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Expression Matters: Building Student Well-Being Through Drama and Dance
Expression Matters: Building Student Well-Being Through Drama and Dance Presented by: Matthew Sheahan — [email protected] Joanna Perlus — [email protected] 🔍 Technical Summary “Expression Matters: Building Student Well-Being Through Drama and Dance” explores how integrating drama and dance into classrooms supports student well-being, self-expression, and engagement. Facilitators Matthew Sheahan and Joanna Perlus offer a blend of …
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Let’s Solve this Problem! Shifting our International Languages Classes from Spoken Production to Interaction
The revised (2016) curriculum for International Languages finally has a focus on interaction, which represents the vast majority of real-life language use that our students will continue to use in their personal and professional lives. Whether our students learn Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin, or any of the other 72 International Languages offered in our …
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Developing Conceptual Understandings Across the Curriculum
In this webinar, participants will be supported their efforts to engage students and nurture thoughtful decision-makers and problem-solvers across grade levels and subject areas by exploring practical ideas and effective pedagogical choices for nurturing deep understanding of big ideas and core concepts. Participants will learn how to employ concrete strategies for developing critical, creative and …
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Inquiry and the Struggling Student
It can be a challenge to program for struggling students. When children have difficulty reading and writing, how can they inquire? This session will explore different options for helping your struggling students thrive. Topics include: Assistive technology options: what are they and how can we use them in the classroom? Various ways to share thinking …
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Introducing Number Sense and Algebra With the 4-Part Math Lesson Framework
This session is part of a series entitled Incorporating the 4-Part Math Framework Into Your Lesson. In this OTF Connect Series, participants are introduced to a math lesson framework that unpacks the Minds On, Action, and Consolidation from the well known 3-Part Math Lesson into four, more specific parts. Each session will introduce a lesson exemplar …