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CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Abrams, Arnie: The Wisdom of the Mob – How User Contributed Material Changes the Web (Session 3)
Abrams, Arnie: Digital Storytelling for All Ages (Session 7)
Akhlaghi, Aimee: Introduction to Windows Vista and MovieMaker (Session 1)
Akhlaghi, Aimee: What's New in Office 2007 – Part 1 (Session 2)
Akhlaghi, Aimee: What's New in Office 2007 – Part 2 (Session 3)
Allender, Laura: The Best of the Best Technology Has to Offer (Session 4)
Anderson, Arlene: Giving Students a Voice through Podcasting on the PC (Session 6)
Armstrong, Sara: The MY HERO Project: Promoting Global Understanding (Session 7)
Askin, Carol: Making Curriculum Connections via Collaborative Communication Tools (Session 4)
Baker, Rowland: The Busy Administrator’s Guide to Web Resources: A Variety of Persp... (Session 5)
Bakin, Barry: Connecting Technology to Your Curriculum (Session 4)
Barboza, Bob: The Complete Teaching Toolbox: From Lesson Plans to Improved Studen... (Session 7)
Barrett, Helen: Multiple Purposes of Digital Stories and Podcasts in ePortfolios (Session 8)
Bernier, Rosemarie: Facts, Facts, Facts, or Essential Questions: Exposing Controversies... (Session 6)
Berthiaume, Gayle: Literacy in a Digital Classroom (Session 6)
Borer, Tom: More Than A Music Manager: Using iTunes as A Digital Portfolio and ... (Session 4)
Boro, Clifford: KidZui – The Internet for Kids! (Session 2)
Boxer, David: Teaching the Levees: Students as Media Literate Citizens (Session 6 & 7)
Bracey-Sutton, Bonnie: 2.0 Meets Computational Science Initiatives in Mash-ups, Engaging P... (Session 4)
Brain, Jeff: SALT: Science and Art Linked by Technology (Session 4)
Bray, Barbara: Learning Communities with Different Purposes (Session 3)
Bridges, Brian: Podcasting in the Curriculum: A Beginners’ Magical Mystery Tour (Session 2)
Britt, Barry: Copyright Wisdom When Using Music in Multimedia for Education (Session 3)
Britt, Barry: Copyright Wisdom When Using Music in Multimedia for Education (Session 1)
Brubaker, Jonathan: Education 2.0: Web-Based Apps for the Classroom (Session 4)
Burmark, Lynell: Visual Literacy: Equipping Students for a Visual World (Session 2)
Burmark, Lynell: Snickering the Standards: Sweeter Ways to Achieve Your Learning Goals (Session 3)
Burns, Barclay: Technology and the Brain: Producing Maximized Learning for all Stud... (Session 2)
Burns, Bradford: Powerful Technology Tools for School Administrators (Session 1)
Burrell, Steve: Bringing a Classroom to Life With AppleTV (Session 6)
Callaham, Frank: Harness the Power of Leopard Server to Run Your Network (Session 2)
Carmona, Melanie: Adding Elements of Fun to Standards-Based Learning (Session 6)
Carr, Will: 24/7 Implementation at PSUSD: The IT and Professional Development S... (Session 7)
Caruso, Joe: Closing Keynote (Session Keynote)
Caughlin, Janet: Using and Editing Digital Photos in the Elementary Classroom (Session 4)
Caughlin, Janet: Web Books - They’re Easy and Fun to Make (Session 5)
Cerf, Vinton: Opening Keynote (Session Keynote)
Church, Michael: RTI: Intervention Programs for Striving Reader (Session 7)
Coffin, Grant: Tomorrow’s Language Arts Classroom Today (Session 8)
Craven, Robert: The Art of Communication: The Very Best of iPods and Podcasting (Session 8)
d'Entremont, Trish: If a Picture is Worth 1,000 Words, a Movie’s Worth 1,000,000 (Session 7)
Davidson, Hall: Google Earth (Session 8)
Davidson, Hall: Digital Mediamaking From the Dark Side: PhotoStory, MovieMaker, and... (Session 6)
Davis, Jeremy: Super Google I: Advanced Searching and Hidden Google Tools (Session 2)
Deab, Carmen: Matrix Math – Technology Rich Interventions (Session 7)
Dean, Carmen: All Things Podcast (Session 1)
Dede, Chris: River City: How Immersion in Virtual Worlds Helps Real Students (Session 4)
Dede, Chris: 21st Century Learning Styles and Mobile Technologies (Session 5)
Dede, Chris: Student Skills for the 21st Century (Session 2)
Demian, Jannita: Director's Cut- Movie Maker, Photo Story, and Premiere Elements (Session 4)
Demian, Jannita: 50 Ways to Use Discovery Education Streaming (and Beyond) (Session 1)
Demian, Jannita: 50 Ways to Use Discovery Education Streaming (and Beyond) (Session 5)
Desberg, Peter: Can Cognitive Science and PowerPoint Co-Exist? (Session 5)
Devoto, Paul: Integrating Technology Into the Math Curriculum (Session 1)
DeWolfe, Adrienne: Cybersafety – Unraveling the Fear and Hype Around Our Students Online (Session 2)
Dickerson, Cathy: Science Resources for Your Classroom (Session 5)
Dodge, Bernie: Using Authentic Problems to Scaffold Decision-Making Skills (Session 2)
Drake, Julie: Celebrate, Collaborate, & Contribute with CCETC’s CaliforniaStr... (Session 5)
Drake, Kris: Techsites 4 Teachers (Session 5)
Elias, Emad: Harnessing the Power of Garage Band for Mathematics Instruction (Session 6)
Engineer, Apple Systems: Mac OSX “Leopard”: Do Remarkable Things. Easily. (Session 7)
Everroad, Lori: Still Tearing Down the Walls – Leaving the Traditional Classroom in... (Session 8)
Fasimpaur, Karen: Free Content + Open Tools + Massive Collaboration = Learning for All (Session 1)
Ferguson, Deborah: Internet Resoursarama (Session 5)
Fiello, Cheryl: Blogging in the Science Laboratory (Session 3)
Fiello, Cheryl: Adventures in High School Distance Learning (Session 1)
Firth, Becky: The Decades Project – 21st Century Skills for a 20th Century Lesson (Session 7)
Firth, Becky: Redesigning Professional Development: From Face-to-Face to a Hybrid... (Session 8)
Fisher, Leslie: World of Warcraft in the Classroom? (Session 4)
Folendorf, Angela: What’s New from SMART Technologies? (Session 1)
Freese, Jim: Cyberbullying – How to Keep Your Kids Cybersafe and Develop Cybersa... (Session 5)
Gaer, Susan: Collaborative Internet Projects for Beginning ESL/ELD (Session 7)
Gallacher, Angela: Teaching Math in the 21st Century: Make Math Classrooms Fun and Int... (Session 8)
Garcia, Julie: What Apple’s iLife Can Do For You! (Session 5)
Garland, Cynthia: Kid Pix 4.0 Ready Made K-6 Templates Aligned to Standards (Session 5)
Gerdes, Craig: New Web Technology Tools for Teachers (Session 6)
Gibson, Mark: Digital Story Telling With Podcasts for Elementary Students (Session 8)
Gibson, Nancy: One World Project (Session 3)
Goldmann, Hilary: Report From the Policy Front: What's in Store for Ed Tech in '08 (Session 3)
Guttler, Frank: AFI Screen Education Center: Digital Filmmaking in the Core Curriculum (Session 4)
Half, Jan: Student Tech Support Leadership and Help Desk (Session 8)
Hammack, Katy: Transform Student Writing through Digital Storytelling (Session 8)
Hargadon, Steve: Social Networking in Education – A Panel Discussion (Session 4)
Hargadon, Steve: An Introduction to Open Source Software and Open Technologies (Session 7)
Hartman, Joseph: The Promise of Open Source Education: 4-step Linux MiniLANs (Session 4)
Hayden, Katherine: Picture This! Video Production in the Classroom (Session 8)
Hiles, Bob: Blended Instruction: Online Learning 2.0 (Session 4)
Hubbell, Elizabeth: Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works (Session 7)
Hummel, Matt: Lodi Unified School District’s Urban Technology Vehicle - Learning ... (Session 7)
Hummel, Matt: iLife Libraries – Accelerate The Process By Providing Content For Y... (Session 5)
Humpert, Andria: 21st Century Skills – netTrekker d.i. Supports Integration into You... (Session 3)
Hurley, Rushton: Google's Docs, Earth, and SketchUp: Cool Tools and Possible Projects (Session 5)
Hyatt, Donna: Promoting Media Literacy through Digital Storytelling, Online Journ... (Session 2)
Imrie, Kim: What, No Grades? Using a Web-Based, Standards-Based Grade Book and ... (Session 5)
Jakes, David: Digital Storytelling 2.0: What's Next? (Session 1)
Jakes, David: 21st Century Cartography: Learning Within a Geographical Context (Session 6)
Jenkins, Richard John: Adobe Digital School Collection (Session 2)
John, Gulick: iMovie '08: Movie making for the 21st Century (Session 3)
Johnson, Scott: Moodle Is Cool, But I Only Have 3 Computers (Session 7)
Jones, Christine: Google for Educators – Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom (Session 1 & 2)
Jones, Christine: Google for Educators – Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom (Session 3 & 4)
Jordan, Elliot: New Open Source Software for Education (Session 3)
Joyce, Stephen: Teaching an Anthill To Fetch (Session 5)
Katz, Steven: Integrating Digital Video Into the Core Curriculum (Session 7)
Keeler, Christy: A Whirlwind of Possibilities: Technology Integration for Social Stu... (Session 7)
Kelley, Gigi: Using Your Mac’s Built-In Tools to Differentiate Instruction (Session 5)
Kerrick, Beth: Hot Sites ¡En Español! (Session 7)
Kinney, Scott: It's Not Just About Watching Video Anymore (Session 3)
Klein, James: Safe Social Networking Using Open Source Tools (Session 2)
Kligman-Frey, Esther: Rethink: Teaching Art Across the Curriculum with SFMOMA’s ArtThink (Session 5)
Korporaal, Pam: Tools For The 21st Century Instructional Leader (Session 3)
Krey, Brad: Dive Into Videoconferencing with California State Parks PORTS Program (Session 8)
Lai, Ted: Strengthening the Home-School Connection With iWeb ‘08 (Session 5)
Lai, Ted: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Podcasting But Were Afraid... (Session 4)
Lai, Trang: Building A Purposeful Community: A Technology-Infused Professional ... (Session 1)
Laird, Valerie: Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Language Arts (Session 5)
Lanuza, Fred: Integrating the Visual And Performing Arts to the Core Curriculum t... (Session 8)
Larsen, Kurt: SchoolsMovingUp ­ Ready to Help (Session 4)
Laughon, Janna: That's Not How My Teacher Said to Do It !!! (Session 6)
Leister, Jon: Jonas Salk High-Tech Academy: A Success Story (Session 4)
Leister, Jon: Taming Wikis and Other Wild Beasts! (Session 2)
Lifter, Marsha: PowerPoint07 Ain't the Old PowerPoint You Know Anymore (Session 2)
Lincoln, Antwon: Successful Software Purchases: Into, Through, & Beyond (Session 7)
Lind, Tammy: Using iPods in the Classroom (Session 3)
Lind, Tammy: Minding the Gap – Technologies to Support Struggling Learners (Session 6)
Linn, Lisa: A Teacher's Journey into Second Life and Lessons Learned (Session 8)
Loman, Ed: Houghton Mifflin Learning Technologies Riverdeep: Destination Success (Session 6)
Loman, Ed: Houghton Mifflin Learning Technologies - Learning Village (Session 3)
Loop, Liza: Who Founded CUE? Interviews with Early CUE Presidents and Members (Session 1)
Lopez, Joy: Preparing your School for 1-1 Laptops (Session 8)
Lungren, Linda: Garage Band + iTunes = iFun: Applications for the Elementary Classroom (Session 4)
MacIntyre, Patricia: The TechSETS Connection to the Ed Tech K-12 Voucher Program (Session 8)
MacIntyre, Patricia: Presenting the NEW TechSETS Website! (Session 4)
Martin, Kathy: Google 101 (Session 7)
Martinez, Lloyd: Using Multiple Pathways to Deepen Science and Student Technology Un... (Session 6)
Martinez, Sylvia: Classroom 2.0 – A Real-time Conversation (Session 6)
Masters, Barbara: CANCELLED: Moodle as a Professional Development Tool (Session 8)
Matsuda, Stanley: Creating Animated Excel Graphs in Secondary Mathematics (Session 2)
McCune, Lorri: 24/7 Implementation Progress at Palm Springs USD (Session 6)
McGuire, Carol Anne : IEP for Your IWB: Engaging All Learners with Products from SMART Te... (Session 7)
Media Academy , Digital: iLife 08 Bootcamp Featuring iMovie (Session 1)
Media Academy, Digital: Web Production with Dreamweaver CS3 (Session 4)
Media Academy, Digital: Video Editing with Final Cut Pro 6 (Session 2)
Media Academy, Digital: iLife 08 Bootcamp Featuring iPhoto & iWeb (Session 6)
Media Academy, Digital: Photoshop CS3 for Photographers (Session 5)
Media Academy, Digital: Introduction to Flash CS3 Professional (Session 7)
Media Academy, Digital: Introduction to Maya 2008 Modeling & Animation (Session 3)
Media Academy, Digital: Maya 2008 and Video Game Production (Session 8)
Members, STAR DEN: Pulling It All Together (Session 2)
Members, STAR DEN: Walk With the STARs (Session 7)
Members, STAR DEN: Pulling It All Together (Session 6)
Milbury, Peter: No Budget? CLRN Offers FREE, High Quality Web Reference and Informa... (Session 1)
Milette, Wendy: MY HERO Media Arts Curriculum & Short Film Festival (Session 4)
Morris, Joseph: SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards and Student Computers: A Dynami... (Session 4)
Murray, Diana: Who’s Supervising the Internet Playground? (Session 6)
Needleman, Mathew: Digital CPR: Bring Your Reading Series to Life with Video Podcasting (Session 2)
Needleman, Mathew : Podcasting On A Pacing Plan: How to Plan It, Produce It, and Fit It... (Session 6)
Noval, Trena: Digital Media Arts and Core Curriculum at Peralta Elementary School... (Session 4)
Noval, Trena: Visual Learning Strategies and Best Practices in Language Arts Clas... (Session 2)
Odell, Kathryn: Web Design for Newbies – Using iWeb! (Session 8)
Odell, Kathryn: Help! I Have No Money for Software! (Session 8)
Orbaugh, Jason: How Do Your Students Learn? Addressing Multiple Intelligences With ... (Session 5)
Ostendorf, Michelle: The Project to Pacing Guide Handshake: Making Math Meaningful (Session 8)
Pascoe, Brad: iRead! (Session 6)
Patten, John: Extreme Moodle! (Session 6)
Patterson, Jeff: Is Your District’s Technology Department Ready for Student Email? (Session 5)
Pearce, Jackie: The Road to 1 to 1 Learning: Three principals, Three Pathways to Su... (Session 3)
Pernisco, Nick: Blogging in the Classroom (Session 3)
Pernisco, Nick: Podcasting in the Classroom (Session 8)
Peshette, Alix: Google Earth Goodies (Session 5)
Peterson, Micah: Design Your Future (Session 6)
Phillips, Alan: Conferencing and Streaming: Taking It to the Next Level (Session 6)
Phillips, Alan: The K12 HSN – We're Not Just About the Wires (Session 1)
Portscheller, Peg: The Softer Side of Standards: How Culture Helps or Hinders Results (Session 6)
Portscheller, Peg: Engaged Leaders = Engaged Teachers = Engaged Students (Session 8)
Portscheller, Peg: Educational Leadership at ‘Twitch’ Speed (Session 1)
Prouty, Doug: Join an Open Debate of Hot Issues Surrounding Educational Technology (Session 3)
Quinn, Kevin: Tomorrow’s Interactive Classroom Technology… Today! (Session 7)
Rankin, Bradley: Using Photo Story for Digital Storytelling (Session 5)
Rankin, Bradley: Using Moodle for Blended Learning and Professional Learning Communi... (Session 7)
Roys, Kristina: Copyright: What You Need to Know to Utilize the World Wide Web (Session 1)
Schultz, Randy: A Beginner’s Guide to Web 2.0 (Session 6)
Shaver, Jim: Mathematics Resources for Your Classroom (Session 6)
Siegel, Alan: 20th Century US History Using TCI and a SMART Board Interactive Whi... (Session 2)
Simkins, Michael: Cybercautions Redux (Session 4)
Sistek-Chandler, Cynthia: Administrator Training: A Blended Approach (Session 5)
Sistek-Chandler, Cynthia: Professional Learning Communities in an Online Environment (Session 2)
Skidmore, Scott: Hot Potatoes: Stop Correcting Papers (Session 8)
Snider, Martha: Still Coaching After All These Years (Session 5)
Snyder, Ashleigh: Is This Thing On? Senteo: SMART’s Interactive Student Response System (Session 8)
Stager, Gary: Ten Things to Do with a Laptop – Learning and Powerful Ideas (Session 8)
Stephens, Tammy: Leveraging Technologies for Learning (Session 7)
Sykes, Maureen: How Libraries Can Incorporate Technology to Serve Students with Autism (Session 3)
Takashima, Barbara: English Language Arts and ELD Resources for Your Classroom (Session 7)
Tenhet, Troy: Think Outside The Box – Teaching and Learning in a Global Forum (Session 1)
Thalacker, Barbara: What's New in Ed Tech? (Session 2)
Thibault, Joseph: Moodle Workshop (Start Using Your Online Classroom Today!) (Session 4)
Thomas, Jim: Visual and Performing Arts & Physical Education Resources for Y... (Session 2)
Thornburg, David: Why Linux in Education, Why You, and Why Now? (Session 1)
Thornburg, David: Leaping Past the Future: Thirty Years of CUE (Session 7)
Thornburg, David: Forget About the Future, It's the Present that Worries Me (Session 6)
Thorne, Lisa: Record Math Tutorials Using Macromedia Captivate (Session 1)
Uretsky, Arnie: Writing and Vocabulary Instruction Using Technology (Session 3)
Vaille, John: 30/30 Vision (Session 3 & 4)
Vodicka, Devin: Using Technology to Develop Professional Learning Communities (Session 3)
Wagner, Mark: Be An Edublogger: Tools and Tips for Joining A Global Learning Comm... (Session 1)
Wagner, Mark: It Really Is Really Simple: An Introduction to RSS in Education (Session 8)
Walker, Dave: Easy Classroom Websites (Session 7)
Walsh, Chris: The Google Universe (Session 2)
Walsh, Chris: School 180: The Power of Personal Stories to Change K-12 Education (Session 7)
Walters, David: History/Social Science Resources for Your Classroom (Session 3)
Ward, David: Excel Across the Curriculum (Session 6)
White, Sue: SMART Boards = Smart kids (Session 3)
Whitlinger, Jessica : Making Your Language Arts Lessons Interactive…Tthe Write Way! (Session 6)
Wilcox, Martha: Using the Internet to Strengthen Your ELD Program (Session 8)
Williamson, Dianna: Make the Most of Your Mac: Meeting Diverse Learner Needs (Session 7)
Wolpert-Gawron, Heather: Podcasting with 50 Middle Schoolers – Are You Crazy?! (Session 5)
Wood, Joseph: Google Earth in the Classroom (Session 3)
Wood, Joseph: Podcasting as Review Strategy (Session 1)
Wrenn, Elaine: Let's Go Global - Using iLife and iWork in Project-Based Learning (Session 1)
Wyrick, Kenneth: The K-12 Classroom Benefits: Early Adoption of Higher Ed Moodle SCORM (Session 6)