#CUE16 Day 1

 @veronicajusd, @edtechgypsy, @joseramirezjusd, @richardsroom16 and I had a chance to discuss #JUSDdigitalgateway with @tomtorlakson.

My #CUE16 journey began with a pep talk from  @iamkidpresident who reminded us we were made to be awesome.

@pgilders shared how her staff is personalizing their learning by creating personal learning plan. Professional learning in her district is broad-based, inclusive of classified staff, geared to inspire passion, intentional. Many professional learning options were shared including virtual collaboration using Voxter and Skype. In her blog pgliders.com , Pam shares recommendations for those interested in Leadership, Education and 21st Century Learning. The biggest take away was to get out of our comfort zone.

Esther Kligman shared the power of multiple primary resources to help students gain a deeper understanding of history and the complexity of the past. 

Joanna Conrado, Teacher Tech Coach from Ballico-Cressey School District shared several strategies using Google resources to teach writing skills, promote collaboration and publish writing. Many of their resources including their CUE presentation can be found here.

Here's an example of how a teacher pushes out an image to students and then asks them to write what the character is thinking or saying. 

This was an example of a picture that was shared to help students develop character by asking them to describe who is in the picture using creative details. 



In my final session Jeremy Davis, executive director, Capistrano Unified, explained how they were able to deploy 24,000 chromebooks in 24 months (#24in24). Jeremy's homepage for all users of Chrome is a genius idea we will need to develop in Jurupa. As part of the initiative parents, students and teachers were surveyed to capture the impact of the tools (chromebooks) in the classrooms. Jeremy shared many inspiring quotes on failure include (FAIL=First Attempt In Learning).

My first day ended with a CTO focus group. As a group we discussed the challenges, opportunities and specific next steps the CDE can take to support our work. The main topics discussed included Data Privacy, Equity of Access, and Infrastructure. Some of the ideas from the brain trust included:

• Data Privacy Certification similar to the new mandated reporting and sexual harassment trainings. 
• Equity of Access - Susan McPeak is advocating for Internet For All Now. The homework gap is a reflection of the income divide and opportunity divide. Access delayed is access denied. Charter article regarding affordable internet. 
• Infrastructure - The Common Core Standards require more bandwidth than SBAC. We can't have one-time funding for devices and infrastucture. We need to develop a minimum bandwidth needed for CCSS (not just SBAC) and receive adequate funding.