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CUE Tips Sessions

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Don't miss these 20-minute presentation for attendees to learn fun and helpful tips and tricks! All sessions are on Friday, March 2 in Oasis 1, Palm Springs Convention Center. These sessions will be included in the CUE podcast feed during the CUE Conference. Simply drag the logo to the right to iTunes to subscribe!

10:30 am - 10:50 am | My Favorite Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts
Mike Lawrence 2306
How did he do that so fast? Why doesn’t he touch the mouse? Explore the best shortcuts of an experienced Mac user and ‘keystroke.addict’.

11:00 am - 11:20 am. | Little Known Mac Secrets  
Robert Craven 2307  
Did you know how smart your Mac REALLY is? Delve into Spotlight’s
search features and access a research library on your desktop. Open  your classroom to the world with iChatAV’s built-in videoconferencing. Explore universal access and your computer will read to you or spotlight a section of your screen. And for you switchers Mac’s preferences can add right click to make you feel at home!

11:30 am - 11:50 am | A wiki-wiki Look at Wikis!
Stacy Kline 2308
You’ve heard of Wikipedia, the.amazing, collaborative, online encyclopedia, but did you know you can create free, no-ad educational wikis for your own school or classroom? If you can send an email, you can create a wiki!  

12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Exploring the Google Universe
Chris Walsh 2309
A fast and furious romp through Google’s free tools to facilitate communication, collaboration, and exploration in the infinite universe of information.

1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Learning Made Easy with Widgets  
Kathy Shirley 2310
Mac OS X brings you Dashboard with a host of mini-applications called
“widgets”. At the click of a key, get fast access to a dictionary/thesaurus,
language translator, word-of-the-day, calculator and many more!

2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Got Flickr?
David Jakes 2311
At almost 400 million photographs, Flickr has enormous potential for
education. In this session learn how the photographs at Flickr can be
used in classroom instruction to promote visual literacy in students.

2:30 pm - 2:50 pm | Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with Podcasts
Donna Axelson 2312
Learn easy to use hints on how to make podcasts while remembering
that writing for the ears is different from writing for the eyes.  

3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Come Check Out Verizon Marcopolo California
John Ittelson, Barbara Starr 2313
Learn how this program provides the highest quality standards-based
Internet content and professional development for K12 teacher and
students...all at no cost.


3:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Six Degrees of Separation: Why Social Networking Applications Belong in Classrooms
Susan Brooks-Young 2314
The term ‘social.networking’ refers to more than MySpace or
Facebook. Get a quick overview of several social networking sites that
can be used to enhance and expand instruction while modeling safe, appropriate use of these applications.


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