Workshop

The iPad and the 21st Century Social Studies Classroom


Bring your iPad and explore intriguing educational apps, Web 2.0 sites, and new digital textbooks that up the device's usefulness and potential. Share apps and practices and see classroom examples.

Time: 
Sun, 11/18/2012 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Presenters: 
Tom Daccord, EdTechTeacher, Chestnut Hill, MA
Room: 
2A
session id: 
755
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Tearing Down Walls: Helping Kids Make Connections between Classes


This session will focus on how collaborative planning across disciplines can be flexible and successful. Adaptable and innovative teaching strategies will be presented and explored by participants. Resources provided.

Time: 
Sun, 11/18/2012 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Presenters: 
Alice Aichele, Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington City Schools, Upper Arlington, Ohio; Lisa Lloyd, Hastings Middle School, Upper Arlington City Schools, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Room: 
615
session id: 
773
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You Can Do It! Facilitating a Dynamic Inclusion Classroom


Led by a sixteen-year veteran of the Chicago Public Schools, this workshop will explore teaching and learning strategies that fully engage student learners and raise rigor in the inclusive classroom.

Time: 
Sun, 11/18/2012 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Presenters: 
Ray Kinzie, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois
Room: 
205
session id: 
650
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Enlightenment Hearing: European Philosophy and the American Constitution


This interactive hearing engages participants in a historical role play to show how the nation's founders were influenced by European Enlightenment thinkers.

Time: 
Sun, 11/18/2012 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Presenters: 
Courtney Ferrari, Valley Catholic Middle School, Beaverton, OR
Room: 
603
session id: 
227
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Teacher Performance Assessment: Stellar Secondary Social Studies Candidate Preparation Strategies


A Secondary Social Studies TPA Supervisor reports findings from the field and recommends strategies for preparing candidates for success in this complex but meaningful portfolio assessment system.

Time: 
Sun, 11/18/2012 - 8:00am - 10:00am
Presenters: 
Siri Anderson, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, MN; Cathy Zozakiewicz, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Room: 
206
session id: 
965
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