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The program Symbaloo allows educators to organize all important resources and tools in a one-page format. The live links and color coding enables easy access to all that you might need as well as the possibility to put your own classroom curricular needs in one place to share with teachers, parents and of course students. My Common Core Math page has 104 direct links with lesson plans that correlate to CCSS Math standards gathered by clusters for K-12 instruction. It is in use by more than 1000 teachers currently. Easy to learn and easy to use. You'll love it.

Baffled about how to start using YouTube? Did you know YouTube Teachers, YouTube EDU, and teacher-created playlists provide valuable content to enhance your CCSS curriculum? You can foster inquiry-based learning and promote higher-level thinking not only by having your students watch videos, but create and curate their own. Learn how you can create your own YouTube channel and how you and your students can make and annotate your own videos using free tools and the YouTube editor.

Session Resources

This session will show you how to create, edit, and share a Google Custom Search Engine. Google's CSEs help students access information more efficiently because it allows teachers to focus students' research on specific sites and/or extensions (.edu, .gov, etc.)

Participants will be introduced to Schoology and its' function related to the 1 to 1 iPad initiative. Participants will learn how to create user roles upload teacher and student data, create grading periods, and create class rosters online. We will also be sharing best practices that we have learned from implementing this program at our school

This session would provide teachers with an understanding of "Personalized" and "Personal" learning and how blended learning and Google tools can be leveraged to provide learning environments tailored to the unique needs of each student. My session will explore each of the five elements of personalized learning as defined by the School Improvement Network: Learner Profiles, Student Agency, Personal Learning Paths, Flexible Learning Environments, and individual Mastery. As well as how Google Forms, Sheets, Youtube, Calendar, and Sites can be utilized to support each element and can be packaged through Google Classroom's learning management capabilities.

In this session, participants will learn about the high school based 3D printing project at the Frostig School in Pasasdena, CA.  The Frostig School is a non-public school whose students all have Specific Learning Disabilities  During this course, students built 3D printers from scratch, created their own "corporations", developed prototypes and presented them.  Additionally, students created blogs and videos to document the process.  All of this had its back bone in the California Common Core and could not have been possible without the support of CUE LA!

"Learn how to use Twitter and blogging to practicing literacy, create a global classroom, and help students practice and master digital citizenship skills. I'll share some useful strategies for engaging students through social media as well as global projects that can be duplicated in your own classroom.
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For the past few years, I have invited my second and third grade students every fall to join me and their parents in a half-hour conference in which we discuss their strengths and areas for growth, set a goal for the year, and plan next steps for everyone involved. I quickly realized that while involving students in these kinds of conversations was a step in the right direction, it would not alone ensure that students made sufficient progress in building on their strengths, improving their areas for growth, and accomplishing their goals. I developed structures to support them at home and in school -- including follow-up conferences throughout the year and class time for goal-related work and presentations as well as shared note taking and audio recordings. I use similar structures to assess and discuss students' reading and writing. They provide individualized parent education and help students direct their own learning and experience success, while developing a growth mindset. Please join me for an extended conversation in which I discuss my system for student-directed conferences and goal monitoring and share resources.

When you hear Google Slides do you think online PowerPoint presentation? Well, think again! Discover what you and your students can do with Google Slides beyond just a presentation starting tomorrow in your classroom: ePortfolios, Choose Your Own Adventure Stories, Interactive Games, Math Manipulatives, Comics, Animations, and more.

Session Resources

"Is ""Videoing"" new to you? Do you want to learn how, so that you can integrate it into your curriculum? COME to this session. Bring your phone, iphone or your old video camera. Learn how to make a simple vidoe and take home a ""new"" technique that you can use on Monday morning. Anyone can make a Paper Slide Video! Come and have some fun!!!!!
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What if instead of reading a textbook on Evolution, students could learn through making stop-motion movies about the evolution of animals? What if instead of a book reports on "Diary of Anne Frank," students could make PSAs to prevent genocide?

Project Based Learning (PBL) empowers students to learn through making projects that combine academics with solving real-world challenges. Learn how a growing number of teachers are combining PBL with technology to create fun and engaging learning experiences to help students master 21st-century skills. Participants will also create their own project based lessons online.