Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms: Full Schedule

Pathway to Progress: Empowering Educators for Today’s Classrooms

2025 ELSA France Annual International Conference for Educators

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9:00am CET

Tinkering the Future: Design Thinking and Computational Thinking in the Secondary School Classroom FILLING

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET

VU04

Discover how the intersection of Design Thinking and Computational Thinking can empower students to tackle complex challenges with creativity and logic. This session explores how these complementary approaches provide a framework for breaking down problems, recognizing patterns, and designing innovative solutions. By integrating both methodologies, educators can inspire students to connect ideas across disciplines—whether they’re analyzing literature, solving scientific problems, or designing real-world projects.
Attendees will leave with practical strategies, hands-on project ideas, and adaptable frameworks to foster critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills across all subjects and grade levels.

Speakers

Jon Santiago

American School of Paris

Jon Santiago is the Design and Computer Programming Teacher and FabLab and STEAM Integrator at the American School of Paris.Jon has ten years of experience working with schools, cultural institutions, libraries and community groups to create classes and experiences that are hands-on... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am CET
VU04

DESIGN THINKING, Middle School / High School

2:45pm CET

AI and differentiated learning approaches in scientific investigation LIMITED

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET

VU04

Discovery Space is an Erasmus+ funded project to create an innovative approach to differentiated learning using AI. Aided by an AI-driven chatbot, students are guided through learning scenarios on individualized pathways of scientific investigation. This workshop will feature the learning scenario “Zookeepers of the Galaxy”, which teaches students to train a machine learning algorithm to classify different types of galaxies from the Zooniverse citizen science database.

For this session, you will need a laptop and an individual Wifi code.

Speakers

Michael Gregory

DISCOVERY SPACE

Michael Gregory is no stranger to ELSA, and has presented at the TDD numerous times over the years. After teaching for 16 years in Paris, his focus has now shifted to teacher training and science performance. He is very active in European teaching networks, as a Scientix ambassador... Read More →

Saturday March 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm CET
VU04

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, All Ages