CLTA-WA 2016 Summer Workshop
Using Technology to Engage Students in Creative and Curious Learning
Presenter: Kristie Bennett
Skyline High School – Sammamish, WA
Sponsor: Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT)
Date: Sunday, August 21, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Library, University Prep
8000 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Cost: Free for members; $20.00 for non-members
(CLTA-WA annual membership fee: $30.00 for 07/01/2016—06/30/2017)
Registration: here
The participants who attend the workshop in its entirety will receive 3 clock hours from WAFLT. No partial clock hours will be given.
Refreshments will be provided. CLTA-WA Homepage: https://jxi.ywi.mybluehost.me/
Workshop Program (Please bring a laptop/tablet):
1:00 – 2:00 Presentation: Tools and Tips for Using Technology to Engage Students
2:00 – 3:00 Small Group Brainstorming Session
3:00 – 4:00 Independent Work Time to Implement Ideas
Workshop description:
Presentation – Tools and Tips for Using Technology to Engage Students:
Students are creative and curious by nature, so it’s imperative to appeal to this nature in education. By allowing students to be creative and curious in the classroom, we can increase engagement and retention across all subjects. Technology offers us many new and exciting tools that can help us reach this goal. Our presenter, Kristie Bennett, will share some tools and tips that she has encountered that can be applied in our classrooms. The presentation will offer a brief overview of numerous different tools available to teachers to provide as many options as possible to foster further discussion.
Brainstorming Session:
Following the presentation, participants will break into small groups to brainstorm ways they could apply the technologies and tools presented in their own classroom. By engaging in conversation with our colleagues, we will get a range of perspectives and unique ideas, further prompting our own creativity and inspiring us to try new things in our classrooms. Following small group brainstorming, we will compile our ideas visually using Answer Garden
Individual Work Session:
We will end the day with an individual work session. Teachers can work on their own or continue working with a partner to develop lessons, ideas, or projects to implement in their classrooms and curriculum. The goal is to immediately apply our learning so that we have something to walk away with that can directly benefit us in the coming school years.
About Kristie Bennett:
Kristie Bennett has been teaching Physics, IB Physics, and Astronomy at Skyline High School in Sammamish, WA, as well as Astronomy at University of Washington since 2012. She is currently pursuing her National Boards certification in Adolescent and Young Adult Science with an emphasis in physics and astronomy.
For the past 2 years, Kristie has served as Educational Technology Specialist for Skyline. Using her passion for education and her love of technology, she has developed a conference series designed to help teachers find new and exciting ways to implement technology in their classrooms. Kristie enjoys cuddling her cat, Schrödinger, talking about Pluto, making video games, and finding new ways to make science (and learning) accessible to all ages!
Kristie’s Inspiration:
“I have no special talents; I am only passionately curious.” –Albert Einstein