In affiliation with

MTS PD Day October 21,2016

THEME: Multiage, Multiple Ways

Learn how to incorporate the multiple intelligences into

classroom.

Attendees will have the opportunity to explore sessions in

literacy, numeracy, yoga, outdoor education, visual arts,

coding, green screen technology and how to use furniture

to enhance the learning environment for all learners.

These and many other amazing sessions will share inclusive

strategies to support all learners.

FEATURE SPEAKER: Marian Small

Please join us at Victor Wyatt School on October 21. Please

register early to ensure you are able to attend your

preferred session. Spaces are limited. Registration opens

Friday, September 9, 2016. Register before September 30

and your name will be entered to win a free half day

session.

AGM The MAME Executive will be hosting our AGM this year on Wednesday, April 27th at 5:00pm at Mona Lisa Restaurant. New Executive positions will be elected along with a few minor revisions to our Constitution. Dinner will follow. All members are invited to attend. Please just RSVP to chair@multiagemanitoba.org if you plan to attend so enough space can be reserved.

Hope to see you there!

Volume 8, Issue 4

Spring 2016 Newsletter

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Executive Members: Chair Kathy Klenk

Secretary Jessica Foss

Treasurer Michelle Adolph

Editor Heather Deneka

Natalie Hlady

Membership Julie Van Caeyzeele

Registration Julie Van Caeyzeele

SAGE Con-ference

Bailey Englot (Chair) Charlene Sacher, Michelle Adolph, Cindy Pellerin, Julie Van

Caeyzeele, Lara Klassen

PD Co-Chairs

Kathy Cullen,

Christine Clark

PD Funding Charlene Sacher (chair), Cindy Pellerin, Kathy Cullen, Breccan Wilson,

Kathy Klenk

SAGE Coun-cil Rep.

Michelle Adolph

Library Charlene Sacher

Web-minder Michelle Adolph

Members at Large

Shannon Young, Verna Bridg-es, Lisa McAvoy, Lawna Lon-don, Kara-Dawn Moroz, Jessi-ca Nuttall, Allen Vilar

MTS PD Day and AGM 1

Chair Report, FETC Conference Report 2

TCEA Convention and National Art Education Conference

3

Digital Portfolios with SeeSaw 4

Ipads & UDL , QR Code Scavenger Hunt 5/6

Inside this issue:

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UPDATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Report from the Chair Submitted By: Kathy Klenk

The MAME Executive team of 21 members

has been very busy this year with

coordinating a variety of exciting

opportunities for our members from

planning the fall

MTS PD Day and

multiple

professional

development

sessions for

teachers and Parent

Councils,

organizing school

visits, updating our

social media,

processing

applications for

PD Funding and

so much more!

One new initiative that is just getting up and

running is our Marketing Team. We hope to

be able to communicate better with our larger

membership as well as try out new ways of

advertising the diverse ways we

can help our membership in the

area of professional

development, collaboration and

networking.

Future of Educational Technology Conference

By: Matthew Steingart

I was fortunate to attend the F.E.T.C (Future of Educational Technology Conference) in Orlando, Florida this past January. It was an incredible opportunity to meet with fellow educators who share a love for technology and infusing it into their lessons. The FETC is the leading edge of innovation and pedagogy with hundreds of themed sessions to choose from.

As I work with students who have pervasive Developmental disorders, I saw models of robotics used to teach students with autism. I met the owner of a program called The Social Express who created a program with video modelling to help teach students appropriate social skills. He gave me a free trial and my students enjoyed it so much we purchased it. The F.E.T.C. offers something for everyone and I would like to extend my appreciation to M.A.M.E for allowing me to do this.

National Art Education

Association Conference in

Chicago By Charlene Sacher

With the support of MAME I was fortunate in being able to attend the National Art Education Association Conference this March in Chicago. It was an amazing opportunity where I was able to meet with many like-minded educators who value arts, multiple intelligence teaching and arts integration. I was able to learn many new ideas by chosing from the hundreds of sessions that were offered. Through the many hand-on sessions, lectures and exhibition hall I was able to learn many new techniques that I was able to implement with my classroom as soon as I returned. I feel confident in being able to provide a richer educational experience for my students, not just this year, but in the upcoming school years, as my skills for integrating arts into all subject areas in an authentic and engaging manner was challenged and I am able to better plan for my multi-age classroom.

One of the lessons was called the one-minute poem and I tried it with great success with my grade 1-2

students. The students look at a piece of art for 30 seconds then the art is covered, students turn and talk (or write on post-its) about what they saw. Students then look at the art for another 30 seconds and the art is once again covered. Students will write one word on a post-it (or have someone scribe the word) that describes the picture – it could be an art

vocabulary word, a memory, a feeling it evokes. As a group, the class then takes the words that are written on post-its and creates a class poem using the post-its, rearranging it as they see fit - such a simple exercise that had powerful writing attached to it.

Thank you again to MAME for the opportunity to

attend the National Art Education Association

Conference.

TCEA Convention and Exposition Connected 2016

By: Laurie Brewster Grade 7/8 Teacher; HS Paul School

From Feb 1-5, 2016 I had the pleasure of attending the Texas Computer Educator’s Association Conference in Austin, Texas. It was a five day conference offering over 900 sessions, 10 academies, and 450 exhibits. The flexible conference schedule let me plan my own day and choose sessions of interest to customize the experience to my needs. There were 900 expert and peer led presentations on technology integration across all curricular areas for Pre K through higher education. Conference session options included hands on PC workshops, BYOD workshops, full day academies with breakout sessions, and an exhibitor showcase. I came away from the conference with lists of new apps and programs to try with my class, some of which I have already implemented. My class grade 7/8 class is currently working on a project about Human Rights and we have decided to “break away from our Power Point security blanket.” Here are some of the presentation programs that were highlighted at the conference that I am currently exploring with my class. Prezi ProShow Easelly Keynote Skitch Evernote Haiku Deck Thinglink Show Me Powtoon Near Pod

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

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ENTERING THE WORLD OF DIGITAL PORTFOLIOS

Documenting Learning with a Digital Portfolio

By: Jessica Foss and Kathy Cullen

This winter, the students in our class began using Seesaw, a student-driven, digital portfolio to document their learning. From a teacher perspective this program is easy to use and easy for students to pick up and work with. Each student profile uses a photo icon for easy identification. The students are able to quickly and efficiently find their icon and name to access and work on their digital portfolio.

The students began displaying their learning by downloading work samples, or taking photos or videos of their work, using the classroom iPads or the laptop computers. Students were then taught how to use the writing and drawing tools, and the audio recording options to reflect on what they had learned. They also learned to organize their work into digital folders.

After

initially

learning

how to use

the

different

tools, the

students

have begun to takeownership of their

portfolio as they are beginning to decide what

they want to add to their portfolio and when.

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Just before our triad- conferences, we invited parents to view their child’s electronic portfolio. Parents were also given the option to sign up for automatic notification to let them know whenever their child submits a new entry into their portfolio.

The students in our class love working on their Seesaw Digital Portfolios and are thrilled to share their learning with their parents using this exciting tool.

To check out Seesaw go to www.seesaw.me

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QR Codes in Grade 1/2

Find Those Codes

QR Code Scavenger Hunt Helps Kick-Off UDL Unit

By Breccan Wilson

Grade 1/2 Teacher; Shamrock School

After spring break our grade 1/2 team kicked off our thematic Science/Social Studies unit with a day of stations engaging learners with each one of the multiple intelligences. The unit, our team’s foray into planning a unit using universal design for learning, integrates the grade 1 clusters Characteristics and Needs of Living Things and Connecting with Others.

Among the favourite stations on our kick-off day

were West African drumming, learning about and

tasting bread from around the world and playing

Indigenous games. My colleague Louise designed a

scavenger hunt station

using QR codes. She

wrote a series of clues

about things that are used

around the world that

come from nature (natural

resources) and printed

pictures to answer the

questions.

She then used QRafter to print QR codes. The QR codes linked to the questions when the children scanned them with a QR code reader. QRafter is extremely easy to use upon opening the app for the first time. The pictures (answers) were pasted on one sheet with the code (clue) for the next question in the hunt, so that it formed a complete circle. As the students proceeded through the hunt with their iPads they used the app QR Reader to scan the codes and they recorded the answers in picture format on their recording sheet. There are many free QR readers out there. We would advise selecting one with no ads that pop up and minimal visual distractions on the screen. QR Reader seemed to work well.

We are willing to share our rubric and essential

understandings for the

unit if you are interested.

You may email me at

breccan.wilson@lrsd.net.

Using iPads and Technology in a UDL Classroom

Submitted by Shannon Young and Regan Hindle

Using an iPad or computer in a UDL classroom requires pre- teaching and modeling. Students should not start out with technology, but with the Essential Understandings and rubrics. The tools (or apps) a teacher chooses for their class must be accessible to all, but students should be able to choose which tools they use. Not all activities need to have a technology component.

Through the use of iPads, students will be provided with learning opportunities to learn collaboratively and independently. Students will be able to explore and learn based on various multiple intelligences. IPads will appeal to auditory, kinesthetic and visual learners. The iPads can be used to individualize and differentiate student learning, allow learners to work at their own individual pace and skill level, and provide students the opportunity to take ownership of how they learn. Students will be given an additional opportunity of using a tool that can effectively contribute to student learning. Students will be able to show their learning through many ways, such as; video, photography, dialogue, art, music, and drama.

We would like to thank MAME for the $1000.00 grant to purchase two iPads and cases to be used collaboratively between our two classrooms.