Professional improvement seminar for teachers of Mathematics and Science

In the period June,30-July 4, 2014, at the St. Petersburg Secondary School 550 ORT de Gunzburg "Shorashim" international seminar "Using new technologies in Teaching Math and Science" was held.

28 teachers from 16 schools of ORT network in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine came to St. Petersburg to share experiences and learn about contemporary methods and approaches in teaching Math and Science.

There were workshops on the use of new information technologies in the educational process, as well as lectures on effective approaches in the teaching of mathematics and science organized for the participants of the seminar. In addition to ORT network experts, as guest lecturers there were invited Professor Sergey E. Rukshin, honored teacher of the Russian Federation, Officer of the Order of Vernadskiy, winner of the "Best Mentor of young mathematicians of the USSR"; Ilze Y. Filippova, PhD in Physics and Math, Physics teacher of the St. Petersburg School # 138, the author of the site "Information technology in teaching Physics” (ifilip.narod.ru); Nadejda A. Altynova, LLC MS-Trainer, Microsoft. In conclusion of the seminar videoconference with the leader of  the project "Math Club” Yakov Ronkin was organized.