January 17, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM (online)
INM23-13 Good (and Necessary) Beginnings: Basic Facts

There is nothing basic about basic facts. Though fluency goes beyond basic facts, they do play a role in students’ growth and ultimately their overall fluency. This session examines proven approaches to realizing basic fact fluency. Instructional sequences and resources will be provided. This session also helps provide ideas for intervention and reteaching in later grades.

February 13, 2023 4:00-6:00PM (online)
Technology in Schools I: Design Thinking and Makerspaces and Edtech
How might we engage students in processes that connect them to the way the world works beyond the classroom itself? And how can we do this within the scope of today’s curricular expectations? And how can this be both doable…and fun for all?
Join this session to participate in and explore the value of design thinking in classrooms today and to share and evaluate makerspace stories, strategies and tools that can provide a fun new dimension to your classroom projects.

February 20, 2023 4:00-6:00 PM (online)
Technology in Schools I: Computational Thinking and Educational Technology (click here to visit)
Although Computational Thinking has been around for a long time, our new Alberta Science Curriculum is the first to pull it out and articulate it within an Organizing Idea across the Science curriculum from Grade 3 Science onwards: “Computer Science: Problem solving and scientific inquiry are developed through the knowledgeable application of creativity, design, and computational thinking”.

What exactly IS Computational Thinking? How can I teach this to students of all ages? And how can we support our colleagues (at various levels of comfort with technology and computer science) and ourselves in integrating computational thinking into instructional practices effectively? What does successful integration of Computational Thinking across the curriculum look like?