friday schedule friday, March 30, 2007
Room
coffee break
10:00-10:30
workshop session 4 10:30-12:00
Fr. WIRACH AMONPATTANA / WAYNE BEYER / PETER ANTHONY Title: Will 1:1 Wireless Computing Work For You? 1:1 wireless computing is now a viable option for many schools. Representatives from Ruamrudee International School will present an historical perspective of their school’s laptop program with practical information for schools considering such a transition. The workshop will include resources to help teachers in analyzing their current situation and preparing for implementation of a 1:1 computing program.
Philippines
KAREN BOYES Title: The Many Ways the Brain Learns and Remembers “If your students don’t remember what you taught, maybe they didn’t learn it - and if they never learned it - maybe - just maybe - you didn’t teach it.” Rich Allen You’ll learn the 7 keys to memory and how to retain new information once learned. Understand the power of the memory and how to make information stand out. Learn how the brain learns and how to ensure your messages are memorable.
Ballroom 3
NAOMI FUNAHASHI / STEFANIE LAMB / RYLAN SEKIGUCHI Title: Strategies for Teaching World Religions This interactive workshop will focus on teaching about Confucianism and Islam. Participants will engage in several activities from two SPICE curriculum units, Religions and Philosophies in China and Islamic Civilizations and the Arts. This workshop is appropriate for middle school Social Studies teachers, and participants will receive complimentary curriculum from SPICE.
Ratanakosin
JACK GANTOS Title: Writing Picture Book: Today’s Student Journals are Tomorrow’s Literature! Join Jack as he takes you from his childhood journals to the writing of the “Jack Henry” series of autobiographical stories. If he can do it, you can do it, and so can your students. Find out how to bring content and structure together to create interesting, well written stories. Come to learn and laugh.
Ballroom 1
ROGER GREENAWAY Title: How to ask questions that help students learn from experience When you want to draw on students’ own experiences, this active learning cycle will help you to ask well sequenced and productive questions. The cycle will be applied to Guided Reflection, Success-Focussed Learning, Action Replay, Sentence Completion and Metaphor Making as well as to the art of asking good questions.
Indonesia 2
BORIS KORSUNSKY Title: Gender Issues in Mathematics and Science Education I use latest research findings and my own experience to delve into this politically charged aspect of education and present strategies that are based on sound empirical data and allow the teacher to effectively engage the students of either gender in mathematics and science classes.
Myanmar 2
ROSEBETH MARCOU Title: Attention Deficits- Effective Tools for Classroom Management This is a continuation of workshop 1. In this workshop an array of management approaches for the behavioral, cognitive and social impacts of attention deficits will be discussed. Strategies for fine tuning existing management plans and extending management beyond the classroom will be covered. In addition, there will be discussion of non-classroom management topics such as medication and alternative therapies. It is recommended that participants will have come to the workshop session 1 on this topic.
Ayuthaya 1, 2
IAN MCCUAIG Title: Exploration of rhythm using South & North Indian counting methods Using percussion instruments we will experiment with South and North Indian Rhythm counting sequences. We will then apply the rhythms to different percussion instruments. The goal of the session is to have a group rhythm experience while creating an original composition. The group will perform at the gala event on Saturday evening. No previous music experience or musical knowledge necessary! (Limited to 20 participants only)
Pimai
JORGE NELSON / ANDREW KERR Title: Preparing the 21st Century Learner While preparing the 21st Century Learner is a new U.S. initiative, it contains the same skills we want for all students: critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creative, information and media literacy, and contextual learning. How to do we make the balance between educating students and preparing students for the workforce? It should not be a conflict as the end result is the same, creating a life-long learner.
Malaysia
JEAN-FRANCOIS RISCHARD Title: Inconvenient Solution: “what we would have to do to solve the dangerous climate change problem once and for all”
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EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2007 Bangkok, Thailand
Ballroom 2
