Presentations

What might happen if EVERYONE in your elementary community is seen as a scientist? Let’s play, explore and share approaches and possibilities to grow joyful cultures of scientists that include PreK - Grade 5 students, parents, teachers and others in your learning community.

We all do parent satisfaction surveys but we are missing the point. Parent referrals and recommendations have the strongest influence on potential families. So what factors increases the likelihood of word of mouth - branding, service quality, satisfaction, social media? Take a deep into my research with me and find out why we are getting so much of it wrong and what we can do to fix it!

This session will equip school leaders and staff to understand and facilitate a process called appreciative inquiry using systems and design thinking to create conditions for school communities to thrive. 

Attendees will learn strategies for using technology to amplify student stories through classroom conversations, digital media, the arts, and more!

In this interactive workshop, participants will explore and experiment with a variety of tools and strategies to help students become more deeply aware of a global issue and how it connects to their community.

Towards the end of our time together, participants will form communities of inquiry, develop an OSCAR plan to share and inspire others to continue asking "What if..."

In this session, Joe Dale shows how AI can boost student agency and independence while giving teachers creative, multimodal workflows to enrich their lessons. You’ll see how NotebookLM creates audio and video overviews — and, in Google Classroom, enables students to build their own quizzes and flashcards, supporting personalised learning and autonomy.