Workshop Content

Morning Session – 9:00am to 12:00pm
Afternoon Session – 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Are you looking for strategies and information on how to best integrate technology into the classroom?

Whether you are new to presentation technology in learning, or an administrator wanting to discover more, join Advanced Education as we bring our Discovery Series to a city near you.

The workshops are divided into instructional time and hands-on time.

Our Discovery Series Seminar delves into the Power and Potential of technology as a learning tool to provide a multimedia learning environment that addresses the needs of all learners.

Topics include:

• Using SMART boards to add multimedia and interactivity to classes
• Interactive student response systems and data driven decision making
• How document cameras create better understanding for students
• Classroom Audio systems , student success and voice fatigue

During the Discovery Product Hands-on and Showcase time, you have the opportunity to experience in a hands on environment the latest educational technology including: the NEW Dual Touch SMART Board, SMART Notebook Math, SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards, the revolutionary new SMART Table, the SMART Response System or a range of data projectors and document cameras.

The Discovery Series Seminar and Product Showcase will be lead by our experienced Education Consultants who are former teachers and who have the experience to deliver curriculum-based professional development to teachers as they integrate technology into their teaching practice.

This is a k-12 event both for existing SMART Board users as well as any educator looking for strategies and information on how to best integrate technology into the classroom.

Education Consultants

John Palbom, Certified SMART Trainer

Each of the sessions will be lead by a special member of the Advanced Team, John Palbom, who has first hand experience not only training educators on technology, but also in tying technology to curriculum and the Ontario standards. John, a teacher for 10 years with the Trillium board and now an Education Consultant for Advanced, has spent many years providing professional development to educators, the Ministry of Education, as well as being a Curriculum Consultant for a period of time.

Karen Brooks Nelson, Certified SMART Trainer

Karen Brooks Nelson who taught all grades from kindergarten to grade 12 also worked for Western University as an instructor in Computers in Education. She was a member of the committee that advised the Ministry of Education on software purchases for Ontario schools. During the last seven years, she was employed as an Educational Technology Consultant in Wellington Catholic DSB, where she helped teachers to use technology to meet Ministry expectations. Karen can help you be creative in your use of SMART technologies in the classroom.

Teresa Greco, M.Ed., Educational Technologies Consultant

Teresa Greco has recently completed her Master’s Degree in Education, with a specialization in Technological Literacy. Teresa, a teacher of ten years, is now helping to reach students by working with teachers on how to incorporate a variety of ICT tools into their classrooms and lesson plans. Being also a Montessori Directress, she understands the importance of giving students a hands-on curriculum, by having them use ICT tools in the classroom. Teresa has also authored IT resource material for a leading Canadian publisher, pertaining to linking the Ontario curriculum to lesson activities using the SMART Interactive Whiteboard.