Orange County CUE Technology Festival 2020
Call for Proposals:
As Orange County's affiliate to CUE, a Premier National Organization providing professional development and support to educators is honored to once again offer our annual technology festival. This years' attendance is expected to be stellar with more than 700 attendees last year. OCCUE believes that through collaborative learning and the sharing of best practices for educator by educators creates an opportunity to build on the professional learning network of the local affiliate.
Have strategies or best practices you'd like to share? Take a look at some of the criteria used as offered from National CUE and submit your proposal at the link below:
Deadlines for Tech Fest Proposal Submission:
Concurrent & Poster Session -- November 15, 2019
Notifications will go out in Mid-January
If your presentation is selected, the main presenter will receive complimentary conference registration
Conference tag: #occuetechfest2020
We look forward to seeing you at the 2020 Technology Festival at Newport Harbor High School. Should you have any questions, please use the contact us feature on this website.
Thank you.
Topics
Planning to present? Below is a list of the most sought-after session topics at CUE conferences. Look these over and be prepared to have your session proposal ready for up to two of these topic areas when you submit your session to a CUE conference:
Types of Sessions
There are several types of speaker sessions at a CUE conference. This section describes each category and the review process for each.
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent sessions are one-hour presentations that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Sessions may be given by a single speaker, team, or panel (up to 5 speakers total) who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. Only the main presenter will receive the complimentary registration (excluding membership).
Poster Sessions
Poster Sessions promote your research. CUE will offer two-hour poster sessions during each of the poster session timeslots Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the conference. All poster stations will include access to power and Internet connectivity. The set-up will also include a counter-height presentation table and LCD screen as your 'poster.'
Hands-on Workshops
Hands-on workshops are three-hour, guided, hands-on activities that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Workshops may be given by a single speaker, team, or panel who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. The objective of these workshops is for participants to develop the skills to incorporate new technology-enhanced learning activities for use with their staff and students. NOTE: The main hands-on workshop presenters, in addition to the complimentary conference registration, will receive a small stipend.
Build-a-Lesson Workshops
Build-a-Lesson workshops are 90-minute, guided, hands-on activities that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Workshops may be led by a single speaker, team, or panel who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. The objective of these workshops is for participants to leave with a learning activity for use with their staff and students.
Corporate Concurrent Sessions
Looking to showcase your product or service with a one-hour session at the CUE National Conference in Palm Springs? CUE is offering spaces for interested vendors to purchase rooms for meetings or sessions. The room will allow your corporation to present your product in the best possible light. A projector, screen, and a single wired Internet drop is included. Your sessions will also be included in the conference program/addendum and listed as commercial sessions (must be submitted by published deadlines). If you are interested in purchasing a commercial session, please contact us via the form on this website.
As Orange County's affiliate to CUE, a Premier National Organization providing professional development and support to educators is honored to once again offer our annual technology festival. This years' attendance is expected to be stellar with more than 700 attendees last year. OCCUE believes that through collaborative learning and the sharing of best practices for educator by educators creates an opportunity to build on the professional learning network of the local affiliate.
Have strategies or best practices you'd like to share? Take a look at some of the criteria used as offered from National CUE and submit your proposal at the link below:
Deadlines for Tech Fest Proposal Submission:
Concurrent & Poster Session -- November 15, 2019
Notifications will go out in Mid-January
If your presentation is selected, the main presenter will receive complimentary conference registration
Conference tag: #occuetechfest2020
We look forward to seeing you at the 2020 Technology Festival at Newport Harbor High School. Should you have any questions, please use the contact us feature on this website.
Thank you.
Topics
Planning to present? Below is a list of the most sought-after session topics at CUE conferences. Look these over and be prepared to have your session proposal ready for up to two of these topic areas when you submit your session to a CUE conference:
- Leadership & Administration: Site and District Level Planning: Examples might include: Deploying 1:1, prepping a school network for BYOD, leading change, Future Ready initiatives, implementing new types of assessments, or changing school culture.
- Online/Blended Learning: These sessions are designed to support and inspire educators in a fully online or blended learning environment or those wishing to deploy an online learning model.
- Professional Development: This critical topic can be addressed in sessions that are focused on effective deployments of professional development (PD) or innovative methods of delivering PD to educators in small or large groups, online or face-to-face.
- Professional Learning Communities: Perhaps no single element is changing the way educators learn more than PLCs. Social Media, including Twitter chats, Voxer groups, blogging, and Google Hangouts are reshaping how educators form these self-learning groups. PLC sessions allow educators to join this stream of thought by sharing PLC techniques or places to join these revolutionary educational social media movements.
- Cutting-Edge/STEM/New Tools: Attendees of these sessions should leave with exciting new skills and ideas about the very latest development in edtech tools and edtech resources. Examples might include: STEAM/STEM websites and tools, coding, and programming, maker-style tools and apps, robotics and 3D printing, as well as others.
- Hands-On Session/Make-and-Take: These sessions focus on websites, apps, or tools that can be used widely by educators in subject areas or focus on a single subject area or grade level. Ideally, educators leave these sessions with a new specific skill.
Model Lessons and Lesson Design: These sessions focus on Universal Design for Learning, differentiated instruction, and/or long term use of technology or lesson planning to achieve academic success. Sessions should include sample lessons or classroom workflows attendees can use in their classes.- Talking Pedagogy: These sessions present a chance for educators to sit together and discuss issues or share and work in groups in an informal setting. The speaker can choose a single subject for the discussion or a series of subjects.
Types of Sessions
There are several types of speaker sessions at a CUE conference. This section describes each category and the review process for each.
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent sessions are one-hour presentations that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Sessions may be given by a single speaker, team, or panel (up to 5 speakers total) who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. Only the main presenter will receive the complimentary registration (excluding membership).
Poster Sessions
Poster Sessions promote your research. CUE will offer two-hour poster sessions during each of the poster session timeslots Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the conference. All poster stations will include access to power and Internet connectivity. The set-up will also include a counter-height presentation table and LCD screen as your 'poster.'
Hands-on Workshops
Hands-on workshops are three-hour, guided, hands-on activities that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Workshops may be given by a single speaker, team, or panel who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. The objective of these workshops is for participants to develop the skills to incorporate new technology-enhanced learning activities for use with their staff and students. NOTE: The main hands-on workshop presenters, in addition to the complimentary conference registration, will receive a small stipend.
Build-a-Lesson Workshops
Build-a-Lesson workshops are 90-minute, guided, hands-on activities that address all areas of the curriculum and appeal to a variety of teachers. Workshops may be led by a single speaker, team, or panel who can address the needs of the novice user of educational technology as well as the more experienced professional. The objective of these workshops is for participants to leave with a learning activity for use with their staff and students.
Corporate Concurrent Sessions
Looking to showcase your product or service with a one-hour session at the CUE National Conference in Palm Springs? CUE is offering spaces for interested vendors to purchase rooms for meetings or sessions. The room will allow your corporation to present your product in the best possible light. A projector, screen, and a single wired Internet drop is included. Your sessions will also be included in the conference program/addendum and listed as commercial sessions (must be submitted by published deadlines). If you are interested in purchasing a commercial session, please contact us via the form on this website.
