Session Types

Regular Sessions are 60 minutes in duration, and are in a theater seating (chairs only) environment. These are typically sessions where the speaker presents to a seated audience.

Regular Workshops are 90 minutes in duration. Participants are seated at tables. The environment is geared towards small group discussion and/or hands-on activity. Note your size preference.

Regular Mini-Courses are three hours long. Participants are seated at tables. This environment is geared towards extended hands-on activities. Participants are usually limited to no more than 24.

Interactive Whiteboard Presentations are sessions, workshops or mini-courses scheduled in a room with an interactive whiteboard (e.g., SmartBoard, Promethean). The whiteboard and LCD will be provided. SCCTM will not provide an overhead projector in these rooms. The presenter is responsible for bringing his/her own laptop computer with the appropriate software pre-loaded. The number of session/workshop time slots in these rooms is limited. Every effort will be made to include presentations from all grade levels in these rooms. Presenters should incorporate grade level lessons teachers can use, as well as be prepared to share these lesson plans on a CD or provide their website or email address where participants can download the file.

Gallery Sessions are one-hour long; however, participants may drop in and out during this time. Participants are seated at tables with the presenter serving only as the activity facilitator. This environment is geared towards sessions in a "make-and-take style" that appeal to a general audience. Session topics may include foldables, little books, origami, line designs, tessellations or anything else that can be delivered in a loosely structured environment. One model for these sessions is a short demonstration and then individual assistance to participants as they practice hands-on activity. Attendance and participation would be more open and flexible than a regular session. (Stay for 15 minutes or the entire hour!) We hope to offer a variety of topics for these gallery sessions with topics repeated at various times throughout the conference. If you are comfortable teaching in a more "open classroom" environment and would like to present a gallery session, please check "GALLERY SESSION" as the session type. Presentations by a team of teachers would be ideal for the gallery. These are scheduled in the Exhibit Hall.

Displays are project work or units of study by your students that are placed on display in a kiosk-style environment. The displays are located in a special section of the exhibit hall so conference participants may study them and gain ideas for their classes. Teachers presenting the displays are asked to provide contact information and be willing to share their project directions and/or handouts electronically, if needed. If you are interested in presenting a display of your students' work, please check "Display" as the session type.

If you have questions about these session types, please contact us.