9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Writing Across the Curriculum and Write to Learn Strategies
16 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VII
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Karen Wood, Superinendent, West Long Branch Schools
"Writing Across the Curriculum is an important technique utilized to incorporate writing strategies in all subjects
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
A SMARTer Way to Integrate Technology
19 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon I
Type Action Lab, Curriculum, Technology
Carolyn Bennett, SMART Certified Education Consultant , Keyboard Consultants, Inc.
Discover how technology provides education solutions to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. Based on Universal Design for Learning, districts can differentiate instruction by implementing the tools and techniques of the SMART Board with the document camera and student Response system to create and deliver learning activities while gauging student progress. Participants will be able to utilize their SMART products and applications in their districts to differentiate instruction. Participants will also be shown how to design their curriculum based on the principals of Universal Design for Learning.
Limited Capacity Max 54 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Powerful PowerPoint Portfolios
9 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VI
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Arielle Goldstein, Computer Teacher, Watchung Boro
PowerPoint allows students and teachers to create an interactive portfolio that includes documents, images, sounds, video, and more either created by the user or taken from creative commons. The presentation goes beyond your typical PowerPoint and allows the viewer to choose their own path to see all the information. Participants will develop an interactive presentation in PowerPoint from planning to the final product.
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
AVID Tutorology Study Sessions: Collaboarting to Raise Student Achievement
7 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VIII
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Joseph Jones, Superintendent, Woodbury City School District; Donna Cohen, AVID Teacher Coach; Maria Lario-Schuman, Teacher
Understand how students can initiate AVID tutorology sessions in their districts in order to enable them to ask and answer higher-level thinking questions, use them for group discussions and to master challenging material or engage in a Socratic Seminar. Use reading, writing, and inquiry to take interactive notes that engage students and enhance achievement. Board members will write higher-level questions and engage in a tutorology session. After using questioning strategies to understand a text, board members will form a Socratic Seminar to collaborate in discussing the controversial aspects of the reading to deepen their understandings. To enhance their learning they will take interactive notes (Cornell).
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Differentiated Instruction for the Low-Level Math Learner
5 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VII
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Holly Terrill, Special Education Teacher/T^3 Regional Instructor, Vernon Public Schools/Texas Instruments
Come up with ways to differentiate instruction for special needs and low-level math learners. Participants will also experience what it feels like to be a student in a multi-sensory classroom and have sample activites to bring back to their district for implementation. This presentation will place hands-on activities in each participants hands so that they may experience the role of the student. Each participant will also be introduced to ways to present generally material in a new, innovative way.
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
Inspiring Innovation and Creativity in the Classroom
17 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VI
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Kenneth Zushma, Executive Director, Executive Director
In this session, attendees will learn about hands-on design based activities that can inspire meaningful learning and STEM integration as well as 21st Century Skills. Vehicles for delivering "soft skills” such as teamwork, leadership and problem solving will be explored.
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
9:30 AM
to 11:00 AM
School Literary Magazine
1 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon III
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Lisa Hannah, LAL Teacher - 7th & 8th Grade, Tinton Falls Middle School; Linda Balogh, Building Supervisor
This dynamic action lab will demonstrate effective, expedient ways to initiate an inter-disciplinary school literary magazine which showcases the creative literary and artistic talents of students. Innovative strategies to incorporate both the content areas and related arts will be presented. Participants will be actively engaged in using rubrics for analyzing written and visual submissions, utilizing software to layout and design the final published school literary magazine. Participants will be given practical suggestions for forming a school literary magazine club, ways to build student leadership in promoting and publicizing the magazine, and strategies for publishing the magazine.
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Problems as Opportunities: Understanding 21st Century Learning
13 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VIII
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Richard Freedman, Principal, River Dell School District; Dr. Nancy Sulla, President of IDE Corp
When it comes to developing 21st century skills in our students, it's not about changing the content of our courses, but reimagining our instructional approach. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills challenges us to help our students develop their critical thinking, time management, creativity, flexibility, and technological literacy. In the real world, it is often a problem that requires new learning and innovation. Problems require us to look at the knowledge and information we have and apply these skills. How can we capture this thinking pattern in our classroom? How can we help our students apply content knowledge and information to real world situations? In this session, we will revisit the concept of problem-based learning as the core of a 21st century classroom. Participants will examine how an authentic problem is the best model for engaging this generation of students as active participants in the learning process. In this session, participant will experience a classroom simulation in which they grapple with content in order to solve an authentic problem. During the simulation, participants will manage their own time, make decisions regarding learning experiences, and collaborate with others to work towards a solution to the proposed problem. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore classroom materials that teachers are currently using to implement this instructional approach into their classrooms.
Limited Capacity Max 30 attendees
3:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
STEM: Preparing Students with 21st Century Skills
20 Attendees
Location
Palace: Salon VII
Type Action Lab, Curriculum
Dr. Eva M. Ogens, Assistant Professor at Ramapo College; Carol Shields, Senior Curriculum and Professional Development Specialist, Stevens Institute of Technology
Participants will be actively involved in problem-solving challenges that promote K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning that connects with literacy and social studies. Participants will be guided in the process so they can determine how district curricula can be enhanced by incorporating activities that foster 21st century skills.
Limited Capacity Max 24 attendees
