Educator

Date: 12 March 2019 and 11 April 2019

Time: 9am – 5pm

Cost: RM800

Description: Today, more than a billion people use Facebook, and more than 200 million use Twitter actively to connect, network, interact and share with one another. YouTube receives more than 4 Billion video views per day, millions of people blog, and there are more than 14 million articles on Wikipedia. Social Media today is impacting every aspect of our lives whether it is our social, working, education or family life. However, what about using web 2.0 tools to engage large audience? During this hands-on workshop, we will explore web 2.0 tools that we can use to engage students during Flipped Classroom sessions (or F2F classes)

Module Content :

1. Poll Everywhere

• How to create free account?
• Creating different types of polls (MCQ, Word Cloud, Open ended Question, Competitions, Hot spot)
• How to launch live polls and collect responses from audience.
• How to embed polls into your PowerPoint slides?
• Other features of Poll Everywhere.

2. Padlet

• How to create account and create padlet wall?
• Design and layout of padlet wall.
• How to protect wall and share with audience?
• Advance features of Padlet.

3. Socrative

• Creating virtual class/room.
• Creating activities for your audience
• Creating quiz for fun and gamification.
• Viewing reports of your audience.
• Generating open ended question and letting audience to vote the responses.
• Exit ticket.
• Exporting reports to excel.

4. Kahoot

• Create account.
• Search for existing Kahoots (quizzes, games)
• Modify the questions
• Setting the rules for Kahoot.
• Launching the Kahoot.
• Exporting the results.

5. Formative

• Great Formative account
• Generating class and activities.
• Other features

6. Other web 2.0 tools

Date: 13 March 2019 and 9 April 2019

Time: 9am – 5pm

Cost: RM800

Description: This one-day course is partially derived from the Google for Education Advanced training that is also aligned with the ISTE Standards for teachers to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity.

This course will be delivered with lectures, demonstration, discussions and practical tips and hands on learning experience. Post-course support will be provided in the forms of educational community discussions where participants will be getting support and ideas not only from the trainer but also from the community.

Module Content:

1. Design Interactive Curricula

• How you can make static instructional videos interactive
• To use the YouTube Editor to create interactive videos where students can be self-directed learners
• To utilize multiple Google tools simultaneously to meet the needs of each individual learning situation
• To create interactive lessons in Docs, Slides, and Forms
• The specific steps you can take to decide the quality level of a source
• How to integrate outside, high-quality applications into your classroom to enrich curriculum

1. Harness the Power of Google for Research

• Use advanced search techniques to get better search results
• Use other search tools, such as Google News, Trends, Books, and Alerts
• Access the power of Google Search right from within Google Docs and Slides
• Translate documents and phrases from one language to another
• Find and cite academic resources for scholarly projects
• Organize a personal library of academic resources
• Provide opportunities for students to follow their interests and be more self-directed in their learning

Date: 14 March 2019 and 6 April 2019

Time: 9am – 5pm

Cost: RM800

Description: In this 1-day hands-on workshop, we will explore how we can use technology to engage and gamify using various methods and online tools. We will actively look at how we can transform learning experiences using ‘Gamification’ and ‘Game Mechanics’. Then we will explore how we can use interactive online tools to engage learners during learning sessions. Participants will be engaged throughout the workshop with learning activities. It will be fun, engaging, and participants will get a taste of how they can use technology and gamification to transform the way they facilitate learning.

Module Content:

1. LEARNING

Understanding how the brain learns.

1. GAMIFICATION

Introducing ‘Gamification’ and ‘Game Mechanics’.

1. LEARNING DESIGN

Designing engaging and gamified learning experiences using face-to-face and blended learning methods.

1. TOOLS

Exploring various online tools that we can use to engage, gamify and assess students.

1. GROUP WORK

Divided into groups to design gamified learning experiences.

Date: 15 March 2019 and 20 April 2019

Time: 9am – 5pm

Cost: RM1,000

Description: It has been reported that a learner spends approximately 15,000 hours in schools in the first two decades of his or her life (Deci, Vallerand, Pelletier, & Ryan, 1991). Therefore, schools but more specifically, teachers, play a pivotal role in an individual’s life, exerting a powerful influence on shaping a person’s outlook in life, in the immediate community and, in turn, on society as a whole. Understanding this conception, ideally, teachers, to be able to become that positive agent of change, educating their charges and motivating them, need to be, first and foremost, motivated agents themselves who must remain contagious in spreading their love of learning.

Motivation, in essence, deals with direction, intention, vigour and equifinality - all characteristics of deliberate action; and more prominently, motivation leads to tangible results (Ryan and Deci, 2000, p. 69). Mitchell (1982) had earlier described motivation as a phenomenon that defines the duration (or perseverance), direction (or initiation) and intensity (or vigour) of voluntary human behaviour. In addition, motivation has been characterised as the main determining factor behind students’ intention and being focused in the classroom (Rothstein 1990; Woolfolk 1990).

This highly informative and interactive 1-Day Workshop will inform participants of the various factors governing motivation and will equip participants with tips and strategies on how to enhance motivation in the classroom, creating a positive learning experience for all.

Module Content:

1. Understanding the learning and teaching environment

• Classroom culture, norms and habits
• Learning Styles
• Teacher communication style
• The learning environment and classroom arrangement

1. The Self-Determination Theory (SDT)

• Understanding the SDT continuum
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Enhancing motivation of learners
• Factors influencing extrinsic and intrinsic motivation
• Strategies in enhancing motivation in the classroom

1. Teacher as Motivator

• Factors influencing teacher motivation
• Teacher job satisfaction and stress
• Enhancing teacher motivation
• Relationship between teacher motivation and student motivation
• Strategies in enhancing motivation in the classroom

Date: 9 March 2019

Time: 9am - 5pm

Cost: RM50 (Special Introduction Price)

Description:

Did you know that we have approximately 60,000 thoughts per day, and a majority of our thoughts are predominantly NEGATIVE, and often seem to appear out of nowhere? Although, ANTs (Automatic Negative Thoughts) can support us well under certain circumstances, they can also hinder us from making progress and experiencing happiness in life. In this half-day hands-on workshop, we will explore nine (9) types of negative thought patterns, and various techniques we can use to transform ANTs into PETs. You will be challenged throughout by individual and group activities (and fun) to overcome your ANTs. If you want to transform your ANTs into PETs, and be happier and more successful, this workshop is just right for you

Module Content:

• ANTs

Exploring 9 types of Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs) and how they can impact our lives.

• PETs

Transforming ANTs into PETs (Positive Empowering Thoughts) using various techniques.

• ART THERAPY & ROLE PLAY

Two hands-on activities to experience and transform ANTs to PETs.

• BEYOND

15 Tips beyond ANTs to improve your focus, confidence, health and happiness.