UEN at UCET 2008



View last year's UEN Session Info

Presenters Jessica Anderson \| Rob Bentley \| Rick Cline \| Lisa Cohne \| Jared Covili \| Jenn Gibbs \| Ann Howden Mitchell Jorgensen \| Karen Krier \| Victoria Rasmussen \| Ross Rogers \| Nate Southerland \| Tim Stack

Jessica Anderson				Top
	Photobooth With Video!
	Photobooth with the newest Leopard OS from Apple includes video as well. Get some fun project ideas and see what other teachers are doing with this exciting new tool.
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Jessica Anderson	Saturday, March 7	8:00 - 9:00
		Saturday, March 7	10:30 - 10:50 (Over the Shoulder)

	Mac Tips & Tricks
	Learn shortcuts and various ways to make you and your Mac more productive. If you are a new mac user, this class will help you make the switch.
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Jessica Anderson	Saturday, March 7	9:15 - 10:15

	Online Photo Editors - Over The Shoulder
	If you don't want to pay for Photoshop, or don't have time to become a photo professional, learn about these free and easy to use options. Explore and use some of the latest sites for digital photos: Aviary, Photoshop.com and others.
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Jessica Anderson	Saturday, March 7	10:50 - 11:10

Rob Bentley				Top
	Foreign Language Resources
	Learn about “tried and true” resources collected from several years of Internet and computer use to enhance Spanish language learning. Other multi-lingual resources will also be presented, and you can always contribute your favorite site to the discussion!
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Rob Bentley	Friday, March 6	12:00 - 1:00

	Creating Educational Games
	Discover key elements for learning from games, and understand what is required to create your own educational games. Choose from several tools and take some time to develop your own game.
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Rob Bentley	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 2:15

	Using Games for Education
	Many people wonder why kids are willing to spend so much time learning to master a video game, but don't put in as much effort learning to succeed in life. What can we learn from video games to improve student interest and tenacity when it comes to succeeding in school? In the hands-on portion of this session, explore a few creative and interactive web sites where you and your students can use or customize educational games for free.
			Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Rob Bentley	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

Rick Cline				Top
	Cyberbullies: Bullies That Follow You Home
	Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words hurt. With more kids having access to the Internet and cell phones there is an epidemic of electronic bullying going on nationwide. Whether through text messaging, e-mails, or social networking sites, kids have unleashed a trend to cyberbully at school and at home. Learn how cyberbullying is happening and what you can do about it.
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	Presenter: Rick Cline	Friday, March 6	12:00 - 1:00

Lisa Cohne				Top
	Pre-K Pioneer
	UEN launched this ambitious project to support families and early childhood learning in the home. Through Pre-K Pioneer, all Utah parents can access information and resources to help get their child ready to learn in school. Learn about the project, how you can participate and most importantly see the great tools to help prepare Pre-K kids to learn math, reading and thinking skills. Most of these fun activities and materials are online, easily accessed, and free.
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	Presenter: Lisa Cohne	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

Jared Covili				Top
	Google Tools - Over The Shoulder
	Learn about amazing, free and easy-to-use tools that allow you to share your calendar, collaborate on documents, spreadsheets and presentations, and manage group communication quickly. See a quick tour of Google tools that you can use for your own productivity and with students.
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	Presenter: Jared Covili	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 2:50

Jenn Gibbs				Top
	Grant Writing 101
	When you’re writing a grant proposal, it helps to know the secrets professional writers use to seal the deal. Let veteran writer and editor Jenn Gibbs get you started with an introduction to the grant-writing process. She’ll share tips and strategies for every stage with a discussion that will include topics such as analyzing an RFP, understanding your audience, linking features to benefits, demonstrating program/project value, and more. You’ll leave with worksheets, a list of additional resources, and a process blueprint for tackling your grant-writing projects.
		Handout: PDF
	Presenter: Jenn Gibbs	Saturday, March 7	8:00 - 9:00

	Writing for the Web - Over The Shoulder
	Have you ever wondered if your online documents are as effective as they could be? Whether you’re looking to start a new blog, redesign your website, develop a wiki, or manage a discussion board, this workshop is for you. You’ll brainstorm the purpose and message of your online document, identify your primary and secondary audiences, and consider the features of various online genres so you can select one that suits your objective. Facilitator Jenn Gibbs will also discuss strategies for developing readable online text.
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	Presenter: Jenn Gibbs	Saturday, March 7	9:55 - 10:15

Ann Howden				Top
	Photoshop Projects
	Watch and learn how to do some great projects with Photoshop Elements like airbrushing a photograph, restoring old photos and using brushes to enhance any project. Find out where to access some great tips, tricks and tutorials, too.
			Handout: DOC
	Presenter: Ann Howden	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 2:15
		Saturday, March 7	8:00 - 9:00

	Digital Camera: Tips - Over The Shoulder

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	Presenter: Ann Howden	Saturday, March 7	9:15 - 9:35

	Digital Camera Project - Over The Shoulder
	Most of us love our digital cameras. We take hundreds of pictures, but most never see the light of day, trapped in our computers forever. During this session we’ll share tons of great ways to release your photos from their digital prison. Slideshows, photo books, blogging, online sharing – come learn all the options available to you and your imprisoned pictures.
			Handout: DOC
	Presenter: Ann Howden	Saturday, March 7	9:35 - 9:55

Mitchell Jorgensen				Top
	Curriculum-Led Online Games and Activities
	The national, non-profit Thinkfinity web site provides high-quality lesson plans complete with all the materials and resources, and tied to National and Utah curriculum standards. Explore the rich resources available there including ever-popular "student interactives" or online games and activities that really help student learn while they're having fun.
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	Presenter: Mitchell Jorgensen	Friday, March 6	12:00 - 1:00

	Audacity
	Have you heard of PodCasting? How about Garage Band? Ready to mix it up yourself? Learn to use this free, open-source audio editing software to improve your podcasts, create soundtracks for multimedia presentations and more.
		Handout: my.uen page
	Presenter: Mitchell Jorgensen	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 2:15

	Alternatives to MS Office: You Can Do It!
	Explore several completely free, viable alternatives to Microsoft Office. See how Neo Office, Open Office and Google Docs can all be used to meet your "productivity" needs, and how they can be quite compatible with MS Office as well. See a demo of OpenOffice and get an idea of what's required to make the leap. Explore the options now, so the next time you have to shell out the big bucks for Microsoft's products you'll be well informed of your options.
		Handout: my.uen page
	Presenter: Mitchell Jorgensen	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

	Get The Right Picture with PowerPoint - Over The Shoulder
	Learn to use PowerPoint as a photo editor! In this session, see how you can customize photos and clip art to get just the right look for your presentation. Explore in detail the options in the picture tools tab - things like crop, group/ungroup, color, contrast adjustment and more. Then once you have the graphic just right you can create a .jpg or .png and port it out to wherever you want to use it.
		Handout: my.uen page
	Presenter: Mitchell Jorgensen	Saturday, March 7	9:55 - 10:15

Karen Krier				Top
	Making a Web Presence Fast! - Over The Shoulder
	The robust new my.uen tool not only lets educators access their state license information, UEN tools such as Pioneer, lesson plan and rubric creation and Wimba, it also allows for multiple pages/tabs and has a growing number of “gadgets” such as weather, polls, messages, the ability to create and organize bookmarks and documents you upload, and more. In this session, learn how easy it is to customize your default page, add more pages and control and organize your web content.
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	Presenter: Karen Krier	Friday, March 6	1:35 - 1:55

	Tricking Out Your my.uen Page - Over The Shoulder
	In this "advanced" my.uen session, learn to manage polls, bookmarks and documents. See how to add custom images and embed links to other web sites and resources you use. Make sure your site is the Phatest with all the latest Bling available! Having an online photo site ie: flickr or picassa is not a must but will make things easier
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	Presenter: Karen Krier	Friday, March 6	1:55 - 2:15

Victoria Rasmussen				Top
	Introducing What's New in eMedia - Over The Shoulder

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	Presenter: Victoria Rasmussen	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 1:35

	American Memories at the Library of Congress - Over The Shoulder
	Discover the latest features at the Library of Congress, American Memory Project site. There are now many lesson plans with all the needed items associated so you don't have to search through the millions of artifacts yourself. Explore "presentations" that tie together some of the best and most illustrative items into curriculum-tied groups of resources. Discover, posters, postcards, manuscripts, movies, music, speeches, maps and more...
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	Presenter: Victoria Rasmussen	Friday, March 6	1:35 - 1:55

	Rediscover Pioneer Through Multimedia
	If you think libraries contain only dusty publications, you need to revisit Pioneer library! Making the most of the online format, you can now access over 10,000 items in our eMedia video collection, over 1000 music samples (royalty-free) in SoundzAbound and much more. See how you can make the most of this fantastic, money-saving resource available only to Utah educators.
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	Presenter: Victoria Rasmussen	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

	Integrating eMedia
	Learn to use the eMedia video download service that is free for Utah educators. See a sample video lesson and get tips for making the most of the tremendous learning potential available through video.
			Handout: PDF DOCX
	Presenter: Victoria Rasmussen	Saturday, March 7	9:15 - 10:15

	Smarter, Better, Faster with Word 2007
	Learn to use Word 2007 features to quickly create dynamic handouts with snappy new visuals and time-saving Quick Parts. Find out how to access a variety of templates to make your life (and newsletters!) even easier.
			Handouts: PDF DOCX
	Presenter: Victoria Rasmussen	Saturday, March 7	10:30 - 11:30

Ross Rogers				Top
	Cool Tools - YouTube, Teacher Tube, iTouch, FlipCam - Over The Shoulder
	You’ve probably heard some of these names and buzzwords… Now, get a quick peek at some and explore how educators are using them: Twitter, Flickr, MySpace, Flip cam, Facebook, Linked In, iTunes and iTunesU, iTouch, YouTube, TeacherTube, Wikipedia and Wiki Spaces, Gabcast, texting, Blogger, Del.icio.us, document cameras, Second Life, etc.!
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	Presenter: Ross Rogers	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 1:35

	PowerPoint Stands Alone - Over The Shoulder
	You've learned all the tips for effectively presenting with PowerPoint, and now in this session you can learn how to narrate, animate and automate your PowerPoint show so it can run by itself! Learn to use custom animation, narration, sound tracks and timing to create a great show that you can leave running prior to starting class, as a learning center, during a school parent night or open house, or any other place you want to keep people busy while you visit with others, arrange last minute details or set up.
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	Presenter: Ross Rogers	Saturday, March 7	11:10 - 11:30

Nate Southerland				Top
	Excel 2007: Fun Projects and Games
	For those who are a little familiar with spreadsheets, this session includes ideas for a variety of curriculum-related activities you and students can do with Excel. One or two projects will be completed step-by-step during the session.

	Presenter: Nate Southerland	Friday, March 6	10:45 - 11:45

	Google: Search This and More
	Want to reduce your search results? Do you know about the hidden ways to search with Google? Is Google really a calculator? Come find out the answers to these questions and learn so much more about the world’s #1 search engine. After this workshop you’ll definitely want to go to Google and Search This!

	Presenter: Nate Southerland	Friday, March 6	12:00 - 1:00

	Using Video to Teach ESL
	Learn about one small, but real, relevant and do-able strategy for filling in some of the gaps you may struggle with for ESL/ELL students. Learn to use several video resources freely available to Utah educators and apply research-proven strategies to help your ESL students learn. Don't miss this practical, easily applied lesson to make your life easier and improve your diverse students' learning.

	Presenter: Nate Southerland	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 2:15

	Utah ITV and the Digital TV Revolution
	See how UEN-TV has kept on the cutting edge and made the most of the new digital television technology. Learn to quickly and easily search all of the instructional video options for Utah educators with the latest interactive database. Get help if you feel the "DTV Transition" just passed you by, and learn some exciting ideas for incorporating the many resources available to you in your classroom.

	Presenter: Nate Southerland	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

Tim Stack				Top
	Creating Web Forms
	"Many people need to collect information through their web site for a variety of purposes. In this session, see a demo of how you can create a form IF you have all the right stuff in place, including a good relationship with your system administrator! Then, learn how you can use free services provided online to make your forms and collect and host your data using straightforward point and click tools. "
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	Presenter: Tim Stack	Friday, March 6	10:45 - 11:45

	Stop Motion Animation with FRAMES
	Learn to use Tech4Learning's "Frames" software to create very cool stop motion animation "movies". Get ideas for incorporating these motivational and fun projects in your curriculum.
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	Presenter: Tim Stack	Friday, March 6	1:15 - 2:15

	Web Design with Pure CSS
	Ready to give up using tables to layout your web site? Learn how Dreamweaver CS4 makes this easier than ever with included templates and new editing tools.
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	Presenter: Tim Stack	Friday, March 6	2:30 - 3:30

	What's New with Adobe CS4
	What, another version of Dreamweaver? Yes! Dreamweaver is now officially part of the Adobe collection. In this version it takes on the Adobe interface and overall feel. In addition to changing the look, Adobe has added some great new tools that improve the way you create and work on a web site.
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	Presenter: Tim Stack	Saturday, March 7	8:00 - 9:00

	Adobe Youth Voices - Over The Shoulder
	Real, rich and relevant are the keywords for this Adobe program that is turning around even the most difficult students. If your school can claim Title 1 status, come to this session and learn about this fantastic opportunity for you and your students to bring technology and learning together.
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	Presenter: Tim Stack	Saturday, March 7	9:35 - 9:55

	iPhone and iTouch: More Than A Toy
	See how to find and use educational and productivity applications, as well as create your own portable learning library using the iPod (with iPhone software update) or your iPhone.

	Presenter: Tim Stack	Saturday, March 7	10:30 - 11:30