Welcome to Their Future!
 It's our students' electronic world - we're just visiting, Marc Prensky's now-famous "digital natives and immigrants" theory says. Teens spend more hours each week interacting with electronic media than they do in the classroom. As educators, we can no longer ignore the pivotal role technology plays in engaging students in learning. Join hundreds of educators at this event to:
- Discover useful, fun, simple tools to engage all your students through real-life, standards-based tech connections to the curriculum.
- Gain strategies and resources for using technology to differentiate instruction for English learners, special education students, and students who learn differently .
- Learn how technology can transform the use of data in formative and summative assessments to drive instruction and program decisions.
- Learn how to use technology to connect to your students and other educators, streamline your responsibilities and reignite your passion for education!
- New! Session strand for grades K-5
- Strands for elementary and secondary teachers, administrators and technology leaders
- More than 110 sessions with conference registration - 50% more than last year!
- Macintosh and Windows labs
- An exhibit hall packed with products and services
- Table talks to share your knowledge
- Meets EETT, Ed-Tech K-12 Voucher and QEIA requirements
- Strategies for English learners, intervention, and special education
- Free wireless internet access
Keynote Speakers
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Marc Prensky
A noted speaker, writer, consultant and game designer in the areas of education and learning, Marc Prensky coined the digital native and immigrants theory, wrote Don't Bother Me Mom I'm Learning , and has created over 50 software games for learning as well as the first fast-action videogame-based training tools. He holds master's degrees in teaching and business.
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Will Richardson
A former 22-year educator , Will Richardson assists educators in incorporating read/write web tools in the classroom. His blog, Weblogg-ed.com, is a well-known resource for K-12 educators; his best-selling book, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms, is used by thousands of teachers. Will presents a fresh vision of what schools can and must become.
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Carol Anne McGuire
In Carol Anne McGuire's classroom, her students (who happen to be blind and visually impaired) create award-winning movies and co-produce multimedia projects with students in other countries, buoyed by the class motto, "Vision does NOT require sight!" She is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Lead Rocker of "Rock Our World," a 20-country student project.
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Optional Ticketed Focus Sessions
Planning to buy an iPod or a digital projector? Want to learn how to blog and podcast? In addition to the 110 sessions that are included with conference registration, the following optional ticketed sessions will focus on the practical and relevant educational uses of each tool. Pre-registration is required; no refunds will be provided. Equipment specifications are subject to change.
iPod in Education - includes iPod!
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, PC Lab
Learn the deep educational uses of iPods directly from an expert.
Fee: $375 (includes equipment)
Podcasting Boot Camp (Mac)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm, Mac Lab
Learn to use podcasting to access existing instructional resources, and create your own shows to share student work with parents, the community, and the world. Fee: $100
Bright Lights, Powerful Teaching - includes projector!
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Learn how an LCD projector provides new opportunities for engaging learning environments. Receive a 2200 lumens XGA projector with optical zoom. Fee: $895 (includes equipment)
Podcasting Boot Camp (Windows)
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, PC Lab
Learn to use podcasting to access existing instructional resources, and create your own shows to share student work with parents, the community, and the world. Fee: $100
iPod in Education - includes iPod!
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Mac Lab
Learn the deep educational uses of iPods directly from an expert.
Fee: $375 (includes equipment)
Accelerate Learning for EL Students
12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
In a highly interactive setting, learn about surprisingly accessible technologies that benefit English learners. Fee: $100
The Secret Life of PowerPoint
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, PC Lab
Discover hidden capabilities of PowerPoint to unleash its true power to impact learning.
Fee: $100
Soaring with Students Using Google Earth
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Mac Lab
Learn how to teach using the entire globe with Google Earth and an included 3D controller.
Fee: $175 (includes Space Navigator 3D controller)
Teaching Without Strings: Airliner Workshop
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Enhance your classroom experience with an included SMART Technologies Airliner Wireless Slate. Fee: $550 (includes SMART Technologies Airliner and Notebook software)
Visual Learning through Picasa and Photo Story
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, PC Lab
Lean how these FREE visual tools can be used to reinvent classroom projects. Fee: $100
Will Richardson: Weblogs in Schools
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm, Mac Lab
Discover best practices for teaching with blogs from a national authority; receive the resources to get started. Fee: $100
Geocaching – includes GPS receiver!
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Learn how to use GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to take learning beyond the four walls of your classroom.
Fee: $250 (includes equipment)
Podcasting Boot Camp (Mac)
8:00 am – 10:30 am, Mac Lab
Learn how to podcast using audio, video, text and images. Leave with a finished podcast.
Fee: $100
IMPORTANT
These popular sessions are first-come, first-served and usually sell out. For best results, send in your registration and payment using the registration form on the CLMS or CLHS Technology Conference pages as soon as possible and then call (800) 326-1880 two weeks later to ensure payment and registration have been received and approved.
More Information
Visit the Technology Conference Pages through either the CLMS, CLHS or CUE websites.
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Oakland, California 94612
www.cue.org
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