Fall CUE 2012: Full Schedule

10:00am PDT

Let Google Sites be Your Lesson Planning Best Friend

Limited Capacity seats available

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!

Speakers

Brian Van Dyck

Friday October 26, 2012 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
E206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 1 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization SCUSD
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, New, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, ST, WT
Building Building E

10:00am PDT

Pirates of the Class-I-Wanna-Be-In: At Paper's End

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Discover the treasures and pitfalls of having an all digital paperless classroom. Find the trouble waters and learn to navigate the seas of digital instruction, and find out how to make tablet computing be the reason the copier walks the plank... for good.

Speakers

Torrence Temple

Friday October 26, 2012 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
E203 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 1 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Mesa High School, Azusa Pacific University, Temple Edu-Neering
Audience and Grade level Intermediate, Experienced, 4 - 12, College
Topic SC, PD, WT
Building Building E

10:00am PDT

The Personal is Political: Remix Video and Fair Use

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

This session will look at the learning opportunities for creating remix videos using found video footage online with an emphasis on fair use and critical thinking skills.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.kqed.org/edspace

Speakers

Matthew Williams

Friday October 26, 2012 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
A206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 1 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization KQED
Audience and Grade level 6 - 12, College, Experienced, Intermediate, New
Topic LA, Multi, PD, SS
Building Administration Building

11:15am PDT

STEM Education - Google CAPE Style

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Discover what one teacher learned about developing a STEM based classroom while working for Google as the CAPE Summer Program Faculty Advisor. Let your classroom be inspired by CAPE.

Speakers

Brian Van Dyck

Friday October 26, 2012 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
E206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 2 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization SCUSD
Audience and Grade level New, Intermediate, Experienced, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, CC, ST
Building Building E

1:15pm PDT

Canvas on the Street: Designing Youth Digital Art Projects for Public Spaces

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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.

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/canvasonthestreet/

Speakers

Corinne Takara

Friday October 26, 2012 1:15pm - 2:15pm PDT
A206 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 3 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Next Vista for Learning
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic GR, MA, SC, ST, VPA
Building Administration Building

2:30pm PDT

Flipping for Digital Curation

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Have you ever wanted to "flip" your classroom, but don't have all the tech skills necessary? Learn how to pull content together quickly and easily to flip your classroom.

Speakers

Kyle Brumbaugh

Friday October 26, 2012 2:30pm - 3:30pm PDT
E106 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 4 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization San Mateo Union High School District
Audience and Grade level 6 - 12, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic Multi, OL
Building Building E

2:30pm PDT

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

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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

3:45pm PDT

New Tech Assist and Integration for Special Needs Students

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

In this session, you will learn about hardware and software (online and computer down to hand-held iPod, iPad) that will help students with many types of problems to participate in the classroom and to learn necessary lifetime skills.

Presenter Resources:
http://www.dcn.org/iug/Meizel

Speakers

Janet Meizel

Friday October 26, 2012 3:45pm - 4:45pm PDT
A204 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 5 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization UC, Davis
Audience and Grade level Beginning, Experienced, Intermediate, K - 12, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi
Building Administration Building

3:45pm PDT

Self-Directed Learning Systems for Teachers and Kids

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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

Session, 5 - Concurrent Session

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

9:00am PDT

Blended Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Thurgood Marshall has abandoned the traditional teaching model and has created the co-centric circles in the classroom while using the blended learning model to impact student achievement.

Speakers

Juan Nunez

Asmara Ogbai

Peter Watts

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
C208/209 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Thurgood Marshall Academy of Technology and Design
Audience and Grade level Beginning, Intermediate, Experienced, 6 - 8
Topic MA, OL, RTI
Building Building C

9:00am PDT

Bloomin’ H.O.T. & Digitally High: Rolling with CCSS in Grades 4-8

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Explore attaining higher order thinking skills and the use of digital tools to meet the new English Language Arts Reading and Writing Common Core State Standards in grades 4-8.

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/21stlearner/ccss-digital-bloom

Speakers

Sandy Somera

Eileen Walters

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
A221 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session

Audience and Grade level 4 - 8, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic LA, PD, WT
Building Administration Building

9:00am PDT

Feedback Machine: Using a Mail Merge with Google Spreadsheet for Student Communication

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

How to have students digitally submit assignments with a Google Form, paperless grading and giving students feedback from the Google Spreadsheet using mail merge.

Presenter Resources:
http://alicekeeler.com/go

Speakers

Alice Keeler

Saturday October 27, 2012 9:00am - 10:00am PDT
A203 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 6 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization CVCUE
Audience and Grade level 6 - 12, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic CC, WT
Building Administration Building

9:00am PDT

From Data Fire Drills to Data at our Fingertips

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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

10:15am PDT

Digital Badges: A New Way to Share Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Digital badges are a new mechanism to describe what someone has learned, done or accomplished. Badges hold promise to help bridge formal and informal learning, broadening the scope of what is valued in education.

Presenter Resources:
http://openbadges.org

Speakers

Steve Midgley

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
D281 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Mixrun
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi
Building Building D

10:15am PDT

Extending the Walls of Your Classroom with Video Editing

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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.

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/ryanodonnellpd/

Speakers

Ryan O’Donnell

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
E208 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Rocklin High School
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, OL, PD
Building Building E

10:15am PDT

Let Google Sites be Your Lesson Planning Best Friend

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Speakers

Brian Van Dyck

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
C205

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session, Addendum

Host Organization SCUSD
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, New, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, ST, WT
Building Building C

10:15am PDT

YouTube + iPads = Adventures In Learning

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Looking for a tool that is free, easy to use and takes your students on an adventure through the learning process? If you are a new user or have been integrating YouTube into your classroom for years, this session will redefine the way educators use YouTube in today’s classrooms. Bring your iPads and be ready to have fun!

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/cuefall2012/

Speakers

Angela Prelip

Saturday October 27, 2012 10:15am - 11:15am PDT
C206

Session, 7 - Concurrent Session

Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, Beginning, College, Experienced, Intermediate, Not grade-level specific
Topic Multi, WT
Building Building C

11:30am PDT

CANCELLED Even More Google Geekiness

Limited Capacity seats available

This session has been cancelled.

Speakers

Chris Walsh

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Cancelled

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session, Addendum

Host Organization New Tech Network
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, Not grade-level specific
Topic OL, WT

11:30am PDT

Flipping for YouTube in the Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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

Evaluation

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

11:30am PDT

Organizing Student Communication in Google Apps

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Flooded with 200 "Untitled Documents" when you have students share with you? Tired of sifting through hundreds of student emails? Learn some simple tips and tricks to organizing Google Apps use with students.

Presenter Resources:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhhn3qwv_119gs63s7ff

Speakers

Andrew Schwab

Saturday October 27, 2012 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
A221 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 8 - Concurrent Session

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

2:45pm PDT

Free, Online Tools for Math Practice and Assessment

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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?

Presenter Resources:
https://sites.google.com/site/willkimbley/math

Speakers

Will Kimbley

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
C102 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Computech Middle School
Audience and Grade level 2 - 12, Beginning, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic MA, OL, WT
Building Building E

2:45pm PDT

Publish Your Own Common Core Textbooks Using iBooks Author

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://eduawesome.com/ccss

Speakers

Bill Selak

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
A202 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Covina-Valley Unified
Audience and Grade level Experienced, Intermediate, K - 12
Topic CC, ELL, LA, MA
Building Administration Building

2:45pm PDT

Small School Big Tech - Now What?

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session

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

Tweeting Our Learning- Thinking Strategies 140 Characters at a Time

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

Discover a way to share the learning in your classroom with the world using iPhoneography and 140 characters to summarize thinking for Twitter.
Presenter Resources:
http://goo.gl/lBNUg

Speakers

Lisa Highfill

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
C208/209 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization Fairlands
Audience and Grade level Intermediate, Experienced, 4 - 12
Topic LA, VPA, CC
Building Building C

2:45pm PDT

WebQuests for a New Era

Limited Capacity seats available

Evaluation

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.

Presenter Resources:
http://bit.ly/wq-ncue-2012

Speakers

Bernie Dodge

Saturday October 27, 2012 2:45pm - 3:45pm PDT
A216 3000 Newell Drive American Canyon, CA 94503 United States

Session, 10 - Concurrent Session

Host Organization San DIego State University
Audience and Grade level 4 - 12, College, Experienced, Intermediate
Topic CC, Multi, WT
Building Administration Building