
Session Host/s		Title	Description	Level (where specified)		Session	Location
Surname, Firstname/ School		Title	Description	Level (where specified)	Subject/area	Session	Location
Ali McCannell	ECLC International Kindergarten	Early Childhood Development	1. Sensorial Integration Disorders; 2. Dealing with Violence/aggression in the classroom; 3. Integrating Reggio Emilia concepts in the classroom	EY	General	JAWS-A	ES259
Angela Hung	Asia Pacific Internationl School	Chinese subject	Classroom management	All	Chinese	JAWS-A	ES252
Cathy Jenney, Rebecca Budelman	Seoul Foreign School	Talking About Support in Learning and Language	How does your school structure support? In this Job Alike, we’ll share current approaches to both learning and language support in our schools, ranging from formal “pull-out” classes in learning support or ELL, to a variety of “push-in” scenarios with modifications or extra teacher help. _x000D_ If possible, please come to the session with either a USB file or copies to share of your one-paragraph description of the size and make-up of your student population, the learning and language support needs seen most often, and any classes or strategies with which your school tries to meet them. Discuss any assessments used like (MAP). Finally, if you could create a tailor-made program for your school, what would it look like?	All	ELL	JAWS-A	HS111
Cherith Isenmann	Daegu American School	Elementary school teachers	Using computers in the elementary school classroom	LE,UE	ES and IT	JAWS-A	ES270
Damian Prest	Seoul Foreign School	Student Council	Share ideas on how the student council works in your school.	All	Student Council	JAWS-A	HS103
Dr Annette Faldyn	Seoul Foreign School	ES Counselors	Newtroking meeting fo ALL ES Counselors	ES	Es Counselors	JAWS-A	ES159 ES Counselor's Office
Esther Myong	Seoul Foreign School	Admissions Directors	Everything and anything that pertains to the successful operation of an admissions office	All	Admissions	JAWS-A	HS109
Frank Peterson	Gyeonggi Suwon International School	IT, computers in the classroom	Media, Blogs, integrating 2.0, 21 st century learning	All	IT	JAWS-A	HS107
Geoff Odell and Don Robinson	Seoul Foreign School	Yearbook	We will be discussing a number of yearbook topics such as: Choosing a publisher, hardcover vs. softcover, design ideas, choosing a theme, running a yearbook club or class, etc.	All	Yearbook	JAWS-A	HS101
Jen Kim	Seoul Foreign School	Music		All	Music	JAWS-A	ES452 MUSIC ROOM
Katherine Trueman and Donna Spisso	Seoul International School	Language Arts (Specifically AP Literature/Language)	Each participant should bring in a lesson or idea that has worked within the context of the Korean culture/classroom._x000D_Possible discuss issues relevant to AP, for example, cheating on assignments, reading ability.	HS	Language Arts	JAWS-A	HS206
Lesa Stremick	Indianhead international school	Integrating Social Emotional and creative writing ( literacy through art) with Visual Art	A round table discussion on art projects that integrate social/emotional learning to raise creative thinking. Especially in MS and HS. It would be nice if visual arts teachers brought actual student work and lesson plan ideas to share on SE and integrating creative writing. For instance, I am doing altered books/journals, art illustrating a poem, Art focusing on Identity (cornell)...etc. We can share some resources/etc as it is my PD focus I am doing this year. _x000D_ Please give me feedback and let me know if this is something you think art teachers or even other subject teachers might be interested in.	All	Art/ Language Arts	JAWS-A	HS108
Lisa Stevens	Seoul Academy International School	The Kindergarten Program	Learning Centers and Program Planning; Parental Involvement; Classroom Management and Discipline; Methods of Assessment and Evaluation; Homework	EY	General	JAWS-A	ES268
Michael Castellani	Seoul International School	Mathematics Programs in MS and HS	Enriching the MS & HS Curriculum - Starting a Math Club & encourgaging students to explore areas of Mathematics through competition - Opporunities for students to explore areas of mathematics not normally covered and to make connections	MS, HS	Maths	JAWS-A	HS204
Patricia Petty	DoDEA, Pacific Area Director's Office	PE teachers	Open to ALL KORCOS PE teachers; talking about fitness testing and using fitness data to drive instruction.	All	PE	JAWS-A	ES269
Patti Swanson	Seoul Foreign School	First grade reading/writing	Ideas for centers, what's exciting your students in the classroom, Smartboard activities, behavior solutions	LE	Learning Centres	JAWS-A	ES251
Robin L. Schneider	Korea International School	MS Principal Job-A-Like	This is open to all MS Principals and we will discuss issues that are arising in our schools; scheduling, world languages, KAIAC athletics,...	MS	Principals	JAWS-A	HS106
Rose Lee-Robinson	Seoul Foreign School	ESL	ESL assessments, teaching materials and other resources	All	ESL	JAWS-A	BS393
Susan Lim	Seoul Foreign School	IB Math Studies	Internal Assessment, time management	HS	Maths	JAWS-A	HS207
Uvella Knight	DoDEA Pacific Area Office	Information Specialist	Current topics in Library/Media centers; Topics relevant to DoDEA Korea District	All	Library	JAWS-A	HS105
Adam Teather	Seoul Foreign School	How The Brain Learns ... Addition	We will examine a variety of manipulatives and approaches to teaching both one-digit and two-digit addition. We will discuss some instructional implications of some recent brain-based research (Using 2008 published "How the Brain Learns Mathematics"). We will look at benefits and drawback of different approaches to learning/retaining addition facts (ie. concrete, visual, tactile, spatial, auditory). Depending on the audience - we will spend some time on topics such as Counting/patterning/subitizing (PK-SK) and/ or addition/ subtraction/ estimation (2nd-3rd)	ALL	General	P1	HS300A ACADEMIC LAB
Amy Graham	Asia Pacific international School	ART: Is it History or Studio? Guiding students to creating non-derivative work	(waiting for update)	ALL	Art	P1	HS103
Ansley Burns	Korea International School	Teaching the Traits with Story Books	Lesson ideas for teaching the 6+1 Traits of Writing in the elementary classroom with story books.	ALL	Language Arts	P1	ES257
Bill Hatchett	Seoul American High School	SmartBoard Interactivate	The use of Interactivate on the SmartBoard._x000D_ Project Interactivate has expanded the number of available programs. With the addition of the SmartBoard, we will explore how it can be used in class along with a computer lab. This expands the use of Interactivate and strengthen the ability of students to understand the concepts and ability to use the program.	MS,HS	Math, Science	P1	ES258
Charmaine Foord	Seoul Foreign School	Helping Pupils with Dyslexia	Do you wonder how best to help dyslexic students in your classroom? This presentation will look at some simple yet practical ways designed to help make life easier for dyslexic students in the mainstream classroom.	ALL	Learning Support	P1	BSD395
Christina Farley	Seoul Foreign School	I Hate Writing!	Gain skills and useable activities to motivate your reluctant writers. This course will analyze why students find putting pen to paper challenging, and how to empower students to become writers, through print or media. Attendees will leave with a mix of quick, easy ideas to stimulate and build confidence in their students.	ALL	Writing	P1	BS390
Christy Yang and Wei-Ying Lin	Korea International School and Seoul International School	Strategy for developing oral fluency in foreign language	The presenters will be sharing strategies that they use to help their students develop oral fluency in Chinese -- a third language for most of their students. These strategies include student-produced music video, rehearsed debate, recorded orals, and improvised tongue twister...etc. Real student works will be shown, and the participants will have an opportunity for discussion and some hands-on experience.	MS,HS	Chinese I, II, III, IV, and AP Chinese	P1	ES270
Don Hobbs	DoDEA Pacific Directors' Office	From FEAC to DPAAC	Information regarding DoDEA Pacific Activities and Athletics Council - its function and schedule for next year. Summary of the athletics manual and FAQs. Time for questions.	MS,HS	Secondary athletics	P1	ES276
Don Robinson	Seoul Foreign School	Robotics with Lego Mindstorms	I will be giving a hands-on overview of Lego Mindstorms. LEGO Mindstorms is a line of Lego sets combining programmable bricks with electric motors and sensors. Using Mindstorms, students can create robots out of legos and then program them with Mindstorm software.	UE,MS	Robotics/technology	P1	BS396
Donna Benjamin	Daegu American School	Teaching Research Without the Headaches	Researching skills are something students need at every grade level, addresses standards across the curriculum, integrates learning, and provides opportunities for teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and deeper learning. But, let's face it: it can be a pain. Presenter will go over strategies, ideas, tools, and "The Great Brain" project that she did with students that included brain dissection in an English/Language Arts class!	UE,MS,HS	Cross Curricular	P1	ES274
Dr. Anna Phillips	Korea Kent Foreign School	Plastikos- Ancient Greek Mosiac using the wonder medium plastic	A 'hands on 'creative and fun workshop, incorporating the ideas and designs of Ancient Greek and Roman mosaic, utilizing a medium of today, used plastic bottles. Make your own design and take home your own little piece of the Ancient Greeks!_x000D_ All materials provided, warning: hands may get a little messy, but a warm tap will remedy any distress!	ALL	Art	P1	ES458
Elizabeth Caldwell	Seoul Foreign School	ES Music: Going Beyond the Textbook	As an elementary school music teacher, it's easy to get into a rut. With so many different grades to teach, so many concerts and programs to plan, and so many lessons already there in the textbook, why do anything else? In this session we will discuss a variety of easy ways to teach the same skills without having to keep pulling out the same books, listening to the same CDs, and doing the same activities in order to engage the students, incorporate a variety of learning styles, and have more fun along the way!	EY,LE,UE	Music	P1	ES452
Erik Custer	Seoul International School	Gaelic Football: An Alternative Field Sport for the PE Classroom	This presentation will introduce the basic rules and skills of Gaelic Football. This is an excellent alternative field sport that promotes success while challenging the whole class. Gaelic skills can be transferred to sports such as soccer, rugby, basketball, volleyball, and even hockey. Gaelic is for all ages and levels. Come learn about this traditional Irish sport played all over the world and add it to your next PE unit on the field!	ALL	PE	P1	FIELD
Erin Threlfall	Indianhead Intl. School	Devising Theater and Choreographing Dance through creating a Movement Score	In this workshop, teachers will learn how to use text, music, and journal writing as inspiration to devise a movement score that can be developed into a theater piece. Great for Drama, Dance, and English teachers.	MS,HS	Drama, Dance, and English Language Arts	P1	HS005 DRAMA WORKSHOP
Irene Lee	Seoul American High School	Orchestra Festival Repertoire for 2011	String directors of KAIAC member schools will select repertoire and plan the 2011 KAIAC Orchestra Festival.	MS,HS strings teachers	Music	P1	L301 BAND ROOM
Jamie Ailor	Seoul Foreign Elementary School	SMART Teaching	The SMART board is one of the most exciting teaching tools we have available, but too often it is used primarily as a projector. If you have a SMART board in your classroom and are looking for interactive ways to use it with your students, please join us. Note: Please come to this session with at least a basic understanding of SMART Notebook software	ALL	All Subject Areas	P1	ES253
Jessica Kemnitz and James Manning	Seoul Foreign School	21st Century Technology	Interested in learning new tools to make your classroom more interactive? You'll learn about a variety of online tools that will add interest and excitement to your lessons. Tools include the new Google Wave, ning.com, screencasts, among others.	ALL	IT	P1	HS107
Kristy Waddell	Seoul Foreign School	KINBALL	This is a hands-on introduction of KINBALL covering basic rules and regulations. Come dressed to play.	ALL	PE	P1	BS GREEN ROOM
Moise Gaudet	Asia Pacific international School	Middle School Tricks for the Classroom	A look into some life skill building tricks and feedback methods to work into the classroom._x000D_ Homework never getting done? Students learning vocabulary, always a problem? As well as some simple assessment techniques to help Middle School students become a bit more excited with their learning. All geared to encourage them with a positive atmosphere.	MS	General - ELA focus	P1	ES269
Myrtle Slaughter	International School Songdo	A NEW KIND OF LITERACY: Innovative School Library Programs Promote Classroom Achievements	Traditional style libraries are in the process of leveling the playing field, they are connecting all the knowledge pools in the world together. Librarians, today, have found themselves moving away from managing a physical space into a ubiquitous computing environment. They are virtually guiding student knowledge pools and teaching an evaluation process. Librarians, must continually build their own awareness of tools and resources to teach the critical skills needed by the ‘Net Generation,' or multitasking students. This study examines student's ability to effectively use a library and the effects good library skills have on student achievements.	ALL	Library	P1	ES254
Nick Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Create your own Wiki in under an hour! Session A	Creating an online learning community on the web is a powerful teaching and communication tool for you, your students and their parents. During this session you will briefly look at some examples of Web 2.0 tools that can be used in and out of the classroom and the benefits of having your own online workspace or Wiki. The main focus will be on creating your own Wiki and setting it up for your needs. This workshop is repeated in Session B.	ALL	IT	P1	MS333 COMPUTER LAB
Paul Gillett	Seoul Foreign School	Flip Video in the Classroom	This session will include the following topics: 1. General Information on Video Production including: critical equipment, peripheral equipment to consider, video production philosophy on a windows networked environment, possible uses in the classroom, video production websites, etc.; 2. Planning a project; 3. Shooting techniques for quality video.;4. Capturing video from a digital video camera to the windows environment using Moviemaker.;5. Editing video clips on the timeline.; 6. Adding effects and transitions.; 7. Adding audio such as voice and music.; 8. Adjusting audio levels.; 9. Adding titles throughout the video.; 10. Exporting finished video for different applications.; A handout will be available during the presentation covering the topics listed above. Time will be given during the session for practice with both the video cameras and moviemaker.	ALL	Video Production	P1	HS104
Richard Schlenker and David Cullen	DoDDS Korea District Office & Seoul High School	Today's Weather	Today's Weather is a series of four activities intended to introduce participants to understanding weather maps and local, national and international weather on a daily basis. Activity handouts-materials are provided at the conclusion of the workshop.	ALL	Social Studies	P1	HS201
Rolly Maiquez	International School Songdo	Web 2.0 Tools in Curriculum Integration	As more and more teachers are using blogs and wikis in the classroom, students are getting more networked than ever before. Online tools are so easily and readily available for use in the classroom and more efficient ways of learning online are always being sought out. Find out what online services are easy to use and useful in your job as an administrator or teacher.	ALL	IT	P1	HS102
Rose Robinson	Seoul Foreign School	ESL Resources	This workshop will introduce a variety of ESL resources. These include games, websites, assessments, and other materials that can be utilized in ESL classrooms at the elementary and middle school level.	LE,UE,MS	ESL	P1	BS393
Sally Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Plaster Casting Hands	A practical session using Dental alginate to create a mold of your hand. Plaster of Paris can then be used to cast the actual hand.	UE,MS,HS	Art	P1	BS497 ART ROOM
Sarah Carpenter	Seoul Foreign School	How Smart Are You?	The question for your students is not, "am I smart?", but, "HOW am I smart?". Your students have multiple intelligences. To maximize their learning potential, you need to understand them and know how to tap into them. This session looks at characteristics, challenges and teaching ideas for each smart. Great tools for your teaching tool bag!	ALL	General	P1	ES281 COMPUTER LAB
Alyssia Hunter	Seoul Foreign School	Twitter, Diigo/Delicious, Netvibes/igoogle	This presentation will explain the fastest, easiest ways to stay informed and in touch with the latest web20 technologies and online teaching tools.	ALL	IT	P2	BS398
Andy Whitney	ECLC International Kindergarten - Seoul	Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Program	Children learn best when actively participating in learning activities that fit their individual abilities. We know that children of the same age can often be at different places in their development - some are more advanced while others lag behind. This can be true not only in their cognitive development but in their social/emotional or physical development as well. The teacher must provide activities which allow children of all developmental levels to participate in an active and productive way. This workshop will focus on ways this can be accomplished in the classroom.	ALL	General	P2	ES256
Candacee White	ECLC International Kindergarten	Art with young children: Best practice	The focus of this workshop will be on methods of facilitating and evaluating children's art. Teachers and parents alike share many bad habits when it comes to guiding and commenting on young children's art work. The presentation will cover those bad habits, explain how they discourage children from creativity, and reveal how to implement the best methods for encouraging children to enjoy free creative expression.	EY	Early years art	P2	ES253
Christina Farley	Seoul Foreign School	Writing For Kids: A Workshop for Adults	Delve into the ins and outs of children’s publishing. Distinguish the difference between a PB, MG, and YA. Gain ideas of where to start, including information on SCBWI Korea, and how to send your work to publishers and agents. You will leave this workshop with generated ideas, sample queries and cover letter formats.	ALL	Writing	P2	BS390
Don Robinson	Seoul Foreign School	Book Adventure	Book Adventure is a free website that allows students to take online quizzes on books they have read. By creating student (and teacher) accounts, teachers can keep track of the progress of each student on Book Adventure quizzes. There are over 7,000 quizzes available!	LE,UE,MS	Reading	P2	BS396
Dr. Daniel Knight	Seoul Foreign School	Integrating Technology into the Music Classroom	Introduce and demonstrate a variety of music software for Middle and High School students as composing tools; software includes Dance E-Jay, Music Maker and Sibelius.	MS,HS	Music	P2	L316 MUSIC KEYBORAD LAB
Dr. Don Pottorff	Gyeonggi Suwon International School	They Will Read, but How Do I Get Them to Engage?	This is a hands-on session that will address strategies which enhance classroom discussion through personal connections to literature. More specifically, strategies including Mosiac of Thought, Reader Response, and Autobiographical Response Writing will be demonstrated and experienced along with The Junior Great Books Discussion Technique as time permits.	ALL	Literacy	P2	ES258
Jaesub Choi	ECLC International Kindergarten	Physical Education in Early Years	This presentation is designed to share practical and theoretical ideas of physical activities for teachers in physical education and early childhood education. It shows how the concept of “Learning to Move and Learning through Movement (Gallahue & Donnelly)” is integrated into aspects of a developmental physical education program in different settings. A number of activities and games will be presented with an explanation of why their objectives should be obtained	ALL	PE	P2	BS GREEN ROOM
Jamieson McKenzie	Keynote Speaker	Grazing the Net: Raising a Generation of Free Range Students	The student sits at a classroom computer grazing Internet - a global network linking the student with vast databases, innumerable bulletin boards and millions of users. The potential is amazing. The information harvest could be impressive. Schools that can afford it are rushing to install WANs (wide area networks), LANs (local area networks) and Internet nodes so that all classrooms might sit down to sample the electronic feast. Access becomes priority - for some it becomes obsession. But shouldn't we be asking some important questions about this miracle? If highways are a mixed blessing - carrying some to grandmother's house for dinner but crashing others who have celebrated to the extreme - then what are the risks associated with the Net and how might we minimize them? How might we take advantage of the Net to raise a generation of free range students?	ALL	IT	P2	Robb Hall Theatre
Jeff W. Furner	Seoul American Elementary School	So You’re Looking for an Effective Six Traits Writing Program?	SAES teacher Jeff Furner has authored a comprehensive writing program that includes the six traits of effective writing as an instructional component to build fluency in expression and expository writing while eliminating the need for end-product revision. Approved by the Utah State Office of Education, the VOICE ON DEMAND student book and teacher’s guide are packed with tools and activities to support writing success!	ALL	Language Arts	P2	ES255
Jennifer Webb	Seoul Academy International School	Curiosity-Based Science	Rather than just "feeding" younger students facts from a textbook, curiosity-based science is student-oriented. Curiosity leads to questions and the search to discover answers drives the learning process. Even with limited resources, it is possible to create engaging science lessons where students are eager to find answers - since the questions are all their own! Observation, questioning and exploration are the keys to opening the door to a lifelong love of science.	LE,UE	Elementary Science	P2	HS204
Jessica Kemnitz and James Manning	Seoul Foreign School	21st Century Technology - Q&A time	This will be an opportunity for participants to work with the various tools learned in the previous presentation (21st Century Technology) while the presenters are available to answer questions.	UE,MS,HS	IT	P2	HS107
Katherine Trueman	Seoul International School	Graphic Novels: Reading into the 21st Century	Graphic novels have captured the attention of our students; are they worth our attention too? In this session, we will explore current theory on this subject, share methods for integrating graphic novels as a tool for differentiation, and discuss how graphic novels can be studied for their unique literary merit. We will share resources and allocate time for participants to discuss their experiences and concerns with using graphic novels in the classroom	MS,HS	Language Arts	P2	HS206
LaKisha C. Hudson and Tynia M. Hopkins	Seoul American High School and Osan American High School	Differentiated Learning: Learning Differences	This is about all of your students. All learners have differences. This presentation is about how students are different from one another, highlights the types of differences you'll see in your classroom and implications that can help you analyze individuals' learning styles to better maximize learning.	ALL	Differentiated Learning	P2	HS111
Li Sun	Seoul Academy International School	Happy Chinese	(1)Chinese pronunciation ( Initials,Finals and Tones );(2)Chinese PIN YIN ( Initial - Final Combination ); (3)Speak Chinese with several simple sentences; (4)Learn Chinese through Music ( Sing a Chinese song with Chinese Yangko(dance).	ALL	Chinese language	P2	ES252
Marian Gillett	Seoul Foreign School	Basketball fundamentals - drills for developing players - grades 4-9	We'll run through plenty of games and drills you can use to help your younger students develop basic basketball drills. Come ready to play!	ALL	PE	P2	UAC
Mela O'Brien	Asia Pacific International School	Dramatic Science	Use drama and movement to enhance student learning of science concepts. This is great way to engage kinesthetic and artistic learners. Come prepared to move.	ALL	Drama, Dance, and English Language Arts	P2	HS106
Michael Castellani	Seoul International School	Teaching Mathematical Concepts using Games and Puzzles	Exploring concepts in Mathematics at various levels (ES/MS/HS) : such as sequences, recursion and logic by _x000D_ examining and playing with Games & puzzles. The points of illustration will be made while playing with Rubik’s _x000D_ cubes, wooden & logic puzzles (Sudoku, Nurikabe).	ALL	ES/MS/HS Mathematics	P2	BS394
Naomi Mayer	DODEA Pacific, Early Childhood Instructional Specialist,	Transition Time	Do you have a child in your class who has trouble with transitions? Come and experience new ideas to minimize transition problems and maximize learning.	EY-LE	General	P2	ES275
Nick Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Create your own Wiki in under an hour! Session B	Creating an online learning community on the web is a powerful teaching and communication tool for you, your students and their parents. During this session you will briefly look at some examples of Web 2.0 tools that can be used in and out of the classroom and the benefits of having your own online workspace or Wiki. The main focus will be on creating your own Wiki and setting it up for your needs. This workshop is a repeat of Session A	ALL	IT	P2	MS333 COMPUTER LAB
Patricia Suhs	Taejon Christian International School	Games and What-Nots: Preparing Students for Public Speaking	This workshop is a sneaky way to make participants play games and engage in other fun activities that will help prepare them for public speaking. This workshop hopes to have participants who are timid gain confidence to speak publicly in front of an audience.	ALL	Public Speaking	P2	HS005 DRAMA WORKSHOP
Paul Gillett	Seoul Foreign School	Digital moviemaking for Classroom Projects	We will use pre-existing video, audio and still images to build a digital movie project. All basic processes will be covered such as system requirements, importing of files, editing processes on the timeline, adding transitions, effects and titles, saving out the finished movie and ideas for classroom projects	ALL	Moviemaking	P2	HS104
Sarah Carpenter	Seoul Foreign School	Mind Styles - mind your mind!	Does that student drive you crazy? Do you wonder what goes on in their mind? What's going on in yours? Gregorc's mind style theory is a fabulous tool for your teaching toolbag. Understand your mindstyle and that of those around you. Build bridges, maximise teaching impact and strengthen relationships with others. One of the best tools in my toolbag! Add it to yours ...	ALL	General	P2	ES281 COMPUTER LAB
Scott Bittner and Paul Sidoff	Seoul American High School	Ocean Tides	"Obedient to the influence of bodies many millions of miles removed from them" (Matthew Fontaine Maury, 1855). Maury was of course writing about tides. Tides are the periodic rise and fall of sea level resulting from the gravitational interaction and motions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Through a Maury Project activity, you'll learn more about the role of the Moon in generating ocean tides. The different types of ocean tides generated by the moon will also be investigated.	ALL	Science	P2	HS207
Stephanie Laird	Osan Middle School	More than you ever wanted or needed to know about Google Applications.	This is a Powerpoint with hyperlinks to the internet for demonstrations; A practical overview of the numerous Google applications that are available will be presented. Participants will go away with the knowledge that Google has many applications for the educational setting.	ALL	Technology Integration	P2	ES252
Susannah Wilcox	Seoul Foreign School	SMARTBook in the Classroom	Using the SMART Notebook to teach interactive lessons in the classroom.	LE,UE,MS	Elementary	P2	BS397
Tim Bray	Korean International School	Running a successful student film festival	Do you want to encourage students to make films? This presentation focuses on how to make a successful student film festival. The presenter is co-founder of the KIS Phoenix Film Festival which had over 30 films from 5 different countries in its first year.	ALL	General	P2	ES276
Bernadette Schlueter (DOUBLE)	Seoul American Elementary School	Robotics for Elementary and Middle Schools (DOUBLE session -MUST attend both)	Have fun constructing the LEGO Mindstorm Education robot and program it to perform a number of simple tasks! You will use scientific inquiry to learn the basic principles that apply to robotics (construction and programming). You will connect prior knowledge and personal observations to this introduction, overview and brief look at the basics of robotics. Limited participants only due to the number of robotic parts available for construction.	UE, MS	Science & Mathematics	P2 + P3	HS205
Adam Teather	Seoul Foreign School	How The Brain Learns ... Fractions (aka Developing number sense in the Middle School)	We will examine a variety of manipulatives and approaches to teaching about fractions (comparing, ordering, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction) and developing number sense. We will discuss some instructional implications of some recent brain-based research (Using 2008 published "How the Brain Learns Mathematics"). We will look at benefits and drawback of different approaches to understanding fraction and developing number sense, in light of recent research. (ie. concrete, visual, tactile, spatial, auditory). Depending on interest and time - we will spend some time addressing proportional reasoning.	ALL	Maths	P3	HS300A ACADEMIC LAB
Bill Elliott, Sheva Wilkins	Seoul American Elementary School	Flip-Book Animation with PowerPoint	Remember how you used to create mini-cartoons by drawing little pictures on the corner of your text book pages? It’s the same idea! Adapt this technique to enhance a lesson, challenge your students or just have fun!	ALL	General	P3	ES268
Christy Yang	Korea International School	Peking Opera Face Painting	This presentation will present an overview of the history, development, and key characteristics of Peking Opera face painting. Painting instruction and material will be provided for participants to paint their own mask.	ALL	Chinese language and culture	P3	ES458
Darby Donaho	Seoul Inernational School	How to Ignite Learning by One Engaging Lesson in Science	Science lessons are mind stimulators. When a science lesson is coupled with a writing event or a speaking event in the classroom students must have a motivator. Science can be that motivator.	ALL	Science	P3	HS201
Doug Farley	Seoul Foreign School	Authentic Formative Assessment for Language Arts Classes	This presentation will explore various forms of formative (daily) assessment in language arts classes in order to accurately assess student strengths and weaknesses. Using these assessments will also reduce plagiarism, help in future placement, and help place responsibility of learning on your students' shoulders. Come with your own ideas too, as we will have time to share and learn from each other.	MS,HS	Language Arts	P3	HS109
Dr Richard Harris	Simpson University	M.A. in Education program - what's it all about?	Simpson University's School of Education offers a unique weekend Master of Arts degree program designed for educational professionals serving internationally. Simpson professors teach in a face-to-face interactive learning format right here in South Korea! As you look to enhance your mastery as an educator, our instructors will provide the tools that allow you to confidently pursue your passion. Come and learn how you can advance in your profession.	ALL	Learning Centres	P3	ES264/282 DOUBLE ROOM
Dr William Hill	Camp Humphreys American School	Differentiation is the Salt: Differentiated Instruction is Responsive Instruction	This presentation focuses on Differentiated Instruction and its direct relationship to creating a responsive classroom. The primary focus is on Carol Ann Tomlinson's book and mission of "Fulfilling the Promise of A Differentiated Classroom". 1. Bringing the benefits of differentiation to the classroom. 2. Responsive teaching is effective teaching.	ALL	General	P3	ES270
Drew M. Brandt	Phi Delta Kappa	PDK International	Overview of PDK International	ALL	General	P3	ES259
Frank Peterson	GSIS	Voice Thread: Getting students to tell their stories	Voice Thread is a great tool for students to leave voice comments about pictures & slide shows. This is the heart of digital story telling.	ALL	IT	P3	HS206
Gary Donahue	International School Songdo	Building a GPS for Life Long Learners	Come see a grassroots development project which began right here in Korea between an international educator and a highly creative software company in the US. The software is still currently in development, but a working beta model will be demoed.	ALL	General	P3	HS106
Jee Young Kim	Asia Pacific International School	Introduction to the Writer\'s Workshop	Transform the way you teach writing in the classroom. The writing workshop model allows students to live like real writers as they are actively engaged in the writing process from pre-writing through publishing. This model can be tailored to students of all writing levels. In addition, you will learn specific strategies on teaching a personal narrative unit and you will have a chance to look at actual students’ drafts, writer’s notebooks, and even a video of a student-teacher conference. You will also gain practical tips and suggestions on how to implement the model in your own classroom. The writing workshop model is based on Dr. Lucy Calkins’ Reading & Writing Project developed at Columbia University.	UE	Writing	P3	HS103
Jennifer Ribachonek	Korea International School	Peace Education in International Classrooms	Peace education inspires learners to transform knowledge and visions into social and personal action, and to be engaged, self-reflective agents for peace. Participants of this workshop will be exposed to pedagogical tools of peace education that may be implemented and adapted in their own contexts.	ALL	General	P3	ES275
Jenny Walters and Christina Farley	Seoul Foreign School	Creative Bookmaking: Making Books That Wrinkle, Crinkle, and Crease	Bookmaking promotes a love of reading and books, and provides readers and writers a way to express their creativity while enhancing literacy skills. This hands-on workshop will introduce basic skills, materials, project ideas, and resources needed to incorporate bookmaking into your curriculum. Attendees will create a book sample during the session and come away with a variety of easy-to-implement bookmaking project ideas that can be recreated in their classroom or school library in no time.	ALL	Bookmaking	P3	BS390
Karri Boyer	Humphreys American School	Pottery instruction & Art Job-Alike	Fear not, clay can be a kinesthetically-rewarding experience for all. Art teachers interested in adding pottery to their curriculum or adding more diverse clay instruction are encouraged to attend. This is a hands-on class. Lesson plans and how to tips will be shared. Other potters are welcome to ‘job-alike’ their clay classroom experience during our session together. Possible extension discussion: (1)Ideas on building a positive affective domain—how to help students balance their own creative ideas with superior fine art instruction so they may grow in ability and confidence to express their personal visions. Also (2), how to create an inspirational environment where students eagerly learn and develop such qualities as self esteem, personal expression, group participation, respect for others, and an appreciation of fine art in its various forms.	ALL	K-12 ART	P3	HS108
Kate Schneider and Chris Fazenbaker	Seoul International School	IRP: Independent Reading Projects	In an effort to make reading pleasurable, students are asked to read books of their choice throughout the school year. This conference is a detailed look at how to make students accountable for reading independently through project-based assignments, library time, DEAR time, and student book reviews.	ALL	Language Arts and Librarians	P3	ES264/282 DOUBLE ROOM
Kenneth Caldwell	Seoul Foreign School	Building Better Bands through Literature Selection	This workshop will focus on the essentials of great band literature. Participants will be exposed to a variety of age appropriate, quality literature. The workshop will culminate with the selection of the 2010 KAIAC Band festival repertoire. KAIAC Band directors are encouraged to bring their own scores of any band literature they have found to be of great quality.	KAIAC Band Directors	Music	P3	L301 BAND ROOM
Kimberly Thomson	ECLC International Kindergarten	Moving to Learn: An Introduction to Brain Gym	"Brain Gym activities will help any individual, young or old, to make better use of (their) innate learning potential" (Dennison (1994). Brain Gym: Teacher's Edition Revised). Learn what it means to "cross the midline" and why it's important. Learn how to "activate the brain" for: grounding, centering, short and long term memory, eye-hand coordination, expressive speech and language ability, and much more. Learn how "activating the brain" can improve academic skills such as: listening comprehension, reading aloud, reading comprehension, creative writing, mathematical skills, following directions, organizational skills and more. *Please note: Be prepared to move!	ALL	General	P3	ES457
LaKisha C. Hudson, Denine Bratcher, Shawntay Simpson	Seoul American High School	Learning to Line Dance	Line dancing is fun and a great way to warm up, energize or reward your students! Step by step instructions from 3 fun instructors on the most popular line dances! Come join the fun!	ALL	Cross Curricular	P3	BS GREEN ROOM
Larry Shields	Swim Consultant	Hy-Tek Team and Meet Manager (Swim Software)	This presentation will cover: 1.Overview of Hy-Tek software; 2. How to build your team database (Team Manager); 3. Importing & exporting entries and meet results; 4. Building a swim meet, exporting events, and importing files (Meet Manager); 5. How to run a meet; 6. References will be provided	Swim officials	Swimming	P3	HS102
Marian Gillett	Seoul Foreign School	Learn how to play Eclipse Ball (Physical Education)	Eclipse ball is a fast paced racket sport that requires team work and quick reflexes. It's ideal for high school PE classes, but can be adapted for younger athletes. Come dressed ready to play!	ALL	PE	P3	UAC
Nick Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Talking Two Point O	Interested in incorporating more technology in your classroom? Or you currently use some excellent Web 2.0 tools that engage students in productive learning? You want to share your knowledge with others? This is the forum to unearth your hidden gems!	ALL	IT	P3	MS333 COMPUTER LAB
Patti Swanson	Seoul Foreign School	The Words We Say, and the Power Behind Them	Based on the book, The Power of Our Words, this seminar will encourage teachers to use their most powerful teaching tool - their words and tone of voice - to bring out the best in our students.	EY,LE,UE	General	P3	ES251
Sally Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Plaster Casting Hands	A practical session using Dental alginate to create a mold of your hand. Plaster of Paris can then be used to cast the actual hand.	UE,MS,HS	Art	P3	BS497 ART ROOM
Sarah Carpenter	Seoul Foreign School	SMARTboard 101 - The basics!	What's the fuss about SMARTboards?! Aren't they a glorified projection device?! Would you like to realise a SMARTboard's potential in your classroom? Then you need to know how to use the SMART notebook software ... it's free ... it's powerful and it will change how you use your board. Come and learn the basics from a certified SMART board trainer.	ALL	IT	P3	ES281 COMPUTER LAB
Scott Bittner and Paul Sidoff	Seoul American High School	Shallow-Water Ocean Waves	As ocean surface waves approach shore, they build, become too high for their supporting based, and eventually break to produce surf. Shallow water ocean waves are waves occurring at the sea surface which are affected by the ocean bottom. Shallow water waves are studied because of their impacts on coasts, the economy, recreation, and defense. This Maury Project activity uses the simulated advance of surface waves toward shore to investigate changes in wave characteristics that eventually lead to breakers and surf.	MS,HS	Science	P3	HS207
Stephanie Batley	Seoul Foreign School	Using Comic Life in the classroom	Comic Life lets you create comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more for classroom or home use! Drag in class pictures, captions, text and speech balloons and have the children in your class present in a fun and different way! Capture the imagination using preset templates and a variety of ways to present work.	ALL	Any subject area	P3	BS396 COMPUTER LAB
Sue Choi	Seoul International School	Math Lab with CBR 2(Motion Detector)	I will be presenting various math labs using CBR 2 Motion detector. The labs are related to Linear, Quadratic & Piecewise functions. I will run the lab and bring lab worksheets that I made including rubrics. During the workshop, people will have an opportunity to use CBR 2 to collect the data using motion detector. I will bring some samples of my students’ work from previous classes	ALL	Maths/IT	P3	HS107
Bernadette Schlueter (DOUBLE)	Seoul American Elementary School	Robotics for Elementary and Middle Schools (DOUBLE session -MUST attend both)	Have fun constructing the LEGO Mindstorm Education robot and program it to perform a number of simple tasks! You will use scientific inquiry to learn the basic principles that apply to robotics (construction and programming). You will connect prior knowledge and personal observations to this introduction, overview and brief look at the basics of robotics. Limited participants only due to the number of robotic parts available for construction.	UE,MS	Science & Mathematics	P3 + P2	HS205
Adam Teather	Seoul Foreign School	How The Brain Learns ... Multiplication & Division	We will examine a variety of manipulatives and approaches to teaching the concept of multiplication & division. We will discuss some instructional implications of some recent brain-based research (Using 2008 published "How the Brain Learns Mathematics"). We will look at benefits and drawback of different approaches to learning/retaining multiplication/division facts, in light of this recent research. (ie. concrete, visual, tactile, spatial, auditory). Depending on the audience - we will spend some time on multiplication/division fact programs (3rd-4th)and/or 2-digit multiplication/G.C.F./ Factors/ Multiples (4th-5th).	ALL	Maths	P4	HS300A ACADEMIC LAB
Britta Jensen	Daegu American School	Building Literacy through the Performing Arts	How educators can use the performing arts to build and strengthen literacy in the 6-12 English Language Arts classroom. Learn how to adapt texts to a variety of performance situations and enable students to build fluency, vocabulary and reading confidence.	UE,MS,HS	Drama and Language Arts	P4	ES274
Chad Jimison	Seoul American Elementary School	Zumba Fitness	Let's face it, working out can be healthy, rewarding and beneficial. Working out can be lots of things, but it's never been known to be an exhilarating experience…UNTIL NOW! _x000D_ The Zumba® program fuses hypnotic Latin rhythms and easy-to-follow moves to create a one-of-a-kind fitness program that will blow you away. The goal is simple: We want you to want to work out, to love working out, to get hooked.	ALL	Group Exercise	P4	LS104 BLACK BOX THEATRE
Clover Stephenson	Humphreys American School	The "Write" Side of Balanced Literacy	This session will cover the four components of writing in a “Balanced Literacy” program; Shared Witting, Interactive Writing, Writer’s Workshop and Independent Writing. We will define the components and provide activities for each level of writing.	ALL	Writing	P4	ES259
David Shellabarger	Seoul International School	Creating Excel Spreadsheets and Charts	Participants will learn how to use Excel to make a spreadsheet with bar charts and scatterplots from the spreadsheet. The workshop will focus on using Excel 2007 to serve the diverse needs of the participants.	ALL	IT/EXCEL	P4	HS104
Donna Spisso	Seoul International School	Do Your Students Have "Shakesfear"?	Make the bard more accessible to your students by liberating the page on the stage. Cure students of their “Shakesfear” by showing them that Shakespeare's language is 95% their own and by getting them up out of their seats to interpret scenes from the most oft-taught plays in MS and HS classes.	ALL	English Language Arts	P4	HS103
Doug Farley	Seoul Foreign School	How To Maximize Your Soccer Training Time	This presentation will take a hands-on look at getting the most out of limited soccer training time. Topics such as setting routines, organizing a training session, use of player-coaches, use of assistant coaches, and specific drills that incorporate multiple objectives will be addressed. Coaches may need to participate (lightly) in some demonstrations, but hopefully, some players will also be available on the day of the presentation.	ALL SOCCERAND PE COACHES	Soccer and P.E. coaches - all levels	P4	FIELD
Elizabeth Hickey, Erin Threlfall	Indianhead International School	One Book/ One School/ One Community	(waiting for update)	ALL	Whole School: Transdisciplinary	P4	HS207
Jeff W. Furner	Seoul American Elementary School	So Your Students’ Language Is Still Developing?	SAES teacher Jeff Furner has designed and published CATCH IT!—card games whose twelve concept images and associated activities build language learners’ experiential and academic content knowledge. Adaptable to student ability and interest, the games can be used to teach letters and sounds, to describe a vacation, or to study the thirteen colonies.	ALL	Language Arts	P4	ES255
Jessica Arnoldi, Misun Min, Janet Lee	Seoul Academy International School	Balloon Fun Club	Our goal is to give an idea for the teachers who want to form clubs. We make objects, such as animals, hats and fruits out of balloons. We can also make balloon decorations and gifts, if time allows.	LE,UE	Club	P4	HS200
Jim French	Seoul International School	Technology in the Classroom: Edline for Elementary Teachers	The purpose of this workshop is for you to gain a better understanding of Edline. We will discuss how you can use Edline to support your teaching and engage your students. This is a hands on workshop with group discussion.	LE,UE,MS	IT	P4	BS396
Kenneth Caldwell	Seoul Foreign School	Wow! That Band has Great Brass Players â€“ Improving your band program through proper brass pedagogy.	The best way to recruit and retain brass players is through the proper teaching of the ones that are in your band class. This presentation will focus on the proper fundamentals of brass playing and strategies to teach them to your students. Professional trumpet player and teacher, Niels Heidoe, will be on hand to demonstrate and explain “Best Practices” in the area of brass pedagogy.	UE,MS,HS	Music	P4	L301 BAND ROOM
Mary Ewald	Seoul Foreign School	Using Web 2.0 Tools to Teach Poetry	This hands-on workshop will present how web 2.0 tech tools (Wetpaint Wiki, Voice thread, Voxopop, StudyStack, and more) are used to teach (Poetry). Now, with interactive tech tools, students can not only review key concepts and vocabulary, but also develop better speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in the classroom and at home. Please bring a memory drive with lessons plans, or a vocabulary list, handouts, and photos. Then, you can create a wiki with features to use in your classroom another day.	MS,HS	Internet/ESL/EFL	P4	HS111
Mela O'Brien	Asia Pacific International School	Yeah! It's Grammar Time	Tap into your students' different learning styles and bring grammar, spelling and vocabulary instruction alive.	ALL	LANGUAGE ARTS	P4	HS106
Monica Hoagland	Osan Middle School	BRATS: Our Journey Home	Military children have a unique experience growing up. Discussion and preview of the DVD "BRATS: Our Journey Home", the first documentary to tell life from the military child's perspective.	ALL	General	P4	HS206
Nick Corben	Seoul Foreign School	Web 2.0 Tools for your class	This session includes fast paced information about digital tools that every educator should know about and has a specific focus on presentation and communication websites. Learn about free tools that you and your students can use easily; like issue, ustream, vuvox, voice thread, animoto, glogster and prezi. _x000D_ Bring your laptop!	ALL	IT	P4	MS333 COMPUTER LAB
Sarah Carpenter	Seoul Foreign School	Smarter with SMARTboards	So, you have a smartboard but want to add spice to your lessons? Sarah is a SMART certified trainer who has been using a board for several years in her classes. Come and get some tips and tricks for adding that extra zing to your lessons. You will have a chance to play and build in this interactive, hands-on session. (This workshop assumes that you have basic competence in SMART Notebook software.)	ALL	IT	P4	ES281 COMPUTER LAB
Soleiman Dias and Cho Young Chan	International School Songdo	Education in South Korea - The Basics and Current Issues	Most researchers agree that South Korea's spectacular progress in modernization and economic growth since the Korean War is largely attributable to the willingness of individuals to invest a large amount of resources in education: the improvement of "human capital." Like other East Asian countries with a Confucian heritage, South Korea has had a long history of providing formal education, which is viewed as a crucial element for success, and competition is consequently very heated and fierce. This presentation aims to raise questions, such as: how successful this model has been in the last few decades? What are the challenges educators and policy makers are facing today regarding education at all levels?	ALL	General	P4	ES252
Steven Ward	Daegu American School	Behavioral Leadership Theories	Behavioral theories of leadership are based upon the belief that great leaders are made, not born. Rooted in behaviorism, this leadership theory focuses on the actions of leaders, not on mental qualities or internal states. According to this theory, people can learn to become leaders through teaching and observation.	ALL	Elementary	P4	ES268
Tim Bray & Aysem Bray	Korea International School	Comic life in the classroom	Get your students engaged through the use of Comic Life and the power of comics. Focuis briefly on how to use Comic Life and thenh on different ideas for classroom instruction. Excellenet way in which to another tool in your teaching tool belt.	ALL	General	P4	BS396
Andy Whitney	ECLC International Kindergarten	Early Years	Anything pertaining to early childhood education; Developmentally Appropriate Practice; dealing with parent expectation in the early years program	EY	General	JAWS-B	ES256
Carroll Wilson	Daegu American School	Reading Support/Struggling Readers	What is working for your struggling readers? Phonics curricula; Comprehension activities; Phonemic awareness activities; Guided reading	All	Reading Support	JAWS-B	ES253
Chuck Krugler	Seoul Foreign School	High School Counselors	Networking with ALL HS Counselors	HS	HS Counselors	JAWS-B	HS211 Guidance office
Colleen Boerner and Kris Feller	Korea International School	Library Media Center	Collaborating with Teachers Teaching Research Skills Digital Resources (Databases) 2010-2011 Author Visit Reading Incentive Programs Periodical Vendors and Purchases	All	Library	JAWS-B	HS111
Dale Swanson	Seoul Foreign School	Middle School Counselors	Networking with ALL MS Counselors	MS	MS Counselors	JAWS-B	MS139-1 MS Office
Damian Prest	Seoul Foreign School	Assistant principal job alike to discuss common issues	Assistant principal job alike to discuss common issues	All	Assistant Principals	JAWS-B	HS103
Debbie McGuire	Osan American Elementary School	Fluency or Comprehension Toolkit or 8 step model (CIM)	Fluency or Comprehension Toolkit Strategies (Pinnell) or_x000D_ 8 Step Model (part of the Continuous Improvement Model)	UE	Language	JAWS-B	ES258
Derek Cutler	Seoul International School	Blogging	This is an opportunity for regular classroom teachers that use blogs, wikis, podcasts or other technological media to come and share ideas with other teachers. This is not a “how-to” workshop.	All	IT	JAWS-B	HS102
Dr Soojin Cho	Seoul Foreign School	Educational Psychologists	Networking with ALL educational psychologists	ALL	Educational Psychologists	JAWS-B	Ed Psych office HS 013 (enter btm rt of building)
Haeyoung Plouffe	Korea International School	Korean for Middle Schools	Networking with other Korean teachers. - Exchange sources. - Ideas of curriculum.	All	Korean	JAWS-B	HS109
Irene De Shazo	Seoul International School	Reading Remediation/ESL Instruction	Sharing effective strategies on how to help struggling students	All	ESL	JAWS-B	HS105
Jessica Krueger	Seoul International School	Social Studies	Teaching skills in the Social Sciences: Critical Thinking and Writing	All	Social Studies	JAWS-B	HS107
Jillian Stasiak	Asia Pacific International School	Grade Three Teachers	A place for grade three teachers to meet, network and share content and management ideas.	G3	General	JAWS-B	ES254
Lee Smith	Rainbow International School	Daily Physical Activity	Some provinces in Canada have mandated 30 minutes daily of physical activity. As a new school, we are considering implementing this also. Have any of the other KORCOS schools implemented an intiative like this? What has worked? What hasn't worked so well? I'm looking for a brainstorm!	All	PE	JAWS-B	ES252
Lesa Stremick	Indianhead International School	Connections to Social Emotional Learning from any subject teacher or grade level!	SE learning; Literacy: art, SE, creative thinking-Transdiciplinary skills; Teachers should bring actual samples of student works: art, writing, activity ideas, lesson plan ideas (printed), resources or book ideas (printed copies)...etc.; Teachers can also bring books to share: these can be children's picture books, resources for SE teaching, writing prompt ideas...etc.; Teachers can also bring pics of works or info on thumb drive but it would be nice to have paper copies to distribute. (20-24)	All	General	JAWS-B	HS108
Lise Gowans	Seoul International School	Admissions	Admissions: job description (Director/Coordinator)_x000D_; procedures and requirements_x000D_; support programs_x000D_; student population,cultural capping, class sizes_x000D_; marketing_x000D_ school management:Adminplus/ Powerschool, Data_x000D_; finance_x000D_;question period	All	Admissions	JAWS-B	HS200
Patricia Roskens	Korea International School	Elementary music	curricular / lesson plan ideas, teaching strategies, class scheduling options, share concert program ideas, seoul area teaching materials / instrument item availability, professional visitation exchanges, collaborative Elementary Choral Festival?, support for individual music concerns etc. If you plan on attending this session, please contact the facilitator beforehand: PRoskens@kis.or.kr	LE,UE	Music	JAWS-B	ES257
Peggy Bangham	Daegu American School	Foreign Language at the Elementary School (FLES)	All FLES (elementary level foreign language) teachers are welcome to chat about their programs, share successful lessons methods of assessments and bring questions to discuss. If you have great music, photos or videos to use with your classes, or you have videos of your classe	UE	Foreign Language	JAWS-B	ES251
Sara Scott-Couper	Seoul Academy International School	Language Arts	Decorating the language arts classroom to spark interest, facilitate learning, and display student work.	All	Language Arts	JAWS-B	ES268
Uvella Knight	DoDEA Pacific Area Office	Educational Technologists	Current Topics related to technology in the classroom and how to apply them to the DoDEA curriculum; New Software and Hardware	All	IT	JAWS-B	HS101