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Implications of Technology – Part 1: The Quest for Attention
Over the past 10 years, the use of smart phones and social media tools has become habitual for learners both young and old. More than ever before, students and teachers are challenged to pay attention to the cues that matter most. Together, let’s discover how devices and applications are designed to hijack our attention. Let’s …
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Minecraft: A Powerful Tool in the Mathematics Classroom
This webinar will look at the Mathematical Processes and how they are well represented when Minecraft is used as a tool in the classroom. Examples will be shared showing how Minecraft can be used in all 5 strands of math, with examples of how it can be used to create rich problems for students to …
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Gaming to Riches! Making Cents of Number Sense
Exploring Financial Literacy and Number Sense by having students play games that require making investment decisions, acquiring resources, bartering and selling items. By constructing their own knowledge of debt and credit, students will get a sense for positive and negative integers through deductions, interest owed, and interest accrued. Teachers can assess through observation, conversation and the …
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The Ingredients for Math Class Are Everywhere!
In this webinar we will investigate how to mathematize the world by using big ideas in mathematics while connecting to the curriculum and the real world around us. Participants will be creating new and interesting questions and tasks, using our camera rolls, 3 act tasks, teaching mathematics with an inquiry mindset, and seeing that the …
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Teacher-Librarianship: Together for Learning on the Job
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 …