FRIDAY RESOURCE ROOM SESSIONS MOVED TO THE NORQUAY ROOM

This session will discuss how resources are selected as an authorized resource for the newly revised CTS curriculum and how to access the resources via the Resource Review Centres.

Presenters:  Shirley Joly, Curriculum Manager CTS and Paul Couillard, CTS Project Director , Red Deer Resource Centre, Deborah MacFadyen, Specialist CTS Curriculum and Learning CBE

Session 2:  Authorized Resources for TMT and BIT

The Calgary Board of Education is the site for the Southern Alberta CTS Learning & Teaching Resource Centre for the TMT & BIT Clusters.  Join members of the CBE CTS team to learn about professional development opportunities available through the resource centre.  Orient teachers to new CTS resources and CTS re-visioning and refocusing.  Provide implementation support through professional development opportunities focused on authorized resources for Alberta’s teachers of CTS. Ensuring that there is provincial access to the entire collection of authorized CTS resources for Alberta’s teachers and information about how they can view them again at their own pace.

Presenters:  Deborah MacFadyen, Specialist CTS Curriculum and Learning CBE and  Karen Kiefer

Session 3:  Webinars

Central Alberta Regional Consortium along with their partners, have been providing professional development sessions over the internet. CTS Webinars.  See how easy it is to take this inexpensive method of professional development from your home or classroom without booking subs and travelling.  Great way to connect with other CTS teachers in your specialization and gain valuable resources with the new CTS Curriculum! 

                                    Presenter:  Pat Bohnet, Education Technology Consultant CARC

Session 4:  Authorized Resources for HRH,  MDC and NAT

Teachers will have access to the new authorized resources for the HRH, MDC and NAT clusters of the refocused CTS curriculum.  Teachers will be on hand at all times to answer any questions teachers might have.

                                    Presenters:  Paul Couillard, CTS Project Director, Red Deer Resource Centre, Shirley Joly, Curriculum Manager CTS and Rhonda Brown

Discover New Pathways within the Foods and Fashion Studies Curriculum 

Are you teaching Foods or Fashion Studies?  What changes have occurred?  Learn about the new courses, changes in pre-requisites, and pathways for students.

Norma Clark has been a classroom teacher for 30 years.  During those years Mrs. Clark has taught Foods, Fashions and Tourism as well as Career and Life Management.  Currently Norma has been working with master teachers, industry leaders, post-secondary as well as other ministries to develop pathways in the Career and Technology Studies (CTS) clusters of Health, Recreation and Human Services (HRH), Media, Design and Communications (MDC) and Natural Resources (NAT). 

SPEAKER BACKGROUND

SESSION DESCRIPTION

Kelly Lewis

Kelly Lewis has taught CTS Wildlife for 7 years and junior high outdoor ed for many years prior to that. He teaches classes in hunter ed and firearms safety, as well as volunteers with Ducks Unlimited. He lives and teaches in Hanna and has been there for 20 years. Most recently, he was a member of the committee who re-wrote the Wildlife curriculum.

CTS Wildlife - Supports and Approaches

This session will introduce the proposed changes to the CTS wildlife curriculum, as well as available supports and possible approaches to program delivery. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.

Dr. Alpern

Dr. Michael Alpern is the Executive Director and a founding member and of the Job Safety Skills Society and has more than 40-years experience as a teacher, administrator and a senior manager with Alberta Education. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta earning BEd and MEd degrees in industrial-vocational education and a PhD. in educational administration. Mike taught in the British Army and at many levels of the education system.  During his career with AE, Mike provided leadership in developing the IOP, the Off-Campus Education policy plus off-campus education programs such as RAP, Green Certificate, Work Experience with the Military, Career Internship and a number of the current CTS strands. Mike also designed and developed the YAP and an integrated training program for AEI.

CYP and the ProD 

The ProD is a new inservice program being developed by the Job Safety Skills Society to guide and support teachers in infusing/integrating health and safety in CTS and K&E courses and in developing as “Culture of Safety” in their instructional areas. The ProD will also support teachers in delivering Off-Campus Education programs. This session will address: Components of the ProD, How to access the ProD; Instructional supports in the ProD; ProD links to other H&S agencies and resources. The session will also discuss CYP… the need for and the value of covering one’s posterior … and the art and science of doing so.

Joe La Valley & Mark Murray

Joe LaValley has been teaching Mechanics at Grande Prairie Composite High for five years. He is currently serving the CTS Council as PD Director Northwest. Joe assisted in developing the ASA3400 series of courses for Alberta Education as well as resources for the introductory level of Mechanics courses in CTS. He is offering the ASA3400 series currently at GPCHS.

Mark Murray B Ed., M Ed, teaches automotive at St. Joseph High School in Edmonton.

He has successfully delivered ASA3400 for the past two years.

TMT3400 Apprenticeship Information Session

This session will provide a forum for teachers who currently or will be teaching TMT 3400 courses. Teachers will share experiences and questions about the delivery of the courses.
Resources currently used and under development to assist in the implementation of these courses will be discussed and displayed             

Jackie Doherty

TBA

Robert Leitch

Over the past decade, Robert has been a community and educational outreach consultant to a variety of initiatives including the Alberta SuperNet project. He has coordinated the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities career outreach program and the Student Teacher Practicum Program for the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa and has been an educational advisor to Industry Canada’s Information Highway Applications Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and E-Learning Directorate, as well as the Canadian Heritage Culture Online Project and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada where he is currently Senior Project Manager for FCAC’s Financial Literacy Program. Robert has a BA from St. Francis Xavier University, a BSc. in Library and Information Science from the University of Ottawa and a MEd. from Queens University. In addition, he holds certification as a Supervisory Officer, Principal and Teacher in the Province of Ontario.

Feature Presentation:

Improving Financial Literacy Skills Among Canadians

In 2007, the Federal Government expanded the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada’s consumer education mandate to include improving financial literacy skills among Canadians, particularly youth, by offering unbiased products and services that increase their ability to make informed and responsible financial decisions. The FCAC’s strategy has resulted in a series of highly successful programs and partnerships with other providers of financial literacy resources both in Canada and around the world. The Agency has created a national school resource, bolstered its web presence and online tools, established a network of teacher champions and hosted a national conference for leaders in financial literacy. This feature presentation will provide an insight into this impressive federal program, its partnerships and the financial literacy resources available to teachers.

Joseph Clark

Joseph Clark is a 25 year veteran of CTS.  He has working in large and small schools and in the outreaches and offers a unique perspective on CTS.  He has worked for Alberta Education in the development of both the CTS curriculum and its resources.  Currently he is working on the new CTSPD website which provides a portal to CTS training and its resources

CTSPD.ca, Professional Development for CTS: Online 

Come see the future in CTS PD, an interactive website with your professional development in mind. A one stop shop for each cluster and occupational area.  A place to ask questions, find answers and start your search for resources for any course. The new CTS programs are now being implemented..ARE you and your administrator looking for ways to do the new curriculum in your school or are you looking for how to integrate the new changes into your classroom? We will be covering the courses offered in these new CTS clusters, offer tips and resources for each occupational area and show some great training areas that you can take advantage of. 

Erin Stevenson, Kristin Campbell

Erin is the Project Manager for Industry Spotlight and currently its only Canada employee. Erin has years of experience working in the education industry at both provincial and federal levels. Erin worked for AIT at AAET and previous experiences include education-related lobby groups and not-for-profit organizations that offer lifelong learning.

Connecting the career and education planning dots for CTS with Industry Spotlight

Industry Spotlight’s goal is to provide useful products for use in the classroom that meet the needs of CTS teachers. The workshop will introduce who we are, our current CTS products in use and how they work with curriculum and exciting initiatives we’re working on. Times are changing and we need to learn from CTS teachers how we keep up with those needs and what we should be focusing on through a 20 minute open discussion.

Mark Bylsma & Tracy Dalton

Mark Bylsma is a CTS Specialist with the Calgary Board of Education.  Tracy Dalton is a Health Pathways teacher for CBe-Learn, the Calgary Board of Education’s online school as well as an online course writer for the new Health Services courses.  Other panel members will also be introduced at the start of the session.

Health Pathways Initiative: Information round table from the pilot jurisdictions 

A round table discussion meant for both pilot board personnel as well as non-pilot board teachers/staff.  Pre-determined leading questions or discussion cues will provide structure to the discussion that will give the greater audience the benefit of gaining understanding about what the Health Pathways Initiative is all about as well as seeing how different jurisdictions are going about implementing and building/marketing health pathways in their settings.  Information provided will include: the list of courses, how we’ve built our pathways, resources available, and the level of collaboration that has taken place between the pilot boards.  This will be followed by a Q & A time to conclude the session.

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(Peter Gallagher, John Nedd, Bill Lomax)

This is the team that has been developing the new Career and Technology Foundations program for Alberta Education over the past 3 years

The New Middle Years and Junior High CTS Program                                                                    

The Career and Technology Foundation (CTF) program of studies enables students to design, create, appraise and articulate solutions to challenges and to acquire knowledge and skills in a stimulating active-interactive program. Join us as we discuss the development of this unique and customizable curriculum, the pilot and the online interface. This is a great opportunity to get up to speed before the September 2011 implementation.

(Anna Gemellaro)

Anna Gemellaro is the Educational Director for M. C. College group which operates three Marvel College Campuses in Alberta.  Anna is also an International educator for Pivot Point Canada.  She has over 25 years experience in the salon industry both as a stylist and trainer in salons around the world.  As a Pivot Point Educator, Anna has spent years training cosmetology teachers across North America and Europe.

Long Hair Design    

This workshop will explore excited principles of long hair design.  Teachers will learn various long hair techniques which can be used to create a number of finished looks suitable for graduation styles or bridal work.  This workshop will consist of demonstration and hands on practice by the participants.  Mannequins, styling products and support materials will be provided for use during the workshop.  Teachers will learn the latest trends in long hair design to excite and motivate their students.

SPEAKER

SESSION

Brian Larson

Brian Larson is the Program Manager for the “Regional Trades Initiative” at “Red Deer College” His experience as Business Owner, Journeyman, Teacher, Administrator, Safety Consultant, has provided him with valuable experiences relating to the educating of CTS students and apprentices. Time spent with Alberta Education as a Curriculum Manager for the initial refocusing of the Trades (TMT Cluster) has provided additional background.

Post-Secondary Supporting CTS Programs                       

Red Deer College has spent the past four years working to support students learning by:

Developing specific courses to provide CTS teacher training to improve skill sets

Consulting on Facilities Equipment and Community Skill Centre’s

Consulted on Safety for Education

Worked extensively to assist development of new Curriculum, Assessment tools and Resources

 Worked to identify student Career Pathways

This session will showcase the most recent updates to support student learning and transitioning

Marcia Faught

Marcia Faught has been teaching customers & TW salesforce how to save time, money, waste & space with Tupperware for over 24 years, and currently leads one of the top teams in N. America.  She is passionate about teaching today’s families how to enjoy better nutrition plus save time & money by microwaving more.

Microwave Magic

Learn how your microwave works & why it is the healthiest, most energy-efficient way to cook.   Why is wattage so important?  Why is microwave popcorn bad?  Meats in the microwave?  YES!  We’ll cook chicken & hamburger, along with treats like cinnamon buns & Coca-cola Cake!  Energy efficient, fast, easy & delicious – come eat!

Mike Dumanski

Mike’s 23 years of teaching experience includes a wealth of experiences in Vocational Education and Career and Technology Studies. He is a journeyman carpenter, received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the University of Alberta and is now a Curriculum  Manager with Alberta Education.

The New Revised Off-campus Education Handbook           

In recognition of changes in the workplace and to provide students and off-campus coordinators with the most up-to-date information, the handbook has be reviewed and revised. I will walk you through the changes in the new draft Off-campus Education Handbook, update you on the key issues identified and the recommendations for the revisions. 

Gerry Donaldson

Gerry taught for the Calgary Board of Education for 31 years until retiring in 2009.  He is a past provincial Editor, President and Conference Director of the now defunct Business Education Counsel.  Gerry has contributed to the CTS curriculum since its inception and the International Baccalaureate Organization for the past 15 years.  Gerry is currently active as an instructor with SAIT Polytechnic and the University of Calgary, moderates webinars and authors exemplar courses for the Central Alberta Regional Consortium and counsels CTS Computer Science teachers throughout the province.

Constructing Overlapping Computer Science Pathways                                 

Ten principles for constructing Computer Science pathways are discussed.  Using the new 2009 Alberta Education CTS Computer Science courses, the author applies the principles to creating four over-lapping Computer Science pathways: University Entrance Pathway, IB Standard Level Computer Science Pathway, IB Higher Level Computer Science Pathway and a Computer Science Sampler Pathway.

Mark Murray

Mark Murray B Ed., M Ed, teaches automotive at St. Joseph High School in Edmonton.

His interest outside of automotive is online instructional design.

He has developed the online exam program called Quiz2Go and is also involved with CDX Global online training systems.

CDX & Quiz2Go – Getting the most out of your software                        

This presentation will demonstrate how to get the most out of your CDX and Quiz2Go software.

Focus will be on the new CTS Mechanics menu in CDX that includes all courses including ASA3400.

You will be also shown how easy it is to create online exams for all the new Mechanics courses and other programs you might be teaching.

Time will be devoted to answering your specific program questions.

Andrew Johnson

Andy is a Career and Technology Specialist with Calgary Board of Education.  He recently worked with Alberta Education and the AAC to revise the Assessment approach for CTS.  By engaging students using hands-on experience while guiding them with clearly defined assessment tools we support success for all learning styles.

CTS Essential Skills for Success

This session will assist teachers to navigate the revised assessment of outcomes in CTS.  How will CTS teachers document learning while maintaining a focus on what is important and meaningful for students.  This session will involve teachers working in groups to better define the essential understandings in their own courses and assessment tasks.

Tammi Wicks

Tammi Wicks has been a teacher with Black Gold Regional Schools since 1995.  She has taught a number of CTS courses, including Information Processing, Legal Studies, Financial Management, Tourism, Management and Marketing, etc.  For the last 2.5 years, she has been seconded to work for Alberta Education in the Distributed Learning Branch.

CTS Learn EveryWare Courses  

Have you seen the T4T courses tab on the Learn Alberta website?  In this session you will discover a number of CTS courses in a variety of pathways available free for use by Alberta teachers.  You will be shown how to access and use these courses not only for students in the classroom, but also for those in a variety of distributed settings.

Jerry Farwell

Jerry Farwell has been the district CTS Supervisor in Calgary Catholic School District for the past twelve years.  He has been part of a District Occupational Health & Safety committee which implement a District wide OHS program.

Safety  CTS         

This session will provide an overview of  a district CTS Occupational Health & Safety Program .   The importance of safety for teachers and students is our number one concern in our labs.

Procedures and ideas used in a CTS Safety program will be addressed. 

12:45-1:30

SPEAKER

SESSION

Estuardo Toledo

TBA

David Hugill

TBA

Alberta Learning ???

Jackie Doherty

TBA 

Paul Mc Nair & Tony Lovell

Apprenticeship                                           

Alberta Learning ???

Alberta Learning ???

Alberta Learning ???

Mike Sury

Wood Tools

SPEAKER

SESSION

Harvey Duff

Recent Past: Taught courses on Robotics, ICT and CS education at U of A; Helped develop new CSE curriculum, organize Edmonton area CS community and have high school CS recognized for university entrance.

Currently: Coordinating the High School - IT Industry Partnership project for Advanced Education and Technology and the Alberta ICT Council.

High School - IT Industry Partnership

An Advanced Education and the ICT Council program seeking to link the IT industry and interested high schools.  Wish to work with the schools to increase students’ understanding of, and interest in information technology related education, training and careers. 

Presentation will describe the program, demonstrate materials developed to date and outline how schools can become involved.

Dr. Michael Alpern

Dr. Michael Alpern has more than 40-years experience as a teacher, administrator and a senior manager with Alberta Education. Mike is a graduate of the University of Alberta earning BEd and MEd degrees in industrial-vocational education and a PhD. in educational administration. He has taught in the British Army, at the university and college levels, in junior and senior high schools and in private vocational schools.  He is a founding member and Executive Director of the Job Safety Skills Society and a private consultant to government departments, business and industry and other agencies in areas relating to the design, development, delivery, implementation and assessment of integrated training and safety-related programs.

From Dependence to Interdependence: Educating for a Safer Future

How do people learn to be safe… and how safe are they really?  From pre-cradle to pre-grave we will probably face a multitude of hazards that have the potential to cause injury or death.  Topics addressed in this session will include:
-  What does it mean to be safe?

-  When should safety education begin… and end?
-  How might parents better prepare children to become safety sensitive?

-  How can teachers better prepare students to be safe in life/work/learning situations and activities?

-  From pre-cradle to pre-grave… who is responsible for our safety?

Vanessa Cassie

Vanessa Cassie is the Education Consultant for Sharp’s AV.  She has 5 years teaching and classroom technology experience in Divisions II – IV and is SMART Technologies Certified.

How Student Response Systems Improve Outcomes

Formative assessment, engaged learning, student participation and timely feedback are all important goals of today’s educators.  Come hear how the SMART Response system can improve learning in your classroom and make assessment more efficient.  A hands-on demo is included.

Debbie Vance & Tracy Biernacki-Dusza

Debbie Vance

Debbie worked as an educator and Senior Administrator within the Calgary Board of Education for 33 years. She taught K-12 Physical Education, 7-9 Social Studies, High School Biology, Career and Life Management, Leadership, Guidance Counsellor and Work Experience Coordinator. At the system level she was responsible for all Scholarships, Guidance Programs, Career Practitioners, Work Experience Programs and Career and Technology Studies Programming.  A highlight of her career was the opportunity to design and implement the Career Pathways Initiative within the Calgary Board of Education, the Pathway concept included Internships, Registered Apprenticeship Programs and Partnerships with Industry, employers and transitions to post secondary institutions.  Recently, Debbie spent two years working with the Provincial Government on a Cross-Ministry (Education, Advanced Education and Employment and Immigration) initiative called Connecting Learning and Work: The Career Development Strategy for Alberta.  Debbie currently works with the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC ), a Sector Council funded by the Federal Government, as the Regional Manager for Alberta representing a 21st century high school program called Focus on Technology( FIT). 

FIT: 21st Century Learning

FIT is an innovative IT/business learning strategy which gives students a JUMP-START INTO THE FUTURE world of ICT careers. FIT is transforming education, teaching and assessing 21^st century skills.

 The Focus on Information Technology Program (FIT) was created to give high school students 21st century skills in information technology. The FIT program is an innovative learning experience and flexible program designed to help educators offer students a comprehensive technical IT program through an integrated IT/business model.  This program can be taught in a single time block within four semesters of high school. 

TBA

Fashion Workshop TBA

Patrick Bohnet

Patrick is currently an Education Technology Consultant for the Central Alberta Regional Consortium and Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortium.  Patrick has the role as the provincial Administrator for the ARPDC Elluminate license and preparing all the CTS Webinars being offered.  I have 23 years of experience as a teacher and administrator with many areas of specialization in technology and learning. My current roles including training teachers for use of various technologies in the classroom as well as creating professional development through the internet and video-conferencing. Currently I am completing my Masters Degree in Education Technology from the University of Southern Queensland Australia.

CTS Professional Development in you Pajamas! 

Central Alberta Regional Consortium along with their partners, have been providing professional development sessions over the internet.  CTS Webinars.  See how easy it is to take this inexpensive method of professional development from your home or classroom without booking subs and travelling.  Great way to connect with other CTS teachers in your specialization and gain valuable resources with the new CTS Curriculum! 

Patrick Chelli & Brian Steers

Patrick Chelli- Graduate of Mohawk college’s Mechanical Engineering Tool & Die program

2 years Educational Sales and Technical Support across Canada.

Programming Guitar with Mastercam

Brian and I will be show casing some of the new features of Mastercam by showing the instructor how to CNC program a guitar  using Mastercam CAD/Cam software. This project is a very interesting and fun project the instructor can then take back to their student for their curriculum.

Donna Henning, Gilbert Renaud ,Neil Christianson    & Gary Halvorson

Donna is the Associate Dean of Trades and previously taught adult upgrading, including PreTrades. Gilbert, Gary, and Neil are experienced apprenticeship instructors at Red Deer College. Neil and Gilbert have both taught at the secondary level as well as at the college. They have also been involved in professional development sessions for CTS teachers.

What's an ILM and how can I use it?                                     

In this hands on workshop you will have the opportunity to work through an ILM (Individual Learning Module) or 2 and spend some time with your colleagues figuring out how you could use them in your teaching.  We'll provide sample ILMs from Welding, AST and Carpentry, including some math ones, for you to use as well as some samples of teacher resources and assessments. There will be a test (just kidding!)

Glenda Moulton

Glenda Moulton B.F.A. (Multimedia), University of Lethbridge.  Designer and Photographer for University of Lethbridge, Member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, Over 10 years experience in the Design Industry.

InDesign Basics

This session will introduce the basics of Adobe’s powerful page layout application, In Design.  Participants will learn how to create both single and multi-page layouts, how to place images and text into your document and tips on creating successful layout.  No more designing multi-page layouts in Photoshop people…it’s time to learn the industry standard.  No previous InDesign experience required.

Barb Mulholland, Lissa Steele & Pat Bidart

Pat Bidart, Associate VP Academic Olds College has been involved in the development and direction of joint programming with OC and CESD.  She sits on the provincial CTS advisory committee.  Her background includes high school teaching and counseling, and working with adults in academic upgrading.

Lissa Steele is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Chinook’s Edge School Division.  Lissa has been a classroom teacher in grades K through 8 in a variety of core subjects.  She was an administrator for three years at Deer Meadow middle school in Olds, Alberta before moving to her current position of Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Chinook’s Edge School Division in Innisfail.  She received her Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Educational Administration and Leadership from San Diego State University.

Barb Mulholland, Curriculum and Instruction Coordinator Chinook’s Edge School Division is the project coordinator for the dual credit initiative.  She has worked as a teacher, vice-principal, principal, and central office administrator and recently moved from northern to central Alberta.

Dual Credit-What Does it Mean in Central Alberta

OC and CESD have been involved in developing dual credit since 2006.  In this presentation, they will present the processes they have developed, challenges they have met, and student successes.  Through pre-employment welding, trades, and equine, students have been able to receive post-secondary and high school credit.

SPEAKER

SESSION

Brian McLachlin

Brian McLachlin is the FIRST FTC Affiliate Partner for Alberta and he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Alberta Youth Robotics Society.

He is also Chair of IT Programs at Red Deer College.  Brian teaches courses in computer networking and computer programming with C#.  As well, he has training in programming the ABB industrial welding robot at RDC.

Brian has a Masters of Applied Information Technology from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta, and a Computer Systems Technology diploma from Red Deer College.

FIRST Tech Challenge: An affordable robotics program         

The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a mid-level robotics competition for high-school students.

The robot is no larger than 18” x 18” x 18” in the starting configuration, and is build with aluminum structural components. The robot may be programmed using one of the following programming software packages: ROBOTC, LabVIEW and NXT-G.

Teams program their robot to perform a specific group of functions during the autonomous period of the competition. The autonomous portion of the competition is followed by a tele-operated period. During the tele-operated period of the competition, the robot operators drive their robots using a game controller that communicates to their robot through a Bluetooth interface.

Robert P

Foods Session TBA                                   

Gil Silberstein

Gil Silberstein has dedicated his career to meeting the needs of education stakeholders across Canada and developing effective practices to help improve student success.  His engaging approach has been enthusiastically received at conference including NATCON and OSCA.

Connecting CTS with Education and Career Pathways                               

Encouraging student success often involves; reviewing courses and interests to find themes that connect to future roles, setting goals and developing portfolios that link CTS to Pathways. Join us to discover the cutting-edge myBlueprint 2.0 approach piloted by EPSB and designed to help teachers easily infuse these practices in their classroom.

Cheryl Harrison

Cheryl Harrison is the Program Director for Fashion Studies Program at Marvel College.  She has been involved with the fashion industry for the past 17 years and has been the Chair of the Women’s Apparel Competition for Skills Canada for the last 8 years.  Cheryl has also been involved with Edmonton Fashion Week.

Fashion Trends 

This session will focus on fashion trends for 2010.  The session will utilize examples from New York and Toronto fashion week showcasing International and Canadian designers.  The objective of the presentation will be to provide Fashion Studies and Cosmetology teachers insight into the latest styling trends for the upcoming season.

Lena Spicer & Dirk Meyer

Mahara E-portfolios and CTS               

Scott Couprie

Scott has been teaching CTS for 13 years at Grande Prairie Composite High School, Parkview School and at McNally High School in Edmonton.  He recently returned from a one year sabbatical during which he took a year of undergraduate Computing Science studies at the University of Alberta.  He currently is the Department Head of CTS at McNally.

Scratch and GameMaker – Cool tools for introducing Computing Science

Excited about teaching Computing Science?  Here are two cool tools that can be used in Jr and Sr high classrooms.  Scratch introduces programming in a fun and accessible way.  GameMaker can be used to introduce everything from simple variables to object oriented programming.

The session includes a demo of these free tools and will provide assignment examples.  Participants are welcome to bring laptops.