Thursday Schedule thursday, March 29, 2007 10:30-12:00
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KAREN BOYES Title: Anchoring For Success Making learning meaningful is essential for teaching success. Learn how to create unforgettable lessons by making information novel and creating contrast. You’ll see how emotions affect learning and how to develop a simple yet highly effective discipline system. You’ll also be stunned by the power of your own brain!
Rattanakosin
CAROL CARTER Title: Coaching Skills and the Habits of Mind: Motivation for Every Student Coaching skills have been popular in corporate America for the last twenty years. Recently, this powerful tool has made its way into the educational arena. Since all of learning is based on emotion, the skill of coaching allows the teacher, tutor, advisor, counselor or parent to artfully ask the questions which can lead students to their own best answers. In this highly interactive session, Carol Carter will link coaching skills to Art Costa’s Habits of Mind. Each attendee will explore not only the basics of coaching, but also how to apply coaching to help students manage themselves more effectively by taking responsibility for their choices and developing the requisite discipline to be successful in college, career and life. We will explore all aspects of coaching and really dig deeply into inquiry and powerful questions. These techniques can be used one-on-one, as well as with a group of students or professionals. In addition to helping with whatever role attendees play with students, this session promises to be one of the most meaningful and fulfilling sessions for their own personal development.
Brunei 1
NAOMI FUNAHASHI / STEFANIE LAMB / RYLAN SEKIGUCHI Title: Along the Silk Road This interactive workshop will present methods and materials for teaching about various aspects of the Silk Road. Participants will engage in several activities from the newly revised SPICE curriculum unit, Along the Silk Road, which was recently developed in a partnership with the Silk Road Project. This workshop is appropriate for both middle and high school Social Studies teachers, and participants will receive complimentary curriculum from SPICE.
Pimai
JACK GANTOS Title: Writing Picture Books: READ A CLASSIC-WRITE A CLASSIC. From “Wild Things” to “Rotten Ralph” All good writing begins with good reading, so let’s take a look at classic picture books and find out not only what makes a good book a classic, but also how to teach, organize and write the future classics.
Myanmar 2
DAVID GHOOGASIAN Title: Teaching and Learning in the Era of the Brain Teachers will gain a better understanding of how the brain learns and how to use this information in a classroom learning environment. They will walk away with a better understanding of the brain and learning and several practical teaching strategies that take advantage of how the brain learns best. (This is a condensed version of the pre-conference session.)
Ballroom 3
ROGER GREENAWAY Title: Three exercises for developing students’ questioning skills Developing students’ questioning skills arouses curiosity, sustains motivation and develops key learning skills; and the questions students ask indicate their progress. With your help, I will demonstrate three ways of generating and managing student questions: Visitor Technique, Press Conference and Simultaneous Surveys. Discussion will assist application to your subject area.
Indonesia 2
DOUG JOHNSON Title: The Sane Teacher’s Guide to Technology Integration Never been a technology “geek” or “guru?” Still rather think of a mouse as something that eats cheese than rolls around on your desk? Yet as a conscientious teacher, you KNOW your students should be practicing technology and information literacy skills. This workshop explores how good teaching practices and the content area curriculum can be enhanced through the judicious use of technology “upgrades” that support best practice. Examples of real student technology enhanced projects are given.
Philippines 1, 2
IAN JUKES Title: Living on the Future Edge: Thinking About Tomorrow Today (Part 1 of two part session) In a world where change is the constant you can’t trust your eyes because what you see will replaced tomorrow. You think your eyes are showing you reality, in fact, they are showing you history. The only way to see the reality of a world on the move is to look for global trends. By carefully examining the significance of several global exponential trends, this presentation profoundly challenges your fundamental assumptions about the world we live and the future that awaits us.
Ballroom 1
EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2007 Bangkok, Thailand
