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Friday Lunch Selections (11:00 - 3:00 pm)
Whole fruit | VN + GF $2.25
Gluten free granola bar | GF + V $4
Assorted cookies | V $3
Old fashioned ham, tuna, & egg salad sandwich $6
Bistro sandwich: olive oil panino | artichoke tapenade | tomato |Italian bocconcini | V $10
Chef’s soup of the day with golden potato bun $6.00
Pizza (Hawaiian, pepperoni, & cheese) $6/slice
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Friday, February 14
 

10:30am MST

Solve Real-World Problems Using Gizmos STEM Cases - Division 2
Friday February 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Salon 03
Facilitate STEM learning in an engaging way with ExploreLearning Gizmos, the 2024 CODiE Award Winner for Best STEM Instructional Solution for Grades K-12! STEM Cases place students in the role of a professional to solve a real-world problem using critical thinking skills. Explore a STEM Case and reflect upon the role of the teacher during the experience. Learn how to monitor student progress and results to facilitate learning throughout the process. Access to Gizmos for K-6 teachers has been provided by Alberta Education. Please bring an electronic device to get the most out of this session.
Speakers
avatar for Karen Blumhagen

Karen Blumhagen

Implementation Coordinator, Alberta, ExploreLearning
Karen Blumhagen is an Implementation Coordinator with ExploreLearning. She has over thirty years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, learning facilitator, and administrator. Karen has observed firsthand the positive impacts of online simulations on student understanding... Read More →
Solve Real World Problems With Gizmos STEM Case Session Notes 2025 pdf
Friday February 14, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
Salon 03
  Div 2

11:45am MST

Numerical Response in Social 30-1
Friday February 14, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST
Salon 03
Alberta Education has indicated that the Vretta online assessment platform will fundamentally change how selected response questions are structured for students in the near future. In the context of Social Studies, multiple choice has been the sole method that selected response questions have been formatted for decades.

This presentation seeks to introduce Numerical Response style questions into the Humanities with an emphasis on Social Studies 30-1. A wide variety of questions will be provided to participants to help conceptualize the various formatting structures that Alberta Education might pursue as it rolls out its new assessment platform.

Vretta's new selected response question format strongly correlates to older Numerical Response formats, as seen in the Science PATs and DIPs. As such, our question formats will be strongly influenced by the formatting structure used in the Sciences.

This will be a workshop-style presentation in which participants will be given an extensive sampling of questions to engage in discussion with each other and the presenters.
Speakers
avatar for Michael Bayer

Michael Bayer

Physics teacher, Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus (WEHSSC)
Previous ESTCA presentations include:2020 - Spreadsheet Tools for Math, 2021 - Auto-Marking Labs and Activities using Unique Student-Generated Data for Math and Science using Google Spreadsheets, 2022 - Contrasting Approaches for CTS Program Design (presented with Kyle McIntosh), 2023... Read More →
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Kyle McIntosh

Teacher, Bashaw School
Experienced K-12 Social Studies teacher. Basketball Coach. Lover of Locally Developed Courses. Town Councillor proud of his community.Past Presentations include: Case Closed - A Cross-Curricular Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Grade 6 Novel Study; Hints, Tips, and Tricks for Beginning Teachers... Read More →
Friday February 14, 2025 11:45am - 12:45pm MST
Salon 03
  Div 4

1:00pm MST

Gizmos: Build Conceptual Understanding Using Online Math Simulations - Grade 1 & 2
Friday February 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Salon 03
Discover how Gizmos online simulations can encourage young students to think like mathematicians. Explore the use of online simulations to enhance conceptual understanding, fostering student confidence in mathematics. Engage in a whole group lesson aligned with the new Division 1 math curriculum, and access ready-to-use Gizmos classroom resources. Access to Gizmos for K-6 teachers has been provided by Alberta Education. Teachers are encouraged to bring a device. 
Speakers
avatar for Karen Blumhagen

Karen Blumhagen

Implementation Coordinator, Alberta, ExploreLearning
Karen Blumhagen is an Implementation Coordinator with ExploreLearning. She has over thirty years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, learning facilitator, and administrator. Karen has observed firsthand the positive impacts of online simulations on student understanding... Read More →
Gizmos Math Lessons for Division 1 2025 pdf
Gr 1 Pattern Flip Gizmo Lesson pdf
Friday February 14, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Salon 03
  Div 1
 
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