Hands-on Workshops
Last updated: Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 12:13:16 PM
THURSDAY, March 6
8:30 am - 4:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $175 | 3 seats available
A14 - AFI Screen Education Workshop: Digital Filmmaking in the Classroom
Frank Guttler
Participants are REQUIRED to bring a digital video camera and a blank tape to the workshop.
In
this hands-on workshop, teachers and administrators of all grade levels
and subjects will learn how to use filmmaking as a tool to engage
student learning. Through experiential lessons, students will learn to
shoot, plan edit and critique film and make connection to their
curricula.
Participants will learn:
- The difference between a shots and scenes
- Organize and improve filmmaking with Storyboards
- Experience hands-on how to use video cameras
Participants
will preview program’s newest curriculum and professional development
components, including the program resources now available at Discovery
Education’s unitedstreaming.com, and hear the latest program research
findings. Participants will understand the premise behind AFI’s
development of the Screen Education program, stemming from its 40-year
history as a national institute providing leadership in screen
education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art
of film, television and digital media. Introducing digital filmmaking
into the K-12 classroom can capitalize on the appeal and excitement of
collaborative storytelling through moving images as a means to an end
the mastery of traditional subject matter. Lunch is included.
Limit 30 registrants
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
| Location: Hilton Hotel | $410 | 11 seats available
A18 - Learn to Use Your New Palm
handheld (includes Palm Handheld computer)
Janet Caughlin
This stress-free, hands-on
workshop teaches you to use your new Palm handheld. You will leave with
an "I can use this fabulous computer" attitude. NOTE: Equipment
specifications are subject to change. Lunch NOT included.
Limit 25 registrants
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
| Location: Hilton Hotel | $125 | 6 seats available
A27 - Marvelous Media Makeover
Presented in partnership with Discovery Education
Discovery
Education is proud to present a pre-conference day filled with ways to
make media matter in your class. Master the tools your school already
has and you'll return to give your lessons a Media Makeover. Wield free
tools including Photo Story, MovieMaker, iMovie and Audacity to build
curriculum media projects with your students. If your school has
a media library like Discovery Education Unitedstreaming, then this is
place to master it. There are tips and tools you may not know and
ways to use media that will surprise you. Non-linear
PowerPoints! Media in Word! Hidden controls! Podcasting
from primary to high school! A Media Makeover makes learning more
meaningful. This is an experience students won't want you to
miss. It will top off your CUE 2008 experience!
Discovery’s
nationally recognized speaker, Scott Kinney, will present a keynote
on “The Media Evolution” . For the remainder of the day,
STAR educators from California classrooms and the team from Discovery
Education.will share the best integration strategies for movie making,
podcasting, non-linear interactive PowerPoints, and soaring via Google
Earth to virtual field trips with embedded media. Leave with
step-by-step instructions and begin these projects in your classon
Monday. Beginner friendly, this day will also offer new insights
for experts.
During lunch the podium will open for
participants to share tips, tricks, tools, software, and Web 2.0
sites along with our STAR Discovery Educators. This has become a
CUE conference tradition. Bring a strategy to share!
Lunch provided to all attendees. Prizes and fun throughout a day of learning.
Limit 30 registrants
FRIDAY, March 7
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $525 | SOLD OUT
B7- SMARTer Airliner Wireless Slate = SMARTer Teaching & SMARTer Learning (includes Airliner slate)
Jenith Mishne
Imagine a classroom where you could teach from anywhere in the room, engage more students at once, and capture all your work. Come and learn about SMART's Airliner wireless slate and walk away with one of your very own. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $750 | 10 seats available
B8 - It Ain't Just a "Movie" Projector Anymore! (Includes LCD projector)
Lori Musick
This exciting new workshop offers classroom teachers an opportunity to promote the thoughtful use of classroom technology to support student success. In this workshop, teachers will develop the necessary skills to use a classroom digital projector to create powerful learning environments rich in content rigor, and student interaction. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 15 Registrants
DIGITAL
MEDIA ACADEMY WORKSHOPS
25 registrants per
workshop
Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 each
Final Cut Pro Introduction
A15 | 8:00 - 11:00 am | 6 seats available
Dreamweaver & Flash Introduction
A16 | 11:30 am - 2:30 pm
| SOLD OUT
iLife Bootcamp - featuring iMovie, Podcasting & iDVD
A17 | 3:00 - 6:00 pm | SOLD OUT
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 18 seats available
A2 - Inspiration 8 New and Improved
Rovina Salinas, Eileen C. Walters
The new features in Inspiration 8 provide more ways to inspire learning success across the curriculum. Participants will learn: how to use the improved symbol library, the new Word Guide tool, how to integrate video and sound into activities, create their own template, and explore the new online resources. Participants will create in both Diagram and Outline mode to experience how both modes help students organize their thinking and learning.
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 | 6 seats available
A22 - 21st Century Literacy: iLife and Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Robert Craven
This hands-on session will use the new iLife suite to provide participants the skills and knowledge to incorporate digital media and storytelling to support content standards.
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $300 | 17 seats available
A4 - Digital Camera Workshop (Includes Camera)
Ronn Waters
Come join us for a fun filled three-hour, hands-on workshop in the use of a digital camera. We will cover camera features, special effects, taking photos and transferring them to a computer. We will also discuss ways of integrating the digital camera into your classroom! But best of all, you get to take the
camera back to your school with you! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 | SOLD OUT
A13 - Adventures in Podcasting
Robert Craven
Around for little more than 3 years now, podcasting continues to be the hottest emerging trend in education. If you know the basics of podcasting and you have created a few yourself this course is for you. Designed to move the beginning podcaster to the next level.
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $365 | SOLD OUT
A6 - Learning to Go: iPod in Education (Includes iPod)
Burt Lo
The iPod as an educational tool? You bet! Classes of all levels can utilize the iPod to enhance learning. From science to English, foreign language to math every learner and teacher can benefit from an iPod in the classroom. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 | SOLD OUT
A23 - Construction Paper for the 21st Century: Google and Other Free Online Tools
Robert Craven
Engage 21st Century Learners with construction paper for the 21st Century,
by using the wide variety of free online content and applications available
to educators. Mix, mash and redefine student projects with the various tools
utilized during this session.
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $235 | SOLD OUT
B1 - Podcasting 101 (Includes Mic)
Lainie McGann
Empower students and yourself with a tool that promotes learner-centered instruction. Learn the potential of this medium and discover the tools you can use to produce your own podcast. It is an easy process and a lot of fun! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $300 | 9 seats available
B4 - Digital Camera Workshop (Includes Camera)
Ronn Waters
Come join us for a fun filled three-hour, hands-on workshop in the use of a digital camera. We will cover camera features, special effects, taking photos and transferring them to a computer. We will also discuss ways of integrating the digital camera into your classroom! But best of all, you get to take the
camera back to your school with you! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 | SOLD OUT
B2 - Wiki Wiki Quick Quick
Kathleen Ferenz, Sandra Oliver
Read, Write, Think & Collaborate. Learn how to make a wiki and experience a collaborative reading and writing poetry lesson built on a wiki that that integrates Google tools.
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $365 | 10 seats available
B6 - Learning to Go: iPod in Education (Includes iPod)
Robert Craven
The iPod as an educational tool? You bet! Classes of all levels can utilize the iPod to enhance learning. From science to English, foreign language to math every learner and teacher can benefit from an iPod in the classroom. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
| SATURDAY, March 8 |
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | SOLD OUT
C5 - SMARTer Teaching, SMARTer Learning: SMARTBoards in your Curriculum
Jenith Mishne
Learn the basics of the SMARTBoard interactive whiteboard. You will learn how to use the SMARTBoard effectively, how to work with applications such as Microsoft Office Suite and how to use Notebook software to create presentations that are enriched with graphic detail and interactivity.
11:30 am - 2:15 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 7 seats available
C6 - ReMixing Education: Music and Audio in the Classroom with GarageBand
Ted Lai
Music and technology shouldn’t be regarded as “extra” things to teach. Both music and technology are tools to enhance teaching and learning. Experience hands-on how to integrate audio in the curriculum.
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $365 | 4 seats available
A1 - Learning to Go: iPod in Education (Includes iPod)
Ted Lai
The iPod as an educational tool? You bet! Classes of all levels can utilize the iPod to enhance learning. From science to English, foreign language to math every learner and teacher can benefit from an iPod in the classroom. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 10 seats available
A7 - Welcome to 2.0 School Library Learning
Connie Williams, Liz Dodds, CSLA 2.0 Team members
Learn how to effectively use Internet 2.0 tools to create dynamic lessons and develop vibrant classroom/library connections. Join in this fun on-line tutorial - we’ll help you get a great start!
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | SOLD OUT
A8 - Classroom Lessons from Microsoft Office
Gary Hensley
Participants will use Word, Excel and PowerPoint in tandem as visual tools that stimulate students. Your students can become peer editors using the Readability, Thesaurus and Track Changing features of Word. Learn how students can use Excel to make multiplication tables, interactive charts, and graphs to tell the story with data. Take advantage of PowerPoint’s animation, hyperlinking and drawing tools to create lessons, animated cartoons, reports and more.
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $365 | 3 seats available
A3 - Learning to Go: iPod in Education (Includes iPod)
Ted Lai
The iPod as an educational tool? You bet! Classes of all levels can utilize the iPod to enhance learning. From science to English, foreign language to math every learner and teacher can benefit from an iPod in the classroom. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 12 seats available
A9 - Learning to Game and Gaming to Learn: Video Games in Education
Mark Wagner
Learn how video games engage and motivate while providing a context for learning, opportunities for inquiry, and frameworks for collaboration. They even teach 21st century skills and positive social change.
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $200 | SOLD OUT
A10 - Google Earth, GPS, and Geocaching in the Classroom (Includes GPS)
Burt Lo
Spend hands-on time with several emerging technologies: Google Earth, GPS Units, and geocaching. Attendees will experience the thrill of geocaching and work together to design effective learning activities that utilize these technologies. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Palm Springs Unified School District | $99 | SOLD OUT
A25 - Technology’s Best Role to Support EL Students
Debbie Helm, Donna Bronzan, Terri Lieberman
Enjoy a hands-on workshop to learn how many commonly available technologies and software applications can be used to accelerate learning for EL students. Workshop is delivered in a highly interactive setting that models research-based practices. Samples of student work and classroom management techniques will be shared.
Limit 20 Registrants
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Palm Springs Convention Center | $99 | SOLD OUT
A5 - Engaging Staff and Students Using Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration
Susan Brooks-Young
Adults are overwhelmed and students are disengaged. Learn how free web-based collaboration tools such as Google Docs and Zoho can become part of the solution. Leave with resources for immediate use.
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 12 seats available
Leslie Rule
In a hands-on, project-based session, participants will learn how to integrate Google Earth into teaching and learning. In addition to creating a project, we will also map this work to national standards.
3:00 - 6:00 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $300 | 3 seats available
A12 - Digital Camera Workshop (Includes Camera)
Rovina Salinas, Eileen C. Walters
Come join us for a fun filled three-hour, hands-on workshop in the use of a digital camera. We will cover camera features, special effects, taking photos and transferring them to a computer. We will also discuss ways of integrating the digital camera into your classroom! But best of all, you get to take the
camera back to your school with you! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
FRIDAY, March 7
B3 - Power-Up Your Classroom with Windows Movie Maker
Suzanne Ludlum, Ana Solomon
Learn the basics of Windows Movie Maker. Teach your students how to transform historical events and personal experiences into dazzling multimedia that will help them become critical thinkers and engaged learners.
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $160 | 5 seats available
B9 - Oh the Places You Will Go: Google Earth, Sketch Up and More (Includes SpaceNavigator)
Robert Craven
Engage 21st Century Learners with Google Earth, Sketch Up and the 3D Connexion SpaceNavigator. Google Earth and Sketch Up provide endless educational opportunities for all learners to explore and create the world, while 3D Connexion SpaceNavigator allows you to free yourself from the keyboard to soar, zoom, tilt and turn through 3D worlds with unprecedented ease. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $365 | SOLD OUT
B10 - Learning to Go: iPod in Education (Includes iPod)
Burt Lo
The iPod as an educational tool? You bet! Classes of all levels can utilize the iPod to enhance learning. From science to English, foreign language to math every learner and teacher can benefit from an iPod in the classroom. NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
B5 - Podcasting 101 (Includes Mic)
Chris Walsh
Empower students and yourself with a tool that promotes learner-centered instruction. Learn the potential of this medium and discover the tools you can use to produce your own podcast. It is an easy process and a lot of fun! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
B11 - Got Moodle?
Patricia Scott, Eric Jarvis
Participants will learn to customize the look of their Moodle course; post handouts; collect and evaluate files from students; and administer activities such as discussion forums, polls, quizzes, etc. Handouts and dozens of video tutorials will be provided.
B12 - Digital Camera Workshop (Includes Camera)
Ronn Waters
Come join us for a fun filled three-hour, hands-on workshop in the use of a digital camera. We will cover camera features, special effects, taking photos and transferring them to a computer. We will also discuss ways of integrating the digital camera into your classroom! But best of all, you get to take the camera back to your school with you! NOTE: Equipment specifications are subject to change.
Limit 25 Registrants
| SATURDAY, March 8 |
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | SOLD OUT
Barry Bakin
Participants learn how Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Internet are used for projects designed for ESL students. Guided hands-on instruction makes it especially suitable for instructors with basic computer skills.
8:00 - 11:00 am | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | 11 seats available
David Watts, Eddie Tabata, Steven Watts
Participants will be given an overview of free multimedia programs available for Windows users. All programs are free and available through downloading. We will explore photo, audio, and video applications.
C2 - The Secret Life of PowerPoint
Christine Olmstead
The stalwart presentation software has just gotten an update and now offers educators even more power to present information quickly, clearly and effectively. Discover the hidden capabilities of PowerPoint to unleash its true power to impact learning.
11:30 am - 2:15 pm | Location: Hilton Hotel | $99 | SOLD OUT
C4 - Working Smarter Not Harder, Photoshop Tips & Tricks for Intermediates
Kurt Labbe
Know the basics of Photoshop? In this workshop learn to “work smarter not harder”. Tons of useful tips and tricks will be covered. Comprehensive handouts as well as images to practice with will be provided.
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