Presentations
Short keynote reviewing importance of teaching real data skills to students
This presentation is "Bottom UP" and will review 3 examples of shareable (FREE) gamification "superstructures" all designed and used in my classroom. Attendance gains you access to the entire Gamification Schoolhouse portfolio including Dragon Genetics for free.
This workshop will involve a deeper look into the issues surrounding the assessment, identification and diagnosis of Dyscalculia.
Project Lit Community began as an American based grassroots reading initiative that gets diverse books in the hands of students. The selected Project Lit titles tackle current social issues and ignite meaningful discussions with students. Project Lit can be used as a model for developing relationships with our students and promoting diversity and empathy within our school communities and beyond.
Over the past few years I have been re-considering and reflecting on my own use of reward systems.
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 will demonstrate that developing a working knowledge and shared understanding of educational neuroscience is one of the most transformative acts that a school can undertake,
Getting students to look beyond their "go-to"research methods can be an overlooked and sometimes frustrating endeavour. Ms. Mansfield is able to show educators some helpful tips and tricks to make student research not only more effective, but more fun!
This session will mainly focus on learning in the early years (3-7yrs) but will also contain a few examples for upper elementary. We will focus on ways we can deepen our students' learning by conferencing with them during their play, just as we do during literacy and math.
Students love stories in their personal lives, both consuming them and producing them. Come learn secrets of storytelling teachers.