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Many students struggle to understand complex and abstract concepts. Imagination-land uses brain science to explore ways teachers can use story telling and fictional situations to help students grasp abstract concepts, before transferring them into “the real world.”<\/p>\n

The Presenter: Michael Grether<\/h4>\n

\"\"Wake Forest High School (Wake County Public Schools); Michael Grether has been an educator since 2007 with Wake County Public Schools; currently teaching Social Studies at Wake Forest High School. Mr. Grether has a Bachelor’s Degree for Ohio University and a Masters in Curriculum\/Instruction\/Assessment from Walden University. In 2019 Michael Grether was a Top 10 Finalist for Wake County Teacher of the Year, along with WRAL’s Top Choice Teacher Runner-Up. In 2020, he was the NSHSS Claes Nobel National Coach-Educator Runner Up.<\/p>\n

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