Welcome to Johnston County Public Schools IGNITE2018 Symposium! We are excited to embark on this journey with you. This year’s event is designed around 4 Quests. Our hope is that if you follow a Quest over the 2 days your understanding will be deepened and you will find more relevance to your practice. There are 3 kinds of sessions: Connect (Edcamp style sessions) Learn (content delivery sessions) Innovate (implementation planning sessions). Begin by selecting one of 4 Quest Options:
SBTL (Standards Based Teaching and Learning)
CORE (CORE Instruction)
Learner Agency
Learner Centered Practices
Here is a link to the Quest Cards that might be helpful in seeing the specific sessions by Quest.
To begin crafting your quest you will need to follow these steps.
Step 1: Select all your required sessions (filter by "All Quests" to see these options) - Opening, Lunch, Toolbox, Innovate and Closing Sessions
Step 2: Select your Learn sessions, please use the "filter by type" option on the right hand side to help you plan the remainder of your quest by topic.
IMPORTANT NOTE: some options are in multiple quests - they are denoted on the quest cards, but to see those in sched you will need to use the filter that says "Multiple Quests." Pick from those first, they will fill up fast.
Step 3: In order to earn the 1.5 Digital Learning Competencies, your schedule should include 1 Connect, 5 Learn Sessions and 1 Innovate session (Note: you must also submit an artifact of implementation and a brief reflection after the symposium)
Description: Writing is a necessary, yet complex skill that serves as a vehicle for communication and critical thinking. It is an indicator of academic success and students who lack writing skills are at risk for dropping out. Yet, there are many obstacles that impede our ability to provide quality writing instruction. So, what do we do?
Simply providing opportunities for students to write is not effective. To improve the quality of student writing, strategies must be taught explicitly in classrooms throughout the school.
In this session, we will explore five specific writing strategies: because, but, so; Who, What, Where, When, Why; Subordinating Conjunctions; Appositives; Sentence Combining. These strategies help students write using complex, sophisticated sentences. Furthermore, they improve student discourse and critical thinking.
When students have clear expectations for their writing, they are likely to use the strategies they have been taught. We will also explore the use of proficiency scales to support students as they incorporate the various strategies. Rationale: Writing strategies are tools that enable students to understand what they read, think critically, and articulate themselves orally. Writing is a vehicle for learning that increases student capacity to analyze and synthesize information.
