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Please arrive early and enjoy some coffee, juice, bagels, scones, and fresh fruit! 

Thank you to all of our fantastic sponsors! 
We couldn't do this without you! 

Doug Robertson
@TheWeirdTeacher

He’s the Weird Teacher explores the wonder and challenge of teaching from the perspective of Doug Robertson, elementary school educator, self-proclaimed rock star, and student-proclaimed weird teacher. Learn what to do when a bird flies into your room, what whisper-shouting is, why tetherball is the best playground game ever, and how best to disrupt the straight line of a kindergarten class. Mixed with schoolhouse stories are thoughts on keeping the classroom positive, handling parents and administrators, bullying, and taking responsibility for student learning. 
He’s the Weird Teacher takes on the education system from a sideways perspective, showing just how joyful teaching and learning can and should be.

Flocabulary
@Flocabulary

We help students master academic content while building core literacy skills through engagement, mastery and student creativity.

Engage: Educational hip-hop videos teach standards-based skills and content. 

Master: Activities, assessments and analytics develop skills and provide valuable learning insights for teachers.
 
Create:  Interactive tools get creative juices flowing as students write and perform their own educational raps. 

Teach Like a Pirate
@burgessdave

Dave Burgess is the New York Times Best-Selling author of Teach Like a Pirate, co-author of P is for PIRATE, and the president of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. which delivers powerful, inspirational, and innovative books, keynotes, and professional development. He specializes in teaching hard-to-reach, hard-to-motivate students with techniques that incorporate showmanship and creativity.  At a recent ceremony in Washington, D.C., he was awarded the BAMMY for Secondary School Teacher of the Year by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences.

Piktochart
@Piktochart

Piktochart is a cloud-based application that allows users to easily create infographics.  Users can embed interactive maps, charts, videos and hyperlinks in a Piktochart infographic. To create an infographic, you start by  choosing a blank or pre-designed template, or theme, and then add  information. Piktochart provides a library of icons, images, fonts, and other design tools. Icons and images are organized by subject, including education, entertainment, people, and shapes. Once completed, each infographic can be saved for future editing, and the finished product can be exported as a PNG, JPEG, or PDF file.

Flipgrid
@flipgrid

Flipgrid is where your students go to share ideas and learn together. It’s where students amplify and feel amplified. It’s video the way students use video. Short. Authentic. And fun! That’s why it’s the leading video discussion platform used by tens of millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families in 150 countries.

Mystery Science
@MysterySci

At Mystery Science, we believe that if you take a child’s questions seriously and help them to investigate, their natural curiosity will develop into a scientific perspective on the world. This ability to think scientifically is fundamental to any career or subject a child chooses to pursue as an adult. It's the ability to look at a question or problem, systematically investigate and collect evidence, and come to an independent conclusion. This is why our mission is to help children stay curious. We believe teachers and parents deserve better resources to help children investigate the mysteries of this endlessly fascinating world!

IPEVO
@IPEVO

IPEVO is a whole new approach to classroom technology. We believe that classroom technology should allow educators to do more at a lower price. IPEVO makes versatile teaching tools instead of specialized "classtoom equipment". We go beyond the usual conventions of classroom technology - large, expensive, specialized, and complex - to rethink simple and flexible solutions  for interactive teaching in today's classrooms. 

Thrively
@thrively

Thrively helps parents and teachers guide K-12 students through a journey to develop their strengths, interests, and aspirations and discover their own genius.

San Diego CUE
​@SanDiego_CUE

The purposes of the organization are to promote the development and growth in the use of computer and other technologies in education and to promote the professional growth of its members and all fellow educators, in furtherance thereof, to make a substantial contribution toward developing and providing information, materials, and software applications to all interested persons, to operate as an affiliate of Computer-Using Educators, Inc., and to sustain these efforts through the continuation of a non-profit organization. 
--SDCUE Bylaws of May 2011

Kahoot!
@getkahoot

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, free for teachers of awesome and classroom superheroes. Play, learn, have fun and celebrate together!

Osmo
@playosmo

Osmo enables the iPad and iPhone to merge the power of physical play with the digital advantages of real-time feedback. Playing beyond the screen invites students to collaborate on tables or floors while manipulating tangible game pieces such as number tiles, letter tiles, and coding blocks.

Mari Venturino
@msventurino

Mari Venturino is a 7th grade science and AVID teacher and Blended Learning Specialist at Mar Vista Academy in San Diego, CA. She is a Google For Education Certified Trainer, a Google Certified Educator Levels 1 & 2, and is Leading Edge Certified in Online and Blended Instruction. Mari co-hosts the EduRoadTrip podcast. Additionally, Mari is the co-founder of #FlyHighFri, a movement to share positivity in person and on social media. She is also the co-founder of #Teach20s, a Twitter slow chat community designed for teachers in their twenties to navigate the successes and challenges of becoming an adult and a teacher.

Santillana USA
@SantillanaUSA

Santillana USA, based in Miami, Florida, is one of twenty-two subsidiaries of Grupo Santillana, the largest educational publisher in the Spanish-speaking world. Our offices throughout Europe and Latin America collaborate to offer the very best culture and creativity from the Hispanic world. Also, our international presence has strengthened our expertise in dedication to second language education. Our mission is to make learning and teaching English and Spanish an experience that is motivating, enriching, and effective for both teachers and students. In a collaborative effort with authors, editors, teachers, and students, we create instructional materials that meet needs of modern-day students throughout the United States.

Dr. Alez Gonzalez
@alex_g_ojeda

Please follow Dr. Alex Conzalez on Twitter to learn more about him! 

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