Ed Tech @ TISA Program BOOKLET

EdTech @ TISA Programme Wednesday, 08 February 2016 1:30-2:15

Cafeteria

Whole School Discussion

2:30-3:15

Various Locations

Breakout Session 1

3:15-4:00

Various Locations

Breakout Session 2

Breakout Session Information Session 1: ​2:30 - 3:15 Playposit! What it can do for your blended classroom.

Presenter: Eric Buczkowski Suitable for: Primary/Secondary

Have you ever asked students to view a video at home to prepare for the next class? This application is an easy way to check students understanding and learning directly within the video itself. What I use this for and a discussion of what others think they could use it for will be the aim of the session.

Bring your computer and if you want a video URL you would like your students to gain some basic or advanced knowledge from. Nothing better than using something you already plan to use.

Naviance

Presenter: Sarah Borgerding Suitable for: S ​ econdary TAO teachers especially Grade level leaders M1 - M5

Naviance has so many tools and features that would be ideal to support and enhance the TAO curriculum and which students should be encouraged to explore.

For example learner profile tests that will allow students to reflect on what type of learners they are, personality tests that will allow them to reflect on, well their personalities. As well as career profiling that will allow them to generate ideas about possible future careers. It also has some good tools on building resumes, keeping journals and important information as well as access to search for information about USA universities.

So come along to the session especially if you are a grade level leader or TAO teacher to see how Naviance can help you and have the opportunity to discuss how to integrate it within the curriculum you already have.

A laptop would be useful but not essential. This will be more of an informational session with times for discussion to investigate how we can use these tools in our TAO classes.

Seesaw Digital Portfolios

Presenter: Karen Noble Suitable for: Mostly Primary

“More than 25,000 schools around the globe are using Seesaw to document student learning, do quick assessments, and communicate with parents.�

P3 is trialing this platform and this session will focus on a brief tour around the SeeSaw app, features and highlights.

Bring a device (ipad or laptop), thoughts about portfolios (who are they for and what are they for)

Google Apps for Educators 101

Presenter: Jamila Abilova Suitable for: Everyone

Learn the basic ins and outs of Google Apps for Education (Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms). This is for people who are just starting to work with Google apps and would like an introductory session and overview of what they have to offer.

Bring a device (laptop, iPad)

Comic Life

Presenter: Sabina Gafarova Suitable for: Everyone

It is a nice programme to make cover pages for portfolios or any other needs, you can insert photos, captions under them and also play with fonts, texts, and add different symbols.

Bring your laptop

Photoshop 101 - F ​ irst steps in Photoshop.

What can it do?

Presenter: Catherine McNaught Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers Link to ​overview.

An introductory session but can be changed to suit what you are interested in doing. Everyday you can learn something new is a great day!

Bring your laptop and a folder of photos if you have them (although I will bring a folder)

Trello

Presenter: Stephen Caskie Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers

The session will outline how to use the organisation tool ​Trello​. Trello is the visual collaboration tool that enables teams of all sizes to get things done, in a fun and flexible way. Trello boards create a shared perspective on anything your team sets out to do.

Bring whatever device you want to use Trello with.

Useful Macbook Apps

Presenter: Dan Egorov Suitable for: Macbook users

- Did you know you could create exciting quiz shows in minutes using Apple Keynote? Let’s learn how to do it!

- Thinking about flipping your classroom? Or maybe you need to explain to your class over and over how to find a particular bit of information that they seem to always be looking for? In this session we will look at two easy ways to record your screen and voice instructions and share the result with your students or colleagues.

Bring your laptop. Apple Keynote might be preinstalled on some computers, but please make sure you are running the latest version.

Presenters: Innovate with iPad: Lessons to transform Lori Nellor, Aileen Young, Erika Monaghan learning in the classroom Suitable for: Primary (iPads) This session is for any teacher using iPads in their classroom. 3 teachers will give a brief overview of iPad apps (Puppet Pals, Explain Everything, Draw and Tell, PicCollage and Popplet) and how they can be used for content creations. It is also a time for app exploration.

Bring an iPad.

How to use, store, share photos for learning and documentation.

Presenter: Gitta Bakonyi Suitable for: Teaching Assistants and Teachers who need help with photos in general.

​How to take and edit good photos. We will look at child protection issues - where should we

store photos? Where not?

How to store and share photos. How to use iPads, Google Docs and Google Drive for photos.

Bring a smile

GoAnimate

Presenter: Mark Monaghan Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers

Have students make reports, presentations, and stories with video, helping them convey their creativity and perspectives without physically placing them in front of peers.

Adapting material to video requires both critical thinking AND creativity. Students are enthusiastic about making videos. They think it’s fun. This also leads to deeper understanding and learning. ​GoAnimate.com

Bring a laptop

Session 2: ​3:15 - 4:00 Go Formative Formative Assessment for ANY Classroom

Presenter: Mr. Mark Monaghan Suitable for: Primary/Secondary

Formative assessment is crucial in any classroom and being able to give immediate feedback is important. It would also be good to keep a record of this moving forward to see progress.

However, how can you do this?

Well GoFormative allows you to do just that.

The session will outline quick formative assessments that you can do within your class or for students to complete at home and are designed for easy implementation in any classroom by any teacher. Almost all can be used, with a little modification, throughout Primary and Secondary classrooms and across the curriculum. A few are better for either younger or more sophisticated learners. It works on any device so whether laptops, iPads or phones are accessible you can use GoFormative. ​https://goformative.com/ Bring your laptop and a formative assessment you have given to your class in the last semester. This can include multiple choice questions, a drawing task, an open ended question whatever it was bring it along and we can look to GoFormative it!

iMovie: Projects & Trailers

Presenter: Gunel Mamedova Suitable for: Primary and Secondary

We are going to learn the basics of iMovie. Learn how to edit video, add music and effects and export movies for sharing.

Bring laptop or tablet with iMovie installed. Would be good to have videos already present on camera roll, ready to import into iMovie.

Get More From Your MacBook

Presenter: Dom Thomas Suitable for: Everyone

Learn some of the things that your MacBook can do that can save you time and make your life easier. We will explore ways that you can personalise and set up your MacBook, handy shortcuts, organisation tips and share strategies and ideas that work for different people.

Bring your Macbook

Docs in Google Drive for Organisation

Presenter: Greg Cowan Suitable for: Primary and Secondary

This session will be driven by the needs expressed for this session.

This session is aimed at people who are already familiar with Google Apps and would like more of an intermediate training session.

Google docs can be used as a communication tool between teachers within a department and allow collaboration.

Department assessment items, learning targets, schemes of work, worksheets etc are accessible in the shared Google drive.

Bring ​your laptop and specific questions for Greg to answer as everyone has a varied ability and prior knowledge to google drive/docs

Inspiration

Presenter: Sandy Tam Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers

Mind mapping that creates a structure for written work; Inspiration is a great tool for differentiating teaching and learning.

Use of inspiration mindmap as pre assessment ; as a tool for structuring different types of texts such as stories, reports and PEE paragraphs (for TISA secondary school).

Bring ​your laptop with Inspiration installed and a writing task you could use Inspiration to teach or a task to show how students could learn using Inspiration

Shrink and Rename Photos in two steps.

Automator 50 or more photos takes a second or two.

Presenter: Catherine McNaught Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers Link to ​overview.

The session will outline how to use the wonderful Automator program that Apple gives you with the Mac. Very powerful and can do so much to manage your files. Any repetitive task that you have on the Mac can be done with one click from Automator. We’ll be working on batch renaming and compression of files Bring your laptop and a google drive folder of photos if you have them. I will also bring a folder.

Trello

Presenter: Stephen Caskie Suitable for: Primary and Secondary Teachers

The session will outline how to use the organisation tool ​Trello​. Trello is the visual collaboration tool that enables teams of all sizes to get things done, in a fun and flexible way. Trello boards create a shared perspective on anything your team sets out to do.

Bring whatever device you want to use Trello with.

Technology for Early Learners

Presenter: Erika Monaghan Suitable for: ELC and P3

This session will focus on different tech tools to incorporate into teaching early learners: interactive websites, enriching apps, online organisational tool and Bee Bots.

Bring a laptop and ipad.

Learning in the Age of Instagram

Presenter: Aisha Taylor Suitable for: Secondary

Social media is everywhere and many of students are engaging with others every day. But do they learn from social media? How can teachers use social media apps like Instagram to engage with students, share and assess?

This session will share case studies of teachers using Instagram and other social media tools in the classroom. We will discuss the pros and cons and brainstorm how we could use social media in our classrooms.

To make the most of this session, you need only an open mind and willingness to learn a new tool or share your knowledge and experience with your colleagues. Please also bring the questions, concerns and challenges you observe about using social media in education.

Apple Teacher

Presenter: Dan Egorov Suitable for: Anyone interested in recognised online professional development

The Apple Teacher program was recently created to support and celebrate educators: you receive access to Apple Teacher Learning Centre where you can learn new skills, take quizzes that would lead you to be recognised as an Apple Teacher. There are two paths available: iPad and Mac. In this session we will learn more about the program, acquire an Apple ID from one of 11 countries where the program is available and take the first quiz on the path to Apple Teacher recognition. Time permitting, we will also look at Google Certified Educator program and its benefits.

Bring a laptop to get started.