COD 2014 - KP204

Using Technology to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills

Primary school teachers and heads

4 sessions, start: 14-Oct

Course detail

Year: 2014
Level: Kindergarten / Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Luciana Fernández, Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
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Non affiliate
ARS 600.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 14 October 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 28 October 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm
3 11 November 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm
4 25 November 2014 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
Primary school teachers and heads
Get participants to:

- understand what higher order thinking skills are.
- understand Bloom's taxonomy.
- see why HOTS make a difference in the classroom.
- explore different techtools to develop HOTS in primary school children.
- Bloom's taxonomy.
- Higher Order Thinking Skills.
- Reading as a synonym of thinking.
- Technology for the development of HOTS.
In the sessions participants will: - get the theoretical background they need to develop HOTS in their lessons. - have the opportunity to explore different techtools for the development of HOTS.
Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking Skills: S. Isaksen & D. Treffinger.
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