Spring CUE 2019 Conference

Description
Learn how you can make math come alive for your students and school community! Challenge your students to express their voice by viewing the world through a math lens. Hear how students can creatively apply their understanding of transformations to create large scale artwork on the campus hallway walls.

Learning Outcome #1
At the end of my session, participants will be able to articulate how math can be used to promote students’ voices, connect to other disciplines, make learning visible, inspire imagination and creative problem solving, develop student ownership of learning, and build community.

Learning Outcome #2
At the end of my session, participants will have the tools necessary to create their own version of my project at their school.

Standards
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSG.CO.A.2 ISTE Standards for Teachers: Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity

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While we can’t take unlimited field trips with our students, we can ignite their curiosity and desire to explore the world through virtual tour design. Students can immerse themselves into different cultures and communities as they embark on their journey to becoming more global citizens.

Learning Outcome #1
Participants will look at examples of student work from a World Language classroom, where students created and shared virtual tours. In these examples, students travel to different countries, explore important landmarks, and showcase a variety of cities. By the end of the poster session, participants will be able to design a project in which students create an interactive virtual tour around the globe through the use of Google Tour Creator and Tour Builder.

Learning Outcome #2
In addition to creating immersive virtual tours, participants will learn different ways students can share virtual tours to a larger, more global community.

Standards
As an empowered learner, students leverage technology to design and create their own virtual tour. As global collaborators students share their work with other students around the globe engaging in a cultural exchange that broadens their view of the world.

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One-to-one or a computer lab? Trying to introduce more cross-curriculum lessons into your social studies/history classrooms? This poster session will show teachers some STEAM activities for use in social studies classroom using Washington and Jefferson’s ideas.

Learning Outcome #1
Locate appropriate grade-level online resources/lessons for STEAM activities that tie into social studies/history.

Learning Outcome #2
Download lesson plans for these activities.

Standards
ISTE: Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.

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Begin the journey of open and transparent learning: learning that transforms and transcends the classroom with apps like Flipgrid, Socrative, SeeSaw, Padlet, and Adobe Spark. They allow us to give students a chance to make their ideas and learning visible and audible and amplifies the learning process.

Learning Outcome #1
Participants will be able to facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students and will learn how to foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.

Learning Outcome #2
Participants will be able to manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms and will be able to model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.

Standards
Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.

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We will demonstrate a successfully implemented project-based curriculum that combines all of the elements of STEAM with the study of water. Using design-thinking, students become problem solvers, create innovative 3D-designed solutions, reflect and share through a digital portfolio and use coding as a storytelling tool.

Learning Outcome #1
Participants will gain knowledge of rethinking traditional schedules and combining science, technology, engineering and art into a 2 hour STEAM block for in depth project-based learning units. In the first unit, our students actively explore water and why it is vital to our survival. They then research ways in which we can conserve water and make a difference in our water consumption by simple adjustments at home. After tracking home water consumption and identifying the least water efficient appliance, students develop an idea for a new design that could potentially improve the appliance.

Learning Outcome #2
Understand how our students use the design process to identify a problem, imagine possible solutions, sketch a design for a 3D printed prototype and iterate the design until it meets a set of criteria. The designs are 3D printed and pitched “shark tank” style with coding/storytelling components. Students use reflection throughout the entire process using SeeSaw, their digital portfolio program.

Standards
ISTE: Knowledge Constructor Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

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For the first time in California academic history, all public and charter schools have free access to vetted databases for all of their students and teachers. This is a game changer for student-empowered learning, research skills, and equity. Participants will learn how to access the state-selected resources: 1. Proquest 2. Britannica, 3. TeachingBooks.

Learning Outcome #1
The participant will learn if their school district has signed up yet with the California State Library and the California Department of Education to access the state provided databases.

Learning Outcome #2
At the end of the session, the participants will have a general understanding of why the state provided these databases and the strengths of each one.

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Digital citizenship is more that just learing about online safety. Basic online behavior tips and privacy setting lessons are no longer enough. In an era of fake news and increasingly political polarization, it’s time for teachers to move beyond online safety and teach students Media and Information Literacy! This session will provide the participants with grade level open educational resources that address how students: Access, Evaluate, Integrate, Originate, and Use Media and Information safely, ethically, and legally.

Learning Outcome #1
Participants will see real examples of student learning and formative assement implementation.

Learning Outcome #2
Participants will have free access to OERs that provided lesson plans, and online assements of learning using Google Form and Drive.

Standards
ISTE Student Standards: Empowered Learner, Digital Citzen, Knowledge Constructor, Global Collaboartor

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The “Rocket Readers” Program adds a new twist to STEM — Elementary students are learning how to code, program robots, and make award winning films. Often these enthusiastic students do not connect their STEM efforts with literature that they love. Participats will be challenged to connect these two worlds with life changing results. Pairing reading for pleasure with STEM. Students use Swift Playgrounds and Lego Mindstorms to connect with their favorite books through the Destiny Discover application program.

Learning Outcome #1
Participants will learn how to connect computer programing with fiction and non-fiction texts.

Learning Outcome #2
Participants will learn how to use Swift Playgrounds and connect it to literature.

Standards
ISTE Student Standards: Empowered Learner, Digital Citzen, Knowledge Constructor, Global Collaboartor

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What happens when the school principal moves her office to the school library and opens the door to students? Magic! Classrooms are often focused on the required learning and consequently are standands centric instead of student centric. This principal's journey into my school library blew my professional mind! I made the announcement to all the teachers that I was in the library and feel free to send students anytime, lives changed! Hear how students surfaced their personal interests and what technoloy we use to surface them. Learn how reading, books, technology, coding, legos, robotics, and more were broungt to our school by our kids! Learn how the greatest innovation power of our schools are and has always been... our students!

Learning Outcome #1
At the end of this poster session, participants will understand how to apply the Design Thinking methodology, while meeting the Common Core Standards. Participants will leave with a deep understanding of the implementation process (5 fundamental steps) to solve complex problems.

Learning Outcome #2
At the end of this session, participants will be able to use apps and tools to assist in the ideation process, establish a framework for building an environment that fosters creativity and engage students in hands-on empathy-based problem-solving.

Standards
ISTE Student Standards: Empowered Learner, Digital Citzen, Knowledge Constructor, Global Collaboartor

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Description
Harness the heart of Design Thinking and dive into the fundamentals: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, Test. Develop deep understanding of the implementation process, launch innovation and boost creativity in the classroom. Identify apps and tools for ideation, establish a framework that aligns with CCSS and engages students in human-centered problem-solving.

Learning Outcome #1
At the end of this poster session, participants will understand how to apply the Design Thinking methodology, while meeting the Common Core Standards. Participants will leave with a deep understanding of the implementation process (5 fundamental steps) to solve complex problems.

Learning Outcome #2
At the end of this session, participants will be able to use apps and tools to assist in the ideation process, establish a framework for building an environment that fosters creativity and engage students in hands-on empathy-based problem-solving.

Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1 Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

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