SESSION 8 SATURDAY | 31 March 2012
10:00-11:30
Cathryn Berger Kaye Room: PEPPINO LEVEL 3 Strand: General / Service Learning Title: Now Read This: The Service Learning Bookshelf Books that inspire and inform may provoke or deepen learning and even jumpstart a service idea. Hear about must-have fiction and nonfiction covering a myriad of grades and subjects. Explore thirteen themes of service, at least 100 titles, with heart-warming stories and laughter and remember why books remain at the center of the joy of learning. Lori Boll Room:VIETNAM ROOM Strand: Special Needs Title: 10 More Strategies That Work for Children with Learning Needs At the last EARCOS teachers’ conference, Lori presented on 10 strategies that work in your classroom for kids with learning or attention issues. Get ready for 10 more! Ten simple strategies you can use in your classroom to help all of your learners feel successful. Jill Bromenschenkel Room: THE STUDY ROOM Strand: ESL Title:Yakity Yak, Please Talk Back! How do we promote quality content-area conversations and authentic academic language use, especially for English learners? And, how can ELL teachers serve as coaches and consultants to increase academic language interaction of ESL students? Participants will identify digital tools and face-to-face strategies to positively impact student communication, collaboration, and academic language use within classroom instruction.
SESSION 8
Faye Brownlie Room: MYANMAR I Strand: General / Assessment Title: Assessment for Learning Strategies: Improving Engagement and Performance for All Setting learning intentions, building criteria, giving descriptive feedback, questioning, peer and self-assessment, and ownership—these are the strategies for assessment for learning, the assessment focus that research shows impacts most on student learning! Work with classroom examples and leave with several successful practices to use immediately—any class, any time. Cathy Davidson Room: BRUNEI ROOM I Strand: Digital Literacy Title: Innovation Challenge This is an actual, hands-on workshop where teachers are given an opportunity to co-author a document together using Google Docs, chat, and other simultaneous tools, preparing a collective statement about the needs and responsibilities of 21st century teachers and learners. David Grant Room: THE VALLEY ROOM I Strand: General / PBL Title: What’s Working in Progressive Education: Best Practices from Expeditionary Learning Schools across America Expeditionary Learning is a public school reform network with 165 member schools throughout the United States. Although EL schools focus on integrated, project-based curriculum rather than “teaching to the test,” students in EL schools outperform their district peers in reading, writing, and math in elementary, middle, and high school. For the past year, I have been working on program media development for Expeditionary Learning, visiting the highest performing schools in the country, and shooting documentary video spotlighting key practices that lead to success. In this workshop, we will look into several classrooms across the U.S. and discuss practices that all teachers can use to increase student ownership and success with learning. Doug Johnson Room: PHILIPPINES ROOM I & II Strand: Library Title: School Libraries and Cloud Computing Discover how libraries can benefit by moving to the cloud and what role librarians can play when staff and student applications become hosted. The session discusses the implication of hosted computer applications and resources on school library programs and the role of the school librarian. What are the advantages of moving to a “hosted” school library catalog and circulation system? How can school librarians themselves take advantage of GoogleApps and similar cloud-based productivity tools? And what roles can the school librarian play when a school adopts a program like GoogleApps for Education? Nancy Johnson Room: SINGAPORE ROOM Strand: Literacy Title: Response-Ability: Deepening Understanding through Talk, Writing, and Visual Arts Writing about literature has served as one way for readers to respond to their wonderings, questions, and discoveries as readers. This workshop examines ways to deepen understanding by teaching reader response strategies that include writing, but also promote creative examination of literature through diverse forms: oral, visual, and performance. James Kett Room: CHAO PHRAYA ROOM Strand: Math Title: Effective Use of Technology: Part II This workshop is the continuation of Effective Use of Technology: Part I. The focus will be on algebra and calculus. Topics covered include: linear functions, quadratic functions, linear programming, conic sections, differentiation, and volumes of revolution. Attendance at Part I is not necessary. 36
EARCOS Teachers’ Conference 2012
