Name: Minecrafting Curriculum Connections
Start: 2026-08-28T14:00:00-0600
End: 2026-08-28T15:30:00-0600

ECSD Elementary Summer Summit 2026: September Starts Here
Join us on August 28 for a day of learning, collaboration, and inspiration designed to help you start the school year strong! Choose from over 25 sessions featuring classroom-ready resources, practical strategies, and ready-to-use lessons across literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, assessment, inclusion, faith permeation, and wellness. Whether you’re exploring the new Grades 4–6 Social Studies curriculum, discovering Dynamic Math, or looking for fresh ideas to support every learner, you’ll leave confident, energized, and September ready!

Minecrafting Curriculum Connections

LIMITED

Friday August 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm MDT

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Session Materials

In this hands-on session, we will explore how Minecraft: Education can support meaningful curriculum connections while making student thinking visible. Using portfolios, photos, reflections, NPCs, and mini-builds, we will explore strategies for documenting learning, collecting evidence of understanding, and sharing student work through Google Classroom. Teachers will leave with practical assessment approaches that capture both learning processes and KUSPs across subject areas.

Speakers

Joel Kristiansen

Emerging Technology Consultant, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Joel Kristiansen has been part of the EmTech team for the past 3 years. Joel finds inspiration in working with teachers to incorporate technology in feasible ways to make learning more accessible, exciting, and long lasting. Before that, Joel spent over a decade in K-9 schools where... Read More →

Preston Huppie

Consultant, Indigenous Learning Services, Edmonton Catholic School Division

Friday August 28, 2026 2:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
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