Presentations

This workshop empowers leaders and different stakeholders with the knowledge and tools to ethically and effectively integrate AI into their schools, fostering innovation while ensuring a responsible and informed community aligned with schools' commitment to excellence in education.

This presentation will delve into the best practices for this type of course, including skill-building, design process, mentorship, tools & equipment, while also highlighting some of the stories and product outcomes from our flagship design course at CIS.

In this session, we explore what this transition feels like for the students and consider ways in which we can support them across the school, so that they come to feel like they truly belong.

In this interactive workshop, we will explore this question through discussion, exploration, and experience-sharing centered around how transformational education, grounded in developing students’ intrinsic motivation, is essential for the healthy development of young people.

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Howard Stribbell and Diana Hu McDowell explore how storytelling can help educators and leaders communicate with greater authenticity, build trust, and connect more meaningfully with their communities.

What mathematical muscles are we strengthening when we work on a problem? By attending to different aspects of a problem, or different approaches/representations, can we challenge ourselves to a ‘whole body workout’ rather than only thinking about things from one/our perspective?

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.

Imagine if you could save 30 hours of planning per year with one small tool? Imagine if you could help your colleagues to really understand the challenges that EAL & SEN students face?

In this presentation, I would like to share some of our STEAM projects in both elementary and middle schools to indicate how we integrate the STEAM education across the curriculum with the applicable transdisciplinary themes and create opportunities for our students to deliver innovative student-driven outcomes.

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.