Our world is surrounded by imagery. In many cases images are used to provide directions, information, or even tell stories. Join me as we examine the world of visual storytelling.
In today’s fast paced society, students don’t care to read. Why should they? Participants will learn motivational strategies and techniques proven successful in the middle school.
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 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.
Learn how the spotlight can shine on your students! This session will highlight the amazing and creative efforts from winners of the California Student Media Festival. Join us to see the innovate ways that technology is used in the classroom across the state. We hope it inspires you to get your students recognized. We will also showcase the FREE submission process and how you can “steal this festival” and start your own regional celebration.
Mike is an award-winning teacher, administrator and educational leader. He served as the CEO of CUE from 2005-2017, expanding the nonprofit’s impact. He also directed the California Student Media Festival (mediafestival.org) for a decade - an effort he continues to support as a... Read More →
Experience a comprehensive, fun technology education scope and sequence for grades one through eight that teachers can use to plan project-based activities that align with content standards while building students’ digital citizenship, information literacy, creativity and problem-solving skills.
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.
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.
Do you have a system to validate information? What about your students? After this session you will have several strategies to validate all of the information available on the Internet.