Ramsey Musallam

Ramsey Musallam Teaching Principles, teacher motivation, education motivation, creativity, 21st Century Learning & Technology Ramsey Musallam Teaching Principles, teacher motivation, education motivation, creativity, 21st Century Learning & Technology

Ramsey Musallam Speech Topics

Sparking Curiosity: Using Questions to Fuel Instruction

Using examples from the classroom, research, literature and film, this session will explore curiosity as a omnipresent motivational force in our world. Simple resources and instructional strategies used to spark curiosity will be modeled, case studies will be analyzed, and personal stories will...

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Students as Heroes: The Learning Cycle as a Call to Adventure

When analyzed side-by-side, Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, and common representations of the Inquiry-Based Learning Cycle, have much in common. Both paths begin with an engaged, challenged participant, involve intervention from a mentor, and lead the learner to a state of physical and mental...

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Explore-Flip-Apply: An Inquiry Approach to the Flipped Classroom

Despite recent buzz, misconceptions about the "flipped" classroom are rampant. This session will deconstruct and re-define this concept, placing multimedia in the context of an inquiry based learning cycle where videos facilitate, rather than provide, knowledge construction. Current research,...

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Reflective Practice: Embracing the Mess of Learning

Despite current research that calls for educators to place exploration before explanation, the "mess" of student discovery, and awareness of student misconceptions can challenge any teacher's pedagogical tool kit. Through case studies and classroom examples, this session will help inspire...

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Practical EdTech: Leveraging Simple Tools in Powerful Ways

Although impressive on paper, the newest tool or application can often distract, rather than empower, meaningful learning. Through classroom examples and live demonstrations, this session will help teachers develop, and more importantly, trust in, a simple and streamlined set of tools. Great...

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Your EdTech Mission: Grounding Technology in a Timeless Pedagogy

Educational Technology evangelist, Rushton Hurley states: "Technology won't turn a bad teacher into a good one. But a good teacher, using technology well, can do great things!". Using personal stories, case studies, and tangible examples, this session will provide strategies for writing your own...

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PseudoTeaching: Diagnosis and Treatment

Defined by teachers Frank Noschese and John Burke as a lesson that "...looks like it should result in meaningful learning...but was flawed and resulted in minimal learning" this session will share one teacher's PseudoTeaching journey. Through video, classroom examples, and student...

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Video as an Instructional Device

Within the last five years, the popularity of You Tube, Khan Academy, and a myriad of different production tools have placed video under an education technology microscope. This session will investigate video through both a lens of inquiry and information transfer, while also sharing useful tools...

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A Learning Cycle Approach to the Flipped Classroom

Despite recent buzz, misconceptions about the "flipped" classroom are rampant. This session will deconstruct and re-define this concept, placing multimedia in the context of an inquiry based learning cycle where videos facilitate, rather than provide, knowledge construction. Current...

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Cultivating Curiosity: Using Questions to Fuel Instruction

As Sir Ken Robinson states: "Curiosity is the engine of achievement". Using examples from the classroom, the research and society, this session will explore curiosity as a cognitive construct and pedagogical tool. Simple resources and instructional strategies used to spark curiosity...

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PseudoTeaching: Diagnosis and Treatment

Defined by teachers Frank Noschese and John Burke as a lesson that "...looks like it should result in meaningful learning...but was flawed and resulted in minimal learning" this session will share one teacher's PseudoTeaching journey. Through video, classroom examples, and student...

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Practice Reflection: Embracing the Mess of Learning

Despite current research that calls for educators to place exploration before explanation, the "mess" of student discovery, and awareness of student misconceptions can challenge any teacher's pedagogical tool kit. Through case studies and classroom examples, this session will help...

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Video as an Instructional Device

Within the last two years, popularity of You Tube, Khan Academy, and a myriad of different production tools have placed video under an education technology microscope. This session will investigate video through both a lens of inquiry and information transfer, while also sharing useful tools and...

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Technology as a Pedagogical Partner

As Rushton Hurley states: "Technology won’t turn a bad teacher into a good one. But a good teacher, using technology well, can do great things." This session will share simple ways to integrate technology into the classroom, and assist teachers in empowering their strengths and...

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IOS and Google: Creating a Meaningful Workflow

Although various devices exist, it is hard to argue that Google Apps, as well as IOS devices, have both emerged as prevalent classroom tools. This session will share workflow strategies for individual students, teachers and the 1-to-1 classroom environment, to help facilitate information sharing,...

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