Saturday
08:30-09:30 AM Saturday
All Levels • 25 % Interactive
Title: 1150T Teaching That Passes Through the Amygdala's Affective Filter
Description: Positron emission topography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans demonstrate that under stressful conditions the amygdala’s affective filter blocks sensory input from entering the brain’s memory processing regions. This session's presenter will use PowerPoint, handouts, and interactive activities to demonstrate what research has revealed about multisensory strategies that reduce stressors and build positive motivation and engagement. Participants will leave with strategies to facilitate the passage of information through the amygdala to improve students’ memory, retention, and executive function.
Presenter(s): Judy Willis,
Saturday
12:30-02:30 PM Saturday
All Levels • 40 % Interactive
Title: 1223 Reconnecting the Neurons to Maximize Learning
Description: This session will introduce the brain and its various functions. Then, given the example of a brain-injured 18-year-old, participants will view a video of the mental growth through application of various teaching strategies. Participants will predict outcomes and determine what teaching strategies make a difference, what actually reconnects neurons to maximize learning, and how these strategies can be applied universally.
Presenter(s): Donna Cundiff,
Saturday
03:30-04:30 PM Saturday
Secondary • 35 % Interactive
Title: 1302 Globalization101.org: A Free Web Site for Teaching About Globalization
Description: Globalization101.org's free, standard-aligned issue briefs, lesson plans, video interviews, news analyses, and other resources can be used to teach high school and college students about aspects of globalization related to civics, economics, geography, and history. Participants in this session will learn about the policy debates related to international trade and investment, environment, health, culture, migration, and other areas of globalization. Participants will also be introduced to the Spanish-language version of the site.
Presenter(s): Rebecca Weiner, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Saturday
04:45-06:15 PM Saturday
All Levels • 25 % Interactive
Title: 1418 The Power of Assessment: Ensuring Academic Growth for Every Child
Description: Participants will learn each step in the Power of Assessment Process. The seven-step process resulted in a 29.7 percent increase in overall growth over a three-year period at one challenging school. In this session, participants will learn how to interpret and analyze data to redesign instruction that will affect all learners, including crucial steps being used at one urban school that involves teaching students to chart their own progress and holding students accountable for their own learning.
Presenter(s): Beverly Joseph,
