Presentations

A Group-Theoretical Approach to Number Sense

This presentation proposes a re-framing of the way educators see and teach numeracy in primary, middle and high school mathematics courses.

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Act Like A Brand: A Practical Guide to Improve Teacher Resumes

Some of the most amazing, transformative and nurturing teachers we know are also the most humble.

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Using Machine Learning as a Way to Think About Cognitive Bias

We carry around different cognitive biases and assumptions about the world around us, but how do these biases affect us.

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Financial Well Being for International Educators

The international ex-pat teaching life is a great one with many advantages; one being a better lifestyle with a lower cost of living.

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Engaging Students in Difficult Conversations About Race and Politics

How do we help students have difficult conversations about race and politics when the adults can barely seem to do so?

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Leveraging Clubhouse and Twitterspaces for PL

In April 2021 a group of educators, using the social media app, Clubhouse, got together and decided to try run a global conference on the audio only app within 7 weeks.

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Creating a Japanese Language curriculum for a student with ASD

I created a customized 1-to-1 Japanese learning curriculum for a child with autism spectrum disorder who had displayed interest in Japanese culture but failed to achieve in the Japanese language program at the school.

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3 routes to R&J

There are three ways students in my class can choose to learn about Romeo and Juliet: Lit Crit, Investigator, or Director's Cut.

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Defending our Data: Why Cyber Security Must be a Part of School Practice and School Curriculum

Schools can no longer afford to ignore cyber security by assuming that installing a firewall will be sufficient to protect the data of the school community.

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Creative Student Driven Assessments in STEM

The assessment process is complex. There is no single, right way to assess as different subjects have their unique layers of complexities that include standards, benchmarks and expectations.

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