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Thursday, March 26

Effective Use of Google Apps for Education (GAFE) in the Classroom

You have started using GAFE with your students and feel comfortable with the tool. How else you can use the tool to enhance student learning and collaboration? This session provides suggestions and samples for the effective use of GAFE in K-8 classrooms. Participants will discuss how to build a literacy and numeracy workstation, cultivate a …

Friday, March 27

Why are so many teenagers unraveling?

Presenter: Dr. Rina Gupta The societal demands placed on our teens are greater than ever, and this is reflected in increasing rates of depression, anxiety, and addiction. This seminar is designed to help educators working with teens to understand their internal make-up, needs and abilities. Topics: Common stressors affecting our youth Emotional and physical needs …

Saturday, March 28

Stay, Play and Share!

We will play through orchestrations and share ideas and activities. Members of the Ontario Orff Chapter Executive will take the lead. We encourage participants to also share orchestrations, activities or ideas at the workshop, if they feel comfortable. If you are sharing your own orchestration or activity, and are able to send it to us …

Tuesday, March 31

Capturing Student Thinking in Math through BYOD

SERIES: Targeting the 6 C’s through BYOD In Intermediate Math This series will look at different digital tools which are appropriate for BYOD classrooms and which support rich student learning through problem solving. Creating interactive math classes and capturing student thinking can help support effective teaching through problem solving. The first two sessions will investigate …

English As A Second Language, Part 3 Specialist AQ (York) (face-to-face)

This course further enhances your leadership and language teaching skills to develop yourself as an expert ESL teacher does. You focus on the issues that prepare specialists for leadership in their classrooms, schools and school systems: providing leadership to colleagues, the design and review of school-wide ESL programs, appropriate school organizations to support ESL programs, …