Facilitating Transformational Educational Experiences

Through this workshop, participants will be encouraged to investigate effective ways of incorporating student voice and agency in the classroom. By engaging in improvisational exercises, open dialogues, and analyzing scenarios, participants will work together to define student-centered learning. They will work in small groups to begin exploring student centered learning and how it can be effective in facilitating transformational educational experiences.

Presented by:

• Taliq Tillman

Global Warming : SAVING OUR PLANET

Global warming is an increase in surface temperature of the earth caused by human activities. The increase in temperature has resulted in an imbalance in the earth’s climate resulting in rising sea levels, glaciers melting and changing weather patterns that are affecting animal, plant and human life. Our presentation will acquaint you with global warming and its perils. In addition, you will be provided with material to educate and propagate information to your students and community. You will learn to demonstrate the effects of global warming thru simple experiments. We hope to see you all and help us in our campaign to raise awareness about global warming.

Presented by:

• Harshul Basava
• Zaid Muhammad
• Prithvi Vasudev

The Importance of Arts in Schools

In my class we will be talking about the importance of the Arts in schools. As well as how the Arts impact students later in life and help them do better in school. We will be watching videos on the art forms as well as videos with examples of the art forms. The class will also be doing some Acting exercises, such as reciting lines and acting games.

Presented by:

• Abigail Cordobes

Digital Animation and More

This session will help you improve your digital animation skills. Learn how to edit digital drawings and do frame by frame animation with the drawings. All this will be taught with free online apps.

Presented by:

• Somya Kumar
• Jenny Thach
• Cassidy Uong
• Juliana Alaibilla

ALGEBRA!!!

Blueberry muffins taste good!

I just did that to get your attention. Ahem, to business now. Anyway, I'm here to humbly describe my Share Your Passion class to you all. First off, it's about ALGEBRA. Algebra algebra algebra. I could ramble on and on with more algebra's. However scary the topic of my class is, though, I can assure you it's very entertaining. It involves an execution scene, and, no, I did not just say that to get your attention. My awesome amazing phenomenal absolutely fabulous class (okay, that was not humble at all) includes a fully-detailed, step-by-step description of a mathematical dismemberment. No blood or gore is shed, probably to the disappointment of many kill-hungry people (no accusations intended). But the gist of it is that we'll be seeing how to use synthetic division (a MUCH BETTER modification of long division) to divide up an algebraic polynomial. Basically, the execution scene will involve a cleaver-brandishing divisor carefully chopping and dividing the dividend, which is an innocent polynomial named f(x). Does the peculiar dismemberment of a polynomial sound interesting? Well, just wait and see...things could get weirder! Long story short: please please please register for my class. It's going to be an unforgettable experience.

Presented by:

• Nicole Lai

Road to International Math Olympiad (IMO)

Do you have kids or students who are passionate about math and want to challenge themselves? Well, if you do, this is your lucky day! MathJediV is going to show you the road to International Math Olympiad (IMO), where the world's best mathletes compete to be grand champion! But the road to IMO is not just about the result because there is only one winner. During this process, kids will not only gain unparalleled math skills, but will also learn the foundations to succeed in science and other analytical disciplines. Most importantly, kids will also learn about sportsmanship such as working as a team or overcoming failures. I cordially invite you to join me to learn about the journey to IMO.

Presented by:

• Vincent Lo

Volunteering

My name is Sriaditi Yellamraju. I am a 5th grader at Carolyn Clark Elementary School. In the Conference, I am going to share my passion about Volunteering at libraries, nurseries, shelter homes, community centers and at public events. I will be accompanied by two respected adults who have guided me in this journey and they will share their perspectives.

Benefits of Volunteering:

I want to share some of the important life skills and benefits that I have experienced from volunteering and am sure you will see many more:

• Cooking - I can now clean and cut vegetables and fruits. Help with cooking and serving food. Wash the utensils and keep kitchen clean. And make some coffee for my Mom
• Gardening
• Managing my time better
• Working as a team
• Working with various age groups
• Staying more organized and a lot more

Presented by:

• Sriaditi Yellamraju

Go Dance!

Our team includes Sonali, Anvi, and Joyce, and dance is our passion and we want to share this with you. In our class, we will teach about 2 basic forms of dance and also we will be incorporating yoga which promotes flexibility. Each style of dance is taught by a different person. You will also learn about the history of dance and how it was originated. The two different type of dances our team will teach includes, ballet and jazz. First, we will start off by explaining the history of dance. Next, Anvi will be doing a yoga session and some basic flexibility stretches. After that Sonali will teach about jazz and do a small fun little jazz dance. Lastly, Joyce will be teaching ballet and doing a small dance to go along with it. This is an active and hands on class which means you will be doing all of these stretches, steps, and dances. Not only will you be dancing in this class but you will also learn about different forms of dance. At the end of our class we will have a Q and A on your experience!

Presented by:

• Sonali Kohi
• Anvi Satpathy
• Joyce Nichet

Fake News

Have you thought about teaching fake news to your class, but you’re not sure how? Do you, yourself, know what fake news is and how to spot it? If this topic interests you, sign up for a Free Fake News Lesson with me. By looking at a project and participating in activities you can use with your students, you will learn how to spot fake news, the harm fake news does to our world, and how to teach it to students so that they can become critical thinkers and help spread the reality of fake news to others.

Presented by:

• Emily Tellez Sanchez

Leadership

If you want to learn about LEADERSHIP, then this is the class for you. You think you can't be a leader...this class will change your opinion. Leaders are not born but made. Leadership is a skill for everyone to use and cultivate. Join me and together we can learn and cultivate leadership.

Presented by:

• Ritvik Ivaturi

Empathy Workshop

Want to learn how to make a meaningful impact on current events that are occurring in the world right now? Then you’ve come to the right place! In this workshop, we will learn about how to be an advocate for other people and how to acknowledge our feelings of empathy for others!

Presented by:

• Siya Aggarwal

Diversity in the Classes

During our presentation, we will share our (student) perspective of diversity in classrooms. We will also explain how it affects students academically and socially. We believe that PBL helps groups of students use their knowledge and expertise about activities to shine in certain activities. We have a group project and activity idea to share to use in the classroom. For schools that do not regularly do PBL, we have a group project and activity idea in the classroom. We also have a game planned out that teaches students empathy towards others. This is to let them acknowledge that yes, we are all different, and we need to learn how to make sure every student could embrace their differences.

Presented by:

• Jezelle Kyra Bareng
• Lillyanna Montoya
• Kassandra Chow
• Judy Anna Dela Cruz

STEM → STEAM: Incorporating Performing Arts in Schools

Our conference session is about incorporating performing arts (dance) in schools because of the impact it has when you dance. You will be able to meet new people, connect with others who share the same interest as you, get a great workout, and much more! Explore a world of dance and see how similar - and how different - dance is around the world. Join us on this beautiful journey as we map the world for you and take you around the world through different dance styles and rhythms. We will demonstrate salsa and rumba. Unite with us to learn some basic patterns and steps for salsa!

Presented by:

• Miriya Schlieper
• Brian Somera
• Allison Estrada
• Daisy Aguilar
• Emily Thach

What’s in the mind of a modern day student?

Do you know what’s in the mind of a modern day student? Your answer may not be a positive yes. In fact, you might be thinking that you really don’t know. However, my lecture will give you a deeper and richer understanding of the student mind. My name is Mckayla Castigador and, I will be talking about the importance of mental health. Especially, taking care of a student’s mental health. My lesson will let you be able to empathize the pressures of being a student, the positives of being a student, things that students would change at their school, and how scary it can be at school. Within my lesson, I will teach you about the stigma of school. Also, how school may get worse as the kids grow older. But, I will provide a solution as well. School may be an amazing place for learning but, there are many pressures within a student’s day. Come hear and find out more about this very important topic.

Presented by:

• Mckayla Castigador

Anime Art Class

Join the Anime Art class! Anime is a form of Japanese art that has become popular worldwide. This style involves more exaggerated features (for example, large eyes). In this class, I will guide you through drawing the face of an anime girl in the style of a YouTube tutorial. When you leave the classroom, you'll feel more confident in your skill than how you felt less than an hour ago!

Presented by:

• Vibha Kashyap