Description
Doing hands-on activities is a great way to support your more energetic learners so they can stay engaged mentally and physically, but did you know that you can use movement and touch to enrich learning for reserved students as well?
In this 1-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., will teach you how to:
- Reinforce learning with movement
- Teach core concepts with hands-on activities
- Create a fun classroom environment
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Ana – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation with fun ideas to ramp up games to include rigorous material.
Judy – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This geared more for older students versus younger as teachers of younger students probably do most of this anyway as good teaching practices.
Stephanie – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I like some of these activities that were shared.
Stephanie – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
This a great idea to keep our students engaged and interested in the topic we’re studying. It also increases their internalization of the concepts we teach.
Wanda – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I 100% agree with her!
Rachel – ASHLAND CITY (verified owner) –
Her best class yet!
Kelsey – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very useful!
dianna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked the ideas that were presented and felt engaged during the whole presentation.
Cheryl – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
good ideas
Pamella – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
The video was very imformative and I enjoyed it.