SESSION 5
Teacher Workshops
FRIDAY | 31 MARCH 2017
11:30 - 12:30
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YONG JUN CHUN HS Math/Technology PS Function Room VI Target Audience: HS Math Teachers Technology Use in High School Mathematics Various visualization programs such as Desmos and Geogebra and other programs for dynamic learning in the high school math classroom will be shared. Did you know that even the use of spreadsheets can be engaging if you use them well? Make connections with various topics and participants will collaborate in groups to research/build resources. Teachers will receive a practical list of applets, links and programs organized by topic for use in the classroom. LYN CORNEILLE AND PRAISE MA MS/HS Humanities MS Meeting Room V Target Audience: MS/HS Teachers Redesign Your Classroom: Connecting Design Thinking, Literacy, and Global Perspectives Come redesign your classroom! Explore strategies for transforming your social sciences classroom into a Design Thinking environment. You will apply the full Design Thinking process - empathy, ideate, prototype, and test - to literacy, creating a ‘Maker Space’ that will inspire students to personally make global connections, build ideas, and innovate. Everyone is a designer!
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MARK DOMINGUEZ K-12 Math MS - First Floor - Rose Garden Room Target Audience: ES, MS, and HS Math Teachers Motivating Students in Math (and not with grades!) Most of the schools in our region have students who are overly focused on grades, so how can we get them to be more genuinely interested and motivated to understand math and learn how to use it in the real world? This workshop includes strategies and specific examples of how we can modify our math classes to increase student motivation and engagement. BILL FILLBACH / STACEY JOHNSEN MS Math Problem Solving PS First Floor - Hibiscus Room Target Audience: Lower and Middle School Math Teachers Seeing the Way in Your Errors By middle school, many students develop a fear of failure in math and become less willing to take risks when approaching challenging, multi-step problems. This workshop shows powerful examples of teachers capitalizing on student “mistakes” and recommends shifts in instructional practice which will help “normalize” error in the classroom. Come with an open mind and leave with useful web resources, guidelines for creating your own open-ended questions, and a flow chart of possible questioning strategies to help jump start student conversations in math. DONNA FROSE / DEBORAH WELLS-CLINTON HS Academic Research MS Meeting Room II Target Audience: Grades 9-12 Teachers Academic Research in the Age of Google Most commonly used research tools were developed in the age of print books and indexes, and many teachers and students struggle to adapt them to a digital world. In our workshop, participants will formulate a modern vision of student academic research, will examine and experiment with digital tools for gathering, organizing and presenting information, and will share and evaluate sources for finding high quality information. SIMON FURMSTON / MARK TURNER / MICHELLE BENZING K-12 General Education PS Function Room I Target Audience: MS/HS Teacher Creating a Large Scale Transdisciplinary Unit Creating an authentic transdisciplinary unit of inquiry which eliminates the boundaries between individual disciplines in order for students to explore a set of concepts. The example unit we will present was created by English, design, music, and art teachers, and it is about true collaboration and collective responsibility. The ‘Statement of Inquiry’ gives you a flavour of this; ‘Through inhabiting specialised roles in the process of film production, students will appreciate the intricate nature of collaboration on large scale projects.’ JASON GRAHAM ES Service Learning PS Function Room II Target Audience: Elementary Teachers Making Authentic Global Connections with your Class This workshop will look at how to start a global connection with your classroom through an inquiry lens. We will examine the pedagogy of making authentic connections between classrooms (and educators) and examine a variety of engagements to enhance learning. We will also be introduced to various technologies that can assist in creating global connections and also strategies to get you started. RIA HENNIGAR / RITU BOHARA ES Service Learning MS Meeting Room IV Target Audience: K-5 Teachers But I’m Just a Kid! Changing the World through PBLs Little people can make a BIG impact in the world. In this session, participants will explore the process of taking classroom curriculum a step further through Project Based Learning (PBL) to integrate service learning with core objectives. This workshop will provide concrete examples of how the strands of the curriculum can be woven into meaningful service learning experiences for young children. Participants will walk away with a beginners toolkit for integrating service learning into PBL’s.
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EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2017
