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.

Engaging our learners through various strategies and technological tools that are related to the general principles of Gamification.

Too often, dominant groups justify their privilege and power in international schools through stories. They tell myths, fictions, and lies of non-racism. They seek to explain why the status quo exists and tell stories defining reality as they see fit. But such stories are at odds with the way many People of Color experience international schools. This keynote shares counter-stories or a counter reality that gives insight into the experiences of one Black international educator.

The presentation will share the experiences, insights and professional learning gained from the Discover journey and its impact on the future of education at our school.

At its core, the Flip the System movement is about teacher agency – empowering teachers to shape our profession, democratising education, replacing top-down accountability with teacher-led reform, and elevating the voices of those working in schools to such a level that their influence cannot go unnoticed.

We measure what we value, and we value what we measure. In this workshop, data and assessment expert, Matthew Savage, will explore the different ways in which we can tune into our students’ wellbeing. After all, the better we understand how they are feeling, the more we can connect with their own experience.

Through this workshop, we will identify strategies and develop a plan that includes a focus on continuous improvement through reflection. We will also cultivate iterative mindsets for caring and connected communities so that educators and students alike experience a sense of purpose and joy in their everyday learning.

In this talk David will suggest that we need to move beyond an instrumental view of media and technology, and the superficial ideas of digital skills to which this gives rise.

Attendees will receive instruction in a research-based method of question construction. Then they will take that knowledge and apply it using Google and ChatGPT to take the question to the next level of depth.