Teacher professional development
Australian Curriculum: ICT General Capability
The following Slideshare presentation was delivered by Dr. Trudy Sweeney at the ACSA 2012 Curriculum Symposium: Quality learning through general capabilities: Opportunities and challenges 1 November 2012. This slideshow is a great place to start thinking about putting this general capability into practice.
Student engagement
The following PowerPoint presentations are from the NZ Association of Language Teachers Conference (2008) and outline strategies that make a difference to the education of boys (and girls):
Boys, technology and languages teaching
Managing and connecting with boys in languages
Boys, technology and languages teaching
Managing and connecting with boys in languages
Professional Learning Networks (PLNs)
Language Support Groups
Register with Resources for Languages, a UK based group for languages teachers. Members share useful web links with one another.
Technolanguages is a languages group with membership from around the world.
There are a number of Twitter hashtags with a focus on languages. Check out #mfltwitterati (UK) #ozlangs or #langchat (universal).
Setting up your own Professional Learning Network/Community or leading the learning in your school? Check out the following Pinterest boards for links that will support you.
Technolanguages is a languages group with membership from around the world.
There are a number of Twitter hashtags with a focus on languages. Check out #mfltwitterati (UK) #ozlangs or #langchat (universal).
Setting up your own Professional Learning Network/Community or leading the learning in your school? Check out the following Pinterest boards for links that will support you.