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April 2016 14 Events 1 2 3

Thursday, April 07

2016 Summit on Children and Youth Mental Health

The theme of the 2016 Summit on Children and Youth Mental Health is “Moving From Policy to Practice through Collaboration”.   Similar to the previous Summits, Thursday April 7, 2016 is the pre-Summit with half day intensive sessions and the main Summit begins on the Thursday night and all day on Friday April 8, 2016 with …

Tuesday, April 12

Inspiring Awe and Wonder – Increasing student engagement in classrooms

Student engagement is one of the hot issues in education and seems to be an enduring challenge. A recent Gallup poll in the US found the longer children are in school the less they want to be there. During this session participants will consider what it means to be intellectually engaged and will apply a …

Saturday, April 16

OSEE PD Day

For 2016, the Ontario Society for Environmental Education is hosting two events, both from 9am to 5pm: One east of Toronto on April 16 One west of Toronto on May 13 The first event is the OSEE PD Day at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre in Peterborough. Attend hands-on workshops by educators, for educators. Build …

Tuesday, April 19

Gamification and Game-Based Learning: Assessment and Evaluation

How do students succeed in game-based learning environments?  How can the education system and daily classes be restructured with the best of what games have to offer?  This session will focus on how assessment and evaluation practices can be designed to appeal to all learners, allow for different paces and paths for students to achieve …

Thursday, April 21

Working With Two-Variable Relationships

Join colleagues and engage in multiple 3 Act Math Tasks using specific real world examples related to two-variable relationships, scatter plots, distance-time and motion-time graphs. During this webinar, prepare to have your curiosity sparked as you will solve junior/intermediate math problems with ease and participating in a fun consolidation of these often “not-so-fun” topics. Upon …