Pre-conference workshops are led by educational experts and will provide participants with a half-day of intensive hands-on learning on various topics. … [Read more...]
Project-Based Learning Through a Maker’s Lens
The rise of the Maker has been one of the most exciting educational trends of the past few years. A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her. A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner. A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product. In the classroom, the act of Making is an avenue for a teacher to unlock the learning … [Read more...]
Empower Student Voice Through Differentiated Instruction
Description Student engagement is critical for effective achievement. Differentiating instruction based on interests enables students to be a collaborative partner in their learning experiences. Gather ideas for using effective methods to raise your student achievement with engaged learners by attending this session. As a participant you will:Identify the importance of understanding the purpose of student voice via their interests. Explore examples of using student interests to support … [Read more...]
Managing Learning through Learning Profiles
Description Everyone processes learning in a variety of ways. Explore how to harness students' learning profiles for powerful learning experiences no matter the class size or course.As a participant you will:Outline ways to better understand learning profiles and their value. Review methods for data collection for using learning profiles effectively. Explore examples for using learning profiles to support content, process, and products.About the Presenter John McCarthy, Ed.S. … [Read more...]
Meeting the Learning Needs of All Students
Description Differentiated Instruction (DI) is a powerful means to raise student achievement. With every student at different levels of skills, planning for diverse support is important. Explore how to meet the learning needs of all students for greater success.As a participant you will:Outline ways to better understand the relationship of DI Readiness and Formative Assessments. Explore examples of Differentiated Instruction Readiness to teacher planning of Content, Process, and … [Read more...]
No Child Left Behind in My Classroom: A student-centered approach that really works!
Description Imagine if your students wanted to learn from you! This session introduces a powerful and proven two-step process for motivating and inspiring every student in your class. Start with an innovative approach to managing the many. Then, follow up with customizable activities to inspire the individual. Teachers and principals love the results: less problem referrals, more time to teach, and higher student grades. You can quickly implement these K-12 strategies since they complement your … [Read more...]
Care and Feeding of the Hyper-Rational Adolescent Brain
Description The webinar will describe recent research on the adolescent brain, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness, and how new knowledge on these subjects can make your classroom management practices in middle school and high school richer and more effective. In this webinar, you will:Explore what to say instead of "no" in order to keep adolescent students safe and avoid oppositional behavior. Examine the research on mindfulness and making teens' neural networks more … [Read more...]
The Multiplayer Classroom
The children of today need the techniques of today to learn, and this does not mean a blind faith in technology such as video games or social media clumsily shoehorned into a curriculum like a stepsister’s foot vainly squeezed into Cinderella’s slipper. The Multiplayer Classroom is not a class that uses video games to teach. Instead it uses the craft of game design to create an entire class as a real-time multiplayer game. Elements include:grading by accretion (XP and leveling … [Read more...]
Brain Matters: What is Really Going on in Your Students’ Head and How to Use it to Better Teaching and Learning
DESCRIPTION“What in the world is going on in that kid’s head?” “How can I help my class transfer what they learned last week to what they need to learn next week?” “What can I possibly do to help my class remember this information?”If you have ever found yourself asking these sorts of questions, you will want to come to this webinar. We have a natural desire to understand what makes us “tick,” yet educators get very little training in understanding the human brain, let alone how this … [Read more...]
Student Centric Learning with Mobile Devices
Description If you walk into a classroom where every student has a mobile device, what should you see? What questions might you ask your teachers and students? How do you know if the device is being used effectively or simply being "used?" Though every school and classroom is different, by the end of this webinar, participants will have a set of criteria to evaluate student interactions, a sense of what's possible, and ideas for how to achieve it. Presenter Beth Holland combines over … [Read more...]
