Dr. Robin Parker has been an educator in the Calgary area for over 20 years. She has taught in K-9 classrooms as well as at university as an instructor of undergraduate and graduate students. Having spent time working in specialized literacy settings allowed her to begin to focus her professional growth on how children might best acquire foundational literacy skills. Years later, this continues to be an area of passion. One of her favourite aspects of her current role is seeing the joy and confidence in students as they begin to see themselves as readers and writers!
Sessions auxquelles Robin Parker participe
Samedi 19 Février, 2022
In this continuation of Workshop 1, Robin and Larysa hope to share strategies that move beyond the word recognition strategies shared in the first session into some language comprehension strategies. Join Robin and Larysa as they share explicit instruction in language structures and vocabulary development that can be used with learners who have foundational literacy skills. These hands-on-activities will bring to life the Science of Reading for our more advanced readers. Come with more pap...
Over the last few years, Larysa and Robin have been walking alongside each other on a journey of learning and transforming their own practices in an attempt to embrace the Science of Reading. In this session, they hope to share stories of their experiences and provide you with hands-on-activities that bring to life the Science of Reading in the classroom setting. These strategies are applicable with early learners as well as learners who may be struggling with foundational literacy skills....
Sessions auxquelles Robin Parker assiste
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Ever wondered what vocabulary building activities you can do with letter tiles, word decks and literacy dice, not to mention paint chips? Come prepared to play and learn some of our favorite Box Cars games for teaching: word families and patterns, spelling simple and multi-syllable words, word play including synonyms, antonyms and homonyms. After two years of virtual literacy workshops with both teachers and families, I will share student's favorite games and activities. &nb...
Jeudi 14 Février, 2019
Vendredi 15 Février, 2019
Jeudi 13 Février, 2020
Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallTanya TalagaAward-winning Journalist | Author of Seven Fallen FeathersAn award-winning journalist and author, and the First Ojibway woman to deliver the CBC Massey Lectures, Tanya Talaga is an acclaimed storyteller. Her book Seven Fallen Feathers, a national bestseller that introduced us to seven Indigenous high school students who mysteriously died in Thunder Bay, won the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize. In her powerful keynotes...
Vendredi 14 Février, 2020
Jeudi 11 Février, 2021
All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.Born at home, Tara was never immunized nor taken to see a doctor. She has no birth certificate and did not attend public school. Tara Westover was seventeen when she first set foot in a class. Today Tara is a Senior Fellow at Harvard...
All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.Cow urine, bleach, and cocaine have all been recommended as COVID-19 cures — all nonsense. The pandemic has been cast as a leaked bioweapon, a byproduct of 5G wireless technology, and a political hoax — all poppycock. And countless wellness gurus and alternative-medici...
Vendredi 12 Février, 2021
All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.The negative stigma surrounding mental illness leads to more unnecessary suffering for the 1 in 5 working Canadians dealing with mental health conditions. And the stress and isolation of Covid-19 has led to higher rates of burnout and presenteeism. It’s time to talk, b...
Jeudi 17 Février, 2022
Samedi 19 Février, 2022
This keynote address (60 mins with Q&A) will provide an incisive analysis of current Indigenous-settler relations in light of historical truths of colonization, specifically but not limited to recent "revelations" around residential schools, and the role education must play today in ensuring truths are told and paths to reconciliation are established and walked.
What do findings from cognitive neuroscience mean for reading instruction? Most importantly, what are the concrete implications for classroom practice? These questions will be at the heart of this session, which will focus on the science behind reading and spelling development - and how to apply brain-based findings to classrooms. This session will be interactive and participants will leave with actionable insights, frameworks, and methods to apply in their work with readers and with teachers...
This session will link Dr. Strom’s presentation to the afternoon workshops focused on practical ideas about instruction in classrooms. After hearing Dr. Strom, you will have a good idea of what’s going on in the brain when non-readers become readers. However, since we can’t ‘see’ the neural wiring happening for individuals, we need to know what we can observe in classrooms to keep us on a good instructional track for individuals. Using a response to intervention model, teachers can develop go...
Jeudi 16 Février, 2023
Vendredi 17 Février, 2023
Jeudi 15 Février, 2024
Click here to watch the recordingAll Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 19, 2024 until March 19, 2024 11:59 pm. REGISTRATION TIP: You may want to add live sessions to your schedule before considering adding Ke...
