Adrienne will preview her upcoming book ‘Writing Power’ - where it came from and how it links to Reading Power. She will explain how the lessons are organized, the process and the structure of this approach and the writing techniques that are incorporated into each lesson. A few lessons will be modeled and, as always, Adrienne will tie her writing lessons to great literature and provide lesson ideas and BLM’s that you can use in your classroom tomorrow. Please note this all-day session costs $150 per person. Please contact Lee Mollo to register. Suggested audience: elementary school writing teachers.
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Melanie Moodie, field producer and teacher, will present her curriculum based on the documentary series 4Real, which takes celebrity guests on adventures around the world to profile young leaders who are making a difference in their communities. Suggested audience: grades 6 - 12 teachers.
David specializes in teaching technology with a creative twist. This workshop will take teachers through a number of examples of student videos, applying criteria-based marking to analyse the “grammar” of the new literacy of digital video. Suggested audience: all teachers.
Island Pacific School is a dedicated middle school that is looking for ways to use 21st learning tools to revitalize the classical ideal of a liberal education. This workshop will offer a brief “progress report” on two initiatives: an iPad roll-out (i.e.with iPads for every teacher and a class set shared among four classes), and the whole-school adoption of the Khan Academy online math program (i.e. as a complement to regular math instruction). The progress report will include a survey of glitches and successes encountered, and a discussion of the lessons learned thus far. Suggested audience: all teachers.
Cross-curricular visual theme projects covering a variety of applications such as 2Paint a Picture, Sumopaint, online image editors, Comic Life, ToonDoo, Kerpoof, MS Photo Story 3, animoto, Photovisi, Tagxedo, Capzles, Glogster, Prezi, Weebly, 2Create, and 2Investigate. If time, will also consider Technology Integration (ie. Ethics & Responsibility, Digital Literacy, etc.!) Suggested audience: elementary teachers.
The workshop will demonstrate the use of a classroom response system using ‘clickers’ and then host a discussion about the benefits and problems using this technology. Suggested audience: middle and senior school teachers.
How to use social media (Twitter, Blogs, Forums) to increase personal learning and whole school professional development. Participants must bring own laptop. Suggested audience: all teachers with little or no experience with social media.
Sharing planning and teaching strategies for reaching variety of academic abilities and learning styles within whole class teaching based in authentic texts.Suggested audience: elementary teachers.
Paul Collis will entertain teachers in his unique classroom, the “Colliseum” , and discuss a number of ways to enrich a senior English course using AP Language and Composition as a vehicle for expanding the curriculum. Suggested audience: AP English teachers.
This will be a round-table format. All participants will bring examples of lesson plans, best practices, favourite units, tried and tested strategies to share. Photos of displays, projects, classroom set-up will be shared too. Participants may take part in one or both ECE/ELC workshops. If there is enough interest at both grade levels, we will separate into groups for the afternoon session. Suggested audience: ELC/ECE, Junior-kindergarten teachers, Kindergarten teachers
As teachers we want to create and maintain a safe, supportive pace where our students can take the risks necessary to develop new skills. In this session, the presenter, Rebecca, will share advice for building a learning community within your middle school or secondary classroom. Suggested audience: middle and senior school teachers.
An introduction to the concept of ‘ creatribution’. An overview of a schools for schools project, including a presentation of lesson plans and hands-on teaching tools that are integrated into curriculum. Suggested audience: junior and middle school teachers.
The workshop will focus on facilitating volunteer opportunities at the local level and on developing a culture of service through, in particular, a Peer Counselling program. Examples of leadership training exercises involving small and large groups will be explored as well as ways in which seniors students have played a part in the Health Education Program of younger peers. Suggested audience: all levels.
Anecdotes, stories, ideas for the last 5 minutes of class; how to enjoy 75-80 minutes classes by inserting fun activity breaks into the period. Suggested audience: middle and senior school students.
Ron teaches the difference between good and bad science, Internet fact and hearsay, all through the lens of a technology and Biomedical ethics course. In developing this course Ron has made use of the 'blended classroom' combining both traditional teaching styles and technology while growing a personal learning network (PLN). Ron will demonstrate some blended classroom techniques and show how teachers can construct their own PLNs through such things as RSS feeds and Twitter. Suggested audience: all teachers
Build community and celebrate individual family stories through this engaging whole school inquiry-based project. Examples, worksheets, photos and curricular outcomes will be provided. Suggested audience: all teachers.
La New Curriculum for Additional Languages is based on Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR). This workshop will explore how DELF and DELE help us understand CEFR and will explore the advantages for the students. Suggested audience: middle and senior school French and Spanish teachers.
In this session, we will talk about how to adapt Mandarin program successfully to our regular school system. We will share our resources and teaching methods. We will especially focus on how to motivate students with games and activities that enhance oral production in our Mandarin classrooms. Suggested audience: Mandarin teachers.
This workshop will explore: number concept/ mathematical language, scope & sequence of essential strategies, introducing reinforcement for each strategy. Suggested audience: K3 teachers.
This workshop will help teachers learn how to use puzzles and problem-solving in teaching elementary school Math. Sponsored by Stratfod Hall School. Suggested audience: K3 teachers.
David Wees will share resources he has been gathering on using computer programming to teach math, and facilitate a discussion on the use of computers in mathematics education. Suggested audience: k12 math teachers.
Looking for ideas to support DPA in your school? Action Schools! BC is a best practices model designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living while meeting academic goals. This session will focus on indoor and outdoor circuit activities incorporating skipping, dance, juggling, yoga, stretching, strength and conditioning. Sponsored by St. Margaret's School. Suggested audience: PE & classroom teachers.
A roundtable discussion of MYP PE in our schools. We will discuss planners, our units, assessment, and anything else related to MYP PE to ensure a better understanding of how to teach MYP PE including improved planners and better assessment rubrics. Suggested audience: MYP PE teachers.
This workshop will demonstrate how to use the Vernier Data Loggers and probes with your science courses. We will go through the basics of what the probes do and how to connect them to your computer. We will then perform a hands on lab in class using one of the probes. Finally, you will be given a question to solve and a number of probes and supplies to use. You will have to develop a testable hypothesis and carry out trials to test your hypothesis using any of the supplies provided. You and a partner will have to choose which probes and supplies to use to carry out your experiment. Science teachers and non-science teachers are welcome.
If you are attending the Vernier Lab session please download a free trial of the Vernier software here. We are not allowed to distribute their software for use at the conference. Make sure you do this after Feb 1st as it is only a 14 day trial. If for some reason you can’t download the trial, I will have a disc on hand, for you to use to download the software. However, you must then uninstall and delete the software immediately after the session.Suggested audience: K12 science teachers.
Since many of the presenter’s students take Biology to avoid chemistry, this interactive workshop will explore the ideas the presenter has put into practice throughout the year to try to help students to enjoy and understand applicable biochemistry. Please bring ideas/resources to share with the group, too! Suggested audience: grade 12 biology and AP biology teachers
The nature of inquiry lab experiments will be explored in this interactive presentation, sponsored by Boreal/Northwest. 3 inquiry lab experiments and 2 inquiry activities will be presented with extensions to allow them to be appropriate for a wide range of grades and abilities. There will be a number of resources given away at the end of the session. Suggested audience: middle and senior school science teachers.
A sharing of the trips, initiatives and experiences at each school. Essentially the scope and sequence of the international/ outreach programs. A sharing of service providers and locations. *Discussion on Risk Management and paperwork protocols of each school. *What works well, what to avoid in preparing and conducting these trips. Suggested audience: trip coordiantors.
This workshop will explore how to motivate students to become leaders possible leadership models, how to provide leadership opportunities and how to balance academics with leadership. Suggested audience: all involved in student leadership.
Sharing ways to teach art through bookmaking. Introducing specific art techniques such as colour theory and collage in a trans-disciplinary way.Suggested audience: grades 2 - 7 cross-curricular teachers.
Art: Beyond the Classroom. Kerry will present a workshop exploring the uses of visual journals as a powerful cross-curricular tool. She will demonstrate a variety of lessons and show student samples. suggested audience: junior and middle school teachers.
A hands-on workshop where teachers will be taken through the steps of making a short video. Teachers will learn how to come up with a concept, create a storyboard, film their video and basic editing techniques. Teachers are recommended to bring an Apple laptop but there will be a few computers available to those without. Suggested audience: all teachers of all disciplines who want to integrate film-making into their classroom practice – this will be aimed for beginners. (Please note, the original all-day workshop has been split into two, independent sessions. A workshop on Introduction to Film Editing: Final Cut Pro will be presented in the afternoon.)
Workshop 1 Representative(s) from UBC will speak about current admission issues Workshop 2 Round table discussion on a themed topic Participants may attend one or both sessions. There will be an 11:30 - 12:55 lunch break between sessions. Suggested audience: university/post-secondary counsellors.
The focus of this full-day collaborative workshop will be a big picturediscussion around Guiding Principles for Early Learning Education inthe context of the ISABC vision, mission, and values. As a group ofELC educators and principals, we will more clearly define the uniquecharacteristics that are fundamental to the success of our varyingprogrammes and the education of the young children in our care. Wewill address some of the successes and challenges we encounter indefining and communicating the educational needs of young children,as we advocate to our communities on their behalf.
This workshop includes whole group discussion as ISABC ELC educatorsand break out groups by philosophy and interest in the following topics:1. Creating and communicating our ELC philosophies in response toour school’s needs. (eg. Reggio, Montessori, ECE, etc.)2. Parent-teacher communications:a. Report cardsb. Parent Teacher conferencesc. Assessment for enrollment3. Community Service4. Field Trips and SafetyPlease bring a copy of the aforementioned documents used in yourcentre in the spirit of collaboration and sharing.
We look forward to another rewarding and inspiring day spent inconversation and collaboration.
Suggested audience: ELC. Pre-K, ECE
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The sharing of experiences of a pilot project using 1:1 iPads in two third grade classrooms. Topics to be covered include: student and parent implications of implementing a 1:1 programme; using iPads as a tool to personalise education, impact of iPads on assessment and reporting; iPads and our Grade 3 global literacy collaboration project. Suggested audience: elementary teachers and administrators.
An exploration of the experiences of the head of THINK Global School, a global, mobile high school that took its faculty and students to live and study in Stockholm, Sydney and Beijing. Instead of bricks and mortar the school uses iPhone, iPads and MacBook Pros held together with a custom-built social learning platform to build a highly mobile, virtual school. This presentation reviews a.) the instructional methodology developed for all teachers to make the best use of new educational technologies and b.) the successful deployment of the so-‐called Digital Learning Farm as core practice in order to increase student engagement.
Introducing teachers to the benefits and uses of Google Apps. Classroom collaboration, personal organization and classroom management will all be covered. Example projects for all grade levels and all subjects will be discussed and available in a package. (Google Docs refers to Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and Forms. Apps refers to all that as well as GMail, Reader, Calendar, and much more.) Suggesed audience: all teachers with little or no experience with Google Apps or Google Docs.
Learning how to use iPhoto to organize and edit your photos, create amazing slideshows, and books. Participants must bring their own Apple laptop. Suggested audience: all teachers
What is the Cloud? How does it differ from traditional earth based technologies? How can it be used to improve a workflow and help “get things done?” This workshop is a practical application of cloud-based technologies as tools for students and teachers to create, communicate and collaborate in the completion of projects, assignments or classroom exercises. Participants must bring their own laptop computer. Suggested audience: all teachers, administrators.
Using the analogy of digital footprints, this workshop will explore how school and home can work together to help students understand how to become responsible users of the internet and social media. It will explore how adults can help them develop good judgment and critical thinking skills to deal with situations, information and people they encounter online. Suggested audience: all teachers.
The workshop will demonstrate the use of a classroom response system using ‘clickers’ and then host a discussion about the benefits and problems using this technology. Suggested audience: junior and middle school teachers.
An experienced AP teacher and reader will provide a methodology for the writing of literary analysis paragraphs. Models of work from grade 8 through to AP will be shared. Suggested audience: grades 8 - 12 English teachers.
Presentation of research supporting the use of very frequent, low stakes assessment to improve pupil attainment and track pupil progress. Workshop practical ideas of how these activities can be carried out in the classroom. Suggested audience: all teachers, administrators.
This will be a round-table format. All participants will bring examples of lesson plans, best practices, favourite units, tried and tested strategies to share. Photos of displays, projects, classroom set-up will be shared too. Participants may take part in one or both ELC workshops. Suggested audience: ELC, juior-kindergarten teachers.
Learn about a creative problem-solving tool that takes no more than a half hour. It is effective in getting "unstuck" from a problem. Solution Circles are tools of "community capacity". It assumes and demonstrates that teachers, parents and students have the capacity to help - if asked. It requires a person to ASK - not an easy thing to do in our culture of privacy and "do it alone". This tool puts all the values we espouse into practice and demonstrates that TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER. Suggested audience: all teachers, adminisitrators.
This presentation and workshop will explain social emotional learning, present some of the applied research and introduce two tools from the RULER SEL program. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss programs they have used and formulate recommendations for further investigation into SEL. Suggested audience: K10 teachers.
The formula method for teaching any student who writes social studies essays that will tame the Socials 11 exam! Suggested audience: social studies and humaniteis teachers.
The 7 topics of the AP Human Geography course will be presented from a narrative approach, with examples from several topics used to apply story or narrative. Student sample work will be included as well as discussions, activities, video clips, and other resources. Suggested audience: AP Social Studies or Humanities teachers.
Art historian Rob Maclean, veteran of trips to museums, galleries and architectural cityscapes, will lead a discussion on how to organize for the best possible experience. Suggested audience: all teachers.
This workshop will examine ways to reduce the student’s workload by working through the D&T Assessment to establish what is necessary, and what can be eliminated; devising alternative methods of assessing to allow for student growth. We will also address the the new Design criteria, project reviews and opportunities for standardization. Suggested audience: Design & Technology teachers
A focus on the full integration of French in the UOIs, including developing curriculum that ensures relevance while including grammar in the process. Tips, games and enrichment activities also will be presented. Participants are encouraged to bring samples of their own units to share. Suggested audience: grades 4 - 6 French teachers; teachers of other languages are welcome.
Phil Stringer will facilitate a discussion on best practices for assessment policies in mathematics. Suggested audience: K12 math teachers.
David Wees will share how he uses technology in his Math class to deepen his students’ understanding of math, develop real world applications of the math, and add a layer of interactivity to his Math class. Suggested audience: grades 5 - 12 math teachers.
This workshop will help teachers learn how to use puzzles and problem-solving in teaching elementary school Math. Sponsored by Stratford Hall. Suggested audience: grades 4 - 6 teachers.
Presentation and discussion of some key ideas and principles from research and practice about particular teaching methods that promote (or can hamper) student learning. A broader discussion will then follow on how these practices can be incorporated (or avoided) to ensure that students perform to their full potential. Suggested audience: K12 math and science teachers.
An introduction into the use of ExamView for mathematics and science. This workshop will show users how to modify different types of assessment questions, create their own questions/banks, and make dynamic questions that provide thousands or even millions of equivalent versions. Suggested audience: science and math teachers.
Using an inquiry-based approach to keep students engaged and improve learning and retention through some traditional PE sports. Teachers will actively participate in this class and there will be an opportunity to share experiences and build a bank of resources. Suggested audience: PE teachers.
This workshop is aimed at providing coaches/teachers with an opportunity to learn about mental training concepts such as Imagery, Focus, and Goal Setting and how to integrate them in practices and games. Participants will also be involved in small group discussions and experiential scenarios dealing with these topics and interpersonal / communication issues that arise with their athletes. Suggested audience: PE and all teachers.
Looking for ideas to incorporate healthy eating into your classroom and school? This workshop will assist you to create individualized action plans and highlights increasing vegetable and fruit consumption, reducing intake of sugary drinks and sodium and enhancing media awareness. Participants will receive complimentary healthy eating planning, action and resource guides. Sponsored by St. Margaret's School. Suggested audience: PE & classroom teachers.
Facilitated Group Discussion amongst all participants sharing their best practices to enhance Science Learning. Please bring examples of strategies/lessons that work effectively in your classroom. Suggested audience: all science teachers.
Physics teacher Bruce Tate brings his subject to life through the anecdotes he relays to illustrate his lesson’s point. Prepare to be entertained. Suggested audience: science teachers.
Cheryl Causely and Robert Wisden lead a round table discussion with participating teachers to identify and unpack the reasons, both pedagogical and ideological, we do what we do. Drama teachers tend to be alone in their departments and schools and really don’t have much of an opportunity to refresh and build ideas and resources with other drama teachers. We believe that developing and maintaining a clear idea of how the subject of Drama functions in a high school and what the student receives from us requires discussion and feedback. The group will hopefully have ideas and suggestions to share as we work towards the WHY, which will hopefully inform the WHAT and the HOW going forward. In this short time together we can share thoughts and perhaps take a step towards a Local Specialist Association for Independent School Drama Teachers. Suggested audience: drama teachers.
Want to learn the basics behind film editing? There are a number of programs out there but if you would like to take your knowledge beyond iMovie and Moviemaker, this course is for you. This course will focus on Final-Cut Pro but will provide tools that are useful to all editing software. Learn the basics in how to edit your film, add titles, transitions and effects in just two hours. Teachers are recommended to bring an Apple laptop but there will be a few computers available to those without. Suggested audience: all teachers who want to learn the basics behind editing films and some teaching tools to help students. (Please note, originally Lian was offering this session and the morning session, Working with Film, as a single all-day workshop. The two are now separate workshops.)