The "maker" movement has taken hold in education, and its core principles reward those who take risks, create, fail, reflect, and start the process anew. In what ways can we connect the ideas of "making" and "writing" to rethink literacy instruction? With examples from a number of teachers and by exploring many digital writing tools, we will discover opportunities for our students to make, write, and continue the process of learning over and over again. Come prepared with a laptop or tablet so you craft your own pieces of digital writing!
Challenging traditional ideas on library design, collection, layout and signage, International Library Consultant, Kevin Hennah presents his thought provoking ideas on why school libraries need to weed more than just print if they are to remain relevant.
Kevin Hennah’s background includes 20 years experience working with international retail brands. In 2002 he made the transition to work with libraries on strategies to maximise usage and improve presentation and image. During this time he has input into hundreds of libraries internationally.
Kevin’s understanding of the operational requirements of libraries is coupled with practical advice that is sensitive to budget restrictions and challenges traditional thinking. He is the Author of The Victorian Public Libraries’ Image Handbook (Australia) and the featured author in Re-think, Ideas for Inspiring School Library Design. With hundreds of photographs of impressive library spaces and a dynamic pace, Kevin Hennah promises an inspirational and information rich day. Join him to explore:
The role of a contemporary school library
Strategies to help print compete with new technologies
Genre-based layout
Innovations in library-specific signage
Contemporary ideas on library presentation and promotion
Creating independent and collaborative workspaces
Smart library design & renovation initiatives
Image overhauls at all budget levels
We’ll focus on the use of three digital tools that are successful with my IB English and TOK students:
1) Flipboard to aggregate content of their choice over the various topics under Language;
2) Discussion boards on blogs for critical discourse;
3) Use of games for formative assessment in a fun, creative way for reading comprehension and writing improvement.
I’ve shared these ideas with my school’s other subject area teachers such as IB Econ and IB Chem, so these are tools that can be cross-curricular, developing stronger readers and writers in innovative ways that differentiates for myriad types of learners, especially in today’s world.
This presentation will look at the journey of planning a scheme of learning for one academic year group with technology in mind. Starting with considerations during the planning stages, we will then move on to highlighting the most effective uses of technology. Based on tried and tested lessons and methods, this presentation will focus on the use of the following:
How have we used technology to develop the literacy skills of our learners using Kahoot; No Red Ink; iBook; Google Docs; Google Sites; Google Apps + Addons.
Creating text types that exist in the real world, and having an authentic audience with whom to share their writing, increases student motivation. Discover and share Apps for creating published pieces, and discuss strategies for sharing those pieces with a global audience.
I am a Grade 4 teacher at Tokyo International School. Originally from Massachusetts, I have been at TIS for over ten years. Before that, I lived in the UK and Korea. Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2015.
Teachers of the following age groups would benefit from attending this presentation:
As a Library Consultant, Kevin Hennah has worked with hundreds of libraries internationally over 14 busy years. Join us as he fuses the best initiatives he has found with his ideas on what libraries can do to maintain relevance and help print compete with new technologies.
As a Library Consultant, Kevin Hennah has worked with hundreds of libraries internationally over 14 busy years. Join us as he fuses the best initiatives he has found with his ideas on what libraries can do to maintain relevance and help print compete with new technologies.
