Participants will use the website “Edpuzzle” to deliver content area videos with comprehension questions. We will then explore how to use the video sharing program “Flipgrid” to assess content understanding.

Fourth Grade Teacher Greg Gaiera has been a local educator for 18 years. His passion is teaching students science and how to use technology for good. That said, he has a growing concern about media distraction.

Let your imagination go wild in teacher created lessons that can take your class on a field trip around the world or have them draw the answer to a summarization question. In addition, you can also choose from hundreds of free ready made lessons and fully linked with Google Classroom. You will learn how to create slides, presentations, and how to incorporate them into your current classroom instruction.

Third grade teacher, Cindy Henderson, has been teaching for 14 years and eight of those years have been at Pine Hill School. She enhances students’ learning and her teaching through the use of technology, big and small.

Zoom done well can make meetings, trainings, and even student services more accessible and time efficient. Learn about recommended tech set ups, practice Zoom basics, and discover facilitation strategies to keep your remote attendees engaged. Bring a device so you can download Zoom and get started.

 Rosie Slentz is a Learning Specialist at HCOE and spends more time than not, in front of a computer screen. Google Drive is her jam and she gets excited when she gets email. She’s not a tech expert but she’s a patient coach and Zoom ninja with a few tricks up her sleeve.

Get your Google on! Learn the basics of doc sharing, file making, forms, slides and more! This session will be differentiated for those in attendance.

Stacy Young is the Visual & Performing Arts Manager for HCOE. She has been a teacher since the 1990’s.  She loves Google and helping teachers learn more.

Participants will discover the STEAM projects that Lonny Grafman has supervised with HSU students at Zane Middle School! Tour of the projects and Q&A.

 

Lonny Grafman is an Instructor at Humboldt State University; the founder of the Practivistas summer abroad, full immersion, resilient community technology program; the project manager of the epi-apocalyptic city art project Swale; the Chief Product Officer of Nexi; the managing director of BlueTechValley North Coast; and the President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Lonny has developed courses at universities in many countries and facilitated engagements around the world. He has worked, and led teams, on many hundreds of domestic and international projects across a broad spectrum of sustainable design and social entrepreneurship – from solar energy to improved cookstoves, from micro-hydro power to rainwater catchment, from earthen construction to plastic bottle schoolrooms. Throughout all these technology implementations, he has found the most vital component to be community.

His first books, To Catch the Rain and Atrapando la lluvia, cover inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, and how you can do it too.

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Let your imagination go wild in teacher created lessons that can take your class on a field trip around the world or have them draw the answer to a summarization question. In addition, you can also choose from hundreds of free ready made lessons and fully linked with Google Classroom. You will learn how to create slides, presentations, and how to incorporate them into your current classroom instruction.

Third grade teacher, Cindy Henderson, has been teaching for 14 years and eight of those years have been at Pine Hill School. She enhances students’ learning and her teaching through the use of technology, big and small.

Strategies for implementing coding across grade levels and subjects. Come learn about easy-to-use, scaffolded and FREE coding programs to inspire your students. Access the breakout resources here

 

Director of Learning Support Services at Humboldt County Office of Education, Colby Smart, holds a B.A. in History and a secondary teaching credential in social science from HSU. He also holds a Master’s of Arts in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University. Colby is a former United States/World History and Computer Science teacher. His passion for learning and teaching has always manifested itself in his application and integration of technology to create engaging learning contexts for his students. 

Information literate students know how to critically examine (and cite!) sources they find on the open web.  They also know how to utilize library databases in order to access the most reliable information for academic inquiry.  Of course, these skills must be explicitly taught.  Join us as we discuss the standards and practices that sharpen student-led inquiry, and explore the three academic databases now provided freely to K-12 schools in California (Encyclopedia Britannica, ProQuest and Teaching Books).

 

Ryan Keller is a learning and library media specialist at HCOE.  She has a strange but exciting background in school libraries, mathematics education, creative writing and philosophy.

Tips and strategies to keep your personal and organization’s information safe and secure. We live in a digital world. What are you doing to keep your passwords and sensitive information safe? Do you re-use passwords? Can you identify a phishing scam? What is two-factor authentication? What student data are you sharing with vendors and other third parties – and how do they store it? These are some of the questions in which every educator should know the answer. Join us for a session to help you become better prepared to protect your personal and organization’s information in our ever changing digital lives.

 Marcel van Dissel is the Director of Information Technology at Eureka City Schools. Derek DenOuden is the Chief Technology Officer for Fortuna Union High School District. From troubleshooting computers, to managing enterprise level networking devices such as firewalls, filters, servers, switches, etc. Together, we bring decades of local IT support and management experience to the table. Derek has recently received his certification as a Certified Chief Technology Officer through the rigorous CTO Mentor program. Marcel is certified as a CBO and serves as the CASBO Shasta Cascade Section Technology Professional Council representative at regional and State meetings. We are both very active in state organizations such as California Education Technology Professionals Association (CETPA) and California Association of School Business Officials (CASBO).

Participants will discover the STEAM projects that Lonny Grafman has supervised with HSU students at Zane Middle School! Tour of the projects and Q&A.

Lonny Grafman is an Instructor at Humboldt State University; the founder of the Practivistas summer abroad, full immersion, resilient community technology program; the project manager of the epi-apocalyptic city art project Swale; the Chief Product Officer of Nexi; the managing director of BlueTechValley North Coast; and the President of the Appropedia Foundation, sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

Lonny has developed courses at universities in many countries and facilitated engagements around the world. He has worked, and led teams, on many hundreds of domestic and international projects across a broad spectrum of sustainable design and social entrepreneurship – from solar energy to improved cookstoves, from micro-hydro power to rainwater catchment, from earthen construction to plastic bottle schoolrooms. Throughout all these technology implementations, he has found the most vital component to be community.

His first books, To Catch the Rain and Atrapando la lluvia, cover inspiring stories of communities coming together to catch their own rain, and how you can do it too.

Art & Science for Kids interested in Media & Education (ASK ME) is four projects that focus lessons on environmental education and stewardship, art making, media production, media distribution and practical training. ASK ME partners with Humboldt County Parks; California State Parks; U.S. BLM; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; California Poets in the Schools; Friends of the Van Duzen River; Humboldt Redwood Co, LLC; Independent Botanists; Independent Artists; The Ink People; California Native Plant Society and Humboldt County Office of Education; College of the Redwoods; University of California Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology and the U.C. Berkeley Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Please download iMovie on your Apple device or MovieMaker on your Android device.

Barbara Domanchuk has worked in the film and video industry since 1981. In her early career, she was a film production manager and assistant film editor on projects sold to Encyclopaedia Brittanica, WNET and the BBC. In 1991, she established her own production company: Barbara A Domanchuk Media. The company’s focus is to produce and edit commercial, educational and documentary work. In Humboldt County her clients include the Humboldt Creamery Association, Fortuna Communications Corporation, California Department of Fish and Game, Jessicurl, Small Business Resource Center, Plaza Design, Humboldt County Office of Education and others. She enjoys creating and telling meaningful stories.
Barbara also directs a non-profit program, Art & Science for Kids interested in Media & Education (A.S.K. M.E.) A.S.K. M.E. is four educational programs for youth in new media, ecology and art making. This is a component of The Ink People Center for the Arts DreamMaker programs.
www.TheYoungMediaMakers.org
The Young MediaMakers annual Big Screen Showcase
The Young MediaMakers WORK PROJECT
Ecology & Art Education Program

Edison wasn’t born an innovative genius but through trial and error he persisted to become one.  Everyone has the ability to be creative and innovative, but for most people, this skill must be developed. Technology allows the ideation, iteration and innovation process to change how we can learn and share.  My challenge to you, if you can learn this Innovative skill, your students can too!  Take every day thinking to the next level.

Karen Brooks, Decade of Difference Program and Event Coordinator for the Humboldt County Office of Education.  Karen leads and supports the entrepreneurial programs in the county’s schools.  Mostly she’s a geek about inspiring innovation. Her current journey explores the intersection of technology, communication and innovation.

This presentation will teach you how to help your students create ePortfolios using Google Sites. You will learn how to use a template to share with your students and how to customize the ePortfolio to your needs. You will also learn how to put the sites on Google Classroom and how to share the sites with parents and administrators.

Jana Reveles is a teacher and a librarian at Fortuna Middle School. She has been teaching for 15 years and  been using Google Sites with her students for many years. She believes that ePortfolios are a great way for students to highlight their best work.

This presentation will focus on technologies that assist in the development of reading, writing, and mathematical abilities. Participants will have the opportunity to explore hands on activities in all three academic domains.

Christine Yannone is a speech language pathologist and Wendy Turk is a special education teacher. Both Christine and Wendy have been in the education field for 20+ years. On a daily basis they help educators to use a variety of technologies to support students in accessing the curriculum.

Using technology to increase time spent in nature – we have been turning students into citizen scientists and monitoring the plants and animals of Sequoia Park and Sequoia Park Zoo over time. This umbrella Project statistically compares the one-day inventories created by Humboldt County school group naturalists.

Christine Noel is the Education Curator at the Sequoia Park Zoo for two years, the mission of the Zoo is to inspire conservation of the natural world by instilling wonder, respect and passion for wildlife. The Zoo’s Education Department offers programming that promotes the exploration, investigation and observation of the natural world through time spent in the Zoo and Sequoia Park. Prior to her current position, she worked in the field of informal environmental education for over 15 years and holds degrees in Environmental Studies (B.A. Sonoma State University) and Environmental Education (M.S. Saint Vincent College).

Digital Citizenship teaches students and teachers how to engage with social media appropriately.

Director of Learning Support Services at Humboldt County Office of Education, Colby Smart, holds a B.A. in History and a secondary teaching credential in social science from HSU. He also holds a Master’s of Arts in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University. Colby is a former United States/World History and Computer Science teacher. His passion for learning and teaching has always manifested itself in his application and integration of technology to create engaging learning contexts for his students. 

See what SMARTdesign, the graphic design program at the Arcata Arts Institute, looks like. I will share curriculum, software ideas, and favorite resources. You will have time to design your own poster using the online graphic design resource Canva.com.

Johanna Mauro is the director of the Arcata Arts Institute and has been an art and media arts teacher for over 20 years. Before teaching, she worked as a graphic designer and production manager for Regional Visitor Publications as well as a photographer for the North Coast Journal. She continues to work as a photographer and graphic designer and has shown her photos in many galleries over the years. Johanna was selected to represent Humboldt County as Co-Teacher of the Year for 2019-2020.

Put on your student hat and graph fruit! Yumminess and ease of consumption are the x and y axis and the challenges grow from screen to screen. Almost by accident you will write and revise your writing about math while tackling each problem.  Once the demonstration is over, we will put on our teacher hats and dive into how the free website teacher.desmos.com can bring a class together with a wide variety of math challenges.  Once you start, you may not be able to stop!

 Beth Baker has been a teacher in Humboldt county since 1987.  Most of it in math and at Zane & Winship Middle Schools in Eureka. She has also had the privilege of being a teacher trainer for many summers. This is her first year as an administrator in McKinleyville and she can’t wait to have a little math time at the SHIFT conference!

Information literate students know how to critically examine (and cite!) sources they find on the open web.  They also know how to utilize library databases in order to access the most reliable information for academic inquiry.  Of course, these skills must be explicitly taught.  Join us as we discuss the standards and practices that sharpen student-led inquiry, and explore the three academic databases now provided freely to K-12 schools in California (Encyclopedia Britannica, ProQuest and Teaching Books).

Ryan Keller is a learning and library media specialist at HCOE.  She has a strange but exciting background in school libraries, mathematics education, creative writing and philosophy.

Get your Google on! Learn the basics of doc sharing, file making, forms, slides and more! 

 Stacy Young is the Visual & Performing Arts Manager for HCOE. She has been a teacher since the 1990’s.  She loves Google and helping teachers learn more.

Come play, engage, and invent with some technology in the MP room! Bring your favorite gadget or just stop in. Colby Smart is our playground monitor.