Presentations

Participants will use OctoStudio as the primary tool to gain hands-on experience with age-appropriate coding activities aligned with curriculum objectives, providing real-world examples of student engagement and learning.

The session promises to be both interesting and inspiring!

Behrouz will speak of his journey as a refugee, writer and human rights activist, and the impact words can have on awareness, action and social justice.

This engaging hands-on workshop will explore simple yet effective ways in which educators can leverage the Apple creative apps on a Mac to design and deliver engaging and inspiring learning experiences for their students.

This presentation offers a framework for designing literacy curricula that acknowledges what experiences students bring and stretches them beyond their viewpoints.

This is an interactive presentation where participants will read, discuss, and analyze elements of developing student agency.

Teens with Specific Learning Differences (SpLDs) in post-secondary institutions are unique and their educational task demands are similarly unique and varied.

This workshop explores how genre-based pedagogy and functional linguistics (Rose & Martin, 2012; Gebhard, 2018) combine effectively in enhancing primary and secondary school literacy development. First there will be an overview of the linguistic and pedagogical principles of the genre-based approach, and then practical examples of how literacy performance of K-12 students can be enhanced using this approach.

The Global Citizen Diploma is a consortium of schools looking to recognize what we truly value in student learning: the nurturing of their contributions as global citizens.