SESSION 9
Teacher Workshops
SATURDAY | 2 APRIL 2016 11:30-12:45
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JOSEPH LAWRENCE VASILE Arts – Visual Level 1- HS 1166 Target Audience: All Peace Flags in the Wind - Peace Flags in the Wind is an international traveling art installation that uses that universal language of the arts, as a catalyst to bring peace, happiness, and oneness into the world. Workshops attendees will experience the exhibit hands on and create a peace flag on fabric. Participants will view award-winning videos and documentaries that show the grassroots journey of the art installation. From an art class in Miami to the 10,000 people who joined the exhibit, to a plethora of installations at respected museums across the globe. Mr. Vasile is also producing a bilingual book, illustrated and written by his students at Yangon International School, that will be given to orphans. JUNIATA WIBLE Music Level 1 - MS/HS Choir Room 1115 Target Audience: MS/HS Addressing Community and Global Issues through Show Choir Productions - How can school productions be a vehicle for student character development and community service? Learn how your music department can raise awareness and promote action to address community needs and global issues. Using examples from previous shows, the workshop will give you a template for planning a production that can educate and inspire your school community to honestly present issues such as human trafficking, poverty, and family relationships.
SESSION 10
12:45-13:45 LUNCH
Level 1 Canteen & Plaza Level MS Courtyard
SESSION 10
SATURDAY | 2 APRIL 2016 13:45-15:15
PETER BOONSHAFT Music – Strings Level 1 - HS Band Room 1128 Inspired Teaching: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue! - Using time-tested wisdom, advances in modern technology, borrowed insights on how students learn, and the message held in a simple blue box, we can inspire students to learn and flourish. This session will be useful for conductors and teachers of any level and type of ensemble. ALEC COUROS Technology Level 2 - MS Media Center Computer Lab Designing for Online & Blended Courses (Part II) - While learning managements systems like Moodle and Blackboard are still popular choices for facilitating online and augmented courses, these systems are being challenged by ‘small-tools’ loosely-joined’ approaches to instructional design. This workshop will outline various pedagogical approaches used to construct learning environments based on freely available or low-cost tools. Participants will learn the ins and outs of some of the most common and powerful tools while coming to understand the pedagogical frameworks afforded by distributed learning environment design. Both closed and open models of learning will be explored throughout the workshop. CHRISTINA DY Arts – Visual Level 1 - HS 1166 Charcoal Work Subtractive Drawing Workshop (Repeat) - After introducing her own work and demonstrating techniques, Christina will encourage participants to form a circle around the subject (draped sheets). Each person will work on a white piece of paper to complete a ‘negative’ drawing using charcoal and eraser. JENNY FRANCO-MARSH / AMANDA ABEL Counseling Level 1 - MS Faculty Lounge Sandplay Therapy: A Therapeutic Intervention for Students Who Don’t Want to Talk and for Counselors, Short on Time - Are you looking for a more efficient and creative way to understand and support your students? Come and learn Sandplay Therapy techniques! After 25 combined years of practicing therapy, Amanda and Jenny brought Sandplay to their school’s counseling department, and it has infused a new energy into their program. This technique crosses cultures, bringing healing and solutions to a wide range of difficulties encountered by children of all ages. Be prepared to observe Sandplay in action and engage in thoughtful discussions of the technique with colleagues in our field! KIRA GALBRAITH Counseling Level 1 - HS Faculty Lounge 1093 Challenging Negative Thought Patterns - This presentation will provide insight into common negative thought processes and patterns that individuals fall back on when faced with anxiety, stress, and depression. Strategies and tools will be provided on how to challenge and replace them with healthier perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors.
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EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2016
