Fall CUE 2012

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.nsta.org/pdfs/brochure/LearningCenter.pdf

Speakers

Deborah Tucker

Friday October 26, 2012 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
E108 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 1 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL, College, K - 12
Topic PD, SC, ST
Building Building E

11:15am PDT

iPads for Learning?... Flexible, Personalized and Authentic!

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://lainierowell.com/

Speakers

Lainie Rowell

Friday October 26, 2012 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
A205 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 2 - Concurrent Session

Audience and Grade level Administration, Beginning, College, Intermediate, K - 12, New
Topic CC, Multi
Building Administration Building

2:30pm PDT

Fun, Free, Easy, & CLRN Approved: Great Web 2.0 and Open Source Resources

Limited Capacity seats available

Discover fabulous, free, open source programs and Web 2.0 tools no teacher or classroom should be without. In an era of decreased funding, we’ll share innovative tools to help your students connect to the curriculum in new ways and create an authentic audience for their work. We’ll demonstrate personal favorites, such as HelloSlide, Tagxedo, Wunderlist, and BigMarker, as well as recent discoveries from CLRN’s web link reviews. We’ll also provide prizes for audience feedback.

Speakers

Brian Bridges

Friday October 26, 2012 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
Theater, B109 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 4 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization California Learning Resource Network (CLRN)
Audience and Grade level 2 - 12, Administration, Beginning, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic CC, Multi, WT
Building Building B

2:30pm PDT

Online Learning with SFMOMA ArtThink: Visual Arts, Social Studies and Language Arts

Limited Capacity seats available

Explore online learning opportunities with SFMOMA ArtThink. Integrate art, history and language arts into your core curriculum incorporating interactive media and hands-on lessons. Increase student’s visual literacy and artistic understanding.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.sfmoma.org/artthink

Speakers

Esther Kligman-Frey

Friday October 26, 2012 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
E108 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 4 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College
Topic CC, LA, OL, SS
Building Building E
Tags Common Core

2:30pm PDT

The Advantages of Edmodo: Capitalized in a Variety of Learning Environments

Limited Capacity seats available

The flexibility of Edmodo provides a collaborative, organizational, and differentiated management potential to diverse forms of learning environments; including foreign language, science, and social and emotional advisory groups.

Speakers

Paul Dulac

Amy Fontarensky

Friday October 26, 2012 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
C208/209 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 4 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization International School of the Peninsula
Audience and Grade level ALL, 4 - 12, College, Administration
Topic Multi, CC, WT
Building Building C

3:45pm PDT

Digital Storytelling Goes Social

Limited Capacity seats available

Discover how students can share their stories using Web 2.0 tools. See how students can find online resources and work collaboratively to build digital stories.
Presenter Resources:
http://www.arnieabrams.net

Speakers

Arnie Abrams

Friday October 26, 2012 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
C208/209 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Southern Oregon University
Audience and Grade level ALL, 4 - 12, College, Administration
Topic LA, VPA, CC, ST
Building Building C

3:45pm PDT

Self-Directed Learning Systems for Teachers and Kids

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenter Resources:
Http://bit.ly/dodge-ple-ncue-2012

Speakers

Bernie Dodge

Friday October 26, 2012 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
C201/202 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization San Diego State University
Audience and Grade level 6 - 12, Administration, Beginning, Experienced, Intermediate, College
Topic Multi, WT
Building Building C

3:45pm PDT

Situated Learning - Making the Real-World Clickable with QR Codes

Limited Capacity seats available

Curious about those little square codes? They are QR Codes and they link the real-world to the digital-world. Explore ways to use those codes to communicate and educate.
Presenter Resources:
http://www.lainierowell.com

Speakers

Lainie Rowell

Friday October 26, 2012 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
A216 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Audience and Grade level ALL, K - 12, College, Administration, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, CC, ESL
Building Administration Building

3:45pm PDT

The Library of Congress Online: A Navigation Guide for Educators

Limited Capacity seats available

Take a tour of the Library of Congress online; learn to navigate the site and how to use primary source material in your classroom on Monday morning!

Presenter Resources:
http://www.loc.gov/teachers

Speakers

Esther Kligman-Frey

Friday October 26, 2012 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
E108 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Art/Tech Consulting
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College, Not grade-level specific
Topic CC, LA, OL, SS
Building Building E
Tags Common Core

9:00am PDT

Blending iPad and Desktop Apps for Storytelling, Video, and Photography

Limited Capacity seats available

Educators have inspirational stories to tell. The iPad and other mobile device apps can both simplify & enhance multimedia storytelling to share your learning community's great success stories.
Presenter Resources:
http://storiestotell.edublogs.org/

Speakers

Jason Borgen

Thom Dunks

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
A205 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization TICAL, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Audience and Grade level ALL, K - 12, College, Administration, Not grade-level specific
Topic LA, VPA, Multi
Building Administration Building

9:00am PDT

Common Core in the 21st Century English-Language Arts Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn to effectively blend 21st Century skills and common core standards through the reader’s and writer’s workshop model in the ELA classroom or any classroom!

Presenter Resources:
http://bit.ly/PDbyEC

Speakers

Elizabeth Calhoon

Lisa Highfill

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
D290/291 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL, College, K - 12, Not grade-level specific
Topic CC, Multi
Building Building D

9:00am PDT

From Data Fire Drills to Data at our Fingertips

Limited Capacity seats available

This session covers client examples and shows how Argos, an Enterprise Reporting Solution, makes reporting easy.

Speakers

John Krull

Sue Kung

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
D159 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session, Commercial

Host Organization Evisions
Company Evisions
Audience and Grade level Administration, Experienced
Topic IT, WT
Building Building D
Tags Evisions

9:00am PDT

iPads for Learning?... Flexible, Personalized and Authentic!

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://lainierowell.com/

Speakers

Lainie Rowell

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
C106

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session, Addendum

Audience and Grade level Administration, Beginning, College, Intermediate, K - 12, New
Topic CC, Multi
Building Building C

9:00am PDT

Student Engagement through Intergenerational Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33201288/SoHumMOUSE_Squad_10-26-12.pptx

Speakers

Aletta Sauer

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
A206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization South Fork High School
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL
Topic Multi, ST
Building Administration Building

9:00am PDT

YouTube.com/Teachers - Are You Using It?

Limited Capacity seats available

YouTube and CUE have partnered to bring teachers educational videos to educate, engage and inspire students. See how you can spend more time teaching and less time searching with YouTube.com/teachers.

Speakers

Danny Silva

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
E208 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization CUE
Audience and Grade level K - 12, College, Administration
Topic Multi, OL, WT
Building Building E

10:15am PDT

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium - What's New

Limited Capacity seats available

Creative Suite 6 is the latest release from Adobe and includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more. Join us to delve in to the new features in CS6.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.adobe.com/education

Speakers

Rick Miller

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
C201/202 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session, Commercial

Host Organization Adobe
Company Adobe
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, PD
Building Building C
Tags Adobe

10:15am PDT

CANCELLED Harnessing the Power of the Teacher and Student Voice

Limited Capacity seats available

This session has been cancelled.

Presenter Resources:
http://gofrontrow.com/files/documents/tradeshow/FrontRowCUESessionHandout.pdf

Speakers

Jeff Shaw

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Cancelled

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session, Addendum, Commercial

Host Organization FrontRow
Company FrontRow
Audience and Grade level 2 - 12, Administration, ALL, College
Topic Multi, OL
Tags FrontRow

10:15am PDT

Cool Activities in the Core Subject Classroom with Screencasting

Limited Capacity seats available

Learn about the most powerful screencasting tools for the Mac and the iPad. And see how students use these tools to enhance their understanding and help each other learn!

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/fallcue2012/home

Speakers

Roni Habib

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
E106 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Gunn High School / Palo Alto Unified School District
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College
Topic CC, Multi, WT
Building Building E

10:15am PDT

Personalize Learning and Meet the Common Core Standards

Limited Capacity seats available

Walk through the stages of personalized learning through personal journeys and several scenarios that met the standards. Build a personal learning backpack with mobile apps.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.personalizelearning.com

Speakers

Barbara Bray

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
D290/291 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Rethinking Learning
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL, Not grade-level specific
Topic AD, CC, Multi
Building Building D

10:15am PDT

Tools and Techniques for Inspiring Kids and Colleagues

Limited Capacity seats available

When kids regain their confidence, colleagues shake their cynicism, and a staff improves a school, it happens via inspiration. We'll explore tools and techniques to make this happen.

Presenter Resources:
http://tinyurl.com/RHresources

Speakers

Rushton Hurley

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
Theater, B109 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Next Vista for Learning
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College
Topic AD, Multi, PD
Building Building B

11:30am PDT

Don’t Cut Professional Development! Go Online.

Limited Capacity seats available

Despite tight budgets, professional development remains important. Don’t miss this session to learn why districts across the country have turned to online training as a cost-effective alternative.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/

Speakers

Anne Rasmussen

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30am PDT
E108 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session, Commercial

Company Atomic Learning
Audience and Grade level Administration, K - 12, Not grade-level specific
Topic OL, PD
Building Building E
Tags Atomic Learning

11:30am PDT

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium - What's New

Limited Capacity seats available

Speakers

Rick Miller

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
C201/202 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session, Commercial

Host Organization Adobe
Company Adobe
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, ALL, College, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, PD
Building Building C
Tags Adobe

11:30am PDT

Do you Flubaroo? How to Use the Auto-grading App Script Effectively

Limited Capacity seats available

Flubaroo is a grading tool that allows teachers to assess students’ understanding and communicate with students rapidly. Used by K-16 educators throughout the world, this tool will enhance your craft.

Speakers

Roni Habib

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
D283 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Gunn High School. Palo Alto Unified School District
Audience and Grade level ALL, 4 - 12, College, Administration
Topic Multi, CC, WT
Building Building D

11:30am PDT

Flipping for YouTube in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Join a YouTube Star teacher sharing ideas and examples of flip teaching along with innovative ways to use YouTube in the classroom.

Presenter Resources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1okFYvN3bAH3MHBWsRlp6hXGS3R0I_gSL1m9qTXFGqgo/edit

Speakers

Lisa Highfill

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
E106 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Fairlands
Audience and Grade level Administration, Beginning, College, Experienced, Intermediate, K - 6
Topic CC, Multi
Building Building E

11:30am PDT

Great eLearning vs. Online Road Kill: How Can You Tell the Difference?

Limited Capacity seats available

What should you expect from a great online course? How do you know if it’s any good, if your students will be highly engaged, if activities provide multiple learning paths, if the course is accessible to all students or if teaching and learning goes beyond knowledge and comprehension? We’ll review iNACOL’s standards for quality online courses, explain how to take a course for a test drive, share how to select engaging courses and speak to course features you should be expecting from publishers.

Speakers

Brian Bridges

Kelly Schwirzke

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
C208/209 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization California Learning Resource Network (CLRN)
Audience and Grade level Beginning, Intermediate, Experienced, 4 - 12, Administration
Topic CC, OL
Building Building C

1:30pm PDT

PORTS-Connecting students to California State Parks through Interactive Videoconferencing

Limited Capacity seats available

Explore California State Parks with your students without leaving your classroom through the PORTS Distance Learning Program. PORTS provides free, interactive and engaging videoconference presentations live from state parks.
Presenter Resources:
http://www.ports.parks.ca.gov

Speakers

Joe von Herrmann

Brad Krey

Heather McCummins

Saturday October 27, 2012 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
A203 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 9 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization California State Parks
Audience and Grade level ALL, 2 - 12, Administration
Topic SS, SC, OL, WT
Building Administration Building

1:30pm PDT

Transforming Education Through Digital Learning: From Inception to Implementation

Limited Capacity seats available

This session will chronicle the stages of a 1:1 roll out of over 3,000 iPads in 4 middle schools within a large urban school district. Each stage of the roll out will address the challenges, successes and lessons learned from the perspective of the supervising district administrator and school based instructional staff. Session attendees will engage in this experience via an iBook presentation detailing the 6 stages of effective implementation: Exploration and Adaptation, Program Installation, Initial Implementation, Full operation, Innovation and Sustainability. The session will equip attendees with information to successfully implement a 1:1 roll out of instructional technology at the district, school or classroom level.
Presenter Resources:
http://www.tedl.info

Speakers

Christina Jerome

Debra Mahone

Meri Robinson

Saturday October 27, 2012 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
D281 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 9 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Prince George's County Public Schools
Audience and Grade level ALL, 4 - 12, Administration
Topic Multi, AD, OL
Building Building D

1:30pm PDT

Using Your iPads with eInstruction's Insight 360

Limited Capacity seats available

Using your iPad with einstruction's Insight 360- the seamless blending of assessment into instruction to inform instruction and to drive student progress.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.einstruction.com/products/insight-360-formative-instruction-system

Speakers

Pricilla Plough

Saturday October 27, 2012 1:30pm - 2:30pm PDT
D209

Session, 9 - Concurrent Session, Addendum, Commercial

Host Organization DecoTech Systems
Company DecoTech Systems
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL, College, K - 12
Topic AD, CC, Multi
Building Building D
Tags DecoTech

2:45pm PDT

Are You in Top Form? Google Forms for Leaders

Limited Capacity seats available

Google Forms is an extremely powerful tool for collecting and analyzing all sorts of data. The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL) has designed several FREE templates to assist school administrators in their never ending quest to compile, aggregate, disaggregate, and analyze data to guide their instructional programs.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.portical.org/tools/gf/

Speakers

Rowland Baker

Jason Borgen

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
A221 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization TICAL - Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL
Topic AD, WT
Building Administration Building

2:45pm PDT

CANCELLED Cloud-Based Student Engagement with Prezi!

Limited Capacity seats available

This session has been cancelled.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.cue.org/. Search Rosemarie Dias

Speakers

Rosemarie Dias

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
Cancelled

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session, Addendum

Host Organization Vallejo Unified School District
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Administration, Beginning
Topic Multi, WT

2:45pm PDT

Classroom Pinboards: Using Pinterest in Education

Limited Capacity seats available

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:
http://bit.ly/PxSIMn

Speakers

Devrah Lawver

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
C210 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Stone Valley Middle School
Audience and Grade level Administration, ALL, College, K - 12, Not grade-level specific
Topic CC, Multi
Building Building C

2:45pm PDT

Collaborative Learning Using Google Tools

Limited Capacity seats available

Fast and easy collaboration makes Google tools an ideal learning environment. Gain knowledge as well as practical strategies to make collaboration a natural way of learning in your classroom.

Presenter Resources:
http://lainierowell.com/

Speakers

Lainie Rowell

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
D283 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Audience and Grade level Administration, Beginning, College, Intermediate, K - 2, New
Topic CC, Multi
Building Building D

2:45pm PDT

Digital ID Project: Empowering Students to Develop their Digital ID

Limited Capacity seats available

The Digital ID project http://digital-id.wikispaces.com/ invites students, teachers, and administrators to contribute to a toolkit of essential information, resources, and guidelines to foster upstanding global Digital Citizenship.
Presenter Resources:
http://digital-id.wikispaces.com

Speakers

Natalie Bernasconi

Gail Desler

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
A206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Elk Grove USD
Audience and Grade level ALL, 4 - 12, Administration
Topic Multi, GR, Multi
Building Administration Building

2:45pm PDT

Digital Literacy & the Common Core

Limited Capacity seats available

Discover the Common Core’s digital literacy demands, along with strategies for incorporating digital reading and writing across all content areas and grade levels whether you’re using iPads, laptops, or cellphones.
Presenter Resources:
http://www.joewoodonline.com

Speakers

Joseph Wood

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
D290/291 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Natomas Charter School
Audience and Grade level ALL, K - 12, Administration
Topic Multi, CC
Building Building D

2:45pm PDT

Overexposed: Kids’ Online Privacy

Limited Capacity seats available

Snap-Click-Post. Kids can share a lot of information about themselves online, which poses challenges to schools. Learn about kids’ online privacy and resources for schools to educate kids and parents.

Speakers

Kelly Mendoza

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
A203 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Common Sense Media
Audience and Grade level ALL, 2 - 12, Administration
Topic Multi, CC, PD
Building Administration Building

2:45pm PDT

Small School Big Tech - Now What?

Limited Capacity seats available

iPads, Netbooks, Chromebooks, MacBooks, Tablets, Apps, Wifi, Cloud, Google Apps. What's a school to do? We'll talk about strategies for leveraging these tools from a district perspective. What's the future of edtech look like, what's important now? Have a plan! Key areas to focus on for building a 21st Century technology footprint.
Presenter Resources:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1g4Z-UmXjKsFGKwTkW3p5xzl8CFS_ZRMjuau9FNrbmTU/edit

Speakers

Andrew Schwab

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
E208 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Host Organization Berryessa Union School District
Audience and Grade level New, Intermediate, Experienced, Administration, Not grade-level specific
Topic IT, Multi
Building Building E

2:45pm PDT

You’ve Got The Tech, Now What?

Limited Capacity seats available

Attendees will be lead through the Design Thinking process to use their new tools in new ways.

Presenter Resources:
cscottsy.com

Speakers

Chris Scott

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
E106 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States