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UCET 2008 Conference: General Information

Theme:    UCET 2.0 – Explore and Create Possibilities
Date:    February 29 and March 1, 2008
Place:   Taylorsville High School, Granite School District
5225 South Redwood Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84123
Please note that the session schedules and program documents may change or be revised up to the conference date. Current revision date: Feb. 26, 2008.

Conference Poster

UCET 2.0 - Explore and Create Possibilities: Program Book - PDF (9 MB)

Questions about the program, presentations, etc.? Please email us at program@ucet.org

   Friday, Feb. 29
7:45 - Registration and Breakfast
9:00 - Conference Opens - Awards Presented
9:30 - Keynote - Mr. David Pogue
10:45 - Session 1 - Exhibition Hall opens - Lunch 1
10:45 - Over the Shoulder Sessions in Vendor Areas (all day)
11:45 - Break
12:00 - Session 2 - Lunch 2
1:00 - Break
1:15 - Session 3
2:15 - Break
2:30 - Session 4
3:30 - Vendor time - Please visit our sponsors/vendors!
4:30 - Conference closes for the day

Saturday, Mar. 1
7:30 - Breakfast
8:00 - Session 1
8:00 - Over the Shoulder Sessions in Vendor Areas (all day)
9:00 - Break
9:15 - Session 2
10:15 - Break
10:30 - Session 3
11:30 - Break
11:45 - Closing remarks and prize drawings
12:30 - Conference ends

Mr. David Pogue - UCET 2008 Keynote Address is Now Online!

We were privileged to have Mr. David Pogue as our keynote speaker at UCET 2008. We are pleased to be able to make this available to you online for your review and enjoyment. Thank you for your participation at UCET 2008!

The videos linked to below are Quicktime movies. There is a high bandwidth version and a low bandwidth version, and the quality of playback will depend on the speed of your internet connection. If you are having issues watching it online, you can right-mouse-button click the file and save it to your hard drive, and play it from there.

David Pogue Keynote Address

 

Over-the-Shoulder Sessions Videos Online!

Each week over the next few months, we'll be adding two of the UCET 2008 Over-the-Shoulder sessions as online videos! Please visit each week and watch or download the newest entries! All videos are in MP4 format, and should play in most players. If you have difficulty playing the videos, however, please download the free Quicktime player or VLC player.

Location Over-the-Shoulder Session Title Presenter
Aux eMedia Updates Laura Hunter
Aux Moodle Bonnie Anderson
Aux Scratch Bonnie Anderson
Aux Drupal Kevin Hansen
Aux Picasa Brent Woffinden
Aux OS X Leopard tricks Clint Stephens
Aux Sketch Up Clint Stephens
Aux Adobe Photoshop Nathan Smith
Aux Audacity for Podcasting Nathan Smith
Aux Handbrake, Media Nathan Smith
Aux Wikispaces- How to use in the classroom Darci Mock
Aux Wimba Doug Jones
Aux Google Earth Juan Balderas
Aux RSS Readers Brooke Anderson
Aux Mac Freeware Kelly Dumont
Aux Top Attractions in Mac OS X Leopard or Leopard: The-
Newest Cat on the Block		 Bonnie Muir
Aux Powerful PowerPoints with Two Monitors Paul Waite
Aux Zoom It Robert Hunting
Location Over-the-Shoulder Session Title Presenter
Main Adobe Premiere Elements Cathy Larsen/Vanessa Leggett
Main Adobe Photoshop Elements 1 Joanna Millward/Carol Nef
Main Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 Joanna Millward/Carol Nef
Main Quick Silver Kevin Hansen
Main iPod for the classroom Seth Sorensen
Main Microsoft Photostory Ross Rogers
Main Soundzabound - Your Royalty Free Music Library Rick Cline
Main Soundzabound - Your Royalty Free Music Library Rick Cline
Main Podcasts (catching iTunes) PJ Giles
Main Voice Thread Rachel Murphy
Main Zamzar Rachel Murphy
Main Dashboard Wdgets Rick Gaisford
Main Small PCs for the Classroom Rick Gaisford
Main  Kiddie Records Weekly Rick Gaisford
Main  uStream Kelly Dumont
Main  GPS in the Classroom 1 Ross Rogers
Main  GPS in the Classroom 2 Ross Rogers
Main  ZoHo Celia Powell
Main  Benefits of Linux in the Classroom Jamie Hagan
Main  Google Docs, Google Spreadsheets Juan Balderas


Registration

Participants
Registration
  • Regular registration: $55. Please register and pay on site Feb, 29.
  • Student Registration: $30 Please register and pay on site Feb. 29.
  • Registering a large group of people? Use this Excel spreadsheet.
Sponsors and Vendors
 Information

Maps and Directions

Click either map above for a larger view. To get to Taylorsville High School, take the 5300 South Exit (Highway 130) on I-15 and go west until you reach S. Redwood Road. Turn north, and the high school will be on the right side of the highway. As you can see from the image (above & right), there is also an entrance to the high school parking lot just before you reach Redwood Road traveling west. (images courtesy of Google Maps and Google Earth)
- Taylorsville High School Floor Map (PDF)

Lodging Near UCET 2008

Homestead Studio Suites Hotel
5683 S Redwood Rd, Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 269-9292 - 0.5 mi S

Hampton Inn Murray
606 West 4500 South, Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 293-1300 - 2.1 mi NE

Colonial Office Suites
491 W 5300 S, Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 313-6500 - 1.8 mi E

La Quinta Inn
3540 S 2200 W, West Valley, UT
(801) 954-9292 - 2.8 mi N

Baymont Inn & Suites
2229 City Center Ct, West Valley, UT
(801) 886-1300 - 3.0 mi N

Fairfield Inn-South
594 W 4500 S, Murray, UT
(801) 265-9600 - 2.1 mi NE

Holiday Inn Express
4465 Century Dr, Murray, UT
(801) 268-2533 - 2.2 mi NE

Pavillion Inn
5335 College Dr, Salt Lake City, UT
(801) 506-8000 - 1.8 mi E

Best Western Executive Inn
280 West 72nd South, Midvale, UT
(801) 566-4141 - 3.2 mi SE

La Quinta: Midvale
7231 Catalpa Rd, Midvale, UT
(801) 566-3291 - 3.1 mi SE
Are you looking for previous conference materials and contacts?

We have archived previous UCET conferences in the ARCHIVES section of the website! There, you'll find the conference programs, handouts, sponsor and vendor contacts, and other materials.

Page last modified June 16, 2008