IntegratED Portland

We recognize the importance of diversity in our schools, but what does it look like in practice? This workshop will concretize anti-bias and anti-racist theories into lessons, units, and conversations with students.

Desmos teacher activities aren’t just for secondary students. Help students build conceptual understanding of complex ideas, increase academic vocabulary, and collaborate with peers. Come explore the different functionalities of the Teacher Desmos program!

We don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to start a makerspace or dedicate a special area of our buildings for project-based learning to occur. With an adjustment to how we approach teaching and learning in our pre-existing classrooms, we can transform any space and any subject matter into a purpose-driven problem-solving opportunity for students. This session provides participants the opportunity to apply the principles of design thinking (people-centered, empathy-fueled problem solving) to transform both their classrooms and their teaching strategies. Participants will experience a mix of high, low, and no-tech approaches to making meaningful solutions through the design process. After experiencing a design thinking “flashlab” first hand, participants will uncover changes they would like to make to their learning environments and their pedagogy, identify needs of their students/users, experiment with possible solutions, and produce working prototypes, worthy of implementation in your impact areas. Along the way, participants will explore how we might integrate a design thinking approach into any educational domain, whether in the classroom, the administrator, or the community. Participants are encouraged to bring phones, cameras, laptops, tablets, and a growth mindset.

Here are the SLIDES!   Right here! 

And here's a link to the Success & Innovation Center Facebook page!  

And here's a link to INTENTION: Critical Creativity in the Classroom 

And more links to the #SICMBC and how we do what we do:

Dan Gets a Big Award (Yay!) Here 

And talked about Here

And here 

Dive deeply into ways in which technology can be used to enhance and support instruction within a writer's workshop model from teacher instruction, conferring, knowing your writers, feedback, publishing, and sharing writing too.

As leaders we find ourselves putting out fires while struggling to find the time to work on the big picture. This session will help you to better define your interactions as a leader and build capacity in those around you. Through social network analysis and implementing triad leadership strategies you will walk away with the tools to free up your time to lead, while creating a true distributed leadership model.

Let’s ride the wave together as we learn how to utilize Wakelet to amplify our impact as educators and increase learning opportunities for teachers and students. We will dive in to find out how this amazing tool can be a quick and easy way to collaborate, curate, and create.

You can access the slides for this presentation here: http://bit.ly/RidetheWakeletWave

The Scratch App is finally available on Chromebooks! You and your students can finally create interactive projects using Scratch and your favorite sensors: Lego Wedo & EV3, Micro:bit, and Vernier Force and Motion! We've got the sensors. Bring a chromebook or Windows or Mac PC, load the app, and learn how to connect and create!

Learning is an inherently social and emotional process. While schools have always focused on academic skills and content, there is a growing body of research and observational evidence showing the link between Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), success in school, and happiness in life. During this interactive session we will explore how paying more attention to SEL can benefit students’ confidence, assist in creating a more positive culture and ultimately improve the learning process. Participants will walk away with ideas and strategies that they can use in the classroom and schools immediately.

Session Resources -  bit.do/sel-padlet

There are so many great learning tools on the market for students to develop their coding/programming skills. Sphero, SAM Labs, Micro:bit are just a few of the many great options out there. Each of these products is amazing on their own and when their capabilities are combined, the coding experience is amplified for students. Workbench Education has partnered with Google to develop a free platform to code these wonderful learning tools to interact with each other. Come explore the endless possibilities.

If at first, you don't succeed, try, try, try again...or should you?!
Iteration and reflection are key components for meaningful and lasting learning. Come join this challenge-based session for a look at the Invention Cycle and see if you can make it out unscathed.

*This session will include robots, pokey things, bits and bobs, and the optional balloon animal. You've been warned.

This workshop will provide examples of google VR tours created by students as well as a guided tour of the tool. We develop our own tours and then have an opportunity to view them.