Presentations

By third grade, most students can decode and spell small, familiar words, but their spelling breaks down as they start tackling big words (words with seven or more letters).

Covid 19 has pushed learning at South African private school into the digital realm. Even as schools have been re-opened since the end of our hard lock down, hybrid teaching is still norm.

We will present a history of our journey of effective pedagogy and practice, leading to sharing ways of co-constructing learning to be effective and transformative in today's schooling structures. This will include engaging all stakeholders in how and why learning should shift.

To prepare for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), K-12 students must engage in authentic STEM practices that increasingly rely on computing and the use of computational thinking (CT).

An exploration of a doctoral research study on how teacher perceptions of the Maker Mindset could impact teaching practice. The presentation will examine the research process, methodology and theoretical framework as well as discuss the potential impact from the anticipated findings. No matter where you are in your MakerEd journey, join me in an educational discussion on teachers and makerspace.

This session will show you how Book Creator works and introduce you to the resources that Book Creator has aggregated to help teachers with ideas for learning.

The muscle memory of school tells us as educators to be successful, complete the standards, don’t fail! The reality is FUN can bring a transformational design into a learning experience that can raise engagement and have the potential for better understanding and results.

Unpack “Quadrants of Collaboration” based on the research by Andy Hargreaves and Michael T O'Connor "Leading Collaborative Professionalism"

An exploration of Wycombe Abbey International School’s Journey taking a disused shopping mall and transforming the space into a modern engaging learning space.

This session will focus on the principals of Tidy Data which are quickly becoming the industry standard for science and industry. In this active workshop participants will work with messy, real-world datasets and learn shortcuts that their students can take to tidy them up for easy visualization and deep insights.