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Keynote Live Stream
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Hacking Through Modern Learning
Hacking Through Modern Learning
Daphne McMenemy
Daphne McMenemy
Daphne McMenemy is an educator, author and speaker. Her first book, Gracie, about a young girl whose learning is brought to life when her teacher introduces her to coding and a new way of thinking, is based on her personal experiences in the classroom. As a child and young adult, Daphne was focused on becoming an educator with purpose, to improve the lives of her students and make an impact on their educational journey. As an educator for the past 15 years, she has created opportunity for children in her classroom to explore learning in innovative ways. Using STEM to engage children as young as kindergarten age in discovering learning through coding, she develops numeracy, literacy and computational thinking skills through creative exploration. Her experience in the classroom has proven to support even the most hesitant learners in building confidence in their abilities and engaging in the learning process. Daphne is committed to building relationships, meeting students where they are, appreciating each individual, and finding opportunity to engage and motivate students in creative, innovative ways. Her newest venture allows her an extensive creative outlet as the Managing Director of Code Breaker Inc.
Sessions and Descriptions
Sessions and Descriptions
SESSION: 1A
Title of Session: Ready, Set, Connect: Strategies to Build Strong Conections with Students
Presenter: Leah Obach & Devon Caldwell, KG Education (PWSD + FLBSD also)
Session Description:Join this session for 5 easy and engaging activities that help build strong connections with students of any age. These are great ways to start or continue building relationships with your students while also having some fun. Use these technology-infused activities at any point throughout the year to foster connections with your students. You’ll leave this session with activities you can implement right away.
Target Audience: K-12
Area of Focus: No
Prerequisites (if any): none
SESSION: 1B
TITLE: Bitmoji Classrooms
PRESENTER: Marla Medwid, Prairie Spirit School Division
Creating Bitmoji Classrooms is a trend that started when we went remote in March of 2020. Participants will create their own Bitmoji Classroom and learn how to use it in a Google Classroom.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Early Years, Middle Years
FOCUS AREA: ELA and SS
SESSION: 1C, repeated 4C
TITLE: e-Sports in the Middle Years
PRESENTER: Melissa Burns, Louis Riel School Division
Video games. From mobile games to PC and console gaming, our students are playing every day, so why not flip the script and use them in our schools to engage and empower our students with 21st century skills. Come explore the world of competitive digital gaming (esports), and how Middle Years Esport Manitoba can help you bring gaming to your school. This fun, future ready learning opportunity is waiting for you, and as a bonus, it meets all the safety protocols for Covid-19 in-person, hybrid, and remote learning.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Administration
SESSION: 1D
TITLE: AR and VR Technologies Across the Curriculum - Because the World Demands It!
PRESENTER: Dr. Eva Brown and Jaime Wong, Red River College
Learning to infuse technology into your curriculum requires hands-on experiences to build self efficacy and confidence to actually teach and learn with technology. The world uses technology everywhere so why are we not providing our students with opportunities to experience learning with technology to help them become globally competitive and collaborative? This session presents, demonstrates and provides hands-on participation in learning to use AR and VR tools that are applicable to many curriculum areas to meet the seven supporting principles of the Manitoba Literacy with ICT K-12 Continuum and the new computational thinking and coding directives.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: Infusing technology across the curriculum
SESSION: 1E, repeated 4E
TITLE: Blended Learning 101
PRESENTER: Kirsten Thompson, Mountain View School Division
In the age of Covid-19, schools across the world have been tasked with reimagining how education is delivered to students. Blended Learning is mentioned as a strategy to address the restrictions placed upon us by Covid-19, but what exactly is Blended Learning? How can it be implemented and where do you start? Participants will leave with an understanding of the various models of Blended Learning, checklist of access considerations and strategies for implementation.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12, Administration
SESSION: 1F, repeated 4D
TITLE: Running Lean with Design Thinking for Tech Education
PRESENTER: James Warren, DueNorth Systems Inc.
How To apply design thinking concepts to work with students in order to become better critical thinkers, problem solvers, and see issues though an analytical lens.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: Algorithms, Critical thinking, Design Thinking and engaging technology with students.
SESSION: 1G, repeated 2G
TITLE: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: What does AI mean in my life?
PRESENTER: Erica Hoiss, Kids Code Jeunesse
This workshop will introduce how Artificial Intelligence is used in the real world, a hands-on machine learning activity and an exploration of the ethical issues your students face in their online engagement. Participants will leave this workshop with information about how to recognize AI algorithms and empower students to make healthy choices as digital citizens
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
SESSION: 1H, repeated 3H
TITLE: Learning with Funster: Documenting Evidence of Learning with the Brightspace Portfolio
PRESENTER: Shannon Magee, Manitoba Education
Are you looking for a Manitoba supported, safe and secure portfolio tool to capture student learning? Brightspace Portfolio's Funster app offers students the ability to capture and reflect on their work in the moment and gives educators a way to easily provide them with feedback.
During this session you will learn:
• how this simple, fun app guides students through the process of signing in, capturing learning experiences, and posting them for the teacher to see.
• how students can upload pictures and audio reflections to Brightspace right from the app to demonstrate evidence of learning.
• How teachers can easily review, approve, and provide feedback on portfolio items.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Early Years, Middle Years
SESSION: 1I, repeated 4I
TITLE: Creating Video Games with Flowlab
PRESENTER: Joshua Baker, Prairie Spirit School Division
Using the online game engine Flowlab you can create video games and teach basic programming skills, and develop computational thinking using a web interface. After developing the basic skills students can work on their own or in teams to create their own graphics and increase the complexity of their games as much as they want..
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: Computer Science/Coding
Session 2
Session 2
11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
SESSION: 2A, repeated 4A
TITLE: Behind Their Eyes - Creating Feedback Loops for Deeper Learning
PRESENTER: Darren Kuropatwa, St. John's Ravenscourt School
They're looking at me. And they're polite so it looks like they're listening to me too. But I have no idea what's going on behind their eyes. At least I didn't until I started mashing up various Visible Thinking Routines (via Harvard’s Project Zero) with Google Suite and class discussions. I've gotten a much better idea of what they know, what they don't, and what we need to circle back to revisit. I'll share some of what's working for me, and give you all my stuff, so you can give it a go with your kids too. We’ll learn a little and laugh a little.
PREREQUISITES: Some familiarity with Google Suite
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: General
SESSION: 2B, repeated 3B
TITLE: e-Sports in Manitoba
PRESENTER: Brian Cameron, Louis Riel School Division
eSports participation is on the rise in North America and is finding its way into our schools. Manitoba High School eSports is growing. Find out what eSports can do for your school, why it's good for kids and how to become part of it.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: e-Sports
SESSION: 2C, repeated 3C
TITLE: Level up! Gamify Your Class
PRESENTER: Christopher Fredrickson, Manitoba Education
Want to engage your students? Add some excitement into your classes? Try gamification!
In this session you will get a quick introduction to what gamification and how you can use it. Look forward to a quick walkthrough of principles of game design and how to use it to increase engagement in your class. We will go over some tips and tricks to launch a gamified class online. You will walk away with plenty of resources and ideas to start your quest!
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: General
SESSION: 2D, repeated 3D
TITLE: Concept Comprehension Creative Code
PRESENTER: Phil Bagge, Primary Teacher, UK
We will explore a key programming concept using roleplay and writing before examining code through the lense of code comprehension methods. Finally delegates will create something using their new knowledge. There will be lots of free resources to try out and use in your schools.
PREREQUISITES: Some knowledge of coding is helpful, Google Suite
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: Computing Creative Programming
SESSION: 2E, repeated 3E
TITLE: Making Tech Work For You
PRESENTER: Kirsten Thompson, Mountain View School Division
Organization is one of the keys to success, but how do you organize your digital life? This session will provide a series of short, accessible tips and tricks that educators can implement immediately. Topics will include file organization, curation tools, digital short cuts, and accessibility improvements.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12, Administration, Support Staff, Student Services
SESSION: 2F
TITLE: 3D Modeling and Coding with CoSpacesEDU
PRESENTER: Paul Friesen & Sherry Hannah, Southwest Horizon School Division
CoSpaces Edu is a 3D creation web & app-based classroom tool that allows students to create in a 3D augmented and virtual reality environment. It is device agnostic and can be used across the curriculum, from classes studying languages, geography, the arts, STEM concepts and much more. Cospaces can be used in elementary, middle and high school. Elements of the 3D environment can also be animated by adding code, either with Blockly style coding or Javascript. The end result is a robust, low floor, high ceiling, user friendly ecosystem with numerous applications. Come see it for yourself and give it a try! Bring a device if possible.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: 3D Modeling and Coding
SESSION: 1G, repeated 2G
TITLE: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: What does AI mean in my life?
PRESENTER: Erica Hoiss, Kids Code Jeunesse
This workshop will introduce how Artificial Intelligence is used in the real world, a hands-on machine learning activity and an exploration of the ethical issues your students face in their online engagement. Participants will leave this workshop with information about how to recognize AI algorithms and empower students to make healthy choices as digital citizens
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
SESSION: 2H, repeated 4H
TITLE: Microbit Practical Coding
PRESENTER: Cody Creed, Winnipeg School Division
Microbits have been widely distributed but not widely understood. They are amazing tools of creativity full of opportunities for curricular connections and inquiry learning. They are coded with free web based software and they communicate with each other and the world through a wealth of sensors and io pins. This session will give you the skills to deliver meaningful lessons while using microbit to its full potential.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: All Subjects
SESSION: 2I, repeated 3I
TITLE: Using Google Cloud to Host a Web Server
PRESENTER: Joshua Baker, Prairie Spirit School Division
Using Google cloud VMs to create a server with secure file transfer to upload student designed documents and media files, and set up a simple web server to serve that content to the internet.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Senior Years, Administration
FOCUS AREA: Web Design
Session 3
Session 3
1:20 - 2:20 PM
SESSION: 1A, repeated 3A
TITLE: Littles Learn to Code & Code to Learn
PRESENTER: Daphne McMenemy, K-3 Educator in Ontario, Canada and the Managing Director of Code Breaker Inc.
Foster creativity, innovation and perseverance while developing problem-solving and computational thinking skills with our youngest learners. In this session, we will explore a variety of ways that coding and robotics can be integrated into all areas of your early learning program. Learn how to create an environment for innovation and foster a lifelong love of learning while developing computational thinking skills throughout the K-3 learning environment.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-3
SESSION: 2B, repeated 3B
TITLE: e-Sports in Manitoba
PRESENTER: Brian Cameron, Louis Riel School Division
eSports participation is on the rise in North America and is finding its way into our schools. Manitoba High School eSports is growing. Find out what eSports can do for your school, why it's good for kids and how to become part of it.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: e-Sports
SESSION: 2C, repeated 3C
TITLE: Level up! Gamify Your Class
PRESENTER: Christopher Fredrickson, Manitoba Education
Want to engage your students? Add some excitement into your classes? Try gamification!
In this session you will get a quick introduction to what gamification and how you can use it. Look forward to a quick walkthrough of principles of game design and how to use it to increase engagement in your class. We will go over some tips and tricks to launch a gamified class online. You will walk away with plenty of resources and ideas to start your quest!
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: General
SESSION: 2D, repeated 3D
TITLE: Concept Comprehension Creative Code
PRESENTER: Phil Bagge, Primary Teacher, UK
We will explore a key programming concept using roleplay and writing before examining code through the lense of code comprehension methods. Finally delegates will create something using their new knowledge. There will be lots of free resources to try out and use in your schools.
PREREQUISITES: Some knowledge of coding is helpful, Google Suite
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: Computing Creative Programming
SESSION: 2E, repeated 3E
TITLE: Making Tech Work For You
PRESENTER: Kirsten Thompson, Mountain View School Division
Organization is one of the keys to success, but how do you organize your digital life? This session will provide a series of short, accessible tips and tricks that educators can implement immediately. Topics will include file organization, curation tools, digital short cuts, and accessibility improvements.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12, Administration, Support Staff, Student Services
SESSION: 3F
TITLE: Why should I teach Computational Thinking (CT)?
PRESENTER: David Wall, Manitoba Education
An intro to CT in the classroom. Infusing CT helps students develop skills and competencies across all subject areas, increasing resiliency and confidence when working with complexity and difficult problems. CT is directly linked to Computer Science and coding but there is so much more. So how does CT work? Why should I teach CT? What if I don’t know how to Code?
During this session you will learn:
• What CT is • The CT model and how to use it • Examples of CT in action • How CT aligns with CMECs global competencies and why industry is using CT.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: All
SESSION: 3G
TITLE: Manitoba River Watch - There’s an App for That!
PRESENTER: Kent Lewarne, Manitoba River Watch
Since 2010 students across Manitoba have been collaborating in one of the province's largest ongoing citizen science projects. It's time to get your students involved, reconnect with the program or if you are a regular, learn the changes to the program. Come and see the tools of the trade and how technology is helping River Watch collect and share data!
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: Grade 7 Science, Grade 8 Science, Science 20F, Chemistry, Biology
SESSION: 1H, repeated 3H
TITLE: Learning with Funster: Documenting Evidence of Learning with the Brightspace Portfolio
PRESENTER: Shannon Magee, Manitoba Education
Are you looking for a Manitoba supported, safe and secure portfolio tool to capture student learning? Brightspace Portfolio's Funster app offers students the ability to capture and reflect on their work in the moment and gives educators a way to easily provide them with feedback.
During this session you will learn:
• how this simple, fun app guides students through the process of signing in, capturing learning experiences, and posting them for the teacher to see.
• how students can upload pictures and audio reflections to Brightspace right from the app to demonstrate evidence of learning.
• How teachers can easily review, approve, and provide feedback on portfolio items.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Early Years, Middle Years
Session 4
Session 4
2:30 – 3:30 PM
SESSION: 2A, repeated 4A
TITLE: Behind Their Eyes - Creating Feedback Loops for Deeper Learning
PRESENTER: Darren Kuropatwa, St. John's Ravenscourt School
They're looking at me. And they're polite so it looks like they're listening to me too. But I have no idea what's going on behind their eyes. At least I didn't until I started mashing up various Visible Thinking Routines (via Harvard’s Project Zero) with Google Suite and class discussions. I've gotten a much better idea of what they know, what they don't, and what we need to circle back to revisit. I'll share some of what's working for me, and give you all my stuff, so you can give it a go with your kids too. We’ll learn a little and laugh a little.
PREREQUISITES: Some familiarity with Google Suite
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: General
SESSION: 1B, repeated 4B
TITLE: Bitmoji Classrooms
PRESENTER: Marla Medwid, Prairie Spirit School Division
Creating Bitmoji Classrooms is a trend that started when we went remote in March of 2020. Participants will create their own Bitmoji Classroom and learn how to use it in a Google Classroom.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Early Years, Middle Years
FOCUS AREA: ELA and SS
SESSION: 1C, repeated 4C
TITLE: e-Sports in the Middle Years
PRESENTER: Melissa Burns, Louis Riel School Division
Video games. From mobile games to PC and console gaming, our students are playing every day, so why not flip the script and use them in our schools to engage and empower our students with 21st century skills. Come explore the world of competitive digital gaming (esports), and how Middle Years Esport Manitoba can help you bring gaming to your school. This fun, future ready learning opportunity is waiting for you, and as a bonus, it meets all the safety protocols for Covid-19 in-person, hybrid, and remote learning.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Administration
SESSION: 1F, repeated 4D
TITLE: Running Lean with Design Thinking for Tech Education
PRESENTER: James Warren, DueNorth Systems Inc.
How To apply design thinking concepts to work with students in order to become better critical thinkers, problem solvers, and see issues though an analytical lens.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: Algorithms, Critical thinking, Design Thinking and engaging technology with students.
SESSION: 1E, repeated 4E
TITLE: Blended Learning 101
PRESENTER: Kirsten Thompson, Mountain View School Division
In the age of Covid-19, schools across the world have been tasked with reimagining how education is delivered to students. Blended Learning is mentioned as a strategy to address the restrictions placed upon us by Covid-19, but what exactly is Blended Learning? How can it be implemented and where do you start? Participants will leave with an understanding of the various models of Blended Learning, checklist of access considerations and strategies for implementation.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12, Administration
SESSION: 4F
TITLE: Computational Thinking (CT) Across the Grades
PRESENTER: David Wall, Manitoba Education
Building critical creative transferable thinking skills.
We use Computational Thinking in everything we do but we typically focus on the content not the process of thinking about thinking! Using logical analysis, problem decomposition, abstraction, pattern recognition and algorithms we can solve complex problems and delve into deeper learning.
During this session you will learn:
• How to apply CT to curriculum • CT and coding • Using CT in Math, ELA, and other curricular areas. • Escape rooms & Hackathons
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: All
SESSION: 4G
TITLE: Survey123 - Why Didn’t I Know About This Sooner?
PRESENTER: Kent Lewarne, Prairie Spirit School Division
Did you know that Manitoba Education has a provincial license with ESRI Canada for educators to utilize some amazing tools? ArcGIS Online and Survey123 are two of the tools at your disposal! In this session learn the basics of getting designed and publishing your own surveys! Survey123 is a powerful data collection tool that can be utilized in a variety of courses. Why not plot the potholes in your community's roads? Let's monitor the trees in your neighborhood? Where do you find trash? There are so many possibilities!
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: Middle Years, Senior Years
FOCUS AREA: Science and Social Studies
SESSION: 2H, repeated 4H
TITLE: Microbit Practical Coding
PRESENTER: Cody Creed, Winnipeg School Division
Microbits have been widely distributed but not widely understood. They are amazing tools of creativity full of opportunities for curricular connections and inquiry learning. They are coded with free web based software and they communicate with each other and the world through a wealth of sensors and io pins. This session will give you the skills to deliver meaningful lessons while using microbit to its full potential.
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: All Subjects
SESSION: 1I, repeated 4I
TITLE: Creating Video Games with Flowlab
PRESENTER: Joshua Baker, Prairie Spirit School Division
Using the online game engine Flowlab you can create video games and teach basic programming skills, and develop computational thinking using a web interface. After developing the basic skills students can work on their own or in teams to create their own graphics and increase the complexity of their games as much as they want..
PREREQUISITES: None
AUDIENCE: K-12
FOCUS AREA: Computer Science/Coding
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