The post lunch session of the inservice day will be technology training for all staff. This training will be provided by the PPTs. Following is the description of the sessions and the schedule.

The sessions are repeated twice so that you will have the opportunity to go to the sessions that you like.

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Description:

Presentation on iPads – Lydia Xu

Easy Steps to make presentations on the iPad for you and your students. We will explore 4 Apps (Haiku deck, pic collage, type drawing and life cards) in this session. This session will inspire you for Chinese, English, Topic or any subject that requires you or your students to make a presentation.

Screen casting tools – Christopher Box & Valerie O’Meara

In this session you will explore two powerful presentation apps called Explain Everything and Doodlecast Pro. These apps can be used by the students to demonstrate their understanding or by the teacher as a teaching tool. We will show you the basic tools in each app and how these apps can be applied across the curriculum. At the end of the session, you will select one of the apps to produce a presentation.

Programming in ECE – Laurel Zhang

Technology sounds very far from ECE children, we believe many programs are too difficult for young children.  But it is not true.  We can help children build up the basis knowledge of programming in their daily activity.   In this session, I will share information how technology happens in ECE classroom from Learning 2 conference.

Smartboard – Alexander Tabunets

In this session we will look at the Smartboard notebook application version 15  focusing on the latest features which came with this version such as new Activity Builder themes, which can be used to quickly build interactive activities for students, Concept Mapping to encourage dynamic participation from students – you can even create concept mapping nodes from images and edit text right inside the node, Dual Write Mode, which means two students can use the smart board at the same time, improved Notebook browser with a better YouTube and GeoGebra experience, new Gallery’s resources and 3D images.

Yearbook pages designing using the iPad – Amita Patel

Have you considered making your yearbook pages interesting and fun with the use of some apps? Come to this session if you would like to see how you could use apps such as Megaphoto, pic collage, Phoster, Wordfoto, Type drawing, and Phoetic to create beautiful yearbook pages to be then added into indesign. Along the way, we will also brush up our indesign skills.

iMovie – Josh Pike

Need to brush up on your iMovie skills? What about photography apps on the iPad? You will leave this session with the ability to create an iMovie containing pictures augmented with the apps Path On and Skitch.  What a great way to showcase your students learning on your class blog and in their digital portfolios

Garageband – Edward Swider

In this session you will learn the basics of Garageband and their practical applications in the classroom. We will begin with recording audio and cutting and pasting it together. We will then move on to creating simple original compositions using Apple Loops. This is a quick and easy way for your or your students to create songs for any occasion in any mood. In addition, we will learn how to import and export video files to edit their soundtracks. Please be sure to download the most recent update before the session

Lynda.com – Neil Perrotte

In this workshop, you will learn how to use Lynda.com, a platform for self-paced learning. It has tutorials on topics ranging from teaching, photography, music, using  software and even social and emotional learning. Come with ideas about what you want to learn. During the workshop you will learn how to setup Lynda, build a learning playlist and explore options for your professional and personal development

ebooks – Sarah Drubé & Carrie Qian

In this workshop you will learn how to use Book Creator & Toontastic (Puppet pals is a similar app – to see how can it be used in the classroom click here). Book Creator is a simple app that allows you to make your own ebooks. You’ll have the opportunity to import a scene from Toontastic into your ebook and learn how to add text, sound, a short movie and photographs.

Schedule:

Schedule
 Notes for participants:
  • Please bring an iPad with the apps for the session you are attending downloaded from the purchased section of the app store.
  • Specialists teachers can borrow an iPad from a class teacher.
  • If you would like to have more information about the apps, please click on the apps name in the descriptions above.

 

Afternoon PD Sessions

Choose your 2 sessions

This workshop will be about boys’ attainment in reading. It will look at the gender gap between boys and girls in reading from lower Primary up to Secondary, why such a gaps exists, how it affects our students and what we can do about it in the classroom. Teachers will be given practical examples of what they can do to help boys and all students be enthusiastic about reading and improve their reading levels.
Explicitly teaching metacognitive reading comprehension strategies has many advantages for developing readers. One of those advantages is that we can use students' responses to these strategies in reading conferences to assess their reading level, nudge them toward new reading possibilities, and to celebrate growth. In this session, teachers will first be given resources to implement reading comprehension strategies in guided reading. We will then go over how to lead effective reading conferences by looking at example conference scripts, watching reading conferences, and practising conferring with each other.

Choose your sessions

In this session, we’ll focus on how to get the most out of small group reading instruction. We’ll look at what to teach and how to teach it effectively. Discussions will focus on the importance of assessment, the structure of guided reading sessions, the skills and strategies we should teach, and some example lessons. At the very least, teachers will walk away with a reminder about what good practice looks like in guided reading.
One of the challenges for teachers is not simply getting students to read – it’s getting them to enjoy reading also. It is one thing for students to read through a text in class but will they open another book when they get home. Research has shown that reading enjoyment is much more important for children’s educational success than previously thought. Before we teach children to read it is important to get children of all ages excited by and interested in books and reading. In this session, teachers will be shown ideas and strategies to help them instil a love of reading in their students and ideas to make the classroom a reading friendly environment.

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