Are you interested in seeing how teachers implement Word Inquiry in their classrooms?
Join the first-ever wordtorque online conference and see how Word Inquiry educators develop their students’ orthographic understanding, knowledge and skills. Pick up tips to get started or to further refine your practice.
USD $100 per participant (charged as HKD$780)
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Downloadable .pdf of the List of Presentations
Investigation Insights
- Presenters will take you through an inquiry on a specific topic such as investigating a word family or exploring a suffixing convention
- 20-30 minute sessions
- A teacher resource handout you can use with your students
- The opportunity to join a Q&A about the presentation
Ready, Set, Go!
- Presenters will explain how they establish the use of tools, processes and routines needed to get going with Word Inquiry.
- 20-30 minute sessions
- A teacher resource handout you can use with your students
- The opportunity to join a Q&A about the presentation
Quick Consolidations
- Presenters will show you one game or activity they use to consolidate student learning
- 5 - 10 minute sessions
- Some activities will have a handout - others you just watch to learn the game
Conference Format:
- 50 video presentations ranging from 5 - 30 minutes in length
- Practical content made by teachers for teachers
- Hosted on the interactive Whova conference app and website
- View on-demand for a month
- Live 15 minute Q&A session to discuss the ins and outs of the longer presentations - an optional extra
When:
March 21 - April 17, 2022: Participants have on-demand access to all presentations for 4 weeks
Saturday April 2: Live Q&A sessions via Zoom, giving you the opportunity to chat with the presenters of the longer sessions
Educators presenting at this conference include professionals working at the following schools from around the world:
- United Nations International School, Vietnam
- NIST International School, Thailand
- International School Bangkok, Thailand
- Bangkok Patana School, Thailand
- Hong Kong Academy, Hong Kong
- Renaissance College Hong Kong
- Kingston International School, Hong Kong
- Western Academy of Beijing, China
- International School Manila, Philippines
- Jakarta Intercultural School, Indonesia
- United World College of South East Asia, East Campus, Singapore
- Luanda International School, Angola
- International Community School Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Dresden International School, Germany
- American School of Warsaw, Poland
- Holy Trinity School, ACT Australia
- Torrens Primary School, ACT Australia
- Waimea Heights Public School, TAS Australia
- Arawang Primary School, ACT Australia
- The Nueva School, California USA
- Wildwood School, California USA
- Fenton Public Schools, Michigan USA
There are also a number of presentations by tutors who work with small groups or individual students.