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Nova Scotia Teachers Association for Literacy and Learning
Engagement through Collaboration
Provincial Conference – Friday October 25, 2024
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Location |
Cobequid Educational Centre |
34 Lorne Street | Truro, NS |
Agenda |
Friday October 25, 2024 |
9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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Full Day Session 1 • Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail and Online Resources | Off-site |
| Morning starts at: Mi’kmawey Debert Interpretive Trail, 1952 Plains Road, Debert, NS. For atlatl throwing demonstration, and hiking the interpretive trail. Lunch on your own. Afternoon at: Redcliff Middle School, 33 Sunset Lane, Valley, NS. For collaborative exploration of online resources including Mi’kmawey Debert: Roots of Reconciliation. Suitable for any grade level. | |
9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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Full Day Session 2 • Experience Mi'kma'ki: Paddling and Foraging the Middle River | Off-site |
| Middle River Bridge Parking Lot (between Alma Rd. and Granton Abercrombie Rd.) and NRHS. Join Sakej Doucette of Reclaiming Our Roots on a paddling tour of the middle river in Pictou County. Sakej is an experienced outdoor adventurer with expertise in identifying indigenous plant species including wild edibles and traditional medicines. This workshop will include discussions about traditional foods foraged, hunted, and fished by the Mi'kmaq. Canoes and safety equipment will be provided. There will be a safety demonstration prior to entering the river but this session is recommended for people with some experience with paddling. Grade Levels: 7-12. | |
9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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Full Day Session 3 • Our Shared Planet: Cross-Curricular Environmental Learning for Grades 4-6 |
| Grade 4-6 teachers! Get ready to explore how your curriculum and learning spaces (inside and outdoors) can help students build a deeper understanding of the natural world and their role in protecting it! Educators will experience hands- on, cross-curricular learning experiences that explore the interconnectiveness of local species, weather and ecosystems, as well as the impact of our changing climate. Grade 4-6 teachers will leave with experiential, cross-curricular learning experiences as well as a take-home resource kit full of tools and materials to use right away! | |
9:00 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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Full Day Session 4 • Re-Connecting with Nature | Off-site |
| Looking for ways to take your class outside, and share your passion for outdoor learning and play? The Re-Connecting with Nature workshop, full day outdoor workshop, is a hands-on day of outdoor adventure to improve your ability to lead and share an appreciation and understanding of nature with children. You will improve your leadership skills, gain practical activity ideas, network with like-minded folks and have fun in nature. This workshop is supported by Hike Nova Scotia. Grades P-6. | |
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Half Day Session 1 • One Mentor Text, Many Applications |
| Participants will explore how one Mentor Text ( picture book) can be used to support Learning Outcomes in Literacy and Social Emotional Learning in the elementary classroom. Attendees will have opportunity to see how the development of fundamental Reading, Writing and Social Emotional Skills can be supported through the use of single picture text(s). | |
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Half Day Session 2 • Empowering Literacy through Scratch: Enhancing Classroom Skills with Creative Coding |
| Incorporating Scratch coding into the classroom environment significantly enhances literacy skills among students. By engaging in Scratch, students not only learn to code but also develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication abilities. Scratch coding promotes literacy by empowering students to express themselves creatively through technology while honing fundamental academic competencies crucial for their future success. During this hands-on, half-day session, participants will learn the basics of scratch coding and how it can be incorporated into your day-to-day lessons. Grade 4-9. | |
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Half Day Session 3 • Maker Ed + Digital Integration |
| Examining how small hands on projects combined with the integration of digital tools can spark engagement, collaboration, and interest in curriculum. Best for grades P-8, open to all. | |
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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Half Day Session 4 • Making it Happen. Constructing with Cardboard |
| In this hands-on session we will create a variety of different projects using Corrugated cardboard. We will see how this fun and engaging activity can be used at multiple grades to support the curriculum. Designing and creating can help students problem solve, deal with failed attempts and products they are proud of. Participants will also look at how they can integrate other resources, such as; simple machines, paper circuits, makey makeys, micro-bits and B-boards to make the cardboard constructions even more interactive. Grades P-9. | |
| Louise is currently working as a program specialist for Brilliant Labs. Prior to this she was the technology integration consultant for CCRCE. She trained as a design technology teacher in England, taught there and in Nigeria before moving to Canada at the turn of the Century. She has spent her career working to further the integration of hands-on learning and technology with curriculum subjects |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:15 p.m.
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A1 • Simply Spellbound! |
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This workshop provides practical tips and tools so teachers can explicitly focus on specific spelling skills that students need. All lessons are fully explained so preparation is minimal! Based on assessment, teachers will learn how to choose lessons for these spelling concepts: • beginning consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., br, sh, scr)• vowel sounds and combinations • common reliable patterns (e.g., ight) • plural formations • prefixes, suffixes, and roots Materials are organized by grade level with plenty of opportunities to reinforce skills year after year. Grades 3-6. |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A2 • Empowering Intentional Teaching: Developing Intentional Readers |
| This session will explore current paired reading strategies that foster critical thinking, comprehension, and engagement in students. The session will cover learning opportunities that develop reading skills and support analysis and discussion, integrating cross-curricular content. Participants will leave with practical tools and resources to create a rich, student-centered reading environment. For middle and secondary teachers. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A3 • Candlelight Yoga |
| Kelli is a local yoga instructor, fitness enthusiast, wife, and a mother of three. Loving all things powerful and strong, she is drawn to guiding others to unleash their warrior within. This yoga session will be a mingling of yoga, candlelight, essential oils, meditation, and mindfulness. Let the stress melt away as you unwind and reconnect with your body and mind in a meaningful way. Beginners are welcome and encouraged. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A4 • Playful Practices: Making Routines Joyful |
| A session tailored for teachers new to working with Grade Primary and Grade One, be they NQTs or veterans in a new role. In this interactive workshop, we will explore how to incorporate playful elements into your morning routines, math, and literacy activities. We'll also discuss setting up an effective classroom, routines, and how they evolve throughout the school year. Importantly, we'll focus on how teachers can have fun and enjoy the teaching process, turning daily challenges into joyful experiences. Participants are encouraged to bring their own playful practices to share in a collaborative potluck-style discussion - share a story, song, or game. Make learning fun for you and your students, ensuring that you thrive, not just survive, in your teaching journey. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A5 • AI For UDL |
| AI chatbots such as ChatGPT have improved exponentially in the past year. As educators, we can use this powerful technology to be more efficient during our prep times and to ensure our lessons are universally designed to meet the needs of ALL learners. Join us to discuss and share the power and potential of generative AI for teachers in any grade or subject. Focusing on ChatGPT, we'll share uses and prompts for planning and generating collaborative learning activities, differentiated lessons, creating exemplars, cross-curricular student resources, providing student feedback, and more! | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A6 • Loving Literacy: Images Inspire Imagination |
| ‘Experience' how a visual hands-on approach teaches writing and reading skills, and easily integrates into the science and social studies curriculum. Use various forms of art: pictures, drawings, and paintings to reveal words from students’ listening and speaking vocabulary. Inspire creativity, imagination and participation with this interactive, discovery-based approach to literacy learning. View classroom settings as students actively discover language concepts by writing to images, and manipulating words, sentences and paragraphs to develop language and build cognitive skills. | |
| Phyllis Engram is a dynamic, engaging educator with many years of experience in the classroom and as Literacy Specialist. She has spent the majority of her career teaching in Nova Scotia and various communities throughout Nunavut. She discovered many exciting, hands-on approaches to teaching literacy skills through her interest in children’s literacy and working with various grade levels. Phyllis is currently a literacy consultant, and has presented workshops at conferences and at various schools across the province. |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A7 • Digital Storytelling as an Alternate Means of Assessment |
| In this session we will be exploring Book Creator, Pixton, and GIFs and how these apps can be used to replace or enhance traditional essay writing and storytelling. The information can be adapted for any grade level and no prior tech knowledge is necessary. A Chromebook or laptop is recommended but not necessary. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A9 • Sound Walls: Following the Science to Support Success in Literacy and Beyond |
| Description of Workshop: A workshop that will explore the science of sound development and how it can support students reading and writing development. Participants will be introduced to basic linguistic theory behind phoneme introduction, how to build a sound wall and how to integrate sound walls into daily literacy lesson, through the use of a variety of resources/programs. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A10 • Cospaces |
| Cospaces is a program where students can easily create and code virtual reality environments. This program is incredibly diverse in its application, and offers students the opportunity to easily take projects further. If you want to hear "This is awesome!" echoing through your room, this is the program. Grades 4-12. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A11 • Circle activities 101! |
| Circle activities are fun, they help develop relationships, classroom management, and to complete many outcomes! | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A12 • From Chalkboards to Chatbots- Enhancing Literacy in the Age of AI |
| In this session, educators will explore the transformative potential of AI in enhancing literacy instruction and assessment. This session will delve into practical strategies and tools that can be seamlessly integrated into the classroom to support personalized learning, streamline assessments, and foster student engagement. Grades P-12. | |
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
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A13 • Word Work: Creating Reciprocity Between Reading and Writing | Le travail sur les mots : Instaurer un lien de réciprocité entre la lecture et l’écriture |
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Phonemic awareness and phonics are important components of learning to read. Children need to know how words can be broken into letters or letter combinations to show how words work in language. This session will focus on familiarizing teachers with some techniques used to analyze words and word parts when supporting students in recognizing words when reading continuous texts as well as writing stories. FRENCH P-2. La conscience phonémique et la méthode syllabique sont des dimensions importantes de l’apprentissage de la lecture. Il faut que l’enfant sache comment décomposer les mots en lettres ou en combinaisons de lettres pour comprendre comment les mots fonctionnent dans la langue. Dans cette séance, les enseignants se familiariseront avec certaines techniques utilisées pour analyser les mots et les parties de mots quand ils aident les élèves à reconnaitre les mots lors de la lecture de passages textuels et lors de la rédaction de récits. |
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| Lisa Harvey est formatrice en IPLÉ et apporte son appui aux initiatives de mise en œuvre de ce programme partout au Canada. Elle est une éducatrice néoécossaise expérimentée avec plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’enseignement en immersion française au premier cycle de l’élémentaire, ainsi que dans des postes spécialisés en littératie pour les jeunes enfants et en tant qu’enseignante-ressource. Elle a une passion pour l’enseignement de la langue française et pour la réussite des élèves. |
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10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
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Break |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B1 • Simply Spellbound! |
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This workshop provides practical tips and tools so teachers can explicitly focus on specific spelling skills that students need. All lessons are fully explained so preparation is minimal! Based on assessment, teachers will learn how to choose lessons for these spelling concepts: • beginning consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., br, sh, scr)• vowel sounds and combinations • common reliable patterns (e.g., ight) • plural formations • prefixes, suffixes, and roots Materials are organized by grade level with plenty of opportunities to reinforce skills year after year. Grades 3-6. |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B2 • Empowering Intentional Teaching: Developing Intentional Readers |
| This session will explore current paired reading strategies that foster critical thinking, comprehension, and engagement in students. The session will cover learning opportunities that develop reading skills and support analysis and discussion, integrating cross-curricular content. Participants will leave with practical tools and resources to create a rich, student-centered reading environment. For middle and secondary teachers. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B3 • Candlelight Yoga |
| Kelli is a local yoga instructor, fitness enthusiast, wife, and a mother of three. Loving all things powerful and strong, she is drawn to guiding others to unleash their warrior within. This yoga session will be a mingling of yoga, candlelight, essential oils, meditation, and mindfulness. Let the stress melt away as you unwind and reconnect with your body and mind in a meaningful way. Beginners are welcome and encouraged. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B4 • Playful Practices: Making Routines Joyful |
| A session tailored for teachers new to working with Grade Primary and Grade One, be they NQTs or veterans in a new role. In this interactive workshop, we will explore how to incorporate playful elements into your morning routines, math, and literacy activities. We'll also discuss setting up an effective classroom, routines, and how they evolve throughout the school year. Importantly, we'll focus on how teachers can have fun and enjoy the teaching process, turning daily challenges into joyful experiences. Participants are encouraged to bring their own playful practices to share in a collaborative potluck-style discussion - share a story, song, or game. Make learning fun for you and your students, ensuring that you thrive, not just survive, in your teaching journey. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B5 • AI For UDL |
| AI chatbots such as ChatGPT have improved exponentially in the past year. As educators, we can use this powerful technology to be more efficient during our prep times and to ensure our lessons are universally designed to meet the needs of ALL learners. Join us to discuss and share the power and potential of generative AI for teachers in any grade or subject. Focusing on ChatGPT, we'll share uses and prompts for planning and generating collaborative learning activities, differentiated lessons, creating exemplars, cross-curricular student resources, providing student feedback, and more! | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B6 • Loving Literacy: Images Inspire Imagination |
| ‘Experience' how a visual hands-on approach teaches writing and reading skills, and easily integrates into the science and social studies curriculum. Use various forms of art: pictures, drawings, and paintings to reveal words from students’ listening and speaking vocabulary. Inspire creativity, imagination and participation with this interactive, discovery-based approach to literacy learning. View classroom settings as students actively discover language concepts by writing to images, and manipulating words, sentences and paragraphs to develop language and build cognitive skills. | |
| Phyllis Engram is a dynamic, engaging educator with many years of experience in the classroom and as Literacy Specialist. She has spent the majority of her career teaching in Nova Scotia and various communities throughout Nunavut. She discovered many exciting, hands-on approaches to teaching literacy skills through her interest in children’s literacy and working with various grade levels. Phyllis is currently a literacy consultant, and has presented workshops at conferences and at various schools across the province. |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B7 • Whiteboard Animation |
| In this session we will be using Canvas to create animations that will enhance and increase engagement in any presentation. The information can be adapted for any grade level and no prior tech knowledge is necessary. A Chromebook or laptop is recommended. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B9 • Moving On Up with Structured Literacy: Something for Everybody |
| Come see a Structured Literacy lesson in action! There’s an ever-increasing accumulation of resources available on-line, but there's nothing like the live thing! The Dartmouth Learning Network has launched a pilot project to provide free, accessible video lessons on our Moving On Up platform. The primary target audience will be low-literacy adults, working either independently or with support. The lessons and related resources would also be helpful for teachers delivering Structured Literacy curriculum. We will share these resources with you, demonstrate how they could be used, and seek feedback on the work so far. You can preview the materials here: https://dlnmovingonup.ca/ | |
| Adele (MEd), Amanda (MEd) and Carolyn (SLP) are Structured Literacy practitioners trained in the Orton-Gillin. |
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10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B10 • Something French (P-2) |
| Something French! Bring your computer and be ready to share! We will be exploring oral language activities and making the link with your reading and writing lessons. This will be a session of exploration, sharing and collaboration with the hope that you will leave with some new ideas and lessons you can use right away! | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B11 • Something French (3-6) |
| Something French! Bring your computer and be ready to share! We will be exploring oral language activities and making the link with your reading and writing lessons. This will be a session of exploration, sharing and collaboration with the hope that you will leave with some new ideas and lessons you can use right away! | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B12 • Cospaces |
| Cospaces is a program where students can easily create and code virtual reality environments. This program is incredibly diverse in its application, and offers students the opportunity to easily take projects further. If you want to hear "This is awesome!" echoing through your room, this is the program. Grades 4-12. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B13 • Circle activities 101! |
| Circle activities are fun, they help develop relationships, classroom management, and to complete many outcomes! | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
|
B14 • From Chalkboards to Chatbots- Enhancing Literacy in the Age of AI |
| In this session, educators will explore the transformative potential of AI in enhancing literacy instruction and assessment. This session will delve into practical strategies and tools that can be seamlessly integrated into the classroom to support personalized learning, streamline assessments, and foster student engagement. Grades P-12. | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
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B15 • Word Work: Creating Reciprocity Between Reading and Writing | Le travail sur les mots : Instaurer un lien de réciprocité entre la lecture et l’écriture |
|
Phonemic awareness and phonics are important components of learning to read. Children need to know how words can be broken into letters or letter combinations to show how words work in language. This session will focus on familiarizing teachers with some techniques used to analyze words and word parts when supporting students in recognizing words when reading continuous texts as well as writing stories. FRENCH P-2. La conscience phonémique et la méthode syllabique sont des dimensions importantes de l’apprentissage de la lecture. Il faut que l’enfant sache comment décomposer les mots en lettres ou en combinaisons de lettres pour comprendre comment les mots fonctionnent dans la langue. Dans cette séance, les enseignants se familiariseront avec certaines techniques utilisées pour analyser les mots et les parties de mots quand ils aident les élèves à reconnaitre les mots lors de la lecture de passages textuels et lors de la rédaction de récits. |
|
| Lisa Harvey est formatrice en IPLÉ et apporte son appui aux initiatives de mise en œuvre de ce programme partout au Canada. Elle est une éducatrice néoécossaise expérimentée avec plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’enseignement en immersion française au premier cycle de l’élémentaire, ainsi que dans des postes spécialisés en littératie pour les jeunes enfants et en tant qu’enseignante-ressource. Elle a une passion pour l’enseignement de la langue française et pour la réussite des élèves. |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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Lunch |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C1 • Simply Spellbound! |
|
This workshop provides practical tips and tools so teachers can explicitly focus on specific spelling skills that students need. All lessons are fully explained so preparation is minimal! Based on assessment, teachers will learn how to choose lessons for these spelling concepts: • beginning consonant blends and digraphs (e.g., br, sh, scr)• vowel sounds and combinations • common reliable patterns (e.g., ight) • plural formations • prefixes, suffixes, and roots Materials are organized by grade level with plenty of opportunities to reinforce skills year after year. Grades 3-6. |
|
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C2 • Empowering Intentional Teaching: Developing Intentional Readers |
| This session will explore current paired reading strategies that foster critical thinking, comprehension, and engagement in students. The session will cover learning opportunities that develop reading skills and support analysis and discussion, integrating cross-curricular content. Participants will leave with practical tools and resources to create a rich, student-centered reading environment. For middle and secondary teachers. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C3 • Candlelight Yoga |
| Kelli is a local yoga instructor, fitness enthusiast, wife, and a mother of three. Loving all things powerful and strong, she is drawn to guiding others to unleash their warrior within. This yoga session will be a mingling of yoga, candlelight, essential oils, meditation, and mindfulness. Let the stress melt away as you unwind and reconnect with your body and mind in a meaningful way. Beginners are welcome and encouraged. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C4 • Playful Practices: Making Routines Joyful |
| A session tailored for teachers new to working with Grade Primary and Grade One, be they NQTs or veterans in a new role. In this interactive workshop, we will explore how to incorporate playful elements into your morning routines, math, and literacy activities. We'll also discuss setting up an effective classroom, routines, and how they evolve throughout the school year. Importantly, we'll focus on how teachers can have fun and enjoy the teaching process, turning daily challenges into joyful experiences. Participants are encouraged to bring their own playful practices to share in a collaborative potluck-style discussion - share a story, song, or game. Make learning fun for you and your students, ensuring that you thrive, not just survive, in your teaching journey. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C5 • AI For UDL |
| AI chatbots such as ChatGPT have improved exponentially in the past year. As educators, we can use this powerful technology to be more efficient during our prep times and to ensure our lessons are universally designed to meet the needs of ALL learners. Join us to discuss and share the power and potential of generative AI for teachers in any grade or subject. Focusing on ChatGPT, we'll share uses and prompts for planning and generating collaborative learning activities, differentiated lessons, creating exemplars, cross-curricular student resources, providing student feedback, and more! | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C6 • Loving Literacy: Images Inspire Imagination |
| ‘Experience' how a visual hands-on approach teaches writing and reading skills, and easily integrates into the science and social studies curriculum. Use various forms of art: pictures, drawings, and paintings to reveal words from students’ listening and speaking vocabulary. Inspire creativity, imagination and participation with this interactive, discovery-based approach to literacy learning. View classroom settings as students actively discover language concepts by writing to images, and manipulating words, sentences and paragraphs to develop language and build cognitive skills. | |
| Phyllis Engram is a dynamic, engaging educator with many years of experience in the classroom and as Literacy Specialist. She has spent the majority of her career teaching in Nova Scotia and various communities throughout Nunavut. She discovered many exciting, hands-on approaches to teaching literacy skills through her interest in children’s literacy and working with various grade levels. Phyllis is currently a literacy consultant, and has presented workshops at conferences and at various schools across the province. |
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1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C7 • Digital Choice Boards and Assessment Practices |
| In this session we will explore how choice can increase engagement and success in the classroom. We will be using a new of tools, apps, and resources to help increase student engagement and success and to help us reimagine or assessment practices. The information can be adapted for any grade level and no prior tech knowledge is necessary. A Chromebook or laptop is recommended but not necessary. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C9 • Music and Literacy - What a Duo! |
| Starting the conversation about how to talk to students about AI, what it is, how it works, and where it fits in the world of digital literacy. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C10 • Grade P-2 Informal Chat |
| Workshop and professional learning and sharing amongst grade level colleagues around the province. This workshop is participant led, and can happen in small groups or as a whole group depending on what participants decide. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C11 • Grade 3-5 Informal Chat |
| Workshop and professional learning and sharing amongst grade level colleagues around the province. This workshop is participant led, and can happen in small groups or as a whole group depending on what participants decide. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C12 • Middle Level Informal Chat |
| Workshop and professional learning and sharing amongst grade level colleagues around the province. This workshop is participant led, and can happen in small groups or as a whole group depending on what participants decide. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C13 • High School Level Informal Chat |
| Workshop and professional learning and sharing amongst grade level colleagues around the province. This workshop is participant led, and can happen in small groups or as a whole group depending on what participants decide. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C14 • Expanding Writing: Engaging Students in the Writing Process |
| A exploration of engaging students in the writing process. Participants will explore a variety of mini lessons/centres to engage students in writing. The session is designed to allow educators to view activities that can be implemented quickly in the classroom to develop a variety of writing skills. Grades P-6. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C15 • Cospaces |
| Cospaces is a program where students can easily create and code virtual reality environments. This program is incredibly diverse in its application, and offers students the opportunity to easily take projects further. If you want to hear "This is awesome!" echoing through your room, this is the program. Grades 4-12. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C16 • Bio-Making |
| In this session participants will have the opportunity to explore the concept of biodegradable and bio-derived materials as a way to get students to consider alternatives to plastics and designing for a more sustainable future. We will be making a biodegradable yarn focusing on Biotextiles. Biotextiles are biobased, bio-derived, and biodegradable alternatives to synthetic textiles that are toxic to the environment. Grades 4-12. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
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C17 • Circle activities 101! |
| Circle activities are fun, they help develop relationships, classroom management, and to complete many outcomes! | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C18 • From Chalkboards to Chatbots- Enhancing Literacy in the Age of AI |
| In this session, educators will explore the transformative potential of AI in enhancing literacy instruction and assessment. This session will delve into practical strategies and tools that can be seamlessly integrated into the classroom to support personalized learning, streamline assessments, and foster student engagement. Grades P-12. | |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
|
C19 • Word Work: Creating Reciprocity Between Reading and Writing | Le travail sur les mots : Instaurer un lien de réciprocité entre la lecture et l’écriture |
|
Phonemic awareness and phonics are important components of learning to read. Children need to know how words can be broken into letters or letter combinations to show how words work in language. This session will focus on familiarizing teachers with some techniques used to analyze words and word parts when supporting students in recognizing words when reading continuous texts as well as writing stories. FRENCH P-2. La conscience phonémique et la méthode syllabique sont des dimensions importantes de l’apprentissage de la lecture. Il faut que l’enfant sache comment décomposer les mots en lettres ou en combinaisons de lettres pour comprendre comment les mots fonctionnent dans la langue. Dans cette séance, les enseignants se familiariseront avec certaines techniques utilisées pour analyser les mots et les parties de mots quand ils aident les élèves à reconnaitre les mots lors de la lecture de passages textuels et lors de la rédaction de récits. |
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| Lisa Harvey est formatrice en IPLÉ et apporte son appui aux initiatives de mise en œuvre de ce programme partout au Canada. Elle est une éducatrice néoécossaise expérimentée avec plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans l’enseignement en immersion française au premier cycle de l’élémentaire, ainsi que dans des postes spécialisés en littératie pour les jeunes enfants et en tant qu’enseignante-ressource. Elle a une passion pour l’enseignement de la langue française et pour la réussite des élèves. |
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2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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Conference Contact |
Tami Cox-Jardine |
Conference Email |
nstall@nstu.ca |