Technology Conference 2013

May 14-16, 2013

South Padre Island Convention Centre

Sponsored By Region One ESC Office of Information Technology, Region One ESC Division of Instructional Support

& Participating School Districts

Conference Strands

Innovation Sessions in this strand will showcase innovations in technology and hands-on learning opportunities using Web 2.0 tools, mobile devices, and open source products for education.

Leadership Sessions in this strand are designed for educational leaders to explore the systematic integration of technology in schools and how to use technology to monitor learning progress.

Teaching and Learning Sessions in this strand will focus on using technology tools for elementary and secondary education to facilitate critical thinking and engaging instruction.

Leveraging Technology Tools Sessions in this strand are designed to expand the capacity of schools by leveraging greater access to technology and by increasing the integration of technology tools.

Promoting College and Career Readiness Sessions in this strand focus on promoting college and career readiness to educators, students, and parents.

Technology Support and Management Sessions in this strand will address systems for data management, security and green technologies.

Technology Conference APP www.esc1.net/tc2013

Design by

Andres Garza McAllen High School

McAllen ISD

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Purpose

This event is designed to provide educators and schools with greater access to state-of-the-art tools, resources, and innovative ideas to integrate technology effectively.

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Conference Information

Sessions (included with your registration fee) will be offered on Tuesday, May 14 through Thursday, May 16. The exhibit hall will not be open on Tuesday, May 14. All participants and exhibitors will be required to wear their name badge at all times to enter the session rooms and/or the exhibit hall.

Participant Sign-in Participants are required to sign-in at the APPROVED REGISTRATIONS booth in the morning AND after lunch daily.

Vendor Exhibits Attendees of the Technology Conference 2013 will have the opportunity to view demonstrations of the latest innovations in computer hardware, software, and multimedia solutions for education on display in the exhibit hall. All participants and exhibitors must wear their name badge to enter the exhibit hall.

Exhibit Hours: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 — 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday, May 16, 2013 — 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Room Capacity All rooms are set to the maximum attendance allowed by the fire marshal. Once sessions are at capacity, “Session Closed” signs will be posted on the door.

Wireless Access Network Name: Region 1 Free WiFi All conference participants are being provided with wireless internet access by Frontera Consulting at Booth # 211. There is no password to connect to this network. However, the network will be monitored and there will be no support for streaming video such as NetFlix, HBO GO or torrent services.

Door Prizes Check for list of winners at the Region One ESC Door Prize booth located in the exhibit hall. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the conference. On May 16, 2013, all unclaimed door prizes will be awarded at 3:15 PM. MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!!

Food and Refreshments Coffee will be available for all participants at 8:00 AM every morning at the concession stand in the South Padre Island Convention Centre. Snacks and drinks will be sold throughout the day Tuesday through Thursday. Outside food and refreshments are not allowed in the convention centre.

Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark Weekend Special Rate Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark is offering a special rate of $24.99 (plus tax) to conference participants who wish to go to the waterpark on May 17-19, 2013. You must present your conference name badge to receive this special rate. The rate is applicable for conference participants and up to five family members as well.

CPE Credit Attendees at Technology Conference 2013 can receive CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credit for every session attended. It is the attendee’s responsibility to keep track of the sessions attended and CPE credit. A form has been provided on page 26 of this program for your convenience.

REMINDERS Don’t forget to bring and wear your name badge each day. Replacement name badges for lost/misplaced name badges are $5.00. Children under age 18 are not allowed into the Technology Conference sessions or exhibit hall.

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Convention Centre Foyer And Meeting Rooms

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Conference Schedule

Tuesday - May 14, 2013 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign-in for Morning & On-Site Registration

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Session 1

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Session 2

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Session 3

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch On Your Own

12:30 PM - 4:00 PM Sign-in for Afternoon & On-Site Registration

1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Session 4



Wednesday - May 15, 2013 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign-in for Morning & On-Site Registration


9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Exhibit Hall

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Session 2

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Session 3






Thursday - May 16, 2013 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sign-in for Morning & On-Site Registration


9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Exhibit Hall

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Session 2

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Session 3





3:15 PM - Drawing of Unclaimed Door Prizes

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Sessions

3 How to Create a Website for Your Classroom Participants will learn to create a website for their classroom. Participants will also learn to edit the home page, create file folders with homework assignments, and post links for the students. Links to educational websites will also be shared, but participants will be asked to post links to their favorite websites and share with their students.

Presenter(s): Alma Gomez & Sonia Fernandez - Brownsville ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

5 Digital Storytelling in the Classroom When students create a movie or interactive slide show to tell their story, learning becomes personal. Students can improve their writing, show creativity, and have a voice. Participants will explore apps that bring storytelling to the digital world.

Presenter(s): Wally Treviño - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-8 Skill Level: Beginner

6 Edmodo - Social Media Technology to Connect, Share, & Collaborate in Classrooms Edmodo is a free social media technology that supports active learning, social learning, and fosters interaction and collaboration. It can be used many ways in the classroom and there is an app for students with smart phones.

Presenter(s): Cecil Cunningham & Jose Leos - Point Isabel ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

7 Utilizing Mobi Pad, Smart Software, and Polyvision Board Together In this session, we will demonstrate how to use the Polyvision Board with the Smart software and Mobi Pad to increase lesson productivity and the student learning experience. Come see a demonstration of math lessons with technology integration!

Presenter(s): Daniel J. Flores & Claudia E. Cortez - Brownsville ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level 6-8 Skill Level: Beginner


2 Using CSCOPE-3rd Learning Tools Work for Customization in Lesson Planning This session is for teachers in districts using/customizing lesson and content in the CSCOPE curriculum. NEW tools and features are available to support customization, planning and development of lessons as well as curating digital resources that support rigorous learning in your classroom. Participants in this session must have access to an account at http://mycscope.us with access to participate in the hands-on portion of this session. Presenter(s): Elaine Sellhorn - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

4 You Can Be an iBooks Author iBooks Author can help you get YOUR content on your mobile devices. In this session, participants will explore the process of creating an iBook with this innovative tool. Don't have an iPad? We'll also learn to export your content to formats that can be used on Android and other devices.

Presenter(s): Wayne Bridges - Edinburg CISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

8 What Every Educator Should Know About Social Media This session will teach educators the ins and outs of social media responsibility and its repercussions for future college admissions, scholarships, promotions, interviews, etc.

Presenter(s): Magdalena Oliva Lugo - Weslaco ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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1 Building a Digital Classroom Technology has increased in the classroom and support has been provided for the educator. Still, there is a big discrepancy between the level of technology used and expected of educators and the actual use and integration in the classroom. In this session, we will break down the barriers that hinder the effective use of technology and participants will walk away with their own digital classroom. Participants will create a Weebly site and integrate cloud materials from Schoology & Google Docs.

Presenter(s): Noe Granado - & Rita Hernandez - Brownsville ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


14 Using Technology to Accommodate Student Learning Are you wondering how technology can help support the struggling learner in your classroom during instruction? What are accommodations to support the student with disabilities on the STAAR assessment? This session will help you differentiate your classroom using technology to support the struggling learner.

Presenter(s): Vicki Payne Rainwater - Region One ESC Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


11 Redefining Classroom Participation with Socrative The Socrative Smart Student Response System is a free app that encourages student participation, differentiated instruction, and reduces the amount of time teachers spend grading and in the copy room. Participants will activate a Socrative Account and learn to input multiple choice, true/false, and short answer questions, or generate quizzes, exit tickets, and space races in order to assess their students and monitor their progress and performance on classroom and homework assignments.

Presenter(s): Jennifer Cardenas & Maria Strickland - Weslaco ISD Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-8 Skill Level: Intermediate

13 iPad Training - Classroom Use Teachers will be given an opportunity to explore iPad applications that are targeted for classroom use. The goal of this training is to provide practical usage on how to incorporate the iPad in the classroom.

Presenter(s): Jennifer Pugh - Region One ESC Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

15 Maintain Your BYOD using PacketFence Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is huge and coming in strong at all district levels, universities and community colleges. Although, due to budget cuts some do not have enough funds to purchase a $30k-$60k BYOD management solution. PacketFence is an easy open source management for BYOD that is easy to manage and deploy in an existing network.

Presenter(s): Cesar Ibarra - Texas State Technical College Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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18 Embracing Multi-Media Technology with Windows Movie Maker Technology brings the tools of empowerment into the hands and minds of students which, in turn, has revolutionized the learning process. Windows Movie Maker, a project-based learning tool that is student-centered, allows students to create and publish movies that make connections to real-world applications with professional titles, special effects, music, narration and video capturing. Discover how integrating multi-media technology is shaping classrooms and revolutionizing education.

Presenter(s): Cynthia Galindo-Julian, Paula Garza-Zuniga & Vanessa Mares - Sharyland ISD Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

20 Using Twitter to e-Connect with Students Twitter can be used as a powerful tool to immediately connect with students to provide instant means of delivering content and instruction. This presentation will show how you can easily post notes, assignments, and other useful classroom resources to Twitter so that students can access these materials 24/7. An iPad, iPhone, or other similar smartphone or tablet is all you need to accomplish this task! Increase student involvement, assignment completion, and overall student performance.

Presenter(s): Homer Colunga - Weslaco ISD Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

22 PowerPoint: Still Frame Animation Learn and see examples of how to really go deep and wide with PowerPoint! Participants will understand how to incorporate pictures they have created in Paint to create still frame animation. Participants will see examples of how to create quiz shows or how to choose your own adventure stories that are student created and full of the WOW! Factor.

Presenter(s): Gary Veazey - IDEA Public Schools Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

24 Student GPS Dashboards - Mapping Success for the Whole Student StudentGPS Dashboards flag emerging issues such as problems in attendance, class work, and test performance as early as possible. Come see how PSJA ISD has used them to provide rich, sophisticated, empirical approach to teaching that help schools, classes, and students get more from their educational opportunities! They provide instant access to analyzed data, including historical and predicative information about students.

Presenter(s): Adrian Garcia & Joel Garcia - Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Sessions

28 The Flipped Classroom 101 Are you looking to flip your classroom or perhaps wondering how you're going to provide the content needed for a successful implementation? During this session we will dive into the theory behind flipped classrooms, explore lesson activities, and locate great resources to support this model of teaching. Improve student learning and teacher satisfaction in one flip of the classroom.

Presenter(s): Monica Isabel Martinez - TCEA Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

30 Google Tools & Docs in the Classroom Through this innovative style of learning, participants will acquire background information and lesson ideas to adapt and implement in their classroom instruction using Google Tools and Google Docs.

Presenter(s): Elma Calvillo - Weslaco ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-8 Skill Level: Beginner

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31 21st Century Learners In this session, educators will use the InterWrite Pad, document camera, web-based resources, and other technology equipment for cross-curricular learning.

Presenter(s): George Cabrera & Jose Garza - Edinburg CISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

32 Texas State Student Systems The Texas Student Data System (TSDS) is a new statewide system for collecting and reporting education data. It includes modernized, improved data collection process and the student DPS Dashboards which provide educators with tools to assess and take action to enhance student performance.

Presenter(s): Mary Treviño Cortez & Dolores Castillo - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


25 Supporting Leadership in Literacy Teaching through Project Share TSLP Modules Session will focus on the Texas State Literacy Plan (TSLP) learning modules in Project Share (PS). Topics to be discussed include: key literacy tools and supports from the resource library found in the LASERS modules, action steps that support leadership and campus capacity building, effective comprehension and fluency strategies/routines that have been implemented in the Texas Literacy Initiative Project with Professional Learning Communities (PLCS), PS as a networking tool, and the LASERS Learning modules.

Presenter(s): Maria V. Gonzales, Norma G. Lopez, Luis Troncoso, Maryann A. Flores & Veronica Ortiz - Brownsville ISD

Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

26 Understanding Student E-Portfolios Schools around the world are piloting e-portfolio programs that allow students to apply real-world skills, showcase work, and track learning outcomes as they prepare for college and career. But what makes a successful e-portfolio initiative? What are some benefits and challenges behind launching a student e-portfolio program? This session will introduce the objectives, benefits, challenges, and key decisions involved in implementing an e-portfolio program.

Presenter(s): Terri Perez & John Ezzell - University of Texas at Austin Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

27 STAAR Accessibility and Writing Tools Your students can write better with the right tools, so how can you help them become successful and independent writers? Co:Writer and Write:OutLoud remove the barriers that keep students from expressing themselves through writing. When provided with these tools, students are encouraged to write more effectively, more often and have more enthusiasm to share creative thoughts on paper. Join us and discover the new and enhanced features that initiate a no-fail writing environment. We'll share our experiences, provide examples and discuss options for your students.

Presenter(s): Marguerite Horney - Region One ESC & Bob Keller – Don Johnston, Inc. Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

29 iTunes U Course Manager and iBooks Author - Creating Online Courses for the iPad Now that you have iPads in your classrooms, what is the next evolution? Discover how to design media-rich online courses for the iPad using iTunes U Course Manager. This free resource is available to teachers to design courses that incorporate apps, documents, iBooks Textbooks, video, and web links that are available for the iPad running the iTunes U app. Learn how to create iBooks Textbooks using the free iBooks Author publishing app to build a course. Participants will need to bring a laptop or MacBook running Safari.

Presenter(s): David W. Hernandez - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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36 Using Twitter to e-Connect with Students (REPEAT) Twitter can be used as a powerful tool to immediately connect with students to provide instant means of delivering content and instruction. This presentation will show how you can easily post notes, assignments, and other useful classroom resources to Twitter so that students can access these materials 24/7. An iPad, iPhone, or other similar smartphone or tablet is all you need to accomplish this task! Come learn how to increase student involvement, assignment completion, and overall student performance.

Presenter(s): Homer Colunga - Weslaco ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

38 Using Technology to Accommodate Student Learning (REPEAT) Are you wondering how technology can help support the struggling learner in your classroom during instruction? What are accommodations to support the student with disabilities on the STAAR assessment? This session will help you differentiate your classroom using technology to support the struggling learner.

Presenter(s): Vicki Payne Rainwater - Region One ESC Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


39 Maintain Your BYOD using PacketFence (REPEAT) Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is huge and coming in strong at all district levels, universities and community colleges. Due to budget cuts, some do not have enough funds to purchase a $30k-$60k BYOD management solution. PacketFence is an easy open source management for BYOD that is easy to manage and deploy in an existing network.

Presenter(s): Cesar Ibarra - Texas State Technical College Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

40 Our Journey to 1:1 Computing: Under Construction --- Pardon our Progress This session will provide an overview of the process Ingleside ISD has gone through to implement 1:1 technology in grades 7 - 12. The session will include the following topics: research on student achievement, which type of 1:1 technology is best suited for students, professional development and training, leadership, funding, costs, and the different phases of implementation.

Presenter(s): Dr. Lynne Goeglein-Porter & De Lightfoot - Ingleside ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


41 Flipping Weslaco ISD: Our Journey of Creating a 21st Century Community This session will take you into Weslaco ISD's journey of creating a community of 21st century learners. It will focus on the collaborative effort of administrators, teachers, and students to embrace the concept of BYOD into our district's everyday learning experiences. Ideas will be shared on the development of our vision and the systematic integration at our campuses. A teacher will also share her journey and how technology is used in her classroom to monitor the learning progress of her students.

Presenter(s): Maria L. Moreno - Weslaco ISD Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

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CPE CREDIT Attendees at Technology Conference 2013 can receive

CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credit for every session attended. It is the attendee’s responsibility to

keep track of the sessions attended and CPE credit. A form has been provided on page 26 of this program

for your convenience.

42 Schoology: LMS for the 21st Century Learner Participants will be introduced to a newly designed Learning Management System (LMS) that caters to the needs of grades 6-12 learners and educators. We will cover setup, creating courses, joining groups, managing personal and public resources, calendars, gradebook, and the mobile accompanying application.

Presenter(s): Jose Vasquez & Marco Islas - Mercedes ISD Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

43 Moodling with Elementary Students Moodle is a safe and secure environment for presenting content, resources, and activities to enhance instruction. This session will promote Moodle as a solution for creating a blended learning environment.

Presenter(s): Julie Kelly - Weslaco ISD Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Intermediate

44 Build Your Tool Kit: Empowering Educators with Technology If you're looking for the latest education technologies, then this session is for you! This session will provide participants with the latest cool tools including Web 2.0 and 3.0, podcasts and vodcasts, interactives, and many more resources for kinder – post secondary education. We will also share tools to help educators build their personal learning networks.

Presenter(s): Monica Isabel Martinez - TCEA Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

45 Pinning 101: A Resource Worth a Thousand Words In today's tech savvy world, it is vital to build a connection with students, parents, and educators in an engaging and visually stimulating way. Pinterest creates this, and much more. The Region One ESC GEAR UP Pinterest site is composed of resources to assist students in planning, applying, and paying for college. It empowers parents in their endeavors to support their children through the college-going process. It supports educators by providing resources in education, technology, and counseling.

Presenter(s): Nicole Saenz-Curry & Ricardo L. Lopez, Jr. - Region One ESC Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

46 Edmodo - Social Media Technology to Connect, Share, & Collaborate in Classrooms (REPEAT) Edmodo is a free social media technology that supports active learning, social learning, and fosters interaction and collaboration. It can be used many ways in the classroom and there is an app for students with smart phones.

Presenter(s): Cecil Cunningham & Jose Leos - Point Isabel ISD Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Sessions

52 Utilizing Mobi Pad, Smart Software, and Polyvision Board Together (REPEAT) In this session, we will demonstrate how to use the Polyvision Board with the Smart software and Mobi Pad to increase lesson productivity and the student learning experience. Come see a demonstration of math lessons with technology integration.

Presenter(s): Daniel J. Flores & Claudia E. Cortez - Brownsville ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-8 Skill Level: Beginner

53 Using iPads in the Social Studies Curriculum This session will demonstrate how to effectively merge Social Studies curriculum with 21st century technology. The iPad app Show Me will be demonstrated teaching a lesson on the Civil War.

Presenter(s): Dorothy Gonzalez & Angela Delamar - Point Isabel ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

54 Learning Vocabulary through Pictures Students are required to engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and real world experiences in order to strengthen their comprehension skills. They use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. We will demonstrate an innovative way for students to learn new vocabulary in all academic content areas through the use of child cameras and digital photo frames. Participants will learn how to guide their students in creating a digital word wall.

Presenter(s): Amy Guevara & Laura S. Flores - Sharyland ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

56 Systematic Integration of Technology Towards College Readiness Region One ESC GEAR UP, a federally funded early college readiness partnership with 27 regional school districts, has developed a systemic plan for integration of various technology and web resources to assist students, parents and educators gain knowledge on pathways to college and a career. Discover how GEAR UP currently uses technology, such as Apple iPads and Texas Instruments Nspire calculators to enhance instruction in the classroom. Come learn best practices for school leaders in the deployment of new technology and resources!

Presenter(s): Tina Atkins & Norma McCormick - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Intermediate


49 Integrating Prezi into Your Classroom Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides, and the zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore new ideas. This session will take you from the beginning of setting up an account to setting up your own presentation ready for presentation to your students.

Presenter(s): Regino Lopez & Candy Baez - Donna ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

50 Engage Students with Glogster Edu Participants will learn to create interactive, multimedia presentations that will engage K-12 students in any subject. Teachers and students can create eye-catching documents that can be accessed anywhere and anytime. Glogster Edu is the latest technology for 21st century learning skills and problem based learning!

Presenter(s): Maria Miller - Weslaco ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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51 We're Goin' on a Web Tool Hunt, But I'm Not Afraid! Hey! Got a Minute? If the answer is YES, keep on reading. Join our ‘frat’ on a hunt for vocabulary building using Web 2.0 Tools across curricular areas. This session will be well worth your while!

Presenter(s): Julio C. Martinez & Kathleen Jimenez - Brownsville ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

55 25,000 Students 25,000 iPads - Policies and Procedures This session will provide participants with McAllen ISD's iPad student rollout outline and timeline for professional learning, App distribution, parent orientations, digital citizenship, student deposits, and student replacement program.

Presenter(s): Carmen G. Garcia - McAllen ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


60 Workflow Solutions for Mobile Learning Your classroom has computers, you have an iPad, and your students have mobile devices. Now what? In this session, we'll explore how to give stuff to your students, receive, grade, return their submitted work, and share the great things your students are creating with the rest of the world - all using simple tools like Dropbox, Google Drive, and Notability. Start the flow of work in your classroom TODAY!

Presenter(s): Wayne Bridges - Edinburg CISD Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

62 Quick Grading & Assessing using All in Learning Teachers can grade their whole class in seconds! Teachers will learn how to assess students using tools such as Clickers.

Presenter(s): Paul Slasor & Mamie Miller - Weslaco ISD Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


61 iTunes U Course Manager and iBooks Author - Creating Online Courses for the iPad (REPEAT) Now that you have iPads in your classrooms, what is the next evolution? Discover how to design media-rich online courses for the iPad using iTunes U Course Manager. This free resource is available to teachers to design courses that incorporate apps, documents, iBooks Textbooks, video, and web links that are available for the iPad running the iTunes U app. Learn how to create iBooks Textbooks using the free iBooks Author publishing app to build a course. Participants will need to bring a laptop or MacBook running Safari.

Presenter(s): David W. Hernandez - Region One ESC Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

64 What Every Educator Should Know About Social Media (REPEAT) This session will teach educators the ins and outs of social media responsibility and its repercussions for future college admissions, scholarships, promotions, interviews, etc.

Presenter(s): Magdalena Oliva Lugo - Weslaco ISD Time: 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leadership Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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65 Taking Your Staff, Teachers, & Students From Awkward to Awesome! Are you struggling to use education technology to its fullest in your district? Atomic Learning can help. The Atomic Learning suite of products is designed to provide a comprehensive framework to bring technology and curriculum together through targeted solutions for specific initiatives, such as mobile learning. This session will provide an understanding of how technology training tools, standards-aligned classroom projects, and big-idea workshops can guide users from awkward to awesome with their technology use.

Presenter(s): Laurie Davis - Atomic Learning Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

66 BrainPOP Basics and Beyond Take a tour of our sites and mobile apps as we discuss best practices for engaging students and getting the most out of your subscription. We will share tips and tricks for using BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP ESL in the classroom. Come see our valuable free resources: BrainPOP Educators and GameUP! A perfect session for newbies and veterans alike!

Presenter(s): Arturo Guajardo - BrainPOP Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

67 Google Apps EDU Tips and Tricks Become a Google Power User by learning some advanced tips. During this session we'll cover generating auto-graded Google forms and custom generating QR Codes in Spreadsheets, comments and bookmarks in Docs, labs and settings in Gmail and Calendar, and some tricks in Sites.

Presenter(s): Monica Isabel Martinez - TCEA Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

68 Project Share Project Share is a free Texas Education Agency (TEA) interactive portal through which educators can share information, ideas and resources in a state-wide online environment. Project Share also offers teacher professional development, teacher to student online instruction and online STAAR supplement in the form of OnTRACK courses.

Presenter(s): Wally Treviño - Region One ESC Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

70 An Introduction to Math and Science Technology Tools Participants will learn the basic uses and applications of math and science technology tools to improve student engagement and retention of acquired knowledge in the classroom. Participants will be introduced to the general use and implementation of the technology as it applies to math and science instruction. Technology is a great tool for supporting quality questioning, cooperative group learning and immediate corrective feedback.

Presenter(s): Jose M. Ramos - Region One ESC Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Beginner

71 TAG it! For your Assessments Testing is made easy with TAG (TEKS Assessment Generator model) model. TAG allows educators to create differentiated assessments to monitor student progress and create quality local assessments in just a few clicks. Come learn why TAG is a 'must-have' for your school!

Presenter(s): Paula Jordan & Beverly Martin - DMAC / Region 7 ESC Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Sessions

73 Developing Digital Literacies for Higher Learning How can you prepare students to develop the information seeking, evaluating and synthesizing skills necessary for college? Digital literacy is an essential skill required for higher learning; however, few students enter college with these skills necessary for success in a higher education environment. Learn about the best resources to teach digital literacy and how to help students develop these skills in context across the curriculum.

Presenter(s): Maria Elena Ovalle - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 101 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

74 Choosing the Right Technology Tool for Learning With teachers and administrators having different levels of technology expertise, how does a school make decisions concerning the implementation of technology in learning? Planning tools will be discussed that will facilitate matching the levels of technology knowledge with levels of implementation in learning situations. Examples that apply to a variety of settings will be examined.

Presenter(s): Barbara S. Grayson - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

79 FormWorks DMAC is now offering an online forms generator application. Learn how to create custom online forms for your campus or district and tie them to your data in DMAC (e.g. create custom walkthrough forms, RtI forms, or student forms).

Presenter(s): Paula Jordan & Beverly Martin - DMAC / Region 7 ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

80 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Communicating Learn new and exciting ways to communicate effectively with teachers, parents, students, and administrators using different apps and social media. Regain control of your inbox with email tips and tricks.

Presenter(s): Patrick H. Alvarez - Jubilee Academic Center Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


76 iPad Accessibility Features This training introduces educators to the iPad accessibility features that help students with visual, auditory, or other physical disabilities to succeed in the classroom and the 21st century knowledge economy. Participants will explore the accessibility features on the iPad. Some of the accessibility topics discussed in this training deal with vision, hearing, learning and physical and motor features. This is a hands-on training and participants are required to bring their iPad updated with the latest iOS version.

Presenter(s): Gonzalo Sandoval - McAllen ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

77 Pages, Keynote, and your iPad Participants will learn to unleash the power of Pages and Keynote on the iPad. Pages is a powerful app that will allow you to create, edit, view, and share your documents via your iPad. The Keynote app will allow you to create world-class presentations with animated charts and transitions.

Presenter(s): Daniel Galeana - McAllen ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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78 Questioning - A Tool for Formative Assessment for Social Studies This session will provide awareness to participants on the power of questioning for monitoring student progress towards instructional goals in the social studies classroom. A variety of technology tools which can be utilized for different levels of questioning will be highlighted.

Presenter(s): Linda Graves - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


75 Intermediate and Advanced Microsoft Excel Participants will learn how to use Microsoft Excel features to produce high-impact spreadsheets. This is a hands-on session that includes practice with intermediate Microsoft Excel formulas such as VLOOKUP, Index/Match, Left, Trim, and Sumproduct to manipulate table lists.

Presenter(s): Benjamin Macias - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 103 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Intermediate


81 Schoology: LMS for the 21st Century Learner (REPEAT) Participants will be introduced to a newly designed Learning Management System (LMS) that caters to the needs of grades 6-12 learners and educators. We will cover setup, creating courses, joining groups, managing personal and public resources, calendars, gradebook, and the mobile accompanying application.


82 Flipping Weslaco ISD: Our Journey of Creating a 21st Century Community (REPEAT) This session will take you into Weslaco ISD's journey of creating a community of 21st century learners. It will focus on the collaborative effort of administrators, teachers, and students to embrace the concept of BYOD into our district's everyday learning experiences. Ideas will be shared on the development of our vision and the systematic integration at our campuses. We will also have a teacher share her journey and how technology is used in her classroom to monitor the learning progress of her students.

Presenter(s): Maria L. Moreno - Weslaco ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

88 There's an APP for That These apps are useful for teachers and students to use in their classes, especially those just beginning to use technology in their classrooms. The apps help teachers and students to communicate, and turn in work in a variety of ways, making grading and due dates easier to manage.

Presenter(s): Melinda De La Rosa - Mission CISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner


87 Maintain Your BYOD using PacketFence (2ND REPEAT) Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is huge and coming in strong at all district levels, universities and community colleges. Although, due to budget cuts some do not have enough funds to purchase a $30k-$60k BYOD management solution. PacketFence is an easy open source management for BYOD that is easy to manage and deploy in an existing network.

Presenter(s): Cesar Ibarra - Texas State Technical College Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

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CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credit for every session attended. It is the attendee’s responsibility to keep track of the sessions attended and CPE credit. A form has been provided on

page 26 of this program for your convenience.


89 Schoology: LMS for the 21st Century Learner (2ND REPEAT) Participants will be introduced to a newly designed Learning Management System (LMS) that caters to the needs of grades 6-12 learners and educators. We will cover setup, creating courses, joining groups, managing personal and public resources, calendars, gradebook, and the mobile accompanying application.


90 E-rate Success The E-rate filing process requires more than a basic understanding of the program rules, regulations and best practices. Helpful hints for a smoother funding process will be shared. Participants will be encouraged to share their own experiences and tips for E-rate success.

Presenter(s): Maria Elena Ovalle - Region One ESC Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Leadership Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

92 Interactivate Your Math Lessons Participant will learn how to use an internet based free software in your math classes. The software will allow you to visually explain slopes, transformations, comparing fractions, trigonometry, and others to your students.

Presenter(s): Jose Franklin - Region One ESC Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

93 iPad Training - Presentations If you are interested in exploring various methods for creating presentations using iPad applications, then this is the session for you.

Presenter(s): Jennifer Pugh - Region One ESC Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

94 Gamification in the Classroom Gamification is the surefire way to get and keep your students' attention! Gather ideas, open source information along with tips and tricks for using gamification integrated into your classroom studies! Learn about proven methods to boost students' interest in any subject. Join the fun and begin a new information sharing method with your students.

Presenter(s): Anna J. Clark - Brownsville ISD Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

96 Project North STAAR: Leveraging Technology to Support Migrant Students Anticipating the challenges that our highly mobile migrant students will face with the transition to the new state assessments, the Region One ESC Migrant Education Program proactively explored ways to leverage technology resources to support migrant students while they are in their respective receiving states. This workshop will detail how distance learning was employed to provide live instruction to migrant students in Michigan as they prepared for their out-of-state TAKS/STAAR Assessments.

Presenter(s): Jose L. Martinez - Region One ESC Time: 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Sessions

97 Project Share (REPEAT) Project Share is a free Texas Education Agency (TEA) interactive portal through which educators can share information, ideas and resources in a state-wide online environment. Project Share also offers teacher professional development, teacher to student online instruction and online STAAR supplement in the form of OnTRACK courses.

Presenter(s): Wally Treviño - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

101 Take Learning to the Next Level The true integration of technology into the core curriculum subjects provides a way for students to learn and demonstrate their technology application skills while focusing on core curriculum. Join me in learning how to take student learning to the next level by integrating technology into your curriculum. Learn about best practices, resources, project ideas and leave with tools to take your technology integration to the next level.

Presenter(s): Kelli Erwin - Learning.com Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-8 Skill Level: Beginner

102 Learning Vocabulary through Pictures (REPEAT) Students are required to engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and real world experiences in order to strengthen their comprehension skills. They use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. We will demonstrate an innovative way for students to learn new vocabulary in all academic content areas through the use of child cameras and digital photo frames. Participants will learn how to guide their students in creating a digital word wall.

Presenter(s): Amy Guevara & Laura S. Flores - Sharyland ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

104 Edmodo - Social Media Technology to Connect, Share, & Collaborate in Classrooms (2ND REPEAT) Edmodo is a free social media technology that supports active learning, social learning, and fosters interaction and collaboration. It can be used many ways in the classroom and there is an app for students with smart phones.

Presenter(s): Cecil Cunningham & Jose Leos - Point Isabel ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


98 Making Technology Integration Fun for Everyone! This session will provide hands-on practice in using the latest Web 2.0 tools designed to make technology integration fun and interesting for the teacher and student! Presentation, collaborative, concept mapping and other instructional tools will be shared.

Presenter(s): Candy Baez - Donna ISD & Celinda Tanguma - Edcouch-Elsa ISD Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

99 Online Resources you can Use in a Math Classroom! Join us as we explore free resources available online to engage students and enhance student achievement in a math classroom. Participants will discover web tools for both productivity and learning.

Presenter(s): Jennifer Pugh - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-8 Skill Level: Beginner

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100 iPad Lessons for Building Content Rich Learning Environments Looking for rich lessons where new tools and resources enhance your classroom-learning environment using the iPad? This session will immerse you into a 21st century learning environment! Take an active role as learner and creator. This hands-on session is designed to take you beyond 'cool apps' for the iPad and towards best uses of mobile devices in the classroom for authentic learning.

Presenter(s): Monica Isabel Martinez - TCEA Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-8 Skill Level: Beginner

103 E-rate Basics E-rate funding is critical for district technology infrastructure and telecommunications funding. This session will cover E-rate basics including rules and regulations, an overview of the required forms and tips for filing success.

Presenter(s): Maria Elena Ovalle - Region One ESC Time: 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


105 Using ChemSketch in the Chemistry/Science Classroom This session will demonstrate how to ChemSketch, a free PC program, in the science classroom. ChemSketch is a powerful molecular modeling program that can be used to show 3D version of molecules. It allows for visualization of molecules and creating animated gifs. It also allows for equation writing and creating lab setup diagrams.

Presenter(s): Efren Rodriguez - Region One ESC Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

109 Pinning 101: A Resource Worth a Thousand Words (REPEAT) In today's tech savvy world, it is vital to build a connection with students, parents, and educators in an engaging and visually stimulating way. Pinterest creates this, and much more. The Region One ESC GEAR UP Pinterest site is composed of resources to assist students in planning, applying, and paying for college. It empowers parents in their endeavors to support their children through the college-going process. It supports educators by providing resources in education, technology, and counseling.

Presenter(s): Nicole Saenz-Curry & Ricardo L. Lopez, Jr. - Region One ESC Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

110 Quick Grading & Assessing using All in Learning (REPEAT) Teachers can grade their whole class in seconds! Teachers will learn how to assess students using tools such as Clickers.

Presenter(s): Paul Slasor & Mamie Miller - Weslaco ISD Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

112 Using Your Smart Device to Expand Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) Professional learning used to occur at a specific time and place. With the improvements of Web 2.0 technologies, professional learning can occur anytime and anyplace. Bring your smart phone or tablet to this session and learn how to gather resources from a variety of social media to create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) for learning on the go. Participants will learn how to pull these resources into a free digital magazine app that allows for very easy viewing and sharing without having to continually search for resources.

Presenter(s): Scott Amdahl - Weslaco ISD Time: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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113 Using Simulations and Google Docs to Assess Science Gaps This session will discuss how to find specific animations/simulations that can be used in the classroom along with Google Forms to determine science gaps. Methods of searching will be demonstrated along with the creation of the Google Form. Requirements would be a browser and a Google account for the creator of the Google Form.

Presenter(s): Efren Rodriguez - Region One ESC Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

114 WISD 21st Century Parents in Action: Using the iDevice in the Content Areas Join us and become part of the great success. Take-home ideas and strategies on how to engage parents using 21st Century tools in the content areas. Learn how parents carry-over classroom tech-skills to better help their children at home. We guarantee your district parents will keep coming back for more. Session includes fun hands-on activities.

Presenter(s): Leticia G. Martinez & Cecilia Barreiro - Weslaco ISD Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 102 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

115 Integrating Multiple Technologies for STEM Success: iPads, Apps, WWW and Legos! This presentation will showcase the use of iPads, apps and PC Lego Digital Designer software to create 3D models and teach STEM curricula. The Legos aspect ties in to engineering while the 3D modeling apps and the amazing capabilities of the iPad iOS operating system render 3D models on the fly.

Presenter(s): William I. Fratianni & Alfredo Salinas - Valley View ISD Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

116 Rethinking 1:1 It's easy to get caught up in the device when thinking about a one-to-one program. But is it really the device itself that's going to increase student achievement and enhance learning? Join this session to learn how you can bring the focus back to what really matters: the curriculum that's delivered via the device. We'll discuss how to make your content available on student devices for access 24/7.

Presenter(s): Erica Stietenroth - Engaging Solutions Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

117 It's TIME for Digital Resources Let's navigate through TIME and find digital resources for integration. The Texas Instructional Materials Exchange will provide free and for fee digital resources that can be delivered through the Learning.com platform. The digital resources range K-12 and cover many curriculum areas including core curriculum.

Presenter(s): Kelli Erwin - Learning.com Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 201 Strand: Promoting College and Career Readiness Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

118 Scantron’s Computer Adaptive Test Performance Series is a computer adaptive diagnostic testing solution that school districts use as a universal screener. The software uses a scaled score to pinpoint student proficiency and ability, accurately identify students who would most benefit from corrective instruction or enrichment and measure gains and trends over time. The product is available in Reading, Language Arts, Science, Math in English and Spanish.

Presenter(s): Jorge Quintana - Scantron Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

119 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Communicating (REPEAT) Learn new and exciting ways to communicate effectively with teachers, parents, students, and administrators using different apps and social media. Regain control of your inbox with email tips and tricks.

Presenter(s): Patrick H. Alvarez - Jubilee Academic Center Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 203 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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120 BrainPOP Basics and Beyond (REPEAT) Take a tour of our sites and mobile apps as we discuss best practices for engaging students and getting the most out of your subscription. We will share tips and tricks for using BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP ESL in the classroom. Come see our valuable free resources: BrainPOP Educators and GameUP! A perfect session for newbies and veterans alike!

Presenter(s): Arturo Guajardo - BrainPOP Time: 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room: Room 500 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Sessions

124 Using Twitter to e-Connect with Students (2ND REPEAT) Twitter can be used as a powerful tool to immediately connect with students to provide instant means of delivering content and instruction. This presentation will show how you can easily post notes, assignments, and other useful classroom resources to Twitter so that students can access these materials 24/7. An iPad, iPhone, or other similar smartphone or tablet is all you need to accomplish this task! Increase student involvement, assignment completion, and overall student performance.

Presenter(s): Homer Colunga - Weslaco ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 6-12 Skill Level: Beginner

125 Infuse Learning! Spark Interest & Engage Students While you Assess on IPADS! How can we SPARK interest in our students during assessment? Is it possible that students will ask for more Test Ready Questions? In this session, we will learn to use an innovative tool to promote engagement during assessment. Infuse Learning, a free student response system, allows teachers to assess students all while on the iPad. Students will love using this tool; thus, help to maximize learning and provide immediate feedback.

Presenter(s): Lileana Rios - Weslaco ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

126 Striving to Maintain Student Engagement & Achievement in Today's High Schools In today's society filled with distractions, sometimes educators have a difficult time engaging and fully immersing students into the curriculum. This presentation will address varied methods for delivery of instruction, with the ultimate goal of truly engaging all your students to ensure that they achieve content mastery.

Presenter(s): Paul J. Duke - La Villa ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Beginner

127 Make Your Lessons Come to Life! Make your PowerPoint come to life with animations while providing instruction. Participants will go through the basics on how to create an animated PowerPoint for quality instruction.

Presenter(s): Miguel Chuca - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

128 Digital StarLab An out of this world learning experience in a portable planetarium. Participants will learn what the Digital StarLab is, how it works, and experience Space Science lessons by virtually traveling into outer space!

Presenter(s): Mary Vaughn & Laurie Cardenas - Weslaco ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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121 So you Know Photoshop…..Now What? Participants will learn how to integrate Photoshop tools and techniques in the classroom and on assignments.

Presenter(s): Veronica Leija & Romeo Salinas - Weslaco ISD Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 101 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

122 Using CSCOPE-3rd Learning Management Tools to Support Curriculum Management This session is for district technical and curriculum managers in districts using/customizing the CSCOPE curriculum. NEW tools and resources are available to support in depth management of your CSCOPE curriculum. We will explore and review the roles and resources available for customizing the curriculum, adding district resources, managing content and reporting at the district level. Participants in this session must have access to an account at http://mycscope.us with district level access to participate in the hands on portion of this session.

Presenter(s): Elaine Sellhorn - Region One ESC Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 102 Strand: Technology Support and Management Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate

123 Weebly Websites Made Easy, Super Easy Creating a website is an easy and fun experience that lets you express your creativity without letting technical hurdles slow you down. Weebly offers drag & drop website builder, professional themes, fast and helpful support, easy blogging, photo galleries, slideshows, videos and audio players, and so much more. This is a perfect way to showcase your achievements and deliver information to everyone.

Presenter(s): Yonia Martinez - Mission CISD Time: 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 103 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Intermediate


132 One Touch is Never Enough! Learning and Play Come Together with SMART Learn simple and effective strategies that integrate the features of SMART Notebook, SMART Board and the SMART Table to increase student engagement, enhance the social and academic development of early learners and promote collaboration and problem solving.

Presenter(s): Heather Lamb - AISYS Consulting, LLC Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 104 Strand: Innovation Grade Level K-5 Skill Level: Beginner

133 Using Interactive Whiteboards with Science Equipment & Student Response Systems Come see a presentation of the Smart board with organization of software, documents, and integration of microscope video applications as well as Lab Quest probes and Lab Quest Emulator software for science lab use. The application of Vernier Video Physics on iPad/PC to extend a mini catapult project/paper based lesson, Quizdom and E-learning will also be shared.

Presenter(s): Julian C. B. Morgan - La Villa ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 201 Strand: Innovation Grade Level 9-12 Skill Level: Beginner

134 Using Your Smart Device to Expand Your Personal Learning Network (PLN) (REPEAT) Professional learning used to occur at a specific time and place. With the improvements of Web 2.0 technologies, professional learning can occur anytime and anyplace. Bring your smart phone or tablet to this session and learn how to gather resources from a variety of social media to create your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) for learning on the go. Participants will learn how to pull these resources into a free digital magazine app that allows for very easy viewing and sharing without having to continually search for resources.

Presenter(s): Scott Amdahl - Weslaco ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 202 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

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135 21st Century Learners (REPEAT) In this session, educators will use the InterWrite Pad, document camera, web-based resources, and other technology equipment for cross-curricular learning.

Presenter(s): George Cabrera & Jose Garza - Edinburg CISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 203 Strand: Leveraging Technology Tools Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner

136 Digital StarLab (REPEAT) An out of this world learning experience in a portable planetarium. Participants will learn what the Digital StarLab is, how it works, and experience Space Science lessons by virtually traveling into outer space!

Presenter(s): Mary Vaughn & Laurie Cardenas - Weslaco ISD Time: 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Room: Room 500 Strand: Teaching and Learning Grade Level K-12 Skill Level: Beginner


CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credit for every session attended. It is the attendee’s responsibility to keep track of the sessions attended and CPE credit. A form has been provided on

page 26 of this program for your convenience.

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Technology Conference 2013 Region One ESC Provider #108950 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Hours Name District Campus Region One Education Service Center is registered with the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC) as an approved provider of professional development in the state of Texas. All sessions are eligible for CPE credit hours. Please use this form as a record of your attendance. Write the session date, title, time and CPE credit hours in the spaces below. It is the responsibility of the individual to maintain records of the sessions they attended. Region One ESC will not be able to provide this information if records are lost. Retain this sheet as verification for your district and personal records.

I attended the following sessions provided at the Region One Education Service Center Technology Conference 2013 held on May 14-16, 2013.

Signature _____________________________________________________ Date _____________________________________

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Conference Exhibitors

Conference sponsors are listed in bold

Exhibitors Booth #

Achieve3000 .................................................................................................................................................................... 120 Advanced Communications & Cabling ............................................................................................................................ 129 AirWatch ......................................................................................................................................................................... 181 AISYS Consulting, LLC ........................................................................................................................................... 125 Aloe Software Group ...................................................................................................................................................... 144 AMX SchoolView ............................................................................................................................................................. 107 Anixter ............................................................................................................................................................................. 152 ARC .................................................................................................................................................................................. 169 Ascend Education ............................................................................................................................................................ 151 ASG Security .................................................................................................................................................................... 176 Atomic Learning .............................................................................................................................................................. 121 Audio Visual Aids Corp. ........................................................................................................................................ 156 Brainchild ........................................................................................................................................................................ 119 BrainPOP ............................................................................................................................................................. 166 Bretford Manufacturing .................................................................................................................................................. 163 Britannica Digital Learning .............................................................................................................................................. 139 CDW-G ............................................................................................................................................................................. 103 Choice Partners ............................................................................................................................................................... 227 Cisco Systems .................................................................................................................................................................. 224 Commscope .................................................................................................................................................................... 118 Corwin ............................................................................................................................................................................. 155 CRC .................................................................................................................................................................................. 195 Dahill ............................................................................................................................................................................... 175 Data Projections, Inc. ...................................................................................................................................................... 174 Dell, Inc. .............................................................................................................................................................. 132 DMAC Solutions, Region 7 ESC ....................................................................................................................................... 112 eBeam ............................................................................................................................................................................. 134 Edmentum ....................................................................................................................................................................... 131 Education 2000-Naiku ..................................................................................................................................................... 106 Educational Service Solutions ......................................................................................................................................... 218 Eduhero.net .................................................................................................................................................................... 160 eInstruction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 136 Engaging Solutions/All In Learning ....................................................................................................................... 184 Escue & Associates .......................................................................................................................................................... 123 EST Group, LLC ................................................................................................................................................................ 147 Filewave .......................................................................................................................................................................... 141 Fortinet ........................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Frontera Consulting ............................................................................................................................................. 211 FrontRow ......................................................................................................................................................................... 171 GovConnection, Inc. ........................................................................................................................................................ 145 Howard Technology Solutions ........................................................................................................................................ 194 HP ....................................................................................................................................................................... 195 iBoss Security .................................................................................................................................................................. 149 IK Network Solutions....................................................................................................................................................... 191 Insight Public Sector ........................................................................................................................................................ 108

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Conference Exhibitors

Conference sponsors are listed in bold

Exhibitors Booth #

J.R. Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................................ 177 Jive Communications, Inc. .............................................................................................................................................. 202 KNOVATION .................................................................................................................................................................... 102 Kurzweil-Audio Optical Systems ..................................................................................................................................... 170 Lab Resources, Inc. .......................................................................................................................................................... 126 Layer 3 Communications ................................................................................................................................................ 190 Learning.com................................................................................................................................................................... 130 Lightspeed Systems ......................................................................................................................................................... 122 Lightspeed Technologies, Inc. ............................................................................................................................... 165 Lumenate ........................................................................................................................................................................ 222 M & S Technologies ........................................................................................................................................................ 135 McGraw-Hill Education (Glencoe-SRA-Macmillan Companies) .............................................................................. 115 Mimio .............................................................................................................................................................................. 226 Okidata ............................................................................................................................................................................ 230 Pearson ........................................................................................................................................................................... 159 Polycom ........................................................................................................................................................................... 178 Presidio ........................................................................................................................................................................... 111 Progress Testing-STAAR Test Maker ............................................................................................................................... 143 Quiktron .......................................................................................................................................................................... 193 Renaissance Learning ...................................................................................................................................................... 105 Rourke Educational Media .............................................................................................................................................. 217 Ruckus Wireless .............................................................................................................................................................. 138 SAFARI Montage ............................................................................................................................................................. 231 SCANTRON ...................................................................................................................................................................... 150 Schoolwires, Inc. ............................................................................................................................................................. 164 SHI Government Solutions .............................................................................................................................................. 219 Skyward, Inc. ................................................................................................................................................................... 154 Spectrum Industries, Inc. ................................................................................................................................................ 179 STAAR One ...................................................................................................................................................................... 216 Summit Integration Systems ........................................................................................................................................... 101 Sunburst Digital Inc. ........................................................................................................................................................ 192 Teaching Systems, Inc. .................................................................................................................................................... 142 TeleMate.Net Software................................................................................................................................................... 128 Texas AM Kingsville Education Leadership and Counseling ........................................................................................... 167 Texas Computer Education Association ......................................................................................................................... 110 Texas SUCCESS ................................................................................................................................................................ 201 The University of Texas – Pan American, Office of Graduate Studies ............................................................................ 198 Time Warner Cable .............................................................................................................................................. 180 Triumph Learning ............................................................................................................................................................ 146 Troxell Communications Inc............................................................................................................................................ 228 University of Texas at Brownsville .................................................................................................................................. 197 Visual Techniques ........................................................................................................................................................... 206 Voyager Learning –Sopris Learning ................................................................................................................................. 140 Word Walls by Amy Littleton .......................................................................................................................................... 182

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South Padre Island

Located on the tropical tip of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, South Padre Island is convenient by car or by plane and only 25 minutes from Mexico. If you’re traveling by car, take Interstate Highway 37 South from San Antonio to US Highway 77, then East on Texas Highway 100, or fly into the Rio Grande Valley via American, Continental, or Southwest Airlines. Two airports, Harlingen’s Valley International Airport (35 miles) and Brownsville’s International Airport (25 miles), offer convenient air service.

Airports

Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport www.flybrownsville.com Valley International Airport—Harlingen www.flythevalley.com

Airlines

American Airlines 800-433-7300 www.americanairlines.com Continental Airlines 800-525-0280 www.continental.com Southwest Airlines 800-435-9792 www.southwest.com

Ground Shuttle Transportation/Mexico Tours

GrayLine Tours (800) 321-8720 or (956) 761-4343 www.grayline.com Greyhound (800) 231-2222 www.greyhound.com Original Tour Company (888) 296-3522 or (956) 761-6663 Surftran/Valley Adventures (800) 962-8497 or (956) 761-1641

Shuttle services provide ground transportation to and from the airport, tours into Mexico, tours of the Rio Grande Valley, and pre- and post-convention tours complete with tour guide.

Car Rentals

AVIS Rent A Car (800) 831-2847 Advantage Rent-A-Car at (800) 777-5500 Budget Car & Truck Rental (800) 527-0700 Enterprise Rent-A-Car (800) 325-8007 Hertz (800) 654-3131

Taxicabs On South Padre Island

A-1 Taxi (956) 761-9292 Airport Taxi (956) 761-1040 BB's Taxi (956) 761-7433 Cantu's Taxi (956) 761-1155 City Taxi (956) 761-2225 Island Cabs (956) 761-2222

South Padre Island Trolley System

Once you arrive, catch the Wave, the Island’s free convenient trolley system. For more information about the schedule or routes, please ask a Wave driver, or you may call (956) 761-1025.

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Region One Education Service Center

Eva Carranza Alex Flores

David Hernandez Jose Martinez

Daniel Rebollar

Virginia Champion Fabiola Fuentes Thelma Longoria James Mendoza

Mary Treviño-Cortez

Miguel Chuca Barbara Gonzales Juanita Lovejoy Maria Elena Ovalle

Brownsville ISD

Marty Castillo Kathleen Jimenez

Julio Cesar Martinez Lorena Martinez

David Mitchell

Donna ISD George Dale Regino Lopez III Ernesto Ozuna

Edinburg CISD

Josie Davila La Joya ISD

Manuel Peña

McAllen ISD

Rosie Fluegel Mission CISD

Victoria Cochran Sandra Rodriguez Jorge Martinez

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD

David Villarreal Valley View ISD

Abram Ramirez

Weslaco ISD

Lilly Salinas

Conference Planning Committee

Region One Education Service Center would like to express our sincere appreciation to the members of the planning committee for all the hours spent planning and preparing for this

conference. Our success is due to all of you!

Conference Administrators

Dr. Hermelinda Hesbrook Administrator— Office of Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment

Dr. Tina McIntyre Administrator— Office of School Improvement, Accountability & Compliance

James Mendoza Administrator— Office of Information Technology

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Region One ESC Board of Directors

2012-2013

Alicia E. Requenez, Chairperson Place 1 – Hidalgo County

Ricardo Gutierrez, Vice-Chairperson Place 2 – Jim Hogg County, Starr County & Zapata County

Ruben Cortez, Jr., Secretary Place 5 – Cameron County

Raul Roberto “Bobby” Chapa Place 7 – Willacy County

Gilbert Enriquez Place 4 – Hidalgo County

Dr. Manuel Gomez, Jr. Place 6 – Cameron County

Linda La Mantia Place 3 – Webb County

Crissy Urias Charter Schools Representative

Administration

Jack C. Damron Executive Director

Dr. Eduardo Cancino Deputy Director, Instructional Support

Dr. Marco Antonio Lara, Jr. Deputy Director, Administrative Leadership, School & Community Support

Frances Guzman Deputy Director, Business, Operations & Finance Support

Conference Sponsors

Major Door Prize Sponsors

Technology Conference 2013

Documents

Transcript of Technology Conference 2013