Do you have iPads and iPhones in your classrooms? Are you interested in discovering how to engage students in learning and achieving some assessment goals? Using some amazing Apps, you can learn the basics of creating digital stories, newscasts, personal narratives, using green screen techniques and simple animations. This session will provide participants with man …
The Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association 2016 conference will be held on Monday, April 25. Please visit website for conference details.
In this session, elementary educators explore a variety of ways to incorporate the use of technology into their mathematics classroom. Whether they have one device, or many, participants will learn how to make the most of what they have. The session will take a closer look at some technology integration models, SAMR and TPACK, and venture into ways to …
This session brings together teacher-librarians to explore issues relevant to their practice. Questions that will be explored include: How do school library professionals transform their libraries into Library Learning Commons? What human and digital resources can we access critically to enhance our teaching practices and thereby help our students learn? When do teacher-librarians have the …
How do we intentionally create assessment strategies in mathematics that support the development of mathematical reasoning in grades 4-8? Using the Critical Thinking Consortium’s ‘Principles of the Thinking Classroom’ as a framework, teachers will have an opportunity to consider and develop assessment strategies focusing on the mathematical processes. Assessment approaches that are compatible with relevant …
