Neuroscience, Education Technology and Literacy Workshop

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA – Philadelphia area teachers will participate in a one-of-a-kind summer training workshop June 25 - June 27 as neuroscience researchers, education technology experts and literacy experts including researchers from Haskins Laboratories affiliated with Yale University and the University of Connecticut, the Child Mind Institute and the Educational Testing examine and discuss the future of education.

The AIM IGNITE Center Summer Institute will also providing participants with in-depth activities designed to help teachers use the information they learn in their own classrooms. Afternoon sessions will feature team problem-solving sessions and hands-on learning with new technology including a demonstration of AIM’s EEG lab research, virtual-reality goggles, a global portal and more. The IGNITE (Implementing Global Neuroscience in technology and Education) Center event is being sponsored in part by a ADVIS-Edward E. Ford Transformative Models for Independent School Sustainability grant, a matching grant which supports collaboration for financial sustainability among independent school.

Workshop speakers include:

• Dr. Kenneth Pugh, Director of Haskins Laboratories
• Dr. Nicole Landi, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences University of Connecticut, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology – Yale Study Center, Director of EEG Research, Haskins Labs
• Dr. Justin Aglio, Director of Academic Achievement & District Innovation, Montour School District - (Pittsburgh)
• Mr. Al Chiaradonna, Vice-President, SEI
• Dr. John Sabatini, Principle Research Scientist, Research and Development Division, Global Assessment Center, Educational Testing Service
• Dr. Arno Klein, Director of Innovative Technologies, Child Mind Institute

The workshop agenda can be found here. Speakers will present between 9 am and 11:30 am each morning with interactive sessions beginning at 12:45 pm each day.

About AIM Academy and the AIM Institute for Learning & Research

AIM Academy, a grade 1-12 college preparatory school, provides extraordinary educational opportunities to children with language-based learning differences including dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, utilizing research-based intervention strategies and an arts-based learning environment. In addition, the AIM Institute for Learning & Research is an international, multidisciplinary service delivery model designed to bring the latest research and educational training opportunities to parents, teachers and professionals who work with children who learn differently. AIM recently announced it has become the first educational partner to join Yale University’s Haskins Laboratories in the Haskins Global L2 (Language & Literacy) Innovation Hub. To learn more about AIM Academy, visit www.aimpa.org. To explore AIM Institute visit https:institute.aimpa.org