Dive into Google! Brought to you by Computer Using Educators (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 event will feature the use of Chromebooks for all participants. This workshop is for advanced users. CUE is an official Google Professional Development partner. No meals are included.
This session has been cancelled.
NSTA’s Learning Center (http://learningcenter.nsta.org) provides thousands of standards-aligned science resources and tools 24/7 for teachers. Accountability tools assist administrators in tracking teacher progress.
So you want to create an online, blended, or flipped classroom? With CLRN now certifying online courses, the University of California will require that homegrown online courses meet more rigorous criteria. Learn how to avoid common mistakes and create courses that engage students, incorporate multiple media, and challenge students to apply their knowledge.
ePortfolios provide a great opportunity for students to showcase their learning and provide authentic assessment opportunities. This session provides participants with the experience of creating one so that they understand the process and can use it with their students or a training with their staff. This session is not only for ELA teachers, but all content teachers! Activities are aligned to Common Core Standards for ELA. Bring your own device (laptop or iPad recommended) and come ready to jump in!
This session will focus on education legislation and propositions in California. John Cradler, CUE Legislative Advocacy Committee co-chair will share current news pertinent to California and will bring us up to date on education propositions. Important initiatives such as the Governor's Ed Tech and Ed Tech Blueprint, the CUE Advocacy Platform, and the status of CTAP and SETS. There is much to hear and learn about, a session you won't want to miss.
Let’s help our students use their natural interest in and facility with stories to deepen their learning across the curriculum. The ancient art of storytelling helps us learn, make connections, and communicate important information.
Using the special features and tools of MS Word, learn dozen cool activities and projects for students to create that support classroom concepts and lessons.
This session has been cancelled.
Public spaces are powerful venues for youth expression in larger arenas. Explore ways to design STEM integrated art projects that take youth collaborations out into public spaces.
Find FREE educational resources with Thinkfinity! Thinkfinity.org gives you access to thousands of free, high-quality educational resources, including Common Core standards-matched lesson plans, student interactives, videos, multimedia explorations, and more.
From “just Google it” we have moved to “do it all in Google Docs.” See how 5th graders collaborate and produce high level writing all the way from brainstorming to publishing.
Google Lit Trips is expanding beyond "the great literature" to "all things literary." Think personal writing, walking tours, and literary locations and events AND think MOBILE!
New to Prezi? Want to learn how to make those linear slides you’ve been doing for so long into dynamic non-linear visual masterpieces? Come join an interactive presentation to learn the basics of prezi and how to start wowing your audiences with visual acrobatic displays. Bring your own device.
You have the technology, but don't know where to put it. Cables everywhere, lost accessories, uncharged tools. In this session you will learn tips and tricks to effectively manage/store technology in the primary classroom.
This session has been cancelled.
The purpose of this presentation is to provide all attendees the strategies, techniques, and methods to produce effective presentations. The methods and examples shared are applicable to any format in which a presentation is to be delivered: professional development, classroom instruction, online instruction, professional conference, etc.
Learn how to create Google sites and to teach your students to create their e-portfolio as a showcase of their work and to demonstrate their academic progress using Google apps.
Have you wanted to see what the new common core assessments will look like? Have you wondered how different they will be? Take a quick tour of the Smarter Balanced Consortium's sample test questions and share your thoughts.
Google Lit Trips provides FREE award-winning K-12 resources blending Google Earth with the wisdom of great literatures creating an engaging new relevance to the study of literature.
Overwhelmed by too much information and too little time? We'll describe how to assemble your own set of tools like Diigo, Mendeley and Quizlet to learn new content quickly and get smarter faster.
Update and discussion of the development of a new education technology blueprint for California. Hear about the Education Technology Task Force recommendations and learn how you and your students can provide input NOW!
Join us after Jon Bergmann's Keynote for an opportunity to win an Aver Document Camera sponsored by Troxell Communications. Must be present to win!
In this high energy session, meet with two exciting IT leaders and find out how to successfully roll out iPads in large scale deployments, and gain two edtech experts as friends in the process.
This session has been cancelled.
Google Lit Trips provides FREE award-winning K-12 resources blending Google Earth with the wisdom of great literature creating an engaging new relevance to the study of literature.
Learn about some of the best apps being used by teachers in K-8.
Already using iPads in the classroom? Just considering an implementation? Either way, this fast-paced session will be a rich source of ideas and resources about learning with the iPad.
Edmodo is like Facebook for schools. Use with the peace of mind that only you and your students can see and access it. This "walled-garden" is a safe place to teach responsible social networking skills and to give your class an online presence. Oh, did I mention it's FREE?
Picasa Web, Google's photo-hosting service, is a super easy way to instantly post pictures, slide shows, or student work from your computer, iPad, or smart phone. Come learn how you can use this free tool that is a part of Google Apps for Education to add media delights to your Google Sites and set up a shared Drop Box that even your youngest students can use to share their work.
Students bridge the generations by providing digital literacy skills to senior citizens. Hear how students prepared for training and how through patience, dedication and innovation, the seniors became tech savvy.
Leverage the power and simplicity of Google Forms to take your students education to the next level. Administrators and teachers will both enjoy the amount of time you can save, data that can be collected and the ease of which you can use Google Forms in education. Leave this workshop with forms for collecting data, grading quizzes, creating discipline referrals, and flipping your classroom just to name a few. Participants must bring their own laptop.
This session has been cancelled.
In today’s session you will see how to use a video camera, some green fabric, a computer and video editing software to create truly astounding videos.
Take your Google Spreadsheets and Google Forms to the next level. Use scripts to disseminate data and make you the model of efficiency at your school. Participants will create a simple form and install the autoCrat script as an introduction to Google Scripts. The autoCrat script merges data into a Google Doc or PDF that can then automatically e-mail those submitting a form. Participants must have a Gmail or Google Apps account and should bring their own laptop. iPads will work, but are not an optimal choice. A familiarity of Google Spreadsheets and Form is recommended.
How to engage students in conversation by creating dialogues and stories that can be easily shared with other students. They edit their work and work collaboratively while sharing their stories. How to use various websites to support the creation and collaboration of ESL student work.
Learn how Google Sites is the best tool for housing all your Unit Lesson Plans, resources, documents, and student file archive. You will never need another Unit Binder. Toss your Filing Cabinet tomorrow!
Discover a certification program designed for innovative educators like you. Leading Edge Certification prepares educators to be digital age leaders and learners.
The SDSU Masters program provides solid, practical skills for K-12 teachers. Totally online, affordable, and highly interactive. Hear SDSU faculty and alums describe courses, projects and the COMET virtual community.
This is the beginner’s guide to Twitter for teachers. Develop your professional learning network through Twitter. You’ll become surrounded by dynamic teachers that are passionate about educational technology.
This session is an opportunity to share your input and shape the third Leading Edge Certification, Digital Educator. The purpose of this certification is to develop the pedagogy and skills of K-12 classroom teachers to utilize technology to expand student learning opportunities. Join us to provide feedback that will guide our curriculum development. You will also have the opportunity to sign up to participate in one of the first certification workshop offered and become a Leading Edge Certified Digital Educator.
Movies and video production on a mobile device. Yes, it's possible and fun. Join us as we examine the pedagogical applications of video production in the classroom and how an iPad makes it possible.
We will share the beta version of Common Core State Standards in a searchable, customizable, stand alone database file from the Transcorder Project. Started at the CUE conference in Palm Springs last March, we are a small group of volunteer programmers and educators who are building a set of CCSS assessment and reporting tools to be distributed freely to teachers, students and administrators throughout the US. The first of these is the CCSS and the CCCS in a searchable table format. We hope to have this ready by the end of the year, but it is far enough along that we will be doing a beta version "sneak peek" demo.
This session has been cancelled.
This session has been cancelled.
The ubiquity of the Internet, mobile devices and other technologies has completely changed the traditional classroom, enabling new online and blended learning environments. As learning becomes increasingly virtual and always available, it is critical to offer a safe and collaborative environment for students and teachers to interact.
Google Lit Trips is expanding beyond "the great literature" to "all things literary." Think personal writing, walking tours, and literary locations and events AND think MOBILE!
Learn about CK-12 Foundation’s free, open source STEM content. Find out how to create and share custom FlexBook digital textbooks.
This presentation will provide you with ideas to take your first steps into the world of edtech inside your classroom. This session will be focused on those who would like to begin using technology in the classroom but have yet to do so.
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Using the special features and tools of MS Word, learn dozen cool activities and projects for students to create that support classroom concepts and lessons.
Google Docs can completely transform the entire process of teaching writing. This session will explain best practices including naming conventions, controlled sharing, and streamlined rubrics using Google Forms.
This session features the "Roadkill Cafe" a New Technology High School project integrating digital media and geometry. The project asks students to rebrand the Roadkill Cafe while seamlessly integrating mathematical problem based learning.
Join an Adobe Education Leader, and “Next Photoshop Evangelist” for a session that will teach you to be a more creative, imaginative, and effective teacher. Explore ideas for using Photoshop to integrate art, creativity, and technology into the curriculum.
Join the producers of the hit Internet TV show, the Infinite Thinking Machine, as we take a fun romp through our favorite tools, ideas, and classroom innovations featured in the shows. Warning: it may get ridonkulous!
Using your iPad with einstruction's Insight 360- the seamless blending of assessment into instruction to inform instruction and to drive student progress.
If you have an interactive whiteboard, you have a new addition to your learning centers. Discover ways that you can utilize this tool to allow small groups to interact and learn and that won't take tons of teacher prep!
Presentations are not meant to be slide after slide of bullet points. Breathe new life into presentations with engaging videos.
AppleTV has become an alternative for IWB due to its Airplay feature that allows mirroring and access to iTunes content.
This session has been cancelled.
This session has been cancelled.
This session has been cancelled.
Want students' math practice results reported to you online? ThatQuiz can do that! Need interesting, interactive teaching resources? Got that too. Did we mention that they're all FREE?
Bring the Common Core to life with iBooks Author. Create a new kind of textbook that’s current, interactive, and custom-tailored to your students.
Teacher Dashboard manages and secures Google Apps in your school. See individual student activity in docs, on blogs and on computers. Ensure online safety: review/audit student e-mail.
Designed for those new to Twitter, this session will walk participants through creating a Twitter account, its basic use, and how to use it to build connections and develop a strong professional learning network.
Just because the Common Core is moving away from one right answer doesn't mean it's time to toss your student response devices! There are many ways you can use these engaging devices in conjunction with the deeper thinking that are the aim of the new standards. Applicable for any student response system.
See how WebQuests are keeping up with the times. Edmodo and Google integration, flipped classrooms, iPad support, Common Core… it's all in there! Find thousands of existing lessons or make your own.
All conference attendees are invited to a special General Session Saturday evening. The session will conclude with the Keynote address, presented by Vicki Davis. Get there early, as space is limited.
Common Core in the Cloud (with Cool Cat Teacher)
Common Core is the new emphasis everywhere you turn in education but how does it relate to the tools we're supposed to be using as a 21st century teacher? Can I be a 21st century teacher who uses Common Core and how? With highlights from her upcoming book Collaborative Writing in the Cloud and experience with successfully integrating technology in the classroom to reach all learners, join classroom teacher Vicki Davis for a high energy presentation helping you to fit common core and technology together to create a powerful 21st century learning environment.
Vicki Davis is a teacher and the IT director at Westwood Schools in Camilla, Georgia. Vicki co-created five award winning international wiki-centric projects, the Flat Classroom® Project, the NetGenEd™ Project, previously known as the Horizon project, and Digiteen™, Eracism Project™, and A Week in the Life Elementary Flat Classroom® Project with teacher Julie Lindsay, currently in Bejing, China. Vicki is also a cofounder of the Flat Classroom Conference, a bi-annual gathering. These projects have linked more than 10,000 students in both public and private schools from nineteen countries. These collaborative projects harness the most powerful technology tools available while operating on a minimal budget. Vicki has been featured in various media including Thomas Friedman's book, The World is Flat, Don Tapscott's Grown Up Digital, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Vicki blogs at the Cool Cat Teacher blog which won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog and was named 2nd runner up in 2009 for Edublogs Best Teacher Blog Award. She was named a pioneer in Open Source Virtual World Technology in October 2009. Vicki is a Google Certified Teacher and Discovery S.T.A.R. Educator. She lives in Camilla, Georgia with her husband and three children.
Join us after Vicki Davis' Keynote for an opportunity to win a BenQ 2700 Lumens DLP Projector sponsored by Troxell Communications. Must be present to win!
