2014

SCHEDULE 1:30 p.m. ..... Welcome 1:45 p.m. ..... Concurrent Sessions

Each presenter will have 20 minutes to speak and answer audience questions

Room L1170 G è Alyssa Gaudet ~ Grade 8 Science Finds è Ray Wilde ~ The Bottom Line: Literacy in the Science Classroom è Michael Willems ~ Observations and Resources from a

Restorative Classroom è Ian Cooke (Web Conference) ~ Soccer Team è Geordan Olson ~ Dance Club = Happiness

Room L1170 A è Spencer Wenzel ~ Using Moodle to Maximize Student Learning è Todd Manton ~ Entrepreneurship è Steve Woodcock ~ Experiencing Through Games è Rita Abou Gharib ~ Digital Citizenship (Be Aware … and Beware)

Room L1170 B è Brittany Miller ~ The LAma Project: Beiseker's

100th Anniversary Heritage Play è Andrew Crabbe ~ Community Through Music è Bret Jesse ~ Collaborative Creation with Students è Keith Miller ~ Erring On The Side of Comedy è Megan Hewko ~ Masked Theatre Performance

Session Descriptions Session Descriptions

Abou Gharib, Rita … Digital Citizenship (Be Aware … and Beware) I have been working in collaboration with the staff and students of D.A. Ferguson Middle School on Digital Citizenship. As part of a project-based course, students prepared and hosted D.A. Ferguson’s first ever student-led Digital Awareness Evening.

Cooke, Ian … Soccer Team I took on the opportunity to coach the boys soccer team at Tom Baines junior high school. We assembled a group of 21 boys and played a total of six games.

Crabbe, Andrew … Community Through Music I started a Guitar Club at Winston Churchill High School that met at lunch three times per week. The purpose of this project was to foster a sense of community among a diverse population of students through the study of guitar and popular music.

Gaudet, Alyssa … Grade 8 Science Finds I created a blog for my students to post current articles about science. Each week, a student from each class finds an article and posts it to the blog. The other students then read the article of their choice and add comments to it.

Hewko, Megan … Masked Theatre Performance Masked Theatre was a project that I came up with in hopes to bring dramatic arts to elementary school students. My project has been designed for 10 grade four students and 10 grade five students with mixed reading abilities.

Jesse, Bret … Collaborative Creation with Students Within a four-week timeline, students at Raymond Jr High School developed, built, rehearsed and performed an original haunted house project.

Manton, Todd … Entrepreneurship I chose to develop a project around my past experiences in life, and goal setting with my students. The purpose of the project was to inspire students to set goals, as well as understand that if you want to achieve something in your life it takes dedication and a positive attitude.

Miller, Brittany … The LAma Project: Beiseker's 100th Anniversary Heritage Play

From September to December, I taught units of amalgamated Language Arts and Drama which the students and I referred to as LAma. Students drafted, scripted, and wrote the content of the 100th anniversary heritage play with my guidance.

Miller, Keith … Erring On The Side of Comedy This project examines the process of creating a middle school production of William Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors. The project takes the participants on a journey from initial discussions about the play through auditions, and into rehearsals.

Olson, Geordan … Dance Club = Happiness

I started a dance club during lunch hours at C.C.H. at the beginning of my internship. I had 13 dedicated dancers and together we worked towards a performance for the school on December 4th. It was a huge success with over 40 people in the audience. My dancers were smiling ear to ear when they got off stage.

Wenzel, Spencer … Using Moodle to Maximize Student Learning Moodle is a great tool to enhance the learning process for students. Many teachers have a desire to integrate Moodle in their classrooms but lack the technological background to do so. For that reason I have made a Moodle “how-to” guide and gifted it to the school for such teachers.

Wilde, Ray … The Bottom Line: Literacy in the Science Classroom The Bottom Line is a student journaling project. On a bi-weekly basis, students are given prompts which address big questions and main ideas. They are responsible for submitting a meaningful response electronically via the class website.

Willems, Michael … Observations and Resources from a Restorative Classroom

The English Language Learners with Limited Formal Schooling (ELL LFS) Program at Winston Churchill High School is a very unique approach to education. The program has 16 students, the majority of whom were born in refugee camps in Nepal. It is designed specifically for students who are brand new to Canada and are unable to function in a mainstream classroom.

Woodcock, Steve … Experiencing Through Games To what extent can student engagement and learning be increased by the use of games and simulations in the grade 11 social studies classroom?