- Plot a Path to Learning with Google Maps in ANY Subject – Patrick Green (Singapore American School)
- The Tech Crewsader Program and Story – Brian Hamm (Seoul Foreign School)
- 3D Printing and Math – Clara Ngo and Frank Hua (International School HCMC)
- Coding in the Elementary Classroom – Mindy Slaughter (UNIS Hanoi)
- Building Hybrid/Blended Learning Designs – David Elliott (Concordia International School Hanoi)
- To Flip, or Not To Flip: It’s Not Just Video Lectures! – Lori Uemura (Saigon South International School)
- Cultivating The Creative Classroom – Hamish Clark (Chatsworth International School Singapore)
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TOPIC: Plot a Path to Learning with Google Maps in ANY Subject
Presenters: Patrick Green
Singapore American School
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Keynote Speaker: Patrick Green Singapore American School Keynote Presentation: The Relevant Teacher The role of a teacher today is very different than what most teachers originally signed up for. Patrick Green shares insights into what innovative schools and relevant teachers are doing to meet the needs of today’s students as well as strategies for staying relevant as the needs of students continue to evolve. Workshops Session Title: Plot a Path to Learning with Google Maps in ANY Subject |
Description: Learn to create collaborative multimedia maps. Be inspired by student created maps that demonstrate learning in Math, Science, Social Studies, English and Art. Try it yourself and discover how easy it is to make beautiful and informative maps by using place marks, paths and areas with embedded data including text, images and YouTube video. You’ll leave this session having mapped out a way to integrate Google Maps into your own learning focused classroom.
Session Title: Curate and Create with YouTube
Saturday 3:45-4:45pm
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Intermediate
Description: This fast paced session will open your eyes to the possibilities within YouTube for both curating and creating video. Learn to aggregate content to your home page and curate and share your own collections of playlists. Be inspired by how educators like you are incorporating video into their lessons and “flipping” the classroom. Investigate using the YouTube video editing tools and annotation tools to create interactive video quizzes and “choose your own adventure” videos.
Bio: Patrick Green is currently the Middle School Education Technology Coordinator at Singapore American School, where he assists teachers in integrating technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways so that students use current tools to create, collaborate, think critically, conduct research, and solve problems.
Patrick Green is an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher, and Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer. He has been recognized as a YouTube Star Teacher and has extensive experience supporting teachers in “Flipping” the classroom.
Formerly, as the Upper School Integration Specialist at the International School of Prague, Patrick managed an Apple Macbook 1-1 laptop program; early in his teaching career as a Middle School US History, Reading and Language Arts teacher, Patrick was selected to participate in the Teacher Leadership Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He taught in a 2 to 1 laptop environment and connected with likeminded educators working towards making education more relevant to students.
Outside of the regular work day, Patrick often finds himself in Cambodia where he assists in student and parent house-building service, local teacher training programs, and local school computer lab development. As with most of his experiences in education, he is learning much more than his students.
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TOPIC: The Tech Crewsader Program and Story
Presenters: Brian Hamm
Seoul Foreign School
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Presenter: Brian Hamm Seoul Foreign School @Hamm_Ed @TechCrewsaders google.com/+BrianHammHammEd |
Bio: Brian Hamm is a Google Qualified Individual, Google Certified Teacher, and Education Technology Integrationist at Seoul Foreign School, an international school with over one hundred years of history in the region that serves approximately 1500 students from over 55 countries. He is passionate about collaborative, purposeful, and service based projects that impact and empower students to make a difference in their communities. Brian agrees with the common view that tech integration is a journey rather than a destination, but adds that if this is the case, Google Apps for Education is your Swiss Army Knife. You wouldn’t want to travel without it and it has something to offer for nearly any job. |
Workshop(s)
Session Title: The Tech Crewsader Program and Story
Sunday 9:30-10:30am
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Intermediate
Prior knowledge needed: Basic management of student teams.
Google Apps for Education.
www.techcrewsaders.com
Description: The development of a Seoul Foreign High School student tech support and innovation team was proposed by Brian Hamm after consulting with developers of student tech support programs in Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, and with the help of Jeff Utech, creator of the Google Ninja program. In the fall of 2012, Brian and the Tech Crewsaders kicked off their first semester of what was to be an amazing, transformational experience for the student group. More than doubling in size by the second semester, the dedicated team has also filtered into the other divisions at Seoul Foreign School, and is now pushing their own publication, the Tech Crewsaders Magazine, to thousands of viewers around the world. This student led and driven group has drastically impacted the SFS community through their various innovations and has prepared a template and package for you to get your own “Tech Crewsaders” student tech support and innovation up and running in your schools.
Session Title: Transformational Google Calendars
Saturday 3:45-4:45pm
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Intermediate
Prior knowledge needed: Google Calendars
Description: The lifeblood of an organization is it’s organization, Google Calendars can keep that lifeblood flowing. This session will help participants go beyond creating events and help them set up the full Google Calendar eco system with all the Google Calendar features such as; groups, scheduling resources, sharing,reminders, tasks, layers, scripts to match your school’s schedule, explore collaborative calendars, embedding, personalization, attachments and much more. By the end the session you will be ready to get your courses and community up and running with Google Calendars.
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TOPIC: 3D Printing and Math
Presenters: Clara Ngo and Frank Hua
International School Ho Chi Minh City
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Clara Ngo is currently teaching secondary Mathematics at the International School of Ho Chi Minh City. She often finds herself occupied trying to figure out new technologies for her classes to be interested in, but more because she has fun with them herself. Her most current technological interests are 3D printers and LEGO Mindstorms. Outside of doing geeky things, you can also find her on the basketball court. |
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Frank Hua is currently a MYP Design Technology teacher and PYP IT integration coordinator at International School Ho Chi Minh City. He has been involved with initiating iPad programs, integrating interactive whiteboards into the classroom, designing a new video studio, implementing 3D design and printing and integrating Lego Mindstorm into the MYP curriculum. He is frequently looking for new ways to incorporate technology into the classroom. He is constantly trying to stay relevant to what is current and popular in today’s industry. |
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Workshop(s)
Session Title: 3d Printing and Math
Saturday 1:15-2:15pm
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Description: Have you heard about 3D printing and was interested in how you can use it in your classroom? My school had one 3D printer and I was able to use it to create engineers and inventors in my classroom. We applied problem solving techniques, collaborative learning, and use our mathematical knowledge to apply to make our invention the most environmental, economical, and efficient as possible.
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TOPIC: Coding in the Elementary Classroom
Presenters: Mindy Slaughter
UNIS Hanoi
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Bio: Mindy Slaughter is a Grade 5 team leader and classroom teacher at UNIS Hanoi. She started learning to code last year when some of her students wanted to study it for the PYP Exhibition. She has since helped start the Elementary Coding Club and was a lead organizer in the UNIS Hour of Code. Twitter: @mjslaughter Blog: http://www.mindyslaughter.com/coding-in-elementary.html Class Blog:http://blogs.unishanoi.org/mslaughter/category/class-blog/ |
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Workshop(s)
Session Title: Coding in the Elementary Classroom
Saturday 1:15-2:15pm
Audience: Elementary School
Tech Level: Beginner
Prior knowledge needed: There is no need to have any understanding of coding.
Description: Participants will be exposed to why and how to teach coding in Elementary school. I will explain my journey as a Grade 5 teacher who only a year ago knew nothing about coding. I will take participants through my journey of how I introduced coding to my students, practical applications in the classroom and reflections of my students. Participants will have time to explore several coding programs such as Scratch and Codeacademy.
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TOPIC: Building Hybrid/Blended Learning Designs
Presenters: David Elliott
Concordia International School Hanoi
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Presenter: David Elliott Concordia International School Hanoi Bio: David was Technology Coordinator for 24 years at Hong Kong International School. He taught all the Computer Science courses at the High School level through AP Computer Science AB. During that time, he worked with student “sysops” to create many school technology programs including one of the first school websites, the “DragonNet”, in 1996, Parent Conference Signup systems, video broadcasting systems, and many more. In 2010 David joined Concordia International School Hanoi as Director of Technology and enjoys working towards a cloud-based, 1:1, and hybrid/blended learning infrastructure, especially for small schools. |
Workshop(s)
Session Title: Building Hybrid/Blended Learning Designs
Saturday 1:15-2:15pm
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Beginner
Prior knowledge needed: None
Description: With the increasing availability of cloud-based technology and 1:1 digital learning devices for all students and teachers, structuring a comprehensive hybrid/blended learning environment in schools is the next step forward. Digital resources have reached the tipping point. Enough are available to teach complete courses, many for free. PK-12 schools have the advantage of using these digital resources in a face-to-face environment which is different from pure online education. Inspired by the TPACK model from Michigan State University, this presentation and discussion describes practical examples of content, pedagogical, and documentation technologies and how they can be structured in the classroom curriculum design.
Resources:
Presentation – Building Hybrid/Blended Learning Designs
Etale — Blog of Dr. Bernard Bull – Concordia Wisconsin
Educurious — Non-profit Hybrid Curriculum Foundation
Blended Learning Toolkit — University level but very relevant
Christensen Foundation – Education — Disruptive educational practices
The Learning Accelerator — Systematic Blended Learning Design
Digital Curriculum Resource Systems
CK12.org PowerMyLearning.org GooruLearning.org KhanAcademy.org Hippocampus.org Curriki.org TheGateway.org Envisioning the Future
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TOPIC: To Flip, or Not To Flip: It’s Not Just Video Lectures!
Presenters: Lori Uemura
Saigon South International School
Bios:
Lori Uemura is proud to be middle school science teacher at Saigon South International School. She loves living in Asia and all the opportunities for travel. She considers herself a lifelong learner and is currently a COETAIL student. Also, last year Lori went out 
of her comfort zone of being on land and became a certified diver. She continues to transfer her passion of learning to her students and hopes to instill in them, a love for learning. Her greatest accomplishment and blessing is being a mom.
Blog: http://www.coetail.com/luemura/
Twitter: @lori_uemura
Workshop(s)
Session Title: To Flip, or Not To Flip: It’s Not Just Video Lectures!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13OvahiBlDjhLto0xXqxkZvXi4R5b6f3Qlggj5cMs4Jw/edit?usp=sharing
Saturday 2:30-3:30pm
Audience: All School
Tech Level: Intermediate
Description: Ever heard someone mention the term “flipped classroom”? This workshop will define the flipped classroom beyond video lectures. We will explore a variety of methods for flipping, the pros and cons of the flipped instructional model, the nuts and bolts of implementation, and what the actual flipped classroom looks like. Time will be provided to collaborate about concrete ways to use the flipped model and experiment with practical application.
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TOPIC: Cultivating The Creative Classroom
Presenters: Hamish Clark
Chatsworth International School Singapore
Bios:
@mrclarksclasses
Chatsworth International School
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Hamish is currently the Education Technology Coach (Primary) at Chatsworth International School in Singapore, where he helps teachers to integrate technology in a creative and meaningful way to help students reach their intellectual, creative and emotional potential. His experience as a professional electronic musician and performer strongly influences the way he does this, particularly when helping colleagues plan multi-disciplinary Units of Inquiry that incorporate mixed media. He uses Google Apps, Apple OSX and many other platforms, in combination, on a daily basis. Prior to arriving at Chatsworth, he was a Year 5 & 6 homeroom teacher for six years in Berlin. His particular areas of interest in education continue to be Creativity, Professional Development and Education Reform.
Workshop(s)
Session Title: Building ePortfolios with Google Sites-The Why and the How.
Sunday 9:30-10:30am
Audience: Elementary School
Tech Level: Intermediate
Prior knowledge needed: Participants will need a basic awareness of the Google Drive & Apple software and apps.
Description: In order for student’s creative output to have meaning, it must have an audience. ePortfolios provide students with a current and exciting platform from which they can share their work, interact with their learning community and make global connections. Teaching design thinking and visual literacy are vital components of 21st century learning and building and maintaining an ePortfolio allows learners to curate and celebrate their work in a wealth of ways.
This session will focus on a variety of platforms, including Book Creator app and Google Sites. The presenter will be sharing valuable insights into actual ePortfolio deployments at Chatsworth International School in Singapore.
Session Title: Cultivating The Creative Classroom
Saturday 2:30-3:30pm
Audience: Elementary School
Tech Level: Beginner
Prior knowledge needed: Participants will need an open mind about the future of education.
Description: This workshop will look at ways to foster a culture of creativity in the classroom by drawing on lessons gained from a lifetime of creative and educational endeavours. Workshop participants will experience how technology can aid learners to move past the physical and emotional constraints of the ‘traditional’ classroom.