Why limit yourself to creating simple slideshows with Google Presentations? Come and discover many other possibilities of this user-friendly and versatile tool. Digital books, comic books, video editing, digital portfolios… the possibilities are endless!
Collecting traces of learning to provide students with descriptive feedback and support is now an integral part of teachers’ pedagogy. This workshop allows you to discover how different Google tools can help you be more productive and efficient in collecting evidence of learning.
Are you familiar with the concept of escape rooms? This workshop allows you to learn how to use Google tools to create your own digital escape game! You will have the chance to experience an escape game followed by a short workshop explaining different ideas, giving you various tips for playing with your students and sharing essential resources to get you started!
In the digital age, teachers have all kinds of opportunities to take charge of their professional development and learn at all times. In this workshop, we will see how social media, more specifically Twitter and Facebook, offer education professionals the opportunity to find ideas, resources, strategies and to exchange with colleagues from all over the world!
Are you looking to become more effective when providing feedback to your students? Are you looking to assess differently? Find out how Google tools can help you on your journey. During the workshop, numerous examples of activities will be introduced. You will learn about innovative pedagogical practices as well as tips for keeping track of learning traces with Google Classroom, Forms and other automation and merging add-ons.
Does having direct access to your students’ learning appeal to you? Sketchnoting is a creative and highly visual note-taking technique for expressing thoughts through illustrations, symbols, structures, and words. This training session allows you to begin with sketchnoting and discover the necessary tools to be able to accompany your students. Don’t forget your tablet and a stylus, or even paper and coloured pencils!
In the daily lives of all educational staff, digital technology is practical in many ways, but can also quickly become invasive! During this workshop, we will introduce different tools from Google that will help you organize your digital life. Solutions for managing your emails, files, lists and reminders, will be offered to you, among other things. We will also share tips and ideas that will promote your life balance… and even find ways to disconnect!
Digital tools can support the acquisition of literacy skills in many ways in the classroom! This training session will explore how to use technology to help students find books, share their impressions of their reading, build a community of readers, learn more about their book preferences, benefit from diversity in their reading choices, keep track of their reading, benefit from accessibility tools to improve their reading strategies and… to encourage reading in general.
We will also discuss different ways to implement these activities in the classroom using digital tools such as e-books, online reading platforms, reading apps and social networks dedicated to literacy.
Supporting all of our students in their learning is both challenging and rewarding. We can utilize technology to help our students communicate their ideas in a manner that is efficient, effective and authentic. Apple designs its products with accessibility in mind. Learn how we can leverage the built-in accessibility tools and native Apple apps to help our students learn and share their ideas.
Visual-based coding is a great way to introduce our students to the world of programming. Storytelling using this tool is an effective way to introduce coding and learn problem-solving skills. Scratch is a visual programming language platform allowing us to compose our own story using visuals, motion, text, and audio. Learn how you can integrate coding with language, math, and art to engage and empower students.
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