Session Descriptions

Pre-Conference Opportunity

Thursday, October 22, 2009 at Neelin High School

Topic: Geographic Information Systems for Beginners

Grade Level: K – 12

Facilitators: Iain Greensmith, K-12 Technical Solutions Specialist; and Al Friesen, Social Studies Consultant, Manitoba Education, Citizenship & Youth

This full day pre-conference session will provide teachers with an overview of GIS and geotechnologies. Participants will explore how GIS software can be used to achieve the many GIS-related outcomes in the Manitoba Social Studies curricula. Participants will work through a number of basic GIS skills as well as a guided, hands-on outcomes-bases GIS activity. There may be the opportunity for participants to develop their own activities based on a asocial studies lesson of their choice. This session, conducted in a relaxed and stress-free environment, is based on the new ArcGIS 9.2 software which is available to all publicly funded schools in Manitoba. Participants might consider registering for additional GIS workshops at the LIFT Conference the following date.

Friday, October 23, 2009

CR1. EMERGENCY FIRST AID WITH LEVEL B CPR

St. John Ambulance Instructors

This session will provide participants with critical knowledge and the confidence to effectively manage an emergency, without panic or confusion. The focus will be on Emergency Scene Management; Shock, Unconsciousness and Fainting; CPR/Stroke; Child Resuscitation; Burns; Medical Conditions (diabetes, epilepsy, asthma, anaphylaxis).

The session will be held at the St. John Ambulance office at Brandon Shoppers Mall (2^nd Floor Business Centre). Please use the South Entrance (close to Safeway).

The lunch break for this session will be 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. $65

School Refusal Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Characteristics, Assessment, and Treatment

School refusal behavior refers to child-motivated refusal to attend school and/or difficulties remaining in school for an entire day. The purpose of this workshop will be to provide information regarding the characteristics, assessment, and treatment of school refusal behavior in children and adolescents. The workshop will illustrate historical terminology and characteristics of contemporary youths with problematic absenteeism as well as state-of-the-art assessment techniques to evaluate this population. The workshop will emphasize intervention and prevention at various levels, including children, family, and systemic strategies to help youths reintegrate into school with less distress. The workshop is heavily skills based so school personnel can implement strategies to help return children to school immediately. Learning objectives for this workshop include a better understanding of youths who refuse school, assessment strategies including interview questions and questionnaires, and treatment strategies that focus on anxiety management, gradual return to school, parent-based contingency management, and family-focused interventions.

Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training, and

Director of the UNLV Child School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books related to school refusal behavior in youth, including School refusal behavior in youth: A functional approach to assessment and treatment (American Psychological Association), Getting your child to say “yes” to school: A guide for parents of youth with school refusal behavior (Oxford), Helping school refusing children and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals (Oxford), and When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach (Therapist Guide and Parent Workbook; Oxford). Dr. Kearney has also published works related to social anxiety, shyness, and selective mutism, including Social anxiety and social phobia in youth: Characteristics, assessment, and psychological treatment (Springer), Practitioner's guide to treating fear and anxiety in children and adolescents: A cognitive-behavioral approach (Jason Aronson), and two forthcoming works: Silence is not golden: Strategies for helping the shy child (Oxford) and Helping children with selective mutism and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals (Oxford). He has also published a work on general child psychopathology (Casebook in childhood behavior disorders; Wadsworth) and is on the editorial boards of Behavior Therapy, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, and Journal of Gambling Studies. In addition to his clinical and research endeavors, Dr. Kearney works closely with school districts and other agencies to improve strategies for helping children attend school with less distress.

9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. $30.00 (no maximum participants)Victoria Inn Hotel, 3550 Victoria Ave, West

Always interested in children, literature and literacy, Don and Sally work(ed) in classrooms and libraries throughout Brandon. Don remains an active and committed literature specialist in two Brandon Schools – J.R. Reid & Linden Lanes. Sally is a retired teacher who writes a weekly column for the Brandon Sun and presents workshops to student teachers in school classrooms and with teachers.

If you’re looking for new books to add to your repertoire, come to this workshop! Don and Sally will share books of interest to anyone who spends time with children in the classroom and at home. Books of all types will be presented – novels, non-fiction, poetry and picture books. A list will be provided and suggestions made for using the books in a classroom setting. Some “old” favorites may find their way onto the list too.

Barbara Grexton teaches high school art at Grandview K-12 School and she has also instructed a number of adult art workshops. Visual art is integrated with her teaching of the Grade 8 World History Social Studies program. Barbara lives with her family on a farm that borders the Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

This session will introduce the basics of watercolour painting and various media that can be used with watercolours, such as pen and ink, markers and pastels. An overview of the K-8 Arts curriculum and suggestions for integrating visual art with ELA, Social Studies and Science will be provided. Art supply lists will also be available. Come for the day and take home a painting you will want to frame.

Art Room – Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, 1930 – 1^st St. (maximum 16 participants)

Elaine Rounds of Brandon has a background in fibre, she’s been sewing since she was 9 years old. Currently working in collage, the largest body of her work is sent out into the mail art network. Elaine has a passion for papermaking and book making, which she teaches at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and the ArtsSmart program in the Brandon School Division. Some of her books are in the permanent collection of artist books at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her work can be found in private and government collections around the world. Elaine has a passion for all the paper arts and especially book making which she teaches in workshops and the Arts Smarts program in the Brandon School Division.

A centuries-old paper-decorating technique, paste paper designs are made by brushing a coat of colored paste on a sheet of paper and using a variety of tools to create graphic images. Participants will create their own sheets and then try a variety of book techniques to be used in the classroom. A hands-on session with lots of samples.

Note: No previous experience is required. The instructor will bring supplies. Wear old clothes as we will be painting. Please bring scissors, a glue stick, pencil and small notebook to take notes. An all day parking pass will be required, and will be available on the upper level of the Town Centre.

Kim is a mother of three. She has been a pharmacist for the past 30 years and going strong! Kim has been face painting for many, many years, and has perfected her art during the last couple of years. She has attended two International Face Painting Conventions in Orlando, Florida. Kim has been the Fairy Godmother of Brandon at children’s birthday parties for the past nine years.

This session will provide participants with basic brush & sponge techniques. Participants will put a basic face painting kit together. Participants will be painting themselves as well as other participants. You will learn the most frequently asked for faces: butterfly, spiderman, princess, cat, dog, bunny, monsters, flowers, devil, skull, vampire and mardi-gras masks. Be prepared to wash your face several times throughout the day. This is a FUN session – NO GRUMPS ALLOWED!! J

NOTE: Please bring the following brushes: round #2, round #4, and round #6 (these can be purchased at Michaels or an Art Shop). Bring a towel, and wear old clothing. Also, please bring a bag lunch as there will not be a long out of classroom lunch break.

Veronica is a Program Facilitator, Student Support Services in the Brandon School Division. Previous to this, she worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist in rural Manitoba as well as in Brandon. She has also taught courses in the Faculty of Education at Brandon University. She has been working with children and families in our province for 29 years.

This session will be applicable for those who have never attended a professional development session in the area of Autism Spectrum Disorders! The morning will focus on an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder. You will develop an understanding of the primary characteristics and associated features of students diagnosed with ASD. Information regarding diagnosis, possible causes and prevalence will also be presented. In the afternoon instructional strategies and resources for school teams and families will be discussed.

James has been teaching Industrial Arts at Riverheights School in Brandon for 9 years. During those years, James has integrated a lot of ICT into his shop. Movie Maker being one part. James has also been SYSOP for 6 years and has been using PhotoStory to help teachers make those ever popular year end videos!

PhotoStory and Movie Maker are simple and fun to use in your classroom. PhotoStory is great for making slide shows that only contain pictures. Movie Maker will turn all those hours of home video and pictures into a professional looking DVD movie. We will spend some time in the morning “playing” with both programs and then everyone will have a chance to make their own slide show or movie and burn it to a DVD.

Brent Lowrie is a multi-award winning artist currently instructing Commercial Art at Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School. With 20 years of professional experience in illustration, animation and graphic design, Brent has had his work screened at the Annecy International Animation Festival in Cannes and the Mendrisio Cartoon Animation Festival in Switzerland. He has also been recognized for outstanding art direction and copywriting for www.wonderville.com, an interactive educational website grounded in the Alberta Grade 3 to 7 science curriculum. Brent also worked as an animator at Walt Disney Animation Canada in Vancouver for three-and-a-half years animating theatrical, television and direct-to-DVD films.

Are you a teacher wanting to introduce digital writing, illustration or animation tools into your classroom but don’t have the budget to buy one of those expensive programs? Are you an aspiring writer, illustrator or animator and wish you could afford one of those high-end computer programs that might help you take your work to the next level? If you answered yes then this is the session for you.

Digital Creativity on a Shoestring is a hands-on, interactive session that will introduce you to several incredible free and inexpensive software applications to add to your creative toolbox. Celtx is a free tool for creative writing that can be used for writing plays, screenplays, audio/visual scripts, comic book narratives and even novels and short stories. ArtRage is an inexpensive digital paint program that replicates natural art media like oil paint, pencil, crayon, chalk, pen and ink, airbrush, markers and even glitter. Finally, Blender 3D is an absolutely incredible program 3D modeling and animation, special effects, video compositing and even includes a logic-based video game engine. The best part is that it is absolutely free. All three of these programs are available for PC and Mac.

Come on out for a fun and informative day with instructor Brent Lowrie who, in addition to teaching Commercial Art at Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, is a professional commercial artist and former animator at Walt Disney Animation Canada.

- Direction of classroom, production and daily food service for 500 - 700 students

Fulfilled contract with Provincial Government in providing Food Services for Provincial Building

July 1986 Diploma in Vocational Industrial Teacher Education Red River College

1986 Saskatoon Culinary Salon Participant, Category: Restaurant Platter - Bronze Award

1985 Saskatoon Culinary Salon Participant, Category: Fat Sculptures - Silver Award

May 2009 2009 Mayor’s Volunteer Award for volunteer work in the category of Individual Award – Arts & Culture

October 2002 Member of Kitchen Brigade for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip VIP Dinner at Manitoba Legislature

1994 – Present Canadian Chef Educators’ Association, Manitoba Chapter, Member

1988 – 1993, 2002-2007-President of Brandon and District Chefs And Cooks Association

1984 – Present Evening Instructor for various Food Courses - Continuing Education - Assiniboine Community College - Brandon, MB

I often thought when I made home-made bread that I was indulging in a kind of therapy. The process seems to be able to change my whole outlook. Baking is a combination of mindless activity and complete concentration. It involves a variety of methods, processes and activities. Baking bread involves a few extra steps than most regular baking, adding even more therapy. The methods, processes and activities help you relieve stress, and the smell is heavenly. When the bread is done, you will feel a deep satisfaction knowing that you have created something yourself from scratch. The artistic you will feel good about life. Yes, it takes time, but the results are wonderful. You will also receive the benefits of therapy at a nominal cost. So, come bake some bread and feel better. THIS SESSION IS OPEN TO NEW PARTICIPANTS ONLY. IF YOU’VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TAKING THIS SESSION BEFORE, PLEASE LET OTHERS ENJOY THIS YEAR.

Holistic is not just a term used, it is a way of experiencing life. I have been teaching and learning for the last 15 years framed by a Holistic ideology. At present I am working on a Masters of Environment degree at the University of Manitoba, raising two tweens and have the delightful task of taking care of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northern Ontario for Spectrum Educational Supplies. I love sharing my knowledge and the opportunities to gain new experiences with others.

What role does technology have in our life? Does it have to be for work or play or is there an opportunity to combine the two. With Lego Robotics work is play and we are going to explore inquiry based teaching with hands on tasks from building to programming to explore the connection. NXT, WeDo, Tetrix, see how to integrate technology with math, science and language just to name a few possibilities. Attendance is option, participation is necessary and fun is unavoidable. One bright idea is all that is needed to spark a thousand possibilities.

Carla was born and raised until the age of 16 in Trinidad, West Indies. She learned basic Spanish and French in high school. Carla moved to Canada in 1970 and received her Citizenship in 1973. She completed U of M and started teaching in Lynn Lake, MB where she stayed for six years. She then taught in Lake MB Narrows for one year before travelling to India for four months. There she learned a bit of Hindi and Urdu. In the fall of 1983 Carla started teaching in Arviat (then called Eskimo Point), NWT. She moved to Rankin Inlet and was still there in 1999 when the new Territory, NUNAVUT, was born. She was able to learn some basic Inuktitut. Carla had three children while in Nunavut, and in August of 2001 she and her family moved to Brandon. Carla misses some of what Nunavut has to offer and visited there in August of 2006.

Wondering whatever happened to NUNAVUT? Well 10 years later the people have changed somewhat but the traditions are there. Come find out about the “old” traditions and compare to the new. What makes life in Nunavut so special? Ask me. I will share my artifacts. Get some quick activity ideas for your class and experience the taste of “Tuktu”. Some resource information will also be available.

Cory Leigh Nevill has been an educator for eighteen years, primarily teaching Senior High English, but also working in Resource, Guidance and as the Director of an Adult Learning Centre. Cory is currently the Literacy Consultant for the Brandon School Division where she is getting the opportunity to work with literacy leaders in the Division from K-12. She is currently working on her Masters focusing on boys and literacy.

This session will be a hands-on opportunity to try out a variety of literacy strategies that have been proven to work with students from grades 7-12 at a variety of ability levels. A number of different assessment strategies will also be offered to give participants “ready to use” material to take back to the classroom. Strategies for assessing for the Provincial assessments in grade 7 Engagement and grade 8 Reading and Expository Writing will also be offered during the session.

Cathie teaches grade 4/5 and is a mom of two busy kids! She has been scrapbooking for four years. Cathie runs a scrapbooking club monthly and also does a photo/scrapbooking club with students.

Diane is a busy senior high Math teacher and mother of two. She tries to make time for her clarinet & family activities at her church. She dreams of being caught up with scrapbooking her thousands of photos!

This session will consist of making a mini scrapbook. Participants are asked to bring 8-12 pictures, adhesive, scissors and a bone folder. Cathie will also share how she and a fellow teacher run a scrapbooking club with students.

Glen is a French Immersion teacher at École New Era School in Brandon, Manitoba. He has been teaching since 1997 in various positions from High School ELA and Basic French to all Middle Years grades in French Immersion. Glen has always been interested in using technology to improve understand in his students. Glen is involved in many aspects of teaching and learning. In addition to being his school’s SYSOP, Glen is the Chair for the grade 5 formative assessment in Numeracy. Treasurer and Member of the Executive of the Brandon Teachers’ Association, long-time basketball coach, intramurals organizer, science fair Committee Member and last, but certainly not least, a successful classroom teacher. Glen is a proud father of two sons, Andrew (5) ad Nathan (3) and husband to Lori Simard (also a French Immersion teacher in the BSD). Together these three people have influenced Glen to stay grounded, realistic and most importantly happy.

In this session, Glen will share his experiences integrating technology, as a Middle Years teacher in the Brandon School Division. As well, there will be a focus on practical application of strategies that have proven to be successful in the delivery of curricula and the development of ICT skills in his grades 5 & 6 classroom/students.

As a dance instructor and creator of “Gypsy Jive Dance” – World Dance and Ballroom Studio located in Brandon, MB, Wendy combines her dance background in Ballroom, Social, Middle Eastern, East Indian, Spanish and African styles with her love of World Fusion Music to create a variety of dance classes to summon the “inner dancer” forth! Whatever dance style it may be, Wendy encourages her dancers to connect with their own unique expression and allow the dance to encompass mind, body and heart!

Experience this beautiful feminine art form, ancient in its origin, gentle in its movements and natural to a woman’s muscle and skeletal structure. Many people believe that this dance is the first and purest form of dance, since it naturally evolved with civilization, and can be performed by anyone, regardless of their age or body type. Come and enjoy dancing to the vibrant rhythms of Middle Eastern music. (Recommended dress: comfortable clothing with a fitted cotton short sleeved t-shirt. Bare or sock feet. Coin hip scarves are an added fun accent. Some will be available to try!)

Don Thomson is a physical education teacher in the Brandon School Division. He is also the former Brandon University Women’s Basketball Coach and currently the Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Neelin High School and Manitoba’s Master Course Conductor for Basketball Canada.

This half-day session will help Middle Years basketball coaches or physical education staff to teach the FUNdamentals of the game while enhancing skill development through a series of instructional situations. This session will introduce coaches to team offensive and defensive concepts that emphasize individual and TEAM skill development in an upbeat and active approach. Coaches will receive practice plans that will help them get started with their school programs while interacting and observing Middle/Early Years aged athletes demonstrate many of these skills and concepts that will be presented.

Kim Antonius is Manager of Professional Development at Bridges. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist with over 15 years experience working in the field of Assistive Technology. Kim has extensive experience instructing and presenting on Assistive Technology at local, national and international levels. Her area of interest is in curriculum adaptation and accommodations.

“Writing well is not just an option for young people – it is a necessity. Along with reading comprehension, writing skill is a predictor of academic success and a basic requirement for participation in civic life and in the global economy.” (Graham & Perin, 2007)

Technology can be the vehicle of success for low-achieving writers. Software applications such as word processors, graphic organizers, outlining tools and word prediction can greatly increase a student’s ability to compete in school. Technology engages learners in the writing process, provides support for physical and cognitive challenges with writing, and facilitates independence through the use of embedded prompts and scaffolds.

There is a wealth of information on best practice in writing strategies and an increasingly diverse range of software to choose from. The one common factor to all of this is that “one size does not fit all”. Educators require flexible strategies and tools to meet the increasingly diverse class.

This workshop will provide an overview of Assistive Technology tools for writing with a focus on the following components: Writing Process, Transcription Skills and Language Skills. Participants will receive an overview of research-proven strategies in each area of writing and a demonstration of Assistive Technology Features/Tools that support the implementation of those strategies.

The following types of tools will be demonstrated: concept mapping, outlining, word processing, text to speech, voice input, word prediction, word banks and electronic referencing and word support tools.

Write:Outloud, Co:Writer, Draft:Builder, Clicker 5, Smart Ideas, Web-Based Tools, Write OnLine and Kurzweil.

Reference: Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Writing next: Effective Strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.

Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, 1930 – 1^st St. (maximum 25 participants)

Linda Williams received her B.Ed. from the University of Calgary and completed her graduate work at the University of Alberta. During her teaching career, Linda has taught in Alberta ad Ontario. Linda’s experience includes kindergarten through junior high as classroom and special needs teacher, plus teacher librarian. Over the past 12 years she has worked as an educational consultant and workshop presenter with Lego Dacta and Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks. She uses her classroom and library experience combined with knowledge about Curriculum and Standards to create informative and enjoyable workshops. Linda is an international presenter, across Canada, the United States and Asia.

Seeking multi-sensory, integrated language activities for your students? This hands-on workshop integrates spelling, reading/literacy skills. Unique alphabet dice, stackable letter tiles and decks of sight word cards are some motivating materials used to enhance literacy development. Handouts include reproducible gameboards. Many practical take-home ideas for your students will be shared. Come prepared to get “On A Roll” with Box Cars.

19. TEACHING NUTRITION IN ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE YEARS (K-6) – LET US DO THE WORK FOR YOU!

Sarah Cahill is a Registered Dietitian with the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM). As a nutrition educator, she delivers curriculum based workshops across Manitoba to teachers at various schools and student teachers at B.U., U of M and U of W. Sarah’s other role at DFM is as the Food Manitoba Coordinator. You may have seen her promoting milk and other fine dairy products on Breakfast Television and while guest hosting on the hit Manitoba TV show Great Tasted of Manitoba. Prior to working with DFM, Sarah has also worked as a Registered Dietitian in various hospitals within Winnipeg and at a personal care home.

Everything you ever wanted to know about nutrition – the basics, new recommendations, what food labels mean and how to use them. Personal assessment and planning activities will help you develop nutrition skills that will be useful for you and your students. We’ll review learning styles and activities for students of all ages.

You’ll leave this session ready to teach nutrition. Each participant will receive grade specific teaching material with lesson plans, reproducible student activities and teacher information. All material and activities are based on the nutrition outcomes in the Physical Education/Health Education and Science curricula. This workshop is also an important step in improving your school’s nutrition environment.

Al Friesen is a Social Studies Consultant for Manitoba Education and is responsible for the integration of GIS into curricula and to assist with teacher training and support. He has used GIS in education for ten years and has conducted workshops provincially and nationally.

Rob Langston is a geography teacher at Neelin High School and has successfully incorporated GIS into the social studies curricula in a variety of courses. Rob has facilitated a number of workshops on behalf of Manitoba Education in several locations in Manitoba.

This session, intended for those who have already worked with GIS software, will assist teachers to extend and enrich their use of GIS as a learning tool in the classroom. The session will deal briefly with the transition from the older ArcView 3.x version to the new ArcGIS 9.2 version. The session will focus on providing experience with more advanced skills in the 9.2 version, such as creating themes, hyperlinking, working with images and downloading GPS data. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss ideas for developing their own GIS activities for use in their classrooms. Participants might consider registering for the “Developing GIS-based Instructional Strategies” workshop offered in the afternoon session.

Joe Stouffer, M.Ed., is the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader for Southwest Horizon School Division in partnership with Brandon University and the Brandon School Division. Joe teaches children, supports the implementation of Reading Recovery in Southwest Manitoba, and provides professional learning support for teachers from across Canada in early literacy. Joe’s research interests include teacher development in early literacy instruction.

Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Joe Stouffer, shares some key principles of Reading Recovery training he wishes he had known as a classroom teacher. This multi-media presentation examines how children think as they learn to read and raises several current issues in classroom literacy instruction. Filled with humor and “make you think” examples, Joe advocates for strengthening all teachers understanding of literacy development.

Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, 1930 – 1^st St. (maximum 25 participants)

Kathy Spangler has been involved in the ever changing world of technology for the past fourteen years. She is currently employed with the Brandon School Division as the Information and Communications Technology Assistant. Not only does Kathy enjoy the world of technology but she also has a passion for the creative side of things.

Come and experience the exciting world of SMART Notebook! Participants will have the chance to use the SMART Board during this hands-on session.

Randy Cielen is past President for Science Teachers’ Association of Manitoba. He is also District Director for National Science Teachers’ Association. Randy who has taught K-12 and Special Education is presently teaching at Springfield Collegiate in Oakbank. He has performed Science magic shows throughout North America, including Las Vegas.

Come and enjoy a variety of hands on activities for all ages! The morning session will deal with topics related to grades K-4 and the afternoon session will deal with topics related to grades 5-8. Find out how to adapt to struggling learners and special needs students. There will be lots of take home items such as weather vanes and kaleidoscopes. Come prepared to get your hands wet!

Robert has worked at McCain Foods Canada as a business systems analyst and database administrator. He currently teaches Digital Communication, Video, Web and ICT courses at Neelin High School in Brandon.

This session is for those persons with previous knowledge of MS Word. The session will examine macros and other advanced features as applicable to the classroom rather than business environment.

25. ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS FOR STUDENTS – THE PURPOSE, THE PROCESS AND THE PRODUCT

Cathy is the Technology in Learning Specialist K-12 for the Brandon School Division. During her career with the Division, she has taught Grades 3-8, including French Immersion. She has spent the past nine years in a program support role, working with teachers across the Division to integrate technology into their teaching and their students’ learning.

Student portfolios are more than scrapbooks or collections of work samples; they are a worthwhile investment in student learning. Learn about their purpose in assessment for/as/of learning, how to develop effective portfolios and the variety of portfolio formats available. The session will include a hands-on exploration of ePEARL.

Sherryl Maglion-McLean (Miss Mags) was born, raised and educated in Alberta and graduated with a B.A/B.Ed from the University of Lethbridge in 1996. She is a member of the Saddle Lake First Nation, located in northeastern Alberta, and taught at Saddle Lake for seven years. She has always and will always teach First Nation students. She spent one year in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, one year at Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, and one year at Cadotte Lake, Alberta. She teaches Senior High English Language Arts at the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation High School, which is currently located at the Fleming School in Brandon. She ended up marrying a born and raised gorgeous “Toban”, who promptly moved her and all her stuff (including books) to Brandon in 2007. She has a son who is all grown up and daughter who is now a teenager (pity her…Miss Mags, not the daughter!)

The practicum component of this Brandon University course in Master’s of Education program is designed to permit teachers to use the practical skills, theory and research obtained in classroom learning in an applied setting related to the individual’s specialty. The teacher is encouraged to adapt education theory, research and practice to rural, native and northern issues as they arise during the practicum. The experience is intended to allow the person to test the “goodness of fit” between the requirements of the applied setting and career expectations. The practicum provides a unique opportunity to develop insight for an applied research project or thesis.

· The teacher will explain and demonstrate how course material were researched and chosen for Senior High English Language Arts.

· The teacher is required to research and be familiar with curricular resources/materials written by and/or for Aboriginal children and adolescents suitable for grades 9-12 English Language Arts.

· The teacher will develop one’s practice of Aboriginal education by integrating those culturally relevant resources into classroom practice to achieve senior high English Language Arts curricular outcomes.

· The teacher will communicate practice with colleagues by recording relevant resources, creating lesson plans for their integration into the classroom, and recording/journaling concerning the lessons and their measure of success.

· The teacher will enhance the curriculum by integrating community-based aboriginal artist to strengthen the literature resources used in the classroom.

· Literary reviews were created that will provide the details of the resource, with an explanation of the manner of its usefulness in the classroom.

· The resources found will be integrated into the classroom. The teacher created lesson plans for the integration the resources. Eight lesson plans will be required to be submitted, using the attached Success for all Learners lesson plan format. Artist-educators will be integrated into at least four of the lessons.

· Teachers will journal/keep a record concerning their ongoing experiences with the integration of Aboriginal curricular resources, including their successes and areas for improvement. Teachers will share their experiences with other teachers and education assistants from their school.

27a TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES OF THE NEXT DECADE AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU, THE EDUCATOR

Damon is an educator that specializes in Creative and New Media. As the Chairperson for Technology in the School of Trades and Technology at Assiniboine Community College he is responsible for the Civil Technician, Computer Systems Technology, Media Production, Wireless Telecommunication Technology and Web Design programs. He is also the Chair of the Campus Community Radio Station, CJJJ 106.5 FM the Alternative Edge. Damon is interested in all aspects of New Media and how it impacts the society in which we live and work. He is extremely interested in the integration of technology in to program delivery where technology is not normally used. Damon is an active member in the educational community promoting education beyond the classroom. He is the manager of Team Assiniboine at Skills Manitoba and Skills Canada and is directly involved with the Skills Manitoba organization as a Board Member. Damon is also a Board Member of the Western Manitoba Science Fair. Currently Damon is completing his Masters of Education in Educational Administration at Brandon University. He holds a Degree of Bachelor of General Studies from Brandon University and has certificates in Media Production and Adult Education from Assiniboine Community College and Red River College respectively.

Have a blog? Website? Do you know what a Terra Byte is? Social Networking? Podcasting? High-Def? Convergence? Peer to Peer file sharing? Do you want to know what the next big thing will be? As the Millennial Generation winds its way through the public school system the modern teacher is left in a predicament of trying to meet the needs of these students while the technology that runs our world is in a constant state of flux. This constant barrage of new technologies can be a handful to absorb let alone master. This session will be an overview examination of some of these emerging and ongoing issues that will present themselves in the next 10 years. Focus will be on not only what the issues are but also how to cope with them in logical, cost effective manners without the hype that generally surrounds new technology. The session will be presented in a format that does not require a Bachelor of Computer Science to understand. As nearly all students regardless of age are now involved with technology, this session will be of benefit for educators from all levels. Topics will include, convergence of media and traditional technology including digital television and on demand content, simple website creation tools, digital manipulation of photographs, Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace), instant messaging, and instant communication (Messaging, Texting, Flickr) as well there will be an opportunity for specific technology questions to be asked by the participants.

27b 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (repeated) $15.00 (maximum 20 participants)

Katherine Sherris teaches grades 2&3 at Riverheights School. She has been an early years educator in the Brandon School Division for fifteen years ad takes great joy from musical endeavours and musical theatre! She has been an instructor with Mecca Productions for the past three years, teaching musical theatre classes to children ages 4-10.

This session will provide a variety of drama/theatre games and musical activities for use in K-3 classrooms. Please dress comfortably and come prepared to have some fun! No experience or special abilities are necessary! The games and activities are geared for use with the whole class, to promote a sense of fun and community and to promote confidence and risk-taking.

28b 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (repeated) $15.00 (maximum 30 participants)

Stefan Zauner is the Corporate Chef, Business Development for Assiniboine Community College’s Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts (MICA),“He brings a wealth of culinary and hospitality knowledge from renowned hotels and conference centres, as `well as an international flair from his experiences in Europe.” A graduate of the Schloss Hofen Culinary Arts School in Lochau, Austria, Stefan bean his career by working at world class facilities in Austria, Switzerland, and Bermuda. After coming to Canada in 1989, Stefan bean working at the Post Hotel Relais & Chateaux in Lake Louise. A move to Toronto led to positions at the Sutton Place Hotel, The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel and Conference Centre and the Delta Chelsea Hotel. Prior to moving to Brandon, Stefan was the Executive Chef at The Delta Bessborough and TCU Place Arts and Convention Centre in Saskatoon.

In this session you will have an opportunity to learn culinary secrets from a world class Chef in a relaxed, state-of-the-art atmosphere in the new Culinary Theatre located at the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts (MICA).

The MICA Corporate Chef will be demonstrating a healthy, delicious and well balanced meal, which will be easy for you to recreate at home!

29b 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (repeated) $15.00 (maximum 45 participants)

Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts (MICA), 1^st St. North (old nurses residence)

Donna Hass is a resource teacher at Vincent Massey High School in Brandon, MB. She has 23 years of teaching experience in several school divisions, including the Yorkdale School Division, Regina Public School Division, and Brandon School Division. She has worked with students in mainstream and specialized classrooms, from K- 12, in the capacity of a regular classroom teacher, special education teacher, and resource teacher. Donna currently works with teachers and students in mainstreamed settings at the high school level.

This engaging and interactive session will provide participants with an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a framework to guide educators in providing the broadest learning opportunities for increasingly diverse student populations. UDL is not simply one prescribed method of delivering instruction, but rather a framework which supports well-researched teaching strategies and practices. Drawing from brain research, the UDL framework consists of three underlying principles that underscore the need to provide students with a wide variety of options in the learning process. The overall intent of UDL, with technology at its foundation, is to support students with a variety of differences in abilities and backgrounds.

30b 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (repeated) $15.00 (maximum 25 participants)

Karen More and Heather Keeble are Pediatric Occupational Therapists with the Brandon Children’s Therapy Team, who specialize in working with school-aged children. Both are graduates of the University of Manitoba and have an interest in sharing their knowledge to promote fine motor skills in the classroom. Karen and Heather are both based out of the Brandon Regional Health Centre and provide direct service in the schools.

This session will outline the developmental sequence of fine motor and visual motor skills. The focus will be on promoting the development of fine motor skills in the classroom including printing, coloring, scissor skills, coordination skills and keyboarding. We will discuss “Fine Motor Red flags” and when it is appropriate to refer a student to occupational therapy for intervention. There will be activity centres set up for participants to gain hands-on experience using specialized therapy products such as pencil grips and adapted tools. As well, activity centres will provide ideas to teachers and E.A.’s on how to use everyday tools to further promote fine motor development in the classroom.

Bruce Brinkworth has had 36 years teaching experience. He has been a Curriculum Development member and Curriculum Steering Committee member for Physical Education/Health. Bruce’s long involvement in physical education also includes past president and 21-years board member of the Manitoba Physical Education Teachers’ Association (MPETA); 4-year board member for the National Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD); and a 20-year jump rope demo team coach. Bruce is currently freelancing as a Physical Education Consultant and “Jump 2b Fit” promoter.

This jump rope level 1 session will cover skill progression in short rope, long rope and double dutch rope as laid out by the JUMP 2b FIT program. It will also include a performance by the “Betty Gibson Stingers” jump rope demo team. Please come dressed to participate.

Current responsibilities include Gr. 9 Canadian Studies, Gr. 10 Geography, Gr. 11 Canadian History,

Participant: 2005 Library of Parliament Teachers Institute for Parliamentary Democracy

Participant: 2007 Manitoba Legislature Teachers Institute for Parliamentary Democracy

Trained Representative for the Teacher Leadership Program, Library of Parliament

2006 - 2007 Finalist Governor General's Awards for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History

2007 – 2008 Certificate of Achievement, Prime Ministers Awards for Teaching Excellence

The Parliament of Canada offers a comprehensive collection of programs and resources to aid in the teaching of parliamentary democracy, governance, structure of government, citizenship, and other related topics. In this session, teachers will become acquainted with the Education section of the Parliament of Canada website and be introduced to the resources and programs available. Participants will also be introduced to the Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy, a week-long opportunity for professional development in Ottawa.

34a WHAT IS MY ROLE IN THE CHILDHOOD OBESITY EPIDEMIC? AN UPDATE ON STATE OF THE ART RESEARCH IN CANADA

Dr. McGavock is a Canadian Diabetes Association Scholar and Research Scientist at the Manitoba Institute of Child Health. Dr. McGavock’s research laboratory focuses on the role of physical activity in the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and the associated cardiovascular complications in youth. Currently, Dr. McGavock is conducting six studies aimed at unravelling the dose of physical activity needed for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes and the mechanisms responsible for this protection. A major theme of Dr. McGavock’s research involves the application of novel magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) techniques for the study of the earliest metabolic determinants involved in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk in adolescents.

The current session will focus on the latest research demonstrating the primary factors that are contributing to the global obesity epidemic in youth and what teachers and parents can do to help minimize this impact. In particular the course will focus on the latest trends in physical activity, nutrition and sleep habits that contribute to regulating body weight, metabolism and overall health. Particular attention will be paid to practical solutions to this complex problem. With over a decade of research experience in the area, Dr. McGavock will also share personal experiences and anecdotes implementing interventions for adolescents at risk for or currently diagnoses with type 2 diabetes.

Barb Jones is a psychologist with the Brandon School Division. She has worked in several divisions throughout Manitoba. Recent professional development interests have centered on learning disabilities (specifically dyslexia) and brain research as related to understanding how children learn and how best to teach them.

How do you know when “c” says /s/ and when it says /k/? What letters double at the end of a word? When do you use “k” at the end of a word and when do you us “ck”? Answer these questions and many more. Take the mystery and guesswork out of spelling by teaching your students the “rules and reasons”
of the English spelling system. You will learn to teach the rules for reading and spelling in English in a sequence that is supported by research. Rules and sequence are based on the Barton Reading and Spelling system.

36a HOCKEY CANADA SPECIALTY CLINIC – MORE SMALL AREA GAMES & COMPETITIVE DRILLS

Peter Gerlinger is a teacher in the Brandon School Division and head coach of the Crocus Plainsmen High School hockey team.

A new small area games session for coaches, complete with a competitive drills component. We will discuss drills and concepts through a short classroom session, followed by on ice participation whereby coaches will enjoy a hands on experience of fun and competition.

All participants are to arrive at Crocus Plains School, Room 201 for a classroom discussion, followed by a 1.5 hour ice session complete with goaltenders. All coaches will leave with a drill data base designed for any age.

Note: All participants must be equipped with helmet, skates and hockey stick.

Jocelyn Dowden has been practising Reiki since 2001 and completed her Reiki Master level training through the International Centre for Reiki Training (www.reiki.org) in 2007. She has a Master’s degree in occupational therapy and is an experienced teacher, counsellor and group facilitator. In 2008, she became an entrepreneur and opened The Reiki Place, where she offers Reiki treatments and classes.

In addition to operating The Reiki Place, Jocelyn works as a Health Promotion Coordinator with the Assiniboine Regional Health Authority. She enjoys empowering others in reaching their full potential and her personal motto is: “to make a difference, one person at a time.” Jocelyn lives in Brandon, Manitoba with her partner, Tom, and their two dogs, Miles and Hera.

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation. It supports our well-being and strengthens the body’s natural healing abilities by encouraging balance on every level – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. If our energy is low or unbalanced, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress. If it is high or balanced, then we are more capable of being happy and healthy. Reiki involves light touch and is a simple, natural and safe method of healing that works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to promote wellness for the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

In this session, participants will learn Reiki, how it works, and conditions that it can help. Instruction will include how to use Reiki for self-care to improve health and overall well-being. This is a hands-on workshop where participants will have plenty of time to practise Reiki and become comfortable with this new skill. Materials containing self-treatment methods and resources for further learning will be provided. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to meet regularly to further develop and practise their Reiki skills and techniques with other Reiki practitioners in the community.

Vanda has been a teacher in grades Kdgn to Gr. 6 for the past +25 years. Presently, her role is emphasizing literacy through all subject areas as a Teacher-Librarian and Literacy Support teacher.

Wanda Nicol is a long time early year’s teacher and has taught literacy support for 5 years. After many years as a kindergarten teacher, she will be participating in the Reading Recovery Professional Development Initiative. She was very excited about the opportunities literacy teachers were given to learn from both Faye Brownlie and Debbie Miller and would love to share the great comprehension strategies literacy support teachers have been exploring.

Reading Comprehension strategies need to be taught in addition to decoding strategies to ensure readers increase their competence in all subject areas. They form the other side of the reading strategy needs continuum for students and comprise part of a Balanced Literacy day. Here are some ways to encourage reading comprehension through strategy work and assessment in your classroom. This session is applicable for any classroom but will focus on K-6 classrooms.

39a FASD SNAPSHOT IN THE CLASSROOM: STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT FASD LEARNERS

Kim Akins, B.Ed, has been a classroom teacher for the past 18 years. She has taught both junior and senior high. For the past 12 years, she has taught individuals and families coping with FASD, first in a residential rehab setting and currently in corrections. Kim has presented on FASD to various groups, including for Westman Coalition for Employment Opportunities as well as providing mandatory training for correctional officers. Kim has been a member of the Brandon Interagency FAS/FAE Committee since 2001. She is currently the committee chair.

Viola Fleury, B.Ed., has taught in a grade two class and substituted for various grades in Winnipeg School Division No. 1 and the Intermountain School Division. Viola is currently working as a Prevention & Education Consultant at the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba for the past 11 years and has facilitated a variety of FASD presentations. Viola has been a member of the Brandon Interagency FAS/FAE Committee Inc for the past 10 years and is currently the Vice-Chair of the Committee.

The focus of this workshop is to provide teachers with simple strategies as well as easy and inexpensive resources they can use to proactively manage FASD related behaviours in the classroom.

The primary goal of our SSHRC/CURA project titled “Community-Based Aboriginal Curriculum Initiatives: Implementation and Evaluation” is to examine the impact of Aboriginal cultural instruction in selected schools in terms of learning, school attendance, and retention of Aboriginal students. The research involves assessing the effect of bringing Aboriginal artist-educators into participating schools, with particular attention to cognitive skills, cultural awareness, psychosocial development, identity, and self-esteem of Aboriginal students. As well, there is an added focus on classroom resources/books written by, for, and about Aboriginal people. The hypotheses is that exposure to Aboriginal culture in the school will improve Aboriginal children’s cultural awareness and identity, and that, in turn, will increase the personal relevance and importance of the school, which then will translate into positive school-related behaviours and achievement. This presentation will provide an overview of the project, which is now in its fifth year.

How do students share their ideas and show their understanding of concepts? There is a multitude of products out there; this session will help teachers determine which applications are best suited to which purposes. Participants will explore applications for desktop publishing, presentations and digital storytelling (introductory level).

This session is for those persons with previous knowledge of database design and will explore ideas and concepts of incorporating task-based learning strategies when studying database development and deployment.

Do I need a classroom website? What do I need to know about building a website? Explore answers to these questions as well as the possible components of a website, cautions when building a site and software/Web 2.0 applications to help build your site.

This session will be of interest to classroom teachers who are trained in taking Running Records, but would like to learn more about their analysis. Children’s reading responses will e analyzed and linked to possible teaching responses in a guided reading context.

Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, 1930 – 1^st St. (maximum 25 participants)

This workshop will focus on developing GIS-based lesson activities to address a variety of social studes outcomes at different grade levels. It will include a demonstratoin of a fully developed instructional strategy based on the Grade 10 Geographic Issues curriculum and provide ideas for use of GIS in middle years and senior years, including Physical and Human Geography, History of Canada, and World Issues. Participants will discuss ideas and have the opportunity to develop their own GIS activities for use in their classroom.

There is an externsive body of research in the area of effective reading comprehension instruction. This research proves that struggling readers can benefit from explicit and systematic instruction in strategies such as establishing background knowledge, predicting, inferring, identifying main ideas and supporting details, note-taking, summarinzing and paraphrasing skills.

How can technology support students who struggle with reading comprehension? How are the above strategies implemented using technology?

Assistive Technology provides powerful reading supports including; synthesized and digitized speech, brainstorming tools, reference tools, note-taking tools, and organizational tools. In addition, AT applications can be a wonderful vehicle for teaching and supporting the use of reading comprehension strategies through whole-class instruction, small group instruction and embedded prompts and scaffolds for direct student support.

This workshop will provide a brief overview of the key strategies that support reading comprehension and will demonstrate now AT features can support those strategies. Technology tools/features demonstrated will include everything from ready-made digital books, scanned text, concept mapping, note taking, spell-checkers, dictionaries, thesaurus tools, highlighters and summarization tools. Participants will learn how to implement reading comprehension strategies through the use of these tools.

Technology addressed will include: Kurzweil 3000 V11, Read:Outloud, Start-to-Finish books, Smart Ideas and Symwriter. Internet-based tools and free tools will also be shown.

Crocus Plains Regional Secondary School, 1930 – 1^st St. (maximum 25 participants)

Cathie has been stamping and card making for over five years. She teaches various classes and loves to any chance she can get to share!

In this session you will create four greeting cards using various techniques (stamping, folding, embossing). Participants will need to bring the following items: ruler, adhesive (glue stick will work) and scissors.

Tanja Hütter graduated from the University of Manitoba, specializing in International Relations and German. She joined the History Society as Web Editor in 2003 and oversees all the Society’s English and French websites. Tanja spends much of her time repurposing their magazines’ content for use on the websites, offering French content that the magazines can’t always provide and managing other digital projects such as Fur Trade Stories, a primary and secondary resource for teaching fur trade history.

Step into the past in your classroom with a look at the history resources available to teachers across Canada. Canada’s National History Society, publisher of The Beaver: Canada’s History Magazine and Kayak: Canada’s History Magazine for Kids, has created a series of new online initiatives to help teachers connect and share resources. Take a tour and pick up a copy of the first ever Teaching Canada’s History magazine designed specifically for teachers.

Ed Stozek is a retired high school history teacher. Since retirement, Ed has self-published two books, The Sawmill Boys, P.O.W.’s and Conscientious Objectors and A Slice Of The Parkland. Armed with an acoustic guitar, a projector and stories, Ed has done numerous presentations to a variety of groups throughout the province. The presentations are based on the topics covered in his two books. Ed was born and raised in the Oakburn area, attended Brandon University and embarked on a 33 year teaching career in Dauphin. For more information check: edstozek.com

“The Ghost of Whitewater Lake”: The presentation examines the German Prisoners of War who arrived from North Africa to Medicine Hat and Lethbridge. Due to the crowded conditions, 450 came to Whitewater Lake in the Riding Mountain National Park. Through photos and stories, re-live their experiences of not only cutting wood for the war effort, but their after-hour adventures of visiting the local dances, trips to Dauphin, escape attempts and a variety of other “activities.” After WWII ended, all of the P.O.W.’s went home except for Max Neugebauer. He was a casualty who was buried at the Riverside Cemetery in Dauphin. Eventually his headstone disappeared. Could there be a confused spirit?

“A Slice Of The Parkland- Stills, Stories and Songs”: Experience through photographs, stories and original songs some of the exciting local history of the Parkland circa 1890-1970. Topics include: The relief camps near Clear Lake that provided employment for many unemployed men during the ‘30s, the disappearance of the country store, the importance of the wood industry, plane crashes as well as crimes from the 1930’s. Discover the story of “The Strongest Man In The World”, Martese Lees, “Spud” Sawchyn, the Lokshyn Brothers and C.I.S.I.S. agents in Sifton as well as a host of other interesting characters and events.

The manager and staff of CATC will provide participants (in small groups of 6 each) with a tour of the facility’s four main program areas. A written overview will be provided with contact information.

Following the tours, the group will reconvene, enjoy a nutrition/coffee break, and then hear a presentation of a “Day in the Life” of students who would be participating in the various programs. This will include a presentation of a typical day on the Crisis Stabilization Unit, in the Morning Program, Day Program and in the Community Services and specialized groups area.

The presentations will be made by various staff from the program areas including teachers, Registered Psychiatric Nurses, and Community Mental Health Workers.

Manitoba Hydro’s Emerging Energy Systems (EES) Section is a group of 6 staff led by Tom Molinski, who originally started reviewing emerging energy technologies (predominantly wind power) for Manitoba Hydro in the mid 1990’s. Since then, the section has developed significantly and now focuses full-time on research, planning, and concept development relating to various emerging energy technologies such as wind, solar, electric vehicles, bioenergy, fuel cells, etc. This includes determining how, what, and where to implement both tangible projects and intangible or theoretical projects. They collaborate with other utilities, government and academia worldwide.

Emerging Energy Systems plays a direct role in supporting one of the 10 goals in Manitoba Hydro’s Corporate Strategic Plan which is “to be a national leader in implementing cost-effective energy conservation and alternative energy programs”.

Additional presenters: Jeff Blais, P. Eng., Robert Yonza, P. Eng., Ed Innes, MSc. Eng., Dana Hoffman, C.E.T.

Manitoba Hydro generates most of our energy from water power, but we are committed to exploring and supporting other sources of clean, renewable energy. Join this team of Emerging Energy experts for information on wind power, electric vehicles, solar PV, solar thermal, small hydro, bio-energy, fuel cells, energy storage, and deep well geothermal. They will provide an unbiased evaluation on the technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of each of these technologies. In addition to the technical presentation, various models will be available for hands-on demonstration. This will allow for a better understanding of how the technologies work; and thus, more accurate transfer of knowledge to the students in the classroom.

52. TEACHING NUTRITION IN SENIOR YEARS (8-12) – LET US DO THE WORK FOR YOU!

53. BACK TO THE BASICS – BASIC MATH GAMES WORKSHOP (K-3 or 4-6 & Special Education)

Participants will focus on basic card and regular dice games and will cover ideas for teaching numeration, mental math, all operations, place value, graphing, data gathering, cooperative games, integers and more. Strategies and problem solving ideas are integrated into the games and can be adapted to suit the needs of all students to complement any existing program. Ideas for resource and classroom management and math journals will be provided. Get back to the basics.

55. COACHING SENIOR HIGH BASKETBALL – PLAYING WITH FIBA RULES (Senior 1-4)

This session is designed for the high school basketball coach who wants to help his team achieve a higher level of play. This session will emphasize the offensive and defensive concepts of the game of TEAM ATTACK basketball. A special emphasis will be placed on familiarizing coaches to teaching, coaching and playing ATTACK basketball both offensively and defensively.

Each Coach will be exposed to the fundamentals and concepts that will allow his team to compete at a higher level. Individual skills are developed through a universal TEAM approach leading to players working harder together. Coaches will be able to observe and interact with high school players who will demonstrate many of these skills and concepts that will be presented.

Travel into four cultures of the world through music, movement and dance. Be introduced to four distinct dance styles including, African, Bollywood of India, Salsa of Latin America and Hawaiian Hula. Approximately ½ hour will be spent learning steps for each dance with a short break between the4 dance forms to catch one’s breath! Come prepared to dance with comfortable shoes and loose clothing. Grass skirts are optional!

57. STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES USING ICT (AUDIO, VIDEO AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS)

In this session, Glen will share examples of student conferences successfully presented over the last six years. Using video, audio and various software applications, a demonstration on how to prepare meaningful student-led conferences that lead to student ownership of learning will be presented. Timelines, scheduling and use of appropriate software will also be discussed.

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