Name: From Chaos to College-Ready: Streamlining MS and HS Research with Scrible
Start: 2026-07-15T14:50:00-0600
End: 2026-07-15T15:50:00-0600

Welcome to URSA 2026 at Southern Utah University! All sessions will be in buildings on the upper campus (east end). Here’s the Campus Map (PDF) if needed.

WiFi: eduroam or SUU-Conference, password "summertimefun"

PLAN AHEAD - Tentative Future Conference Dates
July 7-9, 2027 - Price, UT
July 17-19, 2028 - Richfield, UT

From Chaos to College-Ready: Streamlining MS and HS Research with Scrible

Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:50pm - 3:50pm MDT

CC Red Hills Room - R. Haze Hunter Alumni Center, Red Hills Room (200 Level)

Papers can often feel like a disorganized mess of open tabs and lost citations. Scrible—free for all Utah public and charter schools—is a powerhouse platform designed to scaffold the entire research and writing workflow. Whether you teach 5th-grade ELA or 9th-grade History, Scrible provides the scaffolding your students need to master close reading, organize their thoughts, and cite sources correctly. In this hands-on session, stop by to learn how to manage the chaos of research projects in one simple platform. You’ll hear success stories from Utah classrooms and walk away with a toolkit for tracking student progress and building media literacy skills that stick!

Speakers

DawnRae Smith

Secondary Career & Tech Educator, Iron County School District

DawnRae Smith is a Family and Consumer Sciences and Gaming Concepts teacher who brings 10 years of history teaching and special education experience to the classroom. For the past two years, she's implemented the Modern Classrooms Model, focusing on practical, realistic approaches... Read More →

Shilpa Duvoor

Exhibitor Partner, Scrible

Shilpa has over 20 years of experience in education as a teacher, school leader, leadership coach, and a customer success leader in edtech startups. Shilpa met Victor Karkar, CEO and co-founder of Scrible, and helped pilot early versions of Scrible in her classes! She is now the Head... Read More →