Monday November 2, 2020 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Shifting Teaching and Learning Online - Part 2 - Secondary
This workshop will build off Shifting Teaching and Learning Online - Part 1 and focus on specific activities/strategies (in detail) that can be used in a variety synchronous middle school and high classrooms. Participants will experience and learn how to facilitate each type of activity.
(Maximum 300 participants)
Robin Kay
This workshop will build off Shifting Teaching and Learning Online - Part 1 and focus on specific activities/strategies (in detail) that can be used in a variety synchronous middle school and high classrooms. Participants will experience and learn how to facilitate each type of activity.
(Maximum 300 participants)
Robin Kay
Exploring Best Practices in Teaching Movement through Virtual Learning - General
Having to teach the Physical Education and Dance curriculums has become more challenging with the need to get our students up and moving at home to meet the actual physical participation requirements of the courses. Working and teaching from home is also having significant impacts on the well-being and mental health of our educators and students. After teaching and leading 100’s of virtual sessions, I have come to understand the challenges and have created this hands-on practical session designed specifically to help teachers navigate these times. After this session, Physical Education and Dance educators will be able to use breakout rooms for “group work” in movement, understand the best use of technology, materials, resources and space needs for teaching virtual movement and create content that is most appropriate for the synchronous vs. asynchronous teaching time
(Maximum 250 participants)
Michelle Hillier
Having to teach the Physical Education and Dance curriculums has become more challenging with the need to get our students up and moving at home to meet the actual physical participation requirements of the courses. Working and teaching from home is also having significant impacts on the well-being and mental health of our educators and students. After teaching and leading 100’s of virtual sessions, I have come to understand the challenges and have created this hands-on practical session designed specifically to help teachers navigate these times. After this session, Physical Education and Dance educators will be able to use breakout rooms for “group work” in movement, understand the best use of technology, materials, resources and space needs for teaching virtual movement and create content that is most appropriate for the synchronous vs. asynchronous teaching time
(Maximum 250 participants)
Michelle Hillier
An Introduction to Coding and Math - Grades 4-6
If you have never coded before, just coded a little, or you are not sure how to learn math through coding, this workshop is for you. We will go through several 'hands on' activities to give you a head start on learning to code and learning mathematics. Practical, free, online resources will be shared and critiqued so you can make informed choices about what you bring to your students.
(Maximum 30 participants)
Iain Brodie with Shawna McCracken
If you have never coded before, just coded a little, or you are not sure how to learn math through coding, this workshop is for you. We will go through several 'hands on' activities to give you a head start on learning to code and learning mathematics. Practical, free, online resources will be shared and critiqued so you can make informed choices about what you bring to your students.
(Maximum 30 participants)
Iain Brodie with Shawna McCracken
Teacher Created Videos for Online and Blended Classrooms - General
Do you want learn how you can engage and motivate your online students using video? Interested in humanizing your virtual classroom? Overwhelmed by all of the online learning advice out there? In this workshop, participants will learn how to make teacher videos for both online and blended classrooms using best practices from educational research. We'll explore the key elements for designing effective teacher-developed videos, share practical and step-by-step advice, and experiment with some of the tools
and apps of the trade to get you started right away. Goal: To increase your comfort level to get you started on video making and arm you with all of the
resources you will need. The workshop instructor is a veteran secondary school film and media educator and PhD candidate with over 15 years of teaching and learning with film and video.
(Maximum 30 participants)
Alison Mann with Shane Hardy, Samantha De Sousa & Juliet Zein
Do you want learn how you can engage and motivate your online students using video? Interested in humanizing your virtual classroom? Overwhelmed by all of the online learning advice out there? In this workshop, participants will learn how to make teacher videos for both online and blended classrooms using best practices from educational research. We'll explore the key elements for designing effective teacher-developed videos, share practical and step-by-step advice, and experiment with some of the tools
and apps of the trade to get you started right away. Goal: To increase your comfort level to get you started on video making and arm you with all of the
resources you will need. The workshop instructor is a veteran secondary school film and media educator and PhD candidate with over 15 years of teaching and learning with film and video.
(Maximum 30 participants)
Alison Mann with Shane Hardy, Samantha De Sousa & Juliet Zein
Monday November 2, 2020 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Guided Reading In Distance Learning - JK - Grades 3
Guided Reading is a powerful instructional strategy that bridges the gap between teacher modelling and student independence (Ontario, 2006). In this session, we will discuss how the components of guided reading (introducing the text, supporting effective reading, teaching processing strategies, and discussing/revisiting the text) can be implemented in a distance learning classroom using a blend of synchronous and asynchronous instruction.
(Maximum 100 participants)
Sandra Filetti & Lori McCaw
Guided Reading is a powerful instructional strategy that bridges the gap between teacher modelling and student independence (Ontario, 2006). In this session, we will discuss how the components of guided reading (introducing the text, supporting effective reading, teaching processing strategies, and discussing/revisiting the text) can be implemented in a distance learning classroom using a blend of synchronous and asynchronous instruction.
(Maximum 100 participants)
Sandra Filetti & Lori McCaw
Coding and Math with MakeCode - Grades 4-6
Join us for a hands-on, interactive session on coding with math in hybrid learning environments. This session is for those elementary educators who have some experience/knowledge of block coding and want some practical math activities and lessons. We will have some hands-on practice with block coding involving sequential, concurrent and repeating events. Breakout sessions will also involve testing some online math activities and discussing further in-class, "making" opportunities. Some experience with block coding is recommended for this session.
(Maximum 45 participants)
Margie Lam with Wei-Kun Chung, Lianna Metauro, Christian Whelan & Andrei Basaraba
Join us for a hands-on, interactive session on coding with math in hybrid learning environments. This session is for those elementary educators who have some experience/knowledge of block coding and want some practical math activities and lessons. We will have some hands-on practice with block coding involving sequential, concurrent and repeating events. Breakout sessions will also involve testing some online math activities and discussing further in-class, "making" opportunities. Some experience with block coding is recommended for this session.
(Maximum 45 participants)
Margie Lam with Wei-Kun Chung, Lianna Metauro, Christian Whelan & Andrei Basaraba
Adapting Visual Arts for Online and Blended Teaching: Grades 4 - 8
No previous Visual Art experience is required for this session. We will explore how to incorporate digital technology into the Grade 4-8 Visual Arts program for online and blended teaching. It will support, enrich, and extend your Visual Arts program particularly in Art-making where video and stop-motion activities to engage students will be introduced. Various ways to conduct Critical Analysis and the use of digital portfolios to increase creativity will be explored.
(Maximum 36 participants)
John Bebbington with Bryden Mac Donald & Mandi Touma
No previous Visual Art experience is required for this session. We will explore how to incorporate digital technology into the Grade 4-8 Visual Arts program for online and blended teaching. It will support, enrich, and extend your Visual Arts program particularly in Art-making where video and stop-motion activities to engage students will be introduced. Various ways to conduct Critical Analysis and the use of digital portfolios to increase creativity will be explored.
(Maximum 36 participants)
John Bebbington with Bryden Mac Donald & Mandi Touma