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The Technology Education Special Interest Council (TESIC) and the Math-Science Special Interest Council (MSSIC), in partnership with Marine Institute & Memorial University, are excited to announce the 3rd annual Summer Institute of Technology Integration (SITI), STEMfestNL. 

Registration is now open.

We are pleased to offer nearly 60 sessions over the four-day institute, featuring 40 facilitators from across Canada. Before choosing your sessions, please create an account and add a profile picture and bio.

Registration Fee:

Registration fee includes full access to all sessions, facility tours and daily nutrition breaks. 

Newfoundland and Labrador attendees: $100

Out-of-Province attendees: $150

Method of Payment:

Payment is available via the following methods: SDS, email money transfer, cheque, money order, square invoicing (with Square, you will be sent an invoice and payment can then be made by credit card). Questions related to payment can be directed to event Treasurer, Jarratt Rose - jarratt@tesic.org

Thursday, July 28 • 13:30 - 15:30
Level Up: Motivating Students With Badge Assignment LIMITED

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Limited Capacity seats available

What better way to motivate student achievement than offering a reward system for students who enjoy gaming. Learn how to gamifiy your class, extracurriular group, skilled trades shop and even reinforce school behaviour by issuing digital badges. Give students a change to level-up with merit badges that you can assign at the click of a button. Explore how to involve students in the creation of badges and make the system meaningful through shared teacher-student ownership.

This session will reference the OpenBadges framework: http://openbadges.org 

Facilitators
avatar for Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy

Adjunct Professor, Memorial University
Tom Kennedy teaches Skilled Trades @ Eric G Lambert in Churchill Falls. He administers the schools MOODLE LMS and GAFE framework. Tom’s recent work explores the integration of Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) and 3D printing in the 9-12 curriculum with current integration efforts focusing... Read More →


Thursday July 28, 2016 13:30 - 15:30 NDT
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