Dimension of Digital Competency: 12-ADOPTING AN INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE APPROACH TO THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

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Canva & Google: The Perfect Duo!

In this training session, we explore how Canva and Google can collaborate to create a vibrant and engaging digital environment for students. Indeed, Canva’s creative features combined with Google’s sharing and organizational capabilities allow for the development of a visual and educational identity in the materials used by both teachers and students. We will see how creativity and pedagogy can enhance the image of your classroom!

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Creativity for All: Joint Exploration of Apple’s Pedagogical Guides

Did you know that practical and concrete guides have been created by Apple to further enhance the educational use of native iPad applications? With these guides, you will learn how to take better photos, create dynamic video edits, design lively posters, and much more. If you have a project in mind, these tools will help you go further. Let’s start with your needs and together discover a series of practical resources to assist you in moving forward.

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Create the perfect educational animation with Keynote

Do you often feel like you spend a lot of time searching for the right resource to use for teaching a concept? And yet, in the end, it’s not always exactly what you wanted? Did you know that there are plenty of tools available to create dynamic digital resources and use them in our slideshows and videos?

This training will specifically demonstrate how Keynote (for iPad or Mac) can be used to create animated GIFs, animations, and video content to engage and enhance communication and the learning experience. We will also explore how co-creating these resources with our students during a lesson can save us time, while also helping them visualize abstract concepts and providing them with meaningful learning content upon which they can build.

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Artificial Intelligence in Education: Possibilities and Challenges

This conference provides participants with an opportunity to explore the multiple applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. It offers a clear definition of AI, concrete examples of current and future applications, as well as directories of tools and numerous references. Ethical issues, challenges, and limitations of AI in education are also addressed, such as access to quality data, training for educators and learners, social responsibility, and privacy protection. The audience will be able to enhance their teaching practice while becoming aware of the associated issues and challenges.

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Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom

This workshop is designed to help teachers integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their teaching and foster students’ curiosity about this innovative technology. Participants will become familiar with the basic concepts of artificial intelligence, how it works, and its practical applications. Interactive pedagogical activities will be presented, allowing educators to actively engage their students in learning about AI and raising awareness of its impact on our society. This workshop offers a unique opportunity to develop professional skills in AI while equipping participants with tools to prepare young people for future challenges.

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Programming, from Preschool to Grade 6

You may wonder why programming is important and why it should start as early as preschool. How can programming be connected to the curriculum? How can we use programming to do more than just controlling robots? If you have these questions, this training is for you. It will allow you to discover the answers to all or some of these questions based on your needs. This training is adaptable to all levels, whether you are a beginner or advanced.

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Reality Composer: Enhancing Reality!

Reality Composer is an iPad application that allows you to create augmented reality environments. It offers numerous possibilities, such as adding elements to the environment to create an artwork or building a complete investigative scene in an augmented reality room. It also enables the creation of a virtual museum where students can showcase their creations, for instance. This training is intended for an advanced audience.

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What is Digital Storytelling, and How Can I Use it in My Classroom?

A Digital Story is a powerful Digital Literacy activity for ages 10+ created by weaving digital photographs, video, voice, text, and music into a digital video project. A chance to reflect on the self, culture, identity & future goals, this personal narrative documentary workshop provides an easily-accessible opportunity for youth to reflect on their own strengths, culture, responsibilities, and dreams for their future.

In this 1-hour Professional Development workshop, educators will learn why Digital Storytelling has been so successful for fostering Digital Literacy and storytelling skills, and how easy this workshop is to implement in their own classroom using devices and tools they already have access to.

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Audio editing made accessible to everyone with Soundtrap

Are you embarking on a podcast project and looking for free software that allows you to edit your audio clips? Do you want to offer your students the ability to add sound effects to other types of audio productions? You might be interested in Soundtrap. The application is free, easy, and entirely online. You’re only one training session away from being able to use it… like a pro!

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