CUE Annual Conference

The fourth annual EduBloggerCon West is sponsored by CUE and is a free pre-conference "meet-up" of those interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in education. In true collaborative style, those who attend will develop the agenda and topics.

On-site registration for the conference

Do you blog, read blogs, or just want to meet other social media types? Do you love the informal collaboration that takes place at a conference? Then come by the Bloggers Café to do some face-to-face networking, trade tips, or dive deep into conversations.

Need to recharge between sessions? Stroll through the gallery and take in the inspiring student and teacher-produced winning photos from the 2009 and 2010 CaliforniaStreaming Digital Photography Contest. Learn about the 2011 contest and pick up free posters highlighting these breathtaking winners -- compliments of the CaliforniaStreaming.org community.

On-site registration for the conference

Chris Bell

Get your Android phone up and moving in this thumbs-on workshop designed to get your phone operating at maximum capacity for productivity, fun, and learning! In this workshop, we will explore apps, websites, and sample mLearning activities using Android phones. Attendees will also participate in individual and small group mobile learning activities that can be implemented in the classroom using existing student devices. Lastly, we will explore Android App Inventor and its application in the classroom. Participants must bring their own Android device with version 2.1 OS or greater. Participants must bring his/her own laptop.

Susan Brooks-Young

Apple's iPad offers a perfect blend of access to audio, video, and applications educators can use to enhance instruction using affordable technology. Acquaint yourself with educational applications, address management and safety issues, and plan instructional activities using the iPad. Workshop fee includes a 16 GB iPad wifi + 3G. NOTE: 3G Plan sold separately. Mac Lab

Jim Holland, Susan Anderson

Engage the digital natives! Give them a platform to construct and showcase their learning by creating, publishing, embedding, and sharing widgets using FREE online tools!

Barbara Bray

Open Education Resources (OER) are free online resources for use and reuse for teaching, learning and research. This session will review the history of OER and provide you information on where to go for learning content, tools, licensing, and examples of best practices.

Have you always wanted to present at a CUE conference but were not selected? Or do you have a topic to present or discuss that wasn’t timely when formal presentation applications were due last year, but is so now? If so, sign yourself up for these half-hour presentation slots, which will also be streamed live via Elluminate to those not able to attend CUE!

Speakers include: Marsali Hancock/President iKeepSafe.org, Rebecca Randall/VP Common Sense Media, Dr. Gwenn O'Keeffe/Pediatrician and Author, Catherine Teitelbaum/Yahoo! Director of Child Safely, and Diana Paradise/Santa Clara COE & CUE Board of Director.

Bring your school and/or district team to engage in a day filled with essential information, focused conversations, and takeaway strategies-tools-resources addressing one of today's most critical issues: How To Build A Culture Of Ethics & Safety In Our Schools and Community. The focus of this Summit is on how your team can develop a network of support by involving your community of teachers, administrators, parents, counselors, nonprofit advocates, students, health care professionals, and law enforcement officers to provide a safer online and offline environment for our children. Led by nationally known online safety and digital citizenship experts, your team will gain strategies for creating healthier online experiences by building a safety network using student guidance techniques and online incident mitigation to benefit our students, educators, and the greater community. Geared to the needs of our elementary, middle school, and high school students, you will choose from several afternoon breakout sessions which address cyber safe behavior, network of support, smart social networking strategies, digital citizenship curriculum, and the recently-launched national portal called Generation Safe which promotes prevention, detection, bystander awareness, and intervention. Target Audience: Educators, Community Leaders, Non Profit Advocates, Business, Law Enforcement, and Health Care Professionals. No additional fee for Summit. You must be a registered CUE 2011 Conference to attend.

Ivan Taylor

Overcome your fear of converting video to multiple formats for anytime, anywhere playback. This entertaining and interactive session will "rip back the curtain” and share strategies on what works best.

Amy Duncan

With all of the amazing assistive technology supports available for students, how do we find just the right match! AT/AAC assessment is a dynamic and interactive process that can define effective outcomes for students. You will take away specific procedures and tools that can be implemented immediately!

Dave Douglas, Cheryl Lee

Multi-touch screen, vibrant color and sharp text at a size you choose makes reading on the iPad a magical experience. Explore book apps that include voice recording and multiple language support. Consume PDFs, lessons, classics and public domain classics, bestsellers and digital textbooks. Select a book from the iBooks shelves and personalize reading with highlighting, notes, dictionary, bookmarks, and search. See how easy it is to publish your own interactive content. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Robert Banning, Jo French

Pivot - a new technology from Microsoft - makes interacting with lots of data amazing, powerful, and fun. Are you ready to make your own pivot?

Mark Wagner

Discover tools that help educators and students access relevant information, locate timely research, and share meaningful resources. Learn powerful easy-to-use features of Google Books, Scholar, News, Blogsearch, Alerts and more.

Jon Cradler, Marianne Pack

This session will focus on Ed Tech legislation from both a California and Federal perspective. John Cradler and Steve Glyer, CUE Legislative Advocacy Committee co-chairs will share current news pertinent to California and Hilary Goldman, ISTE Dir of Government Affairs will bring us up to date on Federal legislation. Important initiatives such as the Governor's Ed Tech and Digital Literacy action plan, the CUE Advocacy Platform, the status of CTAP and SETS, federal EETT updates, broadband deployment and information on the National Education Technology Plan will be covered. There is much to hear and learn about, a session you won't want to miss.

Dale Fleming

With the need for 21st Century learning skills the project based learning style, the need for electronic collaboration is becoming more necessary, not less. Old methods of using plain email, word processing or printing are not adequate to meet the challenges and demands of the new environment. Using a wiki/blog environment such as Apple's Mac OS X Server provides a more modern approach to collaboration and can engage students in ways they see as relevant. Mobile devices can easily consume the content from the web environment, giving students and teachers many ways to interact with each other. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

The Alliance for Distance Education in California (ADEC) is again holding its annual distance-learning summit at the CUE 2011 Conference. Summit panelists and attendees represent K12, community college, university and adult education. Summit XXII provides an opportunity to explore creative collaborative solutions in today’s challenging times. Expert panelists will share ideas while providing opportunities to discuss and explore possible solutions offered by online learning and technology. Panels include diverse topics such as eLearning in Professional Development; eLearning: The New Adult Education; eLearning: Mobile Devices in Learning and Teaching at All Levels; eLearning: Exploration of Androgogy. The luncheon speaker, Michelle Pakansky-Brock, will speak on Teaching Without Walls: Life Beyond the Lecture.

Summit XXII includes:

• Interactive presentations and lunch (10:00 am to 3:00 pm).
• Opportunity for attendees to visit the exhibit hall and participate
  in a SIG meeting (3:00 to 6:00 pm).
• Annual AFFY Awards Reception (6:00 to 7:00 pm).
• Leaders, practitioners, and those wishing to gain more
  insight into the possibilities and pitfalls of online learning
  are encouraged to attend.

Registration is limited - sign up today! Lunch and reception are included.

Brian Curwick

As ubiquitous as cell phones are today, why not incorporate them into classroom activities that promote teaching and learning? Bring your cell phones and prepare to be engaged.

Jolene Berg

Get instant feedback during your lesson or create a new approach with a cool tool for your PowerPoint 2007/2010 presentation. Mouse Mischief adds interactive, multiple-mouse slides into your lessons to engage your students individually or in teams. Participants will get to experience a multi-mouse activity and walk away with strategies and lesson ideas.

Terri Price, Melissa Andrews

Find out how one elementary school is using iPads to improve student achievement by creating a classroom of completely engaged learners, differentiated instruction, and implementing RTI with focused instructional apps.

George Araya, Cynthia Furr, Kirsten Swiackey, Sally Adams

DSUSD is using technology tools that are making a great difference in how teachers adapt their instruction on a daily basis. Presentation provides examples on benefits of student-centered tech environment.

Jane Lofton, Jani Nelson

Engage both students and adults with Prezi.com presentations. Unlike traditional PowerPoints, Prezi lets you create alone or in collaboration on a flexible, non-linear canvas and bring your ideas to life.

Matt Gehrett

The needs of students with disabilities must be addressed in online education. This session will identify best practices, share technological solutions and recommendations for policy development and training online teachers.

Dale Fleming

The mobile devices from Apple are inclusive in their design from the ground up. The latest revision of Apple's iOS for mobile devices includes voice over, closed captioning, zoom, mono audio and supports hundreds of apps to assist special needs learners Learn about the iPad's unique power to engage special learners and to help those who work with them to be more efficient. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Joon Kim

Combining inexpensive consumer hardware, easy-to-use software, and user-friendly web services, teachers and students can create and "capture" audio, video, and images in real-time to share with their class.

Cheryl Lopez

Video Modeling can impact student learning in powerful ways. Participants will experience ways to adapt this research based strategy to their own classroom environment to teach, to motivate and to support positive behavior! Tools and examples that are easily implemented will be shared.

Burt Lo

Moodle is a free resource to create an online classroom environment for your students. Explore a Moodle classroom from a student's perspective, then build a Moodle extension for your own classroom that you can use with your students on Monday. Participants must bring his/her own laptop.

Mark Wagner

Learn important facts: CIPA requires schools have a procedure for disabling a filter, COPPA doesn't prevent students from using email, & FERPA allows web services to be considered school officials!

Eileen Walters

Receive the amazingly easy-to-use 60 minute FLIP Ultra camera. Learn video techniques and the FLIP editing software. Explore use in classroom instruction, student projects, assessment and home-school communication. Includes a Flip camera. Mac Lab

Susan Brooks-Young

CUE 2011 Conference speakers' books available for purchase during exhibit hall hours in the hub@CUE.

Joan Coy, Wanda Dechant

Teachers in our Canadian rural division have created two Moodle sites that have increased student engagement. Teachers collaborate and students have access to high quality on-line courses on their Moodle site (24/7) in addition to classroom instruction.

CUE Live! is an Internet TV show broadcasting from the 2011 CUE Conference in Palm Springs. Through an engaging talk show format, leading education and technology experts discuss the ways that innovative uses of technology are making a positive impact on education across the world. Each show is archived and available as streaming video on the web and as a podcast via RSS subscription allowing the thousands of CUE attendees to reconnect with their experience after the conference. Stop by and watch the show while at the conference in the Exhibit hall. Sponsored by Fresno COE Instructional Technology Services.

Glen Warren, Joane McNabb, Penny Glover

Imagine students who are so digitally equipped that they become the best firewall to information pollution. This session will provide digital literacy resources for all grade levels leading to student digital resiliency!

Paula Hundley

Step away from the computer and away from the whiteboard.  Roam the room, connect with your students, and teach in visual, engaging, dynamic ways from anywhere in the classroom.  See the Doceri app in action.

Bernie Dodge

See a dozen online sites you probably haven't seen before that will leave you reeling with teaching ideas. Geotools, rich sources of authentic data.

Jim Holland, Susan Anderson

Go beyond viewing locations in Google Earth. Learn to integrate curriculum into Google Earth by adding placemarks full of multimedia including images, links, and videos.

Gil Diaz, Heather Jenkins

ePortfolios are collections of data that reflect student learning in powerful ways. Participants will learn innovative ways to create and use ePortfolios that are both teacher and student created.

Explore over 100,000 square feet of vendor displays with the latest in educational technology! Browse current exhibitor list.

Julie Garcia, Cheryl Lee

Take the challenge of applying math to design a school garden. Start with apps and media for iPad and iPod touch to provide students with an understanding of area and perimeter. Explore a variety of apps for skill building, interactive games and math tools. Use the flexible canvas of Numbers '11 to add tables, charts, text images and video on the iPad to present your project. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Charles Du

Catch a glimpse into the future of mobile technology and how it's changing the way we learn. From removing knowledge friction points to interacting with washing machines to renting out cars, we'll cover why the iOS platform (iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads) is designed for the future and is extremely relevant in the context of learning. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Lainie Rowell

Our nation suffers from 19th century thinking when it comes to preparing educators for the increasingly collaborative work of teaching and learning. Many outstanding programs have been established to move education forward, but there remains no consistently recognized way for leading educators to certify themselves as 21st Century professionals. CUE has gathered an alliance of non-profits, educational agencies and universities to develop and deliver a certification program, launching first with Online Teacher Certification this June, with Classroom & Hybrid Teaching, Administrative and Librarian certification to follow in the coming years. Join us for this session to learn more about Leading Edge Certification and how you can be amongst the first to be nationally recognized as a leader in online learning.

Esther Kligman-Frey, Debra White

Explore the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's ArtThink website, containing theme-based lessons in History, Language Arts and Visual Arts. The site features hands on activities connected to modern artists in the museum's online programs.

Randy Orwin

Districts and schools all over the country have been hit hard by the current fiscal crisis. Cuts in staffing, programs and support programs have become common place. Come and learn how open source software could potentially save your district/school anywhere from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars in software licensing costs. Join in the conversation about which software titles can be replaced with freely available open source alternatives. Case studies will be presented showing the savings that other districts have experienced with the adoption of open source software.

Russell Walker

Educators will learn about student role-playing exercises conducted using online collaboration tools: shared workspaces (e.g., Microsoft SharePoint) and web conferencing platforms (e.g., Elluminate).

Peggy Ericson

In this poster session, participants will have an awareness of the steps involved in planning and implementing a supplemental/blended distance learning program. In addition, Q & A and resources will be provided that can support them in becoming knowledgeable in regards to the topic.

Chris Scott, Joe Donahue

This presentation will describe the process used to initiate the program: faculty support, funding, purchasing, etc. It will discuss the goals, the anticipated outcomes, and the anticipated concerns. We will present results of our assessment thus far in the program.

Pamela Stiles, Deborah Stanley

School2Home works with underperforming middle schools to provide students and their families with a laptop to use at school and at home. What does it look like in practice?  Stevenson and Central Middle School in LA  are the  program's BETA schools. Pamela Stiles, Stevenson's coach,  and Deborah Stanley, Central's librarian, will explain the first 18 months of the program at their sites.

Gary Garfield, Suzanne McDonough

Creative, fun activities and strategies to bring excitement to elementary social studies, language arts, math, science, decision-making and problem solving.

Mark Wagner

Avoid leading poor quality professional development. Learn how to engage participants, connect with their passions, and extend their learning well beyond each session. Leave with five philosophies for "lead learners.”

Sam Rosener

Learn low and high tech solutions to assist the Student Study Team to help General Education teachers and Diverse Learners.

Tim Parker, Steve Zantos

See how iMovie '11 has matured to include many pro editing features found in Final Cut Pro 7. Explore the value of each application and when to use it. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Jarl Jonas

A common barrier faced by educators is the lack of access to online teaching tools and the requisite training to be successful. CourseSites by Blackboard™, a free, hosted online course creation and facilitation service, has removed those barriers and is being used by high school teachers and higher education instructors world-wide to help engage digital-age learners. CourseSites is powered by the latest asynchronous and synchronous technology from Blackboard, provides self-paced and live training options, enables access to a community of practice of online and blended educators, and includes dedicated support for teachers and students.  Come learn how simple it is to get started with creating an online learning environment and how this resource is helping to shape the future of education.

Susan Anderson, Jim Holland

Template-driven PowerPoint activities (such as 3-D Towers, dioramas, & clue squares) make great folding organizers for any curriculum, for any student, for any level!

Lloyd Rekstad

There are so many tools and so many students who need them! This session will help participants to sort through the ones that can have great impact. Tried and true ideas to support students with diverse needs in the classroom will be shared.

Dave Childers, Chris Durham

In the age of declining budgets and increasing technology demands, Open Source and other free tools can help almost any school create a robust technology program with relatively limited out of pocket expense.  There are a host of high-quality programs on both the administrative and curricular levels that will not take one dime out of your current technology budget.  Come see some real-world examples of how one small charter high school is leveraging every resource that it can to ensure that its students are receiving a first-class, technology-rich education across all disciplines.

Ben Anderson

MyCTAP is a growing library of resources contributed by CTAP regions to support the use of educational technologies in your classroom. Find out about our free online workshops and other resources for California educators.

Genevieve Kahlweiss

Learn the NEW version of Movie Maker in Windows 7. Create a movie and take it with you after learning the process of the application features. Learn to post your students' videos on the web. Vodcast your curriculum projects for the school community to view. Put your class into production action and deepen student engagement, expand understand of subject content. Join us for TAKE ONE! Windows Lab

Susan Brooks-Young

Apple's iPad offers a perfect blend of access to audio, video, and applications educators can use to enhance instruction using affordable technology. Acquaint yourself with educational applications, address management and safety issues, and plan instructional activities using the iPad. Workshop fee includes a 16 GB iPad wifi.  BYOL Lab

Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD
Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD, FAAP is one of the nation’s top experts on the digital lives of kids. Author of CyberSafe, she is in high demand as a speaker and media spokeswoman. She is active with the AAP on the Council on Communications and Media and many prominent advisory boards.

CUE 2011 Conference speakers' books available for purchase during exhibit hall hours in the hub@CUE.

Michael Simkins, Chair

The mission of the Administrators' SIG is to encourage school administrators at all levels (site, district, county, and state) to take an active role in planning, implementing, and evaluating the use of instructional technology in our schools. In addition to semi-annual meetings held in conjunction with the CUE Conferences, our listserv offers a network of several hundred administrators who provide support to one another and the Web page offers links to additional resources as well as a membership directory.

Chris Bell, Jenith Mishne, Co-Chairs

The mission of the eLearning SIG (the California chapter of the North American Council for Online Learning [NACOL]) is to increase educational opportunities and enhance learning through collaborative expertise and leadership in online teaching and learning.

Leslie Farmer & Nada Mach, Co-Chairs

The Higher Education SIG's mission is to serve the broad College and University faculty within CUE's membership. We seek to connect faculty and staff at public and private colleges and universities, to inspire and nourish a dynamic, cutting-edge, collegial network of professionals dedicated to excellence in higher education through the effective and appropriate use of technology for teaching and learning.

Glen Warren, Peter Doering, Co-Chairs

The mission of the CUE Library Media Educators SIG is to promote an expanded understanding of the unique and essential role of LMTs in educating the school community, and to provide opportunities for professional growth and collaboration. Some of the specific activities include publicizing our work, partnering with other educators, training ourselves and others in information literacy and technology, and supporting each other.

Tim Landeck, Martin Cisneros, Co-Chairs

The mission of the CUE Technology Coordinators SIG is to bring technology leaders together in a supportive and productive environment. The SIG meets at each CUE Conference and is an open forum for all technology leaders to share experiences and resources that will assist in making all of our jobs more effective and efficient.

Technology Integration Specialist, Apple Distinguished Educator, Discovery Star Educator, CUE Outstanding Teacher and ISTE Teacher of the Year Carol Anne McGuire is an award-winning educator who began her career teaching blind and visually impaired students over 20 years ago. She is the founder and “Lead Rocker” of an international project called “Rock Our World.” ROW connects students on every continent to collaborate in music composition, filmmaking and meeting each other in live video conferences.

Carol Anne has worked with companies such as Apple, Discovery, Disney, American Film Institute, Google and Will Smith. Carol Anne Keynotes all over the world on topics such as Global Collaboration, Accessibility, Digital Storytelling, Podcasting, Technology in the Classroom and Movie Making for the Non-Techy Teacher!

“Carol Anne McGuire put together the most innovative, collaborative learning environment I’ve ever seen across all the continents.” John Couch, Vice President of Education at Apple, to the United Nations.

Peter H. Reynolds who will join Carol Anne via Skype, and is a NY Times best-selling author and illustrator, a renowned educator, and the founder of FableVision, an award-winning educational multimedia company. Peter inspires kids and “grown up kids” with his messages about authentic learning, creativity, and self-expression. His books The Dot, Ish, and The North Star are popular in classrooms around the world. The Dot, Peter’s signature book, encourages readers to be brave and “make their mark!” For more information, visit www.peterhreynolds.com and www.fablevision.com.

All conference attendees are invited to a special Thursday Keynote. Join us after the Keynote for an opportunity to win a Powerlite 83v+ from Epson!

Get there early, as space is limited.

Thursday Keynote - Carol Anne McGuire and (virtual) Peter H. Reynolds
Global Learning: Making a Difference, Changing the World!

Is global collaboration an educational reality? Or just a buzzword? See how K-12 students have rocked their world by solving real problems while composing music, making movies and learning about each other in live video conferences. What a great time to be an educator! The walls of the classroom are coming down! Learn how to bring the world to YOUR students!

Join CUE as we celebrate the best of the student media festivals from across California and Nevada. We're inviting winning entries from: the Palm Spring's Digicom, CUE Southern Nevada's Multimedia Festival Competition, Los Angeles' Digital Voice Awards, the Central Valley SlickRock Student Film Fest, and of course, the nation's oldest: the California Student Media Festival. Learn tips from the winning student filmmakers, their teachers and festival organizers. Get curriculum ideas for your next student masterpiece! Light appetizers and a no host bar will be available. 

Do you blog, read blogs, or just want to meet other social media types? Do you love the informal collaboration that takes place at a conference? Then come by the Bloggers Café to do some face-to-face networking, trade tips, or dive deep into conversations.

Need to recharge between sessions? Stroll through the gallery and take in the inspiring student and teacher-produced winning photos from the 2009 and 2010 CaliforniaStreaming Digital Photography Contest. Learn about the 2011 contest and pick up free posters highlighting these breathtaking winners -- compliments of the CaliforniaStreaming.org community.

Lesley Farmer, Barry Sovel

First time at the CUE Conference? Want to jump-start your experience? Find out how the conference REALLY works — and meet some movers and shakers in the process.

On-site registration for the conference

Michael Horn is the co-founder and Executive Director, Education of Innosight Institute, a non profit think tank devoted to applying the theory of disruptive innovation to develop solutions to problems in the social sector. A graduate of Harvard Business School, he contributed research for Barbara Kellerman’s 2004 release, Bad Leadership: What It Is, How It Happens, Why It Matters, and Charles Ellis’ book, Joe Wilson and the Creation of Xerox (2006). Horn has been the featured speaker at numerous education conferences, including the National Evaluation Systems’ conference and the Grantmakers for Education Conference. He graduated from Yale University with distinction in History.

All conference attendees are invited to a special General Session Friday morning. Join us after the Keynote for an opportunity to win a great prize!

We will also be honoring CUE members and friends through our annual CUE Awards Recognition. Join us as we acknowledge the Gold and Platinum Disks and Technology in Learning Leadership Awards. Attendees will also get a glimpse of the future as we introduce the 2011 Board of Directors nominees.

Get there early, as space is limited.

Opening Keynote - Michael Horn
Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Keynote sponsored by K12.com, Education 2020 and CLRN.org

Beth Reilly, Shea Morris

1-2-3 Click will open educators eyes to the many possibilities of using digital cameras in the classroom. A variety of activities, projects, and lessons incorporating this technologies will be presented.

Discovery Education Team

Get down and dirty with the basics of Discovery Education streaming! We'll fill the gaps with helpful information - this session is a great building block that prepares you to springboard to deeper media integration.

Michael Horn

CUE 2011 Conference speakers' books available for purchase during exhibit hall hours in the hub@CUE.

Diane Main

Google Earth comes packed with a wealth of content for many subject areas. Can't find what you're looking for? What's stopping you from making your own content to use with students or to share with others?

CUE Live! is an Internet TV show broadcasting from the 2011 CUE Conference in Palm Springs. Through an engaging talk show format, leading education and technology experts discuss the ways that innovative uses of technology are making a positive impact on education across the world. Each show is archived and available as streaming video on the web and as a podcast via RSS subscription allowing the thousands of CUE attendees to reconnect with their experience after the conference. Stop by and watch the show while at the conference in the Exhibit hall. Sponsored by Fresno COE Instructional Technology Services.

Have you always wanted to present at a CUE conference but were not selected? Or do you have a topic to present or discuss that wasn’t timely when formal presentation applications were due last year, but is so now? If so, sign yourself up for these half-hour presentation slots, which will also be streamed live via Elluminate to those not able to attend CUE!

Jim Holland, Susan Anderson

We unearth the hidden treasures of the internet for time-crunched, under-paid educators who dare to use technology to impact instruction.

Eric Marcos, Camilla Spielman

This session focuses on student screencasting and how a "kids teaching kids" collaborative model helped spark student enthusiasm via our iTunes podcast and Mathtrain.TV tutorial site.

Explore over 100,000 square feet of vendor displays with the latest in educational technology! Browse current exhibitor list.

Dave Douglas, Cheryl Lee

Multi-touch screen, vibrant color and sharp text at a size you choose makes reading on the iPad a magical experience. Explore book apps that include voice recording and multiple language support. Consume PDFs, lessons, classics and public domain classics, bestsellers and digital textbooks. Select a book from the iBooks shelves and personalize reading with highlighting, notes, dictionary, bookmarks, and search. See how easy it is to publish your own interactive content. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Cory Robertson

Come learn about all the latest and greatest iPod and iPhone apps for Learning, Playing, and Keeping Your Sanity! Learn how to track App pricing to get them on-sale or free!

Crystal Turner, Kristin Thompsen, Robert Craven

Discover the power of mobilizing your students when you outfit the classroom with an iPod lab. When Aliso Elementary began implementing iPod labs across upper grades, no one anticipated the incredible results. Hear from Kristin Thompsen, lead classroom teacher, Crystal Turner, the principal, and ADE Robert Craven, the district technology specialist, as they discuss the iEngage program and how you can successfully implement the model in your classroom now. Tickets for this session given 1/2 hour before start time- first come, first serve.

Patricia Clark

Transform classrooms with classroom-ready digital content.  Houghton Mifflin Digital Solutions specializes in technology that empowers teachers to produce differentiated learning opportunities creating a vibrant, innovative, child-centered curriculum. Our prek-12 solutions inspire innovation in education.

Beth Corwin

In this hands-on session, you will create your own short movie while discovering Apple's easy to use & powerful tools for editing, publishing and sharing your movies and slideshows.

Stacy Deeble-Reynolds, Sean Williams

The standards-aligned KitZu and CAGalleryWalk resources offered by the Orange County Department of Education are unique in their ability to support student engagement and learning in all academic content areas and at all grade levels for all students.

Keith Graziadei

Come and hear from conception to reality, how and why Santa Monica College created the Digital Learning Studio. The DLS project has been described by the pilot instructors as unique in its potential to re-engage net generation students in higher education. Using collaborative methodologies and state-of-the-art technologies, the DLS allows SMC educators opportunities to explore new teaching and learning possibilities.

Sam Rosener

Learn to use digital portfolios to enhance Student Study Team meetings and eliminate data management problems. Using cross-platform programs, referrals and student work data can be collated, disseminated and stored securely. Reduce the data management headaches associated with Student Study Teams and focus on supporting student success!

Daryl Stermon, Donna Markey, Katherine Hayden

Participants will learn to use: 1) identified and selected interactive web-based technology simulations that engage students, 2) exemplary lessons refined via the "Lesson Study Process”, and 3) project developed virtual labs, such as CyberHawk.

Kerry Wheeler

Where and when does educational technology start? Where do we as special educators start in regards to technology? This presentation will attempt to show the progression of technology from infants to preschoolers. This will primarily focus on students with severe physical disabilities.

Debra White, Esther Kilgman-Frey

Explore on line learning opportunities with SFMOMA's ArtThink. ArtThink is a curriculum site, with standards based activities in visual arts, language arts, history, and social studies spanning grades 4 through 12.