Presentations

This workshop is designed to spark creativity in both you and your students while promoting excitement and participation within the classroom.

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.

Participants in this session will engage with four tools that promise to elevate engagement in any mathematics classroom. A brief overview of each tool will be provided, dedicating significant time for hands-on participation. The four tools we will explore are Formative, Desmos, Gimkit, and Digital Manipulatives.

This workshop will explore strategies for elevating student agency in your school.