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THURSDAY | 31 MARCH 2016 13:45-15:15
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MARIA ELEANOR BARLONGAY Arts – Dance Level 3 - Dance Room Dance on Broadway - Dancing takes many forms and comes in varieties, but this workshop will focus on the Broadway jazz style. The workshop includes: 1) A preliminary Zumba warm-up and stretching for increased stamina and flexibility; and 2) Dance combinations that reinforce the technical and artistic components of Broadway jazz style. Let’s have FUN ANDREA CAPRANICO Arts – Film Level 4 - HS Film Lab 4005 Documentary Style, Form, and Content - Andrea will broaden his discussion to look at how the ‘documentary’ lends itself to a variety of styles and forms and address the following: How important is narrative structure? How can students be successful in creating short documentary films? The discussion will include extracts from Andrea’s films - The Landscape Within and Alvis for PRES as well as student shorts. ASHLEY CASEY Physical Education Level 1 - AMR 1110 Cooperative Learning: Changing our Teaching a Piece at a Time - Cooperative learning is an approach to teaching that has moved from the classroom to the gymnasium, and it offers our students the chance to learn with and for each other. In focusing on the achievements of the whole group the focus is shifted from individual attainment to group development and away from performance as the only outcome of physical education.This session will introduce this pedagogical approach by using ‘games-making’ as a vehicle for learning about the five key elements of the model.
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ALEC COUROS Technology Level 2 - MS Media Center Computer Lab Understanding Digital Citizenship (Part I) - Issues such as cyber bullying, ‘sexting,’ and student access to inappropriate content are important areas of understanding for teachers, administrators, children, adolescents, and parents. In this session, participants will be presented with many of the important issues that face our schools in an era where access to information is ubiquitous, and digital messages are easily spread.Through a balance of information-sharing and questioning, participants will come to better understand such issues through a positive framework, one that moves toward the intentional development of learner digital identities. MELISSA COX AP Music Level 1 - Orchestra Room 1115 Musical Literacy: Incorporating Music Theory into Choral (and other) Ensembles - In an ideal world, our ensemble students would gain a solid understanding of the vocabulary and concepts that underlie music, as they learn and perform their repertory. In the real world, however, our focus is often (and understandably) on the quality of the upcoming performance or competition, not the overall musical literacy of our students. In this session, participants will explore strategies that help students develop the theoretical and aural literacy that will enable them to move toward becoming independent musicians. Independent musicianship skills, once developed, make rehearsal time more efficient and deepen students’ musical understanding and enjoyment. Although this session will focus on incorporating these strategies in a choral context, many of the techniques can also be effectively used in instrumental ensembles. RINGO DINGRANDO / MATT CHADWICK Design Technology Level 4 - HS Room 4030 The Tools of “Robolution” - “Robolution” at International School Manila is a day-long celebration of robotics and design tech. It is modeled after a Maker Faire and has students of all ages showing off interactive creations. We will show you the highlights from that event and discuss the hardware needed to make it happen at your school as well. CATHERINE GEISEN-KISCH Counseling Level 1 - MS 1033 Helping Students “Manage Their Mind” through Guidance Lessons - This interactive presentation will provide counselors with a series of ready-to-deliver and differentiated guidance lessons focusing on student self-management. Counselors will gain insight regarding the learning objectives and content of each lesson, along with familiarity in delivery through participation in several collaborative activities. Strategies aim to help students practice and strengthen affective skills for emotional management, self-motivation, resilience, and mindfulness. Full keynote presentations, directions, resources/videos cited, and supply list will be provided. ROBERT GILLESPIE Music – Strings Level 1 - Orchestra Room 1116 Keys to Self Evaluation: How Can I Help Myself Become a Better String Teacher - A presentation of 25 “keys” for getting the most from your students in a class and how to use those “keys” to become the best teacher through the power of positive self evaluation. The session will include videos of model string teaching and contrasting examples of poor teaching. DAVID GLEASON Counseling Level 1 - HS Faculty Lounge 1093 Strike the Balance: When School Expectations and Students’ Abilities Collide - Anxiety, disillusionment, and depression emerge, sometimes with devastating outcomes, as conflicts between school expectations and students’ abilities persist. Unprecedented insights from human brain research now reveal that environment not only affects adolescent identity, but also shapes the brain itself. For all our students, striking the right balance has crucial lifelong implications.
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EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2016
