Fall CUE 2014 Conference: Full Schedule

9:00am PDT

The Elephant in the Room

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.
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Speakers

Mike Vollmert

Friday October 24, 2014 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 1 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Rio School District
Audience and Grade level All, Not grade-level specific
Topic and Curricular Common Core, Foreign Language, Health-PE, History-Social Studies, Leadership & Administration, Mathematics, Reading-Language Arts, Science, Visual and Performing Arts

10:15am PDT

Creating Multimedia Text Sets with Google

Evaluation

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!
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Kristen Berg

Friday October 24, 2014 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 2 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization SRDVUS
Audience and Grade level Beginning, Intermediate, New, Not grade-level specific
Topic and Curricular Common Core, History-Social Studies, Multiple topic areas

12:15pm PDT

Digital Media in Teaching Reading

Evaluation

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.
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Dawn Poole

Friday October 24, 2014 12:15pm - 1:15pm PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 3 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization California State University, Stanislaus
Audience and Grade level All, K - 3
Topic and Curricular Common Core, Content Curriculum, Reading-Language Arts

1:30pm PDT

Theory to Practice: How do you do it all?

Evaluation

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!
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Tricia Hyun

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 4 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Fullerton School District
Audience and Grade level 4 - 8, Beginning, New
Topic and Curricular Content Curriculum, Foreign Language, Health-PE, History-Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Development, Reading-Language Arts, Science, Visual and Performing Arts

2:45pm PDT

Answer Your Own Dang Questions, Students!

Evaluation

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).

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Shelby Guarino

Annamaria Smitherman

Friday October 24, 2014 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 5 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization The Harker School
Audience and Grade level New, Beginning, Intermediate, 4 - 12
Topic and Curricular Universal Design for Learning (Dif Inst), Webtools, Foreign Language, Health-PE, History-Social Studies, Mathematics, Reading-Language Arts, Science, Visual and Performing Arts

8:30am PDT

Blended Learning & Flipped Classroom in Foreign Languages

Evaluation

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.
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Adriana Díaz-Ross

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Menlo School
Audience and Grade level New, Beginning, Intermediate, 6 - 12
Topic and Curricular Online Learning, Foreign Language, History-Social Studies, Reading-Language Arts

9:45am PDT

Build Your Own PLN … Right NOW!

Evaluation

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.
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Speakers

Jill Bergeron

Saturday October 25, 2014 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Chandler School
Audience and Grade level New, Beginning, Intermediate, Not grade-level specific
Topic and Curricular Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

11:00am PDT

Blended and Online Common Core: Creating Dynamic Thinkers in All Subject Areas

Evaluation

Help transform students who are accustomed to thinking about text-explicit concepts into dynamic thinkers able to draw inferences and reach evidence-based conclusions.
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Courtney Calfee

Saturday October 25, 2014 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
D318 Building D

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Florida Virtual School
Audience and Grade level All, 6 - 12, Administration
Topic and Curricular Common Core, Online Learning, Foreign Language, Health-PE, History-Social Studies, Mathematics, Reading-Language Arts, Science, Visual and Performing Arts

1:00pm PDT

Talk This Way: Online Discussion Tools

Evaluation

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.
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Speakers

Andrea Cartwright

English Teacher, Presentation High School

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
D318 Building D

Session, 9 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Presentation High School
Audience and Grade level Beginning, Intermediate, 6 - 12, College
Topic and Curricular Online Learning, Webtools, Foreign Language, History-Social Studies, Reading-Language Arts, Science