saturday Schedule saturday, March 31, 2007 12:30-13:30
Room
workshop session 9
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CYNTHIA BRIANO Title: How to Die, How to Remember, and How to Boom Target Audience: Teachers of Grades 6 - 12 Public Speaking is a physical act. When we read aloud in class, or deliver a poem, speech or skit in front of an audience we employ our voices, and our entire body in the delivery. Through the use of improvisational acting techniques, we will explore ways to become effective and dynamic public speakers (and we will employ our entire body, including our guts, lungs, fingers and teeth to help us along).
Ballroom 1
MATT BUGBEE Title: Word Walls and Scaffolding: Tools that Help Students Build Bridges Target Audience: Upper Elementary through high school (science-focused, but great for all disciplines) A variety of high-concept/low-text instructional methods will equip participants to teach content effectively especially to English language learners. Vocabulary development and Word Walls enable students to grasp concepts while having language requirements sheltered and scaffolded. Practical scaffolding strategies and exemplars will be shared, including a variety of visual, non-linguistic representations.
Boardroom
TINA SANTILLI Title: Supporting English Language Learners with Learning Differences: A Problem Solving Approach Target Audience: K-12 educators concerned with meeting the needs of English Language Learners with differences in learning. Educators struggle to effectively meet the needs of increasing numbers of English Language Learners with Learning Differences. In this interactive workshop, participants will gain an understanding of a Problem Solving Approach incorporating evidence-based practices in Second Language Acquisition, Special Education and General Education to support these diverse learners.
Myanmar 2
BETSY LEWIS-MORENO Title: Building Connections: Developing Academic Language in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms Target Audience: grades 3-12, teachers of all subjects Research has shown that increasing student interaction and engagement leads to greater achievement. This session focuses on engaging, student centered strategies that can be used with students of all proficiency levels in mainstream classes. We will discuss the importance of high expectations for second language learners, as well as how to scaffold instruction to ensure students acquire the academic language they need to successful. Many ideas to implement right away!
Malaysia 1
DEBORAH HOLMAN Title: “Critical Friends Groups: What Is This Malarkey?” Target Audience: Teachers/Counselors or Administrators, K-12 CFGs are grounded in the philosophy that in order to improve student learning, educators need sacred time to meet regularly and share expertise. CFGs are teacher/counselor groups where practitioners look at student and adult work and have generative conversations about teaching/learning dilemmas. Most teachers problem-solve in isolation, but CFG allows that thinking to be shared. CFGs are structured by protocols. Workshop addresses how CFGs might take collaborative efforts and protocol use to the next level.
Singapore
DALE HUTCHINSON Title: Incorporating political cartoons into the curriculum Target Audience: Middle and High School This workshop addresses using editorial cartoons to teach and assess students’ analytical skills. An emphasis is placed on editorial/political cartoons as an effective tool to develop and strengthen these critical thinking skills and to assist with differentiation of instruction. The workshop will provide participants with tested and practical methods and resources for incorporating cartoons into the curriculum.
Ballroom 3
DANIELLE RICH Title: “Abracadabra” Writing Ideas That Work Like Magic Target Audience: Elementary Teachers, Ell Teachers, Enrichment Teachers Participants will learn writing tricks to create independent writers right before their eyes. Presto! Make your hesitant writers disappear and make writing fun and accessible to ALL students. The purpose of the workshop is to provide direct instructions, step-by-step guidelines, and student examples that make writing easier, faster, and more rewarding. Participants will appreciate the practical tools that are shared so that they can immediately return to their classes and start implementing the unique, multi-sensory approaches.
Thonburi
KIMBERLEE PETERS Title: The Power of the Arts Target Audience: K-12 This workshop will focus on the power of the arts in the lives of teachers and students. We will explore personal and educational philosophies as to how the arts are powerful through teaching and learning. The workshop will allow educators to explore various ways in which photography can be implemented across the curriculum. Through hands on activities and discussions, participates will gain creative ideas and insight as to how the arts empower their own lives as well as the lives of their students.
Ballroom 2
EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2007 Bangkok, Thailand
