter Resources
Practical primary management strategies for the use of digital devices so that: 1) more children have daily access, 2) the devices are used during a larger portion of the day. Presenter Resources
Curious about flipping your classroom content, but not sure how to make it work? Join in for an intriguing discussion and workshop about various models of flipped classrooms. Presenter Resources
Happiness is the ultimate currency and the top predictor of creativity and success. Join me in exploring robust and tested guidelines and techniques that help increase the level of happiness and resilience of our students. Warning! This session will be fun, active, and give feed your soul. Only join us if you can handle that. Presenter Resources
Start your website today. With Google Sites, you can have a class website, student ePortfolios, and student project sites. Learn to set up a Site that suits your needs today!
Do your students publish? Use media in diverse formats? showcase their practical understanding? Probably in some way, but this session will highlight the ways in which cloud-based tools can be used to easily do all three-- with and without Google Apps!
Problem Based Learning is key to implementing Common Core Standards and 21st Century skills Learn to use digital integration along with Universal Design for Learning to support personalization and differentiation. Presenter Resources
Discover how you can create meaningful learning experiences, foster powerful collaboration, and maximize student engagement to meet Common Core standards even if students only have a few iPads to share. Presenter Resources
Instructional Tech Coach, Beverly Hills High School
Nancy Minicozzi is an instructional technology coach in the Beverly Hills Unified School District. An ISTE Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Trainer, and Coach, she is passionate about helping other educators innovate and refine their practices to benefit all students... Read More →
Friday October 24, 2014 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
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Supporting BYOD in the classroom is a major topic. Combining this need with tools that are simple and relevant, to allow for a new paradigm in teaching and learning with minimal disruption will also be covered. Presenter Resources
An in-depth look at how Edulastic's platform allows teachers to utilize homework as a formative assessment tool to track student mastery of any standard, while providing personalized feedback. Presenter Resources
WeDo is hands-on, and helps you create an engaging classroom. WeDo comes with an easy-to-use software interface and a cross-curricular, plug'n'teach activity pack that improves communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. WeDo activities cover science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM), and literacy. Teachers can tailor activities to specific curriculum subjects or use WeDo for topic or project-based learning. Presenter Resources
All conference attendees are invited to a special General Session Friday afternoon. The session will conclude with the Keynote address, presented by Lucien Vattel. Get there early, as space is limited.
As an education trailblazer and game development visionary, Vattel is at the forefront of a nationwide crusade to revolutionize learning in the classroom and beyond. Vattel is the CEO of GameDesk, the Los Angeles-based interactive curriculum creator and digital publisher, which is transforming the traditional school model into a hands-on, digitally-charged ecosystem for students to discover and nourish their greatest gifts all while embracing STEM skills through game-based learning. Building on this methodology, Vattel founded and is Co-Director of PlayMaker, a next-generation, choose-your-own adventure middle school program designed to help teachers and students transcend the confines of textbooks and chalkboards. After securing the largest contribution in AT&T history, Vattel currently leads the design and development of a Los Angeles-based digital learning center and fully comprehensive online portal for educators.
During the last 15 years, Vattel has taught courses in both digital game development history and advanced game design and is also a frequent speaker having recently spoken at TEDx, Games for Change, and SXSW.
We Learn Best When We Experience, Interact and Connect
Transforming learning requires a mind-shift -- a shift in how we learn, how we design learning, and how we facilitate it. Lucien Vattel's keynote will deconstruct a variety of interactive experiential approaches and their links to specific areas of cognition and learning. Vattel proposes that schools have the opportunity to act as interactive hubs, where information and ideas should be interacted with, shared, and re-imagined. Every interactive moment in life is a potential lesson and an opportunity to become more. Vattel's talk will assert the claim that direct interactive experience is the deepest and most profound vehicle for learning. Explorations of low-tech classroom role-play and game-driven learning mechanics, full-body floor-projected environments, open simulation sandboxing, systems learning, and socio-emotional interactions will be explored. The talk will also address school space design, teaching culture, and how new forms of PD can effectively engage teachers in interactive mobile/digital learning, so that they may enrich their practice.
*There is an overflow room for the keynote. The overflow rooms are A205 & A216 in the Administration Building.
Pick up your conference materials, academy tickets, and badge. Please have your confirmation bar code available via your mobile device or printed copy. The confirmation email is from confirm@cue.org . Subject line: CUE Purchase & Payment Confirmation
Saturday October 25, 2014 7:45am - 12:30pm PDT
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Brought to you by CUE, the producers of the Google Teacher Academy, the Advanced Google Workshop for Educators (GWE) invites participants to delve into innovative ways Google tools can be used in education. A full day of fast-paced presentations and hands-on activities such as experience with managing the document inbox, sharing collections, beyond the basics in Google Docs, advanced features in Google Sites, using Forms to create rubrics, investigating scripts and creating interactive Maps. Google Certified Teachers share ways they've implemented tools such as Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Sites, and... even more. Participants who complete the event are given access to the Google Workshops for Educators Network (GWEN), an online community focused on supporting educators as they learn more about the power of Google to drive student learning. This workshop is for advanced users. CUE is an official Google Professional Development partner. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Presenter Resources
Unleash the power of the Internet on your old, dull lessons. Learn the SAMR model and why you should care. Increase engagement with tools like Thinglinks, EdPuzzle, and much, much more! Presenter Resources
Technology Integration Specialist, Merced Union High School District
I am currently Technology Integration Specialist and AVID District Director after teaching 11 years at Golden Valley High School as a Chemistry and AP Chemistry teacher. I was a 1:1 teacher for 7 years helping to pilot GV's technology initiatives and I'm excited to share and learn... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
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In this session CUE Professional Learning Staff will show you some quick tips to get you on your way to infusing technology into your classroom. You will also hear about the Innovative Educator Advanced Studies Certificate available from CUE and Fresno Pacific University. Bonus: A CUE member will tell how they went from CUEbie to a CUE Rock Star Teacher with a little help from her PLN. Presenter Resources
Foreign Language teachers come and see examples and best practices to ensure a successful flipped classroom experience. Also, learn about ways to leverage blended learning to improve students language skills. Presenter Resources
Interested in simple and fun tech tools that you can use tomorrow? Join us to learn about three web based techie tools that you can use to implement Common Core. Presenter Resources
What apps are available to integrate Computer Science concepts and coding in your classroom if iPads are the devices available in your classroom? Come find out! Presenter Resources
Create your own graduate courses? Support teacher-led innovation? Resources from a 1:1 iPad initiative for 12,000 students and 1,000 staff members. Presenter Resources
Director of Professional Learning & Instructional Technology, High School District 214
Twenty-one great years in public education!
•Classroom Teacher (Social Studies & English)
•High School Administrator- ask me about "STEM for ALL"
•District Administrator- leading 1,000 staff members and 12,000 students on a 1:1 journey to transform teaching and learning
•Ed... Read More →
Spoken word poetry creates powerful messages that you can't help but share. Empower students to create their own spoken word poetry videos to inspire social change in your subject area. Presenter Resources
This session will take a look at the dynamic duo of Google scripts. Get students writing, thinking critically, collaborating, and responding to meaningful feedback faster and more effectively by managing the workflow of student documents using these great scripts - no scripting knowledge required. Presenter Resources
This session will focus on apps that work together to create an authentic final project that is Common Core standards based. Participants will see apps that students create in to make a final product in iMovie. Presenter Resources
Students submit work digitally, so why not provide digital feedback? This workshop demonstrates various ways to provide free written commentary, audio streaming, and video recordings on student work. Participants can learn to use Google Sheets, Screencast-o-matic, Flubaroo, Formemailer, Google Kaizena (Voice Comments), and Google Movenote, for instance, to provide efficient feedback as part of this session. Presenter Resources
Ready to have students use iPads to transform their learning? See how to provide students opportunities to share their voice through collaboration, as well as share with a broader audience. Presenter Resources
Lisa and Sr. Margaret both work at all-girls high schools in California. Sr. Margaret and Lisa have worked together to build STEM programs for their students. Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, and programming will be discussed. Presenter Resources
Take your Google Forms to the next level. Create Google Forms to use for quizzes, surveys, rubrics, and assignment dropboxes. Create quizzes in Google Forms, then use Flubaroo to autograde and provide student feedback. Take control of student Docs sharing nightmares and tracking assignments with Forms dropboxes. Create self-grading rubrics, use data validation and branch logic, and much, much more (Best on a laptop). Presenter Resources
This session will demonstrate how you can manage iOS devices in your classroom (or school) using only Apple software and hardware for less than a brand new PowerBook. Presenter Resources
Learn the art of making pictures on your mobile device. We’ll cover tricks for developing your imagery skills while thinking creatively about how to use it in school. Presenter Resources
Effectively learn to use the fastest growing social network in education, Pinterest, in the classroom for everything from building PLNs, collaborating around the world, to project-based learning! Presenter Resources
Learn how to transform your presentations using guiding principles for creating quality content, learn basic graphic design elements, and discover software How-To's to create engaging and effective presentations. Presenter Resources
In the 21st Century, ideas are the new currency. Educators and students need to learn effective ways to communicate ideas. Without this ability to present our ideas will die. Presenter Resources
STEAM? Maker Space? What’s it all about? In this session, we'll explore tons of resources to STEAM up your classroom with Science, Tech, Engineering, Art and Math! Any grade! Presenter Resources
Let’s talk about why we teach so hard and work so much when our students should be doing all the hard and fun work of learning. How can we change? This WILL NOT be a lecture. Participation is CHERISHED. Presenter Resources
Do you have a story to tell? You (and your students) can use still images, your voice, a little creativity, and apps like iMovie and 30 Hands to create and share your stories using iPads. Presenter Resources
Learn and discuss ways to navigate the muddy waters of privacy policies and terms of service to protect student data and privacy when using awesome edtech tools. Presenter Resources
Learn why we are conference and workshop junkies and how we feed our habit. Make the most every conference you attend, avoid overdoses, maintain the high when you return to school. Presenter Resources
Instructional Tech Coach, Beverly Hills High School
Nancy Minicozzi is an instructional technology coach in the Beverly Hills Unified School District. An ISTE Certified Educator, Google Certified Innovator, Trainer, and Coach, she is passionate about helping other educators innovate and refine their practices to benefit all students... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
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Looking to enhance your student writing projects through meaningful technology integration? Learn to create student iBooks using the Book Creator iPad app to engage your students and spark creativity. Please bring your own iPad. Presenter Resources
Do you find time with your staff is always limited? How do you get through all the nuts and bolts of school business, plus problem solve and work to effectively implement change in your school? Flipping your faculty meetings could be just the answer you are looking for. Join this session to learn how to create flipped videos, implement Google Apps for collaborative workflow, and learn innovative methods to maximize the facetime you have with your staff. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Presenter Resources
Are you ready for the Advanced Version? The iPad changes the way teachers and students create, learn, and share; and in this workshop we are going to crank it to eleven. Work, learn and play with other educators as we discover new applications that engage and ignite student learning and creativity. Learn how to utilize iTunes U to allow your students to learn in and out of the classroom. Be ready to take teaching and learning to another level. Participants need to bring their own iPad or iPad mini, updated to the latest iOS. Presenter Resources
One of the keys to good teaching is assessing student understating and learning with both formative and summative assessment. iPads offer a wide variety of tools to do this. Come learn about many of these apps and how to use them effectively. Presenter Resources
Technology is part of the experience and when integrated into learning, marvelous changes occur! Discover 50 easy to use web tools to create an authentic learning environment for students. Presenter Resources
Learn how to receive targeted PD by developing a PLN. We’ll walk through how to set up and use an RSS reader, Twitter account, and sites like Diigo and Pinterest. Presenter Resources
The first five days of school are critical - but do you have a school wide plan for this time? Join the Smart Start movement with a long list of kid-tested tools and activities to change school culture from day 1. Presenter Resources
This session is for educators new to Google Forms. It will explore some of the various uses for Forms in education. Participants will learn how to create a multiple choice quiz using Google Forms and how to install and run the Flubaroo script in order to score the quiz. Presenter Resources
Frustrated with searching for sites you've bookmarked... somewhere? Un-tether yourself with Diigo Web 2.0 online bookmarking. Add colored highlights and sticky notes to Web page text. Tag and annotate pages so you can find anything, anytime. Access everything from all your devices. Collaborate with others to share resources, by email address or through Diigo groups. Presenter Resources
Bring your iPad to explore apps that bring digital writing to life. Through apps, learn how to effectively engage students in creative, collaborative writing to take on the 21st Century! Presenter Resources
It’s time to use videos effectively in the classroom. Have you ever wondered how many of your students actually watch videos that you assigned? Or what if you found a great video but it doesn’t quite fit your instructional goals? Presenter Resources
Learn multiple formative assessment techniques using mobile devices. Participants will experience how to assess students to inform instruction using devices on any platform. Presenter Resources
Participants will learn a strategy to map out the strengths and weaknesses of various computing platforms in the context of your setting, and increase the likelihood that the investment you make will meet your educational goals for a long time. Presenter Resources
Everyday, my third graders and I create and share documents with each other using Google Drive. Please join me for a hands-on tutorial on how to use Google Drive. Presenter Resources
Students walk in with their devices. Now what? How will they get their assignments? Submit them? How will you grade them and stay organized? If you need help with these questions this session is for you! Presenter Resources
Technology Integration Specialist, Merced Union High School District
I am currently Technology Integration Specialist and AVID District Director after teaching 11 years at Golden Valley High School as a Chemistry and AP Chemistry teacher. I was a 1:1 teacher for 7 years helping to pilot GV's technology initiatives and I'm excited to share and learn... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
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Participants will leave this session prepared to advocate and start building a makerspace in their own schools based on the advice and lessons learned from a pilot project in one low-income Bay Area school district. Presenter Resources
Learn how to use technology and online tools to help all elementary school children become enthusiastic and competent readers and writers. Time to explore and discuss tools/strategies will be given. Presenter Resources
This session is for educators that are familiar with Minecraft and are looking for project ideas to use in their classroom. Examples will be shared that can be applied to multiple grade, topic, and content areas such as STEM, literacy, second language acquisition, and performing arts. Presenter Resources
Google Street View is going off road, underwater, and indoors and online! If place has a place in your curriculum, imagine being "being there" in virtual 360° 3D reality!
Develop media rich reports with students using iMovie. Incorporate common core standards and provide just enough structure for student success. Learn how to remove movies from iPads. Platform: iPads Presenter Resources
This talk is an informal group session moderated by Lucien Vattel who will attempt to open Pandora's box on the realities of tablet and laptop rollout and 21st century transformation in US schools. Lucien will engage in interactive role plays with leadership to extract pain points and share best practices around innovative teacher practice, needs assessment, training, and tech infrastructure. This talk will reveal through group discussion, tangible starting points for digital/mobile/interactive innovation and transforming the culture of practice for a variety of school models. Presenter Resources
In the Common Core, students will have a new relationship with text! In this session, we'll explore a variety of free web-based resources that can be used to access some of the Common Core Language Arts AND Digital Literacy standards. We'll also explore "Book Trailers" to get kids excited about reading and CREATING their own multimedia content. Presenter Resources
This session is to inform educators and administrators about the different social media tools that are popular with teens. The focus will be an overview of some of the most popular ones so that as educational adults we can gain awareness of what they are using, and what the risks are. Presenter Resources
Come for an energetic and entertaining #PDparty that will cover the best of everything Google. Only what you need and nothing you don't. YouTube, Google Sites, Forms, Scripts, Docs, tips tricks, jokes, funny stuff, amazing stuff and more!!!
Help your students make a personal connection to their writing and discourse. Learn how to create successful Vlog projects that will engage your most gifted to most reluctant writers. Presenter Resources
Asking the right question gets to good answers. Let’s help students formulate effective inquiries for project-based learning as they address CCSS and NGSS challenges. Presenter Resources
The makers of the Infinite Thinking Machine bring the show directly to YOU. Witness some of the latest tools, ideas, and classroom innovations happening today. Warning: it may get ridonkulous! Presenter Resources
Learn about a blended summer professional development course for teachers who want to incorporate a blended component to their classes, delivered through the district’s LMS. Presenter Resources
Digital storytelling and movies can make a powerful impact in any classroom. From story boarding, shooting, editing and publishing we will cover the steps you’ll need to create powerful classroom videos. This is a double session. This session ends at 12:00 p.m. Presenter Resources
Explore a sequence of programming tools and platforms from cup stacking, to robots. This workshop will get participants exposed to programming in as many platforms as we have time for. Ipad Apps (Kodable, Hopscotch) + Robots (sphero, Lego, Bee bot). This is a double session. This session ends at 12:00 pm. Presenter Resources
As the consumer price of 3D printing drops, educators are integrating this engaging technology into schools. Learn the process behind the technology, and explore relevant 3D-printing related lesson plans and options. Presenter Resources
This session will demonstrate step-by-step methods using a blend of online and tablet/computer based applications allowing students to create visually compelling images that are based on local architecture and environments. Presenter Resources
Thinking of redefining learning for students? Hear from teachers who’ve discovered the hits and misses, challenges and successes of integrating technology in an elementary setting while addressing cross-curricular common core standards. Presenter Resources
Help transform students who are accustomed to thinking about text-explicit concepts into dynamic thinkers able to draw inferences and reach evidence-based conclusions. Presenter Resources
Ever wonder where to begin with Blended Learning? We'll take a look at some of the ideology of blended learning and see some examples of Common Core Standards unpacked and delivered using a blended learning approach. Plus, we will explore tools for having a blended, paper-light or paperless K-5 Classroom. Resources featured will include Scootpad.com, Google Forms and Documents, and classroom websites to organize it all! Presenter Resources
We found our greatest resource for technology support in our students! We developed a tech support/customer service team of students who serves as triage, training, and outreach. Meet them! Presenter Resources
IIf language worksheets don’t work, why digitize them? We’ll explore digital tools and transformative practices for ELD that foster academic language interaction, communication, content-area engagement, and real-life collaboration. Presenter Resources
An elementary teacher and a Tech TOSA will share their technology vision, plus 21st century lessons that transform learning. Collaborative projects created in an elementary 1:1 iPad classroom will be highlighted. Presenter Resources *Addendum added due to a change in speakers.
Digital Learning Coach, Lakeside Union School District
Kay has taught in the elementary classroom for 21 years, and is in her 4th year as a Digital Learning Coach in the Lakeside Union School District. She is a National Board Certified teacher in Literacy, and holds a Masters Degree in Teaching with a Specialization in Best Practices... Read More →
This session is designed to be participatory and allowing attendees to address questions. Both presenters will focus on four main aspects of 1:1 Chromebook implementation from PD to student use. Presenter Resources
Are you looking for a solution to your Google Drive with a shared folder for student work? Bring your Google Account and experience how Google Classroom can help you distribute, collect, and organize work in a Google Apps learning environment. Presenter Resources
Chief Technology Officer, Stanislaus County Office of Education
Burt Lo has been a middle school teacher, district instructional technology director, and a county office professional development coordinator. Currently, he is the Chief Technology Officer in the Technology & Learning Resources Division with the Stanislaus County Office of Educa... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
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My third graders curate their work on digital portfolios using Google Sites. Please join me for a hands-on tutorial on how to create digital portfolios using Google Apps for Education. Presenter Resources
Learn web-based tools that move your students up the SAMR ladder to higher levels of learning. Provide students opportunities to learn, create and share what they know using their Chromebooks. Presenter Resources
So, you want to integrate coding and/or 3d into your teaching? No problem! Find out how! Why recreate the wheel when you can save yourself some time and trouble and benefit from our experiences creating a k-5 tech lab. Learn about coding apps and websites that work best for different levels of elementary students. Find out how you can streamline and simplify 3d instruction and workflow. We'll show you how it all comes together for elementary students! Presenter Resources
Genius Hour: Watch your students shine in this passion-based project. Learn the steps, and tested recommendations, to create and implement your own Genius Hour Project. Presenter Resources
Why chromebooks? What's the device management like? What model should you buy? How do they integrate with Windows Active Directory? How long will they last? Where do you get support?
Teachers can use Google forms as great formative assessment tools: embed videos and images to assist with instruction then make the assessment adaptive based on the answers a student selects! This is Google at its best! Presenter Resources
John’s first edu-gig was volunteering to direct a high school play. Little did he know that 15 years later he would have been a teacher, a department chair, a vice principal and eventually the proud principal of that same school. During his teaching tenure, he wrote grants to launch... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
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Learn how to facilitate project-based learning while teaching collaboration in your classroom. All YOU need to do is provide the topic, a rubric, a deadline, and time. Presenter Resources
Tap into the creative talents of your students! Learn the tools to help students create and share book trailers and e-book portfolios (using tablets). Presenter Resources
How to effectively combine social media, gaming and pop culture to create an engaging interactive presentation that will enthrall modern high school students. Presenter Resources
Discover how special education and classroom teachers collaborate making the CCSS accessible. Using Project Based Learning (PBL), videos, Goggle Apps, and other technologies to meet the needs of all students. Presenter Resources
Learn how to get the most out of any Google Search. You will be able to walk away with advanced searching tips, knowledge of the custom search engine, and plenty of tricks to get what you really, really want from Google. Presenter Resources
Learn to use Spotify and other on-demand music services to liven up your classroom, enrich your curriculum, and inject some fun into your Common Core-style teaching. Presenter Resources
Discover the power of using a learning management system to change your teaching and extend your student's learning. Learn to better manage your time with your students while encouraging ongoing communication through discussions, provide 24/7 access to the curriculum through mobile devices, track student activity and personalize learning. Schoology has been our main Learning Management System for all our Leading Edge Certification courses as well as some university courses. Presenter Resources
Building of the foundations in CCA 101 this course will have you working collaboratively on Google Apps for Education in support of Common Core State Standards and 21st Century skills. 3 hours connected to habits of mind and mathematical practices connected to CCSS and PBL. Participants need to bring their own laptop. Presenter Resources
You've already played Minecraft, and maybe even used it with students. Now you're looking for ways to create curricular activities and get the most out of MinecraftEDU as a learning platform. We'll play and create together! Participants need to bring their own laptop. Participation will include a Minecraft license. Presenter Resources
3D Modeling is an essential STEM subject. We will explain its basic principles and show how it can be used to make students love geometry, set theory, and related subjects. Presenter Resources
Have you been thinking about writing a technology grant? Increase your chances of receiving that grant by following 7 easy tips. By the end of this session, you will be more confident in your grant writing skills. Presenter Resources
Pinterest is a visual tool to discover unique ideas from people all over the world. Teachers use Pinterest to curate CCSS lesson activities, ideas, and projects for the classroom. Presenter Resources
When we invite technology into our classroom, we can channel it intentionally to build community through improved communication, feedback, collaboration, and camaraderie. Presenter Resources
Are your students copyright confused? This session addresses copyright, fair use, and remix culture in a CCSS and media literacy framework. Help students harness their rights and responsibilities as creators!
Compassion based learning integrates multiple subjects to teach CCSS using technology and the four C's to guide students towards solving problems with real- world application for the good of others. Presenter Resources
Overview and detailed presentation into the capabilities and power of Apple's iBooks Author program. This Mac - only program can create interactive books designed to be viewed on an iPad. Presenter Resources
Have you wanted to try Project Based Learning or Flipped Learning in your English class but didn't know how? Come learn from two flipped English teachers who have made the transition. Presenter Resources
Two elementary dual-immersion teachers will present a handful of free, easily-implemented iPad applications for developing oral language, highlighting particular apps best suited for teacher and/or student use. Presenter Resources
This sessions will focus on how a teacher can use Google Drawing to create writing brainstorming opportunities such as Thinking Maps into student writing in Google Docs. Allowing the writing organizer to be part of the final draft to see the overall thinking process. Presenter Resources
This session will provide teachers with a variety classroom activities using free iPad apps. Session will focus on History-Social Studies Activities, that can transfer to other subjects. Presenter Resources
Learn how ArtThink can be part of your Common Core classroom. Find out how students can increase visual literacy and artistic understanding by incorporating interactive media, and dynamic hands-on lessons. Presenter Resources
Change your mind about lesson planning! Prepare to launch your 21st Century Common Core lessons and facilitate instruction incorporating Universal Design for Learning, digital integration, and problem based learning. Presenter Resources
Participants will learn how to set up class blogs to foster an increase in student writing, reading, and collaboration. Focus on blogging as a way to incorporate CCSS writing standards. Presenter Resources
Learn how to use game dynamics in your classroom to increase student engagement, motivation, and achievement, even if you’ve never played a video game before in your life (like me)! Presenter Resources
This session will detail a wide variety of instructional techniques that can be used in the flipped classroom environment. Attendees will get concrete ideas and view examples of student work. Presenter Resources
A makerspace is a learning environment that mashes art, design, and technology with making projects, sprinkled with design thinking, inquiry-based learning, and collaboration to enhance the common core classroom. Presenter Resources
Learn how to support diverse students’ needs using 1:1 classroom technology through engaging apps and differentiated instruction. Teachers will walk away with their technology toolbox filled with fun activities and engaging strategies for any student level.
Students in Patrick Beal’s and Eddie Simoneau’s geometry class used Minecraft to redesign their school. Learn how Minecraft on a tablet can develop 21st Century Skills with your students. Presenter Resources
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to implement iPads in your classroom. These tools can be used across discipline in 1:1 settings or centers. This message will self-destruct in five, four, three, two… Presenter Resources
Visual and Performing Arts. Discover a certification program designed for innovative educators like you. Leading Edge Certification prepares educators to be digital age leaders and learners. Presenter Resources
PS-12 Director of Learning, Innovation & Design, The Harker School
Lead Learner, Google for Education Certified Innovator and Trainer, FableVision Ambassador, 2015 ACSA State Technology Leader of the Year, Leading Edge Certified in all the things, dog-mom, toddler-mom and lover of all things honest and nerdy.
QR codes are everywhere: on advertisements, coupons, tickets, and more. Within minutes, create free QR codes and discuss ways to engage your students! Then let the possibilities of Augmented Reality blow your mind. Presenter Resources
Science Teacher/EdTech Instigator, Notre Dame High School
Rebecca has been teaching high school science for the past 23 years. She is passionate about educating young minds and sharing with her students the impact that science has on our daily lives. She is also the EdTech Instigator/Lead Learner for Notre Dame High School. 2013 MEd Media... Read More →
Bring lively discussions to your classroom - and home with your students - with three free, web-based tools: Today's Meet, Google+ Communities, and Collaborize. Understand the nuances of hosting a discussion on each, and learn about how to assess online discussion. Presenter Resources
Andrea is dedicated to helping students write into and for the 21st Century... and telling nerdy jokes on the reg. Andrea is an English Teacher at Presentation High School in San Jose, CA. She holds an Innovative Educator's Advanced Studies Certificate and two Leading Edge Certificates... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
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See a physical model where students have created projects with sensors and other electronic interactivity, without any prerequisite knowledge of scripted programming. Requires a Mac or Windows OS device. Presenter Resources
The power of the iPad lies in content creation. Whether you have one iPad or a class set, this session will take you through several useful apps, and inspire you with project ideas you can use in your classroom on Monday morning. Presenter Resources
The #NoWorksheetWeek Teacher challenge is an opportunity for teachers to push their pedagogy forward and meet the need of the students coming to our classrooms every day. See how this global movement is changing learning. This is a double session. This session ends at 3:15 pm. Presenter Resources
In this session, two teachers will share their use of GarageBand to enhance content area learning through music! The presenters will share one project that incorporates any Common Core standard or subject area. The presenters will demonstrate how they used a karaoke version of a familiar song to allow their students to write and record their own content area songs using GarageBand. Participants will walk away with a project idea they can work on with their students on Monday morning! This is a double session. This session ends at 3:15 pm. Presenter Resources
Digital Learning Coach, Lakeside Union School District
Kay has taught in the elementary classroom for 21 years, and is in her 4th year as a Digital Learning Coach in the Lakeside Union School District. She is a National Board Certified teacher in Literacy, and holds a Masters Degree in Teaching with a Specialization in Best Practices... Read More →
Improve student inclusion, participation, and leadership through video broadcasting! Leave with the tips and tools that you'll need to start broadcasting student-created video announcements, PSAs, and promotions in no time! Presenter Resources
Teacher, ELD and Media Literacy, Miller Middle School
I am a teacher at Miller Middle School in San José, California and have been teaching middle school for sixteen years. I have been working in a 1-1 situation for the past eleven years, which has resulted in a lot of exploration of new educational and collaborative technology. I... Read More →
Saturday October 25, 2014 2:15pm - 3:15pm PDT
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With the help of mobile devices, we can take students outdoors to participate in real world science and data collection. Main focus will be on Life Sciences. Please bring a mobile device and laptop. Presenter Resources
Learn how to incorporate computer programming for students of any ability or level, as an in-class integrated STEM activity or as an after-school enrichment club. Presenter Resources
This workshop will look at ways to integrate Common Core curriculum topics into activities that introduce coding concepts to elementary school students grades K-5. Presenter Resources
Discover a plethora of web tools and iOS apps to engage even the most reluctant learners! Each tool discussed will be accompanied by various grade level examples in all subjects. Presenter Resources
Let’s use technology and other means to reduce stress caused by technology and daily life. Current brain research, positive psychology, and technology advisers provide good steps to health and happiness. Presenter Resources
This session will go over the basics of game-based learning, share with teachers an overview of the process involved in developing classroom games and simulations, and give teachers lots of practical ways of beginning their own game odyssey. Presenter Resources
Hands on activities and demos guide participants to implement effective motivation and communication techniques using mobile devices for school activities and events and classroom instruction. Presenter Resources
This session will introduce the resources necessary for non computer science teachers to introduce their students to the fundamentals of Computer Science and Coding.
Innovative Computing Experience is a unique program that goes beyond the instruction of computer science and coding by placing an emphasis on Computational Thinking, Design Thinking, and Leadership and Development modules. This STEM program is designed to introduce the key concepts of Computer Science and Coding across the curriculum. Participants in this course will be introduced to the resources necessary to launch a meaningful “Hour of Code” event at their school and begin the discussion of how to introduce computer science and coding to their students. Innovative Computing Experience is a project based program which relies on a variety of puzzles, challenges, collaborative projects, and several computer programming languages to engage students from grades 1-12 in the world of computer science. The vision of this approach is to help inspire and develop the innovators and creators of the next generation.
Are you stuck in a digital traffic jam where you can not find your way through all the files and folders? Come learn how to navigate Drive to meet your needs and your students’ needs. You will walk away with a better understanding of how Drive works. Presenter Resources
An innovative design-based computational thinking curriculum for 4- 6 grade students. On- and off-computer activities develop students’ computational thinking and programming skills in a scaffolded block-based programming environment designed specifically them. Presenter Resources
Khan Academy and similar tools are the perfect compliment to the Common Core workflow. Come listen briefly to the reasons you MUST include these tools, and then get started creating your classroom, investigating, and developing play lists.
Join us for a session exploring specific technology tools that contribute to students' attainment of the range of skills students need in order to succeed in the new Common Core assessments, and will contribute to their success after high school. Teachers of all subjects are welcome and teachers can adapt many of these tools to topics in any subject. Presenter Resources
Participants who wish to interact with the presentation should bring a chromebooks or laptops (functionality is limited on phones and tablets) and also create a free account at blendspace.com.
Successfully integrating Speaking, Writing, and ELD is as easy as 1-2-3. See how using The Literacy Shed has transformed one classroom from boring to dynamic.
This session will highlight the amazing creative efforts from winners of the California Student Media Festival. Join us to see the innovative ways technology is used in the classroom statewide. Presenter Resources
Google Classroom is now launched.Automatically make a copies of Google Docs for each student. Students keep track of what’s due on & begin working with just a click. Teachers quickly see who has or hasn't completed the work, and provide direct, real-time feedback and grades right in Classroom. Presenter Resources
A SAMR Advanced Instructor can effectively navigate all levels of SAMR to enhance learning for all. Becoming a SAMRai requires courage and commitment, are you ready to begin the journey? Presenter Resources
Learn the power of Twitter for professional development and start building your professional learning network. Bring any device and you'll be tweeting today. Presenter Resources
Discover how a classroom teacher keeps websites and tools organized for students. Bring your laptop/tablet to explore and build a Webmix to keep your students focused instead of typing URL’s. Presenter Resources
Using Nearpod, you can effectively lead a lesson about a variety of subjects. You can use publicly shared, free lessons created by teachers like you, or create your own interactive lesson. Presenter Resources
All conference attendees are invited to a special General Session Saturday afternoon. The session will conclude with the Keynote address, presented by Diana Laufenberg. Get there early, as space is limited.
Creating the Classrooms We Need
Diana's keynote will discuss how our schools hold immense potential for authentic and experience-based learning in this age of information surplus. Since educators are teaching and students are learning in a landscape where students no longer have to come to school to get their information, never have educators had such amazing opportunities to think creatively about their practice. Never has it been so important for educators to provide students with innovative and dynamic learning. Laufenberg’s keynote will provide practical classroom examples of activities and assessments and will challenge audience members’ thinking on what it means to teach and learn in today’s schools. Presenter Resources
*There is an overflow room for the keynote. The overflow rooms are A205 & A216 in the Administration Building
