NCTCA 2021: Full Schedule

NCTCA 2021 Presidents’ Welcome Address - National Anthem, Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Honorary President and Opening Remarks.

ATA President’s Address - Jason Schilling

NCTCA 2021 Video Library - Closed
Each Pre-recorded session can be found within our schedule or can be watched on demand in our Video Library and will be available for the entire month of February. LIVE sessions that are being recorded will be in the library Monday, February 8.

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9:00am MST

Pop Art Printmaking

Limited Capacity seats available

If you like Pop Art, you need to register in this workshop right away! You will learn how to create colourful prints in easy way. This will become your students’ favourite art project! Participants will be provided with a set of handouts and a PowerPoint presentation that can be used directly in the art classroom. The level of difficulty can be adjusted according to the grade level taught. Open to art and general teachers of grades 4 - 12. You will leave the workshop with min. 3 prints, a handout, and access to an online PowerPoint presentation and a video for your use with your students.

Speakers

Bogdan Konikowski

Bogdan is an artist – educator from Edmonton. He received his formal fine arts education in Poland. Bogdan has painted many exquisite paintings. Among his commissioned works are the life-size portraits of the late Honourable Lois E. Hole, former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta and... Read More →

BACKPACK Pop Art Printmaking pdf

Thursday February 4, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am MST
Virtual Room 11 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

9:00am MST

Watercolor wild and free with Willie

Limited Capacity seats available

Express freely with watercolor. playful colors and wild and free. easy to follow handout for all to make the project more enjoyable and fun. fabulous end result! No drawing skill needed, and everyone is welcome.

Speakers

willie

Owner, Kamena gallery and frames ltd

Born in Malaysian Borneo, land of the head hunters, in 1959, this vanishing tropical island of exotic flowers and birds influenced Willie Wong to study art in various locations throughout South East Asia under various renowned Chinese artists. After completing the Senior Cambridge... Read More →

BACKPACK Watercolor wild and free with Willie pdf

Image 1 Watercolor Wild and Free with Willie jpeg

Image 2 Watercolor Wild and Free with Willie jpeg

Thursday February 4, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Virtual Room 28 (Fine Arts/Religious Studies)

Fine Arts-Arts Health - CALM / Santé

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

9:15am MST

CANCELLED!!! THE ART OF COMMEDIA DELL ‘ARTE

Limited Capacity seats available

Italy in the mid 1500’s presented a form of physical comedy that dominated European Theatre. This improvised Theatre was based on stereotypical characters who wore masks and improvised Scenarios with only a plot outline. This Workshop will focus on discovering the walks, gestures and voices of 5 of the masked main/stock characters and, with a plot outline, improvise either a solo or partner scenario. Participation with enough space to move comfortably.

Speakers

Tanya Lukenoff

Artistic Director/Instructor, Theatre A Go-Go

Tanya Lukenoff is an internationally trained performer, instructor, writer, director and the Artistic Director of Theatre A Go-Go, a physical Theatre School and Company. She is a seasoned teaching artist who inspires all ages to add imagination and expression to their learning. Tanya... Read More →

BACKPACK The Art of Commedia dell Arte pdf

Thursday February 4, 2021 9:15am - 10:45am MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44540
Tags English

10:15am MST

Improv For All!

Improv can be a fantastic way to engage students and discover hidden talents in your class - but some are nervous about how to teach this unscripted form of theatre. This interactive session will provide teachers with a full unit plan that includes warm up games, basic rules of improv, improv games and much more. Teachers will gain the confidence and tools to teach this amazing dramatic discipline!

Speakers

Kris Christianson

Teacher/Counsellor, Holy Trinity High School

Kris Christianson has been a teacher for 17 years and is the Guidance Counsellor at Holy Trinity High School in Edmonton. He has experience teaching a variety of subjects and received his Masters in School Counselling from the University of Alberta. Kris has been involved in many... Read More →

IMPROV WORKSHOP docx

Thursday February 4, 2021 10:15am - 11:45am MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

10:45am MST

***Pre-recorded*** Sgraffito! A simple and easy alternative to pottery decoration

Limited Capacity seats available

Sgraffito in an ancient and beautiful method of creating a detailed surface decoration on a ceramic surface. Suitable for all ages and abilities of potters, sgraffito can also tie into other subject areas, particularly history and language arts. This style of decorating pottery can be done with any grade level. Attendees will learn about this ancient technique, prepare clay surfaces and carve their own sgraffito tile.

Speakers

Susan Woodliffe

I have been an Elementary/Art teacher since 1985. I have a wide range of interests from raising and showing dogs to working in all kinds of art media. I live on a small farm near Drayton Valley.

BACKPACK Sgraffito! A simple and easy alternative to pottery decoration pdf

Thursday February 4, 2021 10:45am - 11:45am MST
Virtual Room 11 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Social Studies / Études sociales

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

10:45am MST

How Does a Film Mean?

Often, we approach film in our classes as a thing which can be inherently understood, but many students struggle to talk about film because they lack the understanding of filmic language. In this session, we'll be starting at the ground floor: we will walk through the basics of film language and then explore multiple examples from various films to better understand how a filmmaker creates meaning through framing, angles, movement and editing.

Speakers

Shane Lawrence

Shane has been teaching for 18 years. In that time, he's taught everything from English to Photography, Drama to Computers. Through it all, he's developed a passion for creativity and creation which he now explores through teaching Art, Film, Drama, and Technology.

Thursday February 4, 2021 10:45am - 11:45am MST
Virtual Room 22 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

11:00am MST

Drama in the Classroom

This will be a fun, hands-on workshop so be prepared to play! Using theatre games, speech exercises, movement and text, this hands-on workshop will focus on implementing drama activities into your classroom to enhance Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and more. This session will address the cognitive and social benefits in incorporating drama into your lessons and will spark lots of creative ideas for your classroom.

Speakers

Tracy Carroll

Tracy Carroll is a director, dramaturg, teacher and producer in Edmonton, and is the Interim Managing Director at Catalyst Theatre.She has held leadership positions at theatres in the region including Co-Artistic Director at Concrete Theatre, Artistic Associate for Alberta Playwrights... Read More →

Thursday February 4, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Differentiated Instruction / Différenciation

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

12:00pm MST

Fabulous Abstract Paintings

Limited Capacity seats available

Abstract art is fun for teachers and students. In this workshop, you will learn how to create an abstract painting based on reference image. To have more fun, you will use expressive brushstrokes and heavy paint application. Your students will love it! The level of difficulty can be adjusted according to the grade level taught. Excellent for teachers of grades 4-12. You will leave the workshop with a completed painting, a handout, and access to an online PowerPoint presentation and a video for your use with your students.

Speakers

Bogdan Konikowski

BACKPACK Fabulous Abstract Paintings pdf

Thursday February 4, 2021 12:00pm - 1:30pm MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

12:00pm MST

First Nation Cultural Arts FULL EXPERIENCE

Limited Capacity full
Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.

This session will be full experience of body, mind and spirit when it comes to First Nation cultural arts. We will be having important conversations that I feel will be valuable in possibly eliminating cultural appropriation as well as tokenizing First Nation arts. This experience will help you understand the significance of cultural art, the relationship to the land and the significant influence arts can have on identity. I strongly believe that there is a respectful sequence to deliver such representing information. I do focus on land base materials but will be providing more modern art techniques as well. You will also be able to see demonstrations of unique techniques and try a few of them. I have created classroom versions of multiple art forms for experience which you will be able to try as well. We will be having guided discussions of cultural appropriation and proper representation of First Nation arts in the classroom as we do our art samples. Each participant will be taking home lists of supplies for a few of the art techniques that we will be experiencing. I will most likely be providing options for, beading, birchbark biting and baskets, quillwork, fish scale art and leather works. If experiencing First Nations art for the first time, these are activities for all ages and skill levels.

Speakers

Holly Rae Yuzicapi

Holly Rae Yuzicapi is a proud Dakota/Lakota woman from the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation in Southern Saskatchewan. Growing up in a Dakota family, Holly has learned a lot about traditional arts, foods and dance. She is a Cultural Arts instructor that has travelled across Canada delivering... Read More →

Thursday February 4, 2021 12:00pm - 3:00pm MST
Virtual Room 19 (Indigenous Ed/Fine Arts)

Indigenous Education Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Chairperson Carrla Cowley - Sturgeon #27
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 15
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

12:15pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Estudio…starting intermediate guitar students on the classical guitar

Limited Capacity seats available

With the popularity of guitar programming in Canadian schools, this session is designed to show music educators (guitar players and non-players alike) how to start intermediate guitar students on the classical guitar. This hands-on session will use the piece “Estudio” as a teaching tool to discuss right hand fingerpicking, reading notation and musicality. Attendees will leave with resource links for pdfs, audio tracks and teaching tools to get this lesson going in their music classrooms. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own guitars. Ten guitars will be available at the session for use. Please check out our website www.gslakieguitar.com

Speakers

Sheldon Arvay

guitar, pop music education

Mr. Arvay is the teacher and head of the guitar program at Lethbridge’s G.S. Lakie Middle School. He received a Bachelor of Music Education from Minot State in 1999 and then taught concert band for nine years before moving to G.S. Lakie to teach a guitar program. He completed his... Read More →

BACKPACK Estudio…starting intermediate guitar students on the classical guitar pdf

Thursday February 4, 2021 12:15pm - 1:15pm MST
Virtual Room 28 (Fine Arts/Religious Studies)

Music / Musique Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

12:45pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Visual Journals in the Elementary Classroom

Visual Journals are an excellent tool to use in the elementary classroom. They help students to process information, reflect on what they have learned and to show their understanding of the topic. Visual journals are highly adaptable for students with differing abilities. This presentation will show how they can be used in all subject areas from Kindergarten to Grade 6. It will also show some Indigenous concepts that can be incorporated into Visual Journals. No creativity or drawing experience needed.

Speakers

Cassandra Christen

Visual Journals in Elementary

Cassandra Christen has been teaching for 16 years. She has used Visual Journals in the classroom for 10 years. Cassandra also co-authored and illustrated the book “We Can’t Mask Our Excitement - a book to help students understand what going back to school may look like in the... Read More →

Thursday February 4, 2021 12:45pm - 1:45pm MST
Virtual Room 03 (General)

Fine Arts-Arts Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

1:00pm MST

CANCELLED!!! THE ART OF SLAPSTICK COMEDY

In the turn of the 20th century vaudeville and slapstick humour are the most popular forms of variety entertainment. Discover the historical physical Comedy that has been part of creating our culture and continues to maintain a presence in modern comedy. This Workshop explores some of the techniques used: creating Slapstick, inventing a comedy character and learning the secrets of creating comedy scenes, with a focus on attention to safety. Participation with enough space to move comfortably, an empty wall (if you have one) for working one of the techniques. Please have utensils for taking notes.

Speakers

Tanya Lukenoff

Artistic Director/Instructor, Theatre A Go-Go

Thursday February 4, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

9:00am MST

Put some Zing into Your Art Lessons With Zentangle!

Limited Capacity seats available

This hands-on workshop will help you to explore the concepts associated with the practice of Zentangle You can use these ideas in new and creative ways with your elementary or middle school students. Karin will assist you in understanding how to use shapes, lines, patterns, and other ideas to create beautiful zen designs. You can use these ideas in your next art lesson or create your own zentangle masterpieces.

Speakers

Karin Hitchcock

Special Education Coordinator, Barrhead Elementary School, Pembina Hills School Division

Karin is a teacher, an artist, and a counselling therapist. She is currently a Special Education Coordinator for the Pembina Hills School Division in Barrhead. She uses art in her therapeutic and teaching practice to encourage creativity, healing, and growth in children, families... Read More →

BACKPACK Put Some Zing Into Your Art Lessons With Zentangle! pdf

Zentangle Zing workshop pptx

Friday February 5, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Guidance / Counselling

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

9:00am MST

Creatively Approaching Shakespeare 1.0

Psst - students love Shakespeare! Come discover the World of Will - and an abundance of ways to painlessly approach the Bard with your students. Applicable to students from grades 4 - 12. Lots of ELA integration ideas. And lots of resources! Shakespeare is relevant to students and something they do enjoy - when it is an engaging exploration rather than approached like a novel study. This session helps teachers to earn more about Shakespearean text and how to assist students in understanding it as well a multitude of creative ways to approach it. Techniques for demonstrating learning of Shakespeare will be also explored. It is a very practical session and will strive to use the plays of greatest interest to the participants.

Speakers

Bill Jacobsen

Shakespeare and Reader's Theatre

Bill is a master teacher and has worked grades 5 - 12, in core and complementary courses, in public and private schools, both in Canada and overseas. He has an M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction and worked at Alberta Education for two years as a Curriculum Consultant (Arts / Drama... Read More →

Creatively Approaching Shakespeare 1 Revised docx

Shakespearean Insults pdf

12th Night Tableaus pdf

Julius CaesarFreezeAnimateFreeze docx

Shakesperean Speech Tips pdf

Die ing for Shakespeare pdf

Tabloid R and J pdf

Parallel Situations pdf

AYLI Pageant Wagon pdf

Chair Game 2.0 pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 9:00am - 10:30am MST
Virtual Room 20 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

9:00am MST

Make Your Own Felt Banners: A CTS Project For Students

Limited Capacity seats available

This hands-on 3 hour Felt Banner workshop will appeal to not only Fashions teachers to teach their students how to make felt banners, but any teachers who would like to make banners for their classroom. Primary teachers would benefit from these creative and inspiring additions to their room. No sewing experience is necessary, just a creative mind, and a glue gun is required! You will learn how to make a banner or bunting under CTS teacher Cynthia Dyer’s guidance. Students can make felt banners or buntings to decorate their rooms, their homes, or their lockers. Teachers can make their own classroom greetings, inspirational quotes, positive affirmations (Create, Inspire, Imagine, Dream) or symbols. You can create “You’ve got this!” , “Happy Birthday” , “Welcome Back!” , “Happy Holidays”, or “Be Kind”, “Grateful” , "Awesome" or any symbols (such as hearts, animals, or even cupcakes!) to sayings you would like to create. CTS teacher Cynthia Dyer will teach you how forgiving it is to work with Felt, plus many creative ideas about using burlap bunting, ribbon, and fashion accessories.

Speakers

Cynthia Dyer

I have been teaching Foods

BACKPACK Felt Banner pdf

How To Make A Felt Banner pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Virtual Room 04 (CTS)

Career & Technology Studies Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

9:00am MST

Cross-Curricular Art Projects

Limited Capacity seats available

If you want to make your students love Social Studies, Math and LA, this is an ideal workshop for you! The fun-generating, hands-on projects will let enhance their learning. The level of difficulty can be adjusted according to the grade level taught. Excellent for teachers of grades 2-12. You will leave the workshop with a completed piece of art, a handout, and links to a PowerPoint presentation and a video for your classroom.

Speakers

Izabella Orzelski

Generalist, Fine Arts Council

Izabella Orzelski is an accomplished artist, educator, and award-winning portraitist. With an MFA and Ph.D., she combines her passion for art and education to inspire others. Her commissioned works and collaborative projects have been exhibited across Canada. With 20 years of teaching... Read More →

BACKPACK Cross Curricular Art Projects pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Virtual Room 19 (Indigenous Ed/Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Social Studies / Études sociales

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 4-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44351
Tags English

9:15am MST

Anyone Can Draw A Portrait

Limited Capacity seats available

Creating a successful portrait is most challenging. But don’t despair! This workshop will teach you how to create a realistic portrait that will be completed in various mediums of your choice. The level of difficulty can be adjusted according to the grade level taught. Participants will be provided with a handout, and links to a PowerPoint presentation and a video for the classroom. Open to teachers grades 4-12.

Speakers

Bogdan Konikowski

BACKPACK Anyone Can Draw A Portrait pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 9:15am - 10:45am MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 4-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44351
Tags English

10:45am MST

Ukulele (6/8 times and more)

Bring your own Uke to a session designed to challenge Ukulele Teachers into developing their skills to accompany student singing, lead by example, and promote Ukulele Clubs. Join Kyle Swenson and Gary Glewinski in a packed session of playing tips designed for the Ukulele Teacher.

Speakers

Kyle Swenson

Strumming Strategies for Ukulele

As a music educator in Sturgeon Public School Division, Kyle has taught a variety of band, choir, jazz band, vocal jazz, guitar, Drumline, Ukulele Club and even a few years of elementary music. During his years of elementary music, Kyle quickly developed a love for using the ukulele... Read More →

Gary Glewinski

As a freelance musician, accompanist and multi-instrumentalist, Gary has played across much of the world. He’s performed in many musical styles: rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, Scottish country dance, Christian worship, pop, reggae, R&B, musical theater, and Latin music. As... Read More →

NCTCA 2021 Ukulele pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 10:45am - 12:15pm MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Music / Musique Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

11:00am MST

A Bloody Great Time: Special Effects Make-up

Limited Capacity seats available

Lets! Get! Messy! Teachers are often actors and performers in their own right - but film and stage are more than just people standing on a stage. Here is your opportunity to dive into the technical aspects of theatre and special effects makeup in a hands-on, guided way. Learn how to apply special effects and stage make-up, as well as make your own gory props, such as severed fingers and hands; and intestines. Participants will leave with their own personal bag of makeup and supplies; material supply lists, and a head full of ideas of how to infuse special effects make up into their drama or CTF class. Fun is guaranteed, clean clothes by the end of the session is not. Wear stuff you don't mind getting ruined!

Speakers

Jill Stankov

Registered Provisional Psychologist, Thrive Teen Therapy

Jill Stankov is a registered provisional psychologist with Thrive Teen Therapy Alberta, working mainly with ages 10-18. Her areas of specialty are ADHD and neurodiversity, anxiety, depression, and school concerns. Prior to completing her master's in Counselling and Applied Psychology... Read More →

SFX Makeup Materials Master List pdf

BACKPACK A Bloody Great Time Special Effects Make up pdf

SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP NCTCA pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm MST
Virtual Room 11 (Fine Arts/CTS)

Career & Technology Studies Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

11:00am MST

Covid Safe Drama Games

Zany drama games you can play at a distance and online! This hands-on, interactive session will feature tons of games that invite connection, physicalization and playfulness into your classroom in the time of social distancing. Together we will explore ways to cultivate play while maintaining distance and examine how the constraints of a distanced or virtual environment can become part of the game.

Speakers

Jacqueline Russell

Director, Performer, Arts Educator

Jacqueline (BFA, MFA) specializes in clown, mask, immersive theatre creation and theatre for young audiences. She was the Artistic Producer of Handsome Alice Theatre from 2011-2015, the 2013-14 RBC Emerging Director at Lunchbox Theatre and the Artistic Producer for Evergreen Theatre... Read More →

Friday February 5, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Language Arts / Arts Langagier

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 4-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44351
Tags English

11:00am MST

Creatively Approaching Shakespeare 2.0

Once you have an introduction to various improvisations and tactics for approaching the World of Will, why not go more in depth and build some original activities for your class? Let’s actually create and try out some Tableau Headlines, explore a Parallel Situation or two, or create a choral presentation of some Shakespearean text! We will do our best to use the plays of your choice. (And, yup, resources!)

Speakers

Bill Jacobsen

Shakespeare and Reader's Theatre

Creatively Approaching Shakespeare 2 Revised docx

12th Night Insults pdf

Four Person Dialogue pdf

RAFTS Tempate docx

Text and Subtext pdf

Readers Theatre Choral Theatre Template docx

Shakespearean Headlines Template docx

Romeo and Juliet Insults pdf

Parallel Situation Planning Template docx

Speak the Speech pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 11:00am - 12:30pm MST
Virtual Room 20 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Chairperson vi Zuk - None
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

11:45am MST

5 Amazing Moments in Comics History

Everyone likes a little insider knowledge about the popular trends of the day and even though comics have been around for more than a 120 years, they have never been more popular! Or haven't they? Come enjoy a tour through the highlights of the history of North American comics and fuel your nerdy brain with some great water-cooler fodder, art history lessons, and core knowledge about the coolest communication medium out there - COMICS!

Speakers

Jay Bardyla

Owner, Happy Harbor Ltd.

Jay has created a thriving community of literate nerds throughout Alberta. As a co-owner of the Edmonton-based Happy Harbor Comics (1999-2019), he helped build an innovative and international award-winning business that offered a variety of opportunities to artists, writers and educators... Read More →

COMICS LINGO pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 11:45am - 12:45pm MST
Virtual Room 21 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

12:30pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Coiled Pottery- a new approach

Limited Capacity seats available

Ancient people used coils of clay to construct amazing pieces of pottery. This method of pottery production can be used easily in the classroom to create large vessels without a pottery wheel. We will learn about the history and production of coiled pottery by creating our own coiled vessels.

Speakers

Susan Woodliffe

I have been an Elementary/Art teacher since 1985. I have a wide range of interests from raising and showing dogs to working in all kinds of art media. I live on a small farm near Drayton Valley.

BACKPACK Coiled Pottery a new approach pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Social Studies / Études sociales

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English

12:30pm MST

Overcoming Anxiety Through Art

Limited Capacity seats available

In this workshop, participants will review and complete 2-3 projects. These projects can help your students to explore their emotions and reduce their anxiety through creative expression. These meditative and calming activities can contribute to enhancing self-esteem. Excellent for teachers of grades 3-12. You will leave the workshop with completed pieces of art, handouts, and links to a PowerPoint presentation and a video for your classroom.

Speakers

Izabella Orzelski

Generalist, Fine Arts Council

BACKPACK Overcoming Anxiety Through Art pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 12:30pm - 3:30pm MST
Virtual Room 19 (Indigenous Ed/Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Health - CALM / Santé

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 4-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44351
Tags English

1:00pm MST

Ready, Sketch, Draw!

Limited Capacity seats available

Can’t draw a stickman but want to encourage your students to draw with more confidence? Building on ideas created by Mona Brookes, Karin will assist you in teaching your elementary students how to draw with more depth and expression. Karin will guide you with practical, hands-on activities and build lesson plans based on learning foundational skills. You will be able to use these ideas in your very next elementary art lesson! Join Karin for a few hours of fun and explore your creative side!

Speakers

Karin Hitchcock

Special Education Coordinator, Barrhead Elementary School, Pembina Hills School Division

BACKPACK Ready, Sketch, Draw! pdf

ready sketch draw pdf

Read Sketch Draw Presentation Slides pptx

Friday February 5, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Virtual Room 09 (Fine Arts)

Fine Arts-Arts Beginning Teachers

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

1:00pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Make Your Own Tipi

Limited Capacity seats available

Join an interactive cultural learning experience that will support your understanding of the traditional use and teachings of the Tipi. Join Elder Phillip Campiou, from Treaty 8, as we share in learning about the tipi and creating your own miniature tipi. We will share stories of the past and understand how these stories provide insight for us in the present moment. Learn some history of the tipi, both Cree and Blackfoot, and how you can incorporate this learning into your classroom and your daily life. Tipi template (pdf attached) - best printed off on 11 x 17 paper

Speakers

Phillip Campiou

Knowledge Keeper, Elder

Phillip Campiou is a Traditional Woodland Cree who is originally from Driftpile Cree Nation, Alberta. He now resides in the Onoway area. As a young man, his father taught Phillip how to be self-sufficient and live off the land. Inherent in these teachings was an unwavering respect... Read More →

BACKPACK Make Your Own Tipi pdf

Print on 11 x 17 paper tipi template Make Your Own Tipi pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Virtual Room 18 (Indigenous Ed)

Indigenous Education Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus K-6
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus K-6
Tags English

1:00pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Teaching Students to Write Cool Characters, Superheroes, and Themselves

Come prepared to write in this fun and freeing creative writing workshop. You will learn how to ignite your mind and fuel your imagination—and lead your students to do the same. Learn about and try: - Free writing - The hero’s journey - Creating cool characters - Writing about meaningful events in your life - Writing from new perspectives - Crafting new worlds in fictional stories The inspirational teaching and writing time will open you up to new ways of looking at the world and at your own experiences. You’ll learn new methods to express yourself, get inspired, and have a blast. You’ll also come away with tools to help release stress that are healthy and empowering. Positive expressions of the mental health journey will be explored. Put these writing styles and exercises to the test—then bring them back to your classrooms. The pandemic has changed everyone’s lives around the world. Educators and students alike are facing new challenges and feelings as a result. This session will give you a creative outlet and help you take your creative writing—and the writing of your students—to the next level. All you will need to participate is a willingness to explore creativity of writing, a pen or pencil and paper, or a computer.

Speakers

Jaclyn Chute

Registered Dietitian, Teach Nutrition by Dairy Farmers of Canada's Registered Dietitians

Jaclyn Chute (RD, M.Ed.) is part of Dairy Farmers of Canada’s Alberta Teach Nutrition team that works collaboratively with educators, teachers, and community stakeholders to create engaging and impactful nutrition resources from early learning in child care to grade 12. Teach Nutrition... Read More →

Friday February 5, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Virtual Room 21 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-9
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus 44446
Tags English

1:00pm MST

Trying Readers’ Theatre / Choral Speech

Lots of teachers know that Readers Theatre and Choral Speech can be an engaging and effective means of building skills in speech, collaboration. Interpretation, and analysis but they lack confidence in leading their class through the process. Join us and we will ‘do the process together’ and actually create a project. Learn by doing!

Speakers

Bill Jacobsen

Shakespeare and Reader's Theatre

Trying Readers Theatre and Choral Speech Revised docx

Readers Theatre Choral Speech Template docx

The Tortoise and the Hare Readers Theatre Example docx

This Is the House That Jack Built pdf

Tongue Twisters pdf

Recipe RTCS docx

Jabberwocky pdf

Little Red Cap docx

Handheld Digital Microscope Instructions docx

Colour Your Words pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 1:00pm - 2:30pm MST
Virtual Room 20 (LA)

Language Arts / Arts Langagier Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 4-6
Chairperson Vi Zuk - None
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 44351
Tags English

1:15pm MST

Improvising and Online

Whether you’re here to learn how to get your students working as a team, out of their desks (or turning their cameras on) and moving, or your students are interested in participating in theatre sports competitions (maybe even online), this panel has some takeaways for everyone. Allow yourself to come have fun in this session and find ways to encourage risk-taking in whichever subject-area you teach. Drama teachers are especially welcome as we will be discussing ways in which we have been making creative classes work during a pandemic. Maybe some of these skills can be applied when we are free from the restrictions we are currently under! The session will be less-structured and teachers will have plenty of opportunity to discuss, ask questions, and make suggestions to one another.

Speakers

Andi Molloy

GSA Rep

Andi Molloy has experience teaching Drama and English all grade levels from 7-12. Students usually refer to Molloy only by last name (with no honorifics), but colleagues are welcome to call them Andi or Molloy. Andi has been a lead teacher for their school’s Anime Club, Theatre... Read More →

Friday February 5, 2021 1:15pm - 2:45pm MST
Virtual Room 03 (General)

Fine Arts-Arts Career & Technology Studies

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Chairperson Monique Gravel - None
Room Details Virtual Room Maximum Capacity - 300
Grade Focus 7-12
Tags English

2:15pm MST

***Pre-recorded*** Rock Band Class? Pop music education for the 21st century learner

Limited Capacity seats available

In this hands-on session we will discuss setting up a rock band music class. Not the video game! For this, we will examine the www.gslakieguitar.com program. Attendees will leave with the skills and resources to teach their students a well-known classic rock song. We will discuss the guitar, drum, bass and vocal parts for “Old time Rock n Roll” and tackle putting all the parts together so the students can perform it in their “bands”. Topics covered will be equipment needed, warmups, classroom routines and final assessment. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own guitars. This session is ideal for band/choral teachers and teachers interested in starting popular music education programs at their school. Attendees will leave with resource links so they can implement these outcomes in their own classes.

Speakers

Sheldon Arvay

guitar, pop music education

BACKPACK Rock Band Class Pop music education for the 21st Century learner pdf

Friday February 5, 2021 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST
Virtual Room 10 (Fine Arts)

Music / Musique Fine Arts-Arts

Language of Presentation English
Grade Focus 7-12
Room Details Pre-recorded - 0
Grade Focus 44537
Tags English