Yesterday we held our statewide staff meeting on Google tools for the languages classroom, presented by the department's T4L team. Thank you to everyone who participated in the live Adobe Connect session. If you were unable to attend, you can now access the recording.
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The Languages and Culture team is holding our next statewide staff meeting on Wednesday 10 June 2020. Please join us on Adobe Connect for a registered professional learning afternoon for language teachers.
The focus will be on using a variety of Google tools and apps in the language classroom, presented by the T4L team. https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/google/ Hope to see you there! Date: Wednesday 10 June 2020 Time: 3:30-4:30pm Online platform: Adobe Connect Enrolment details: MyPL Course code: RG19135 Zoom vs Adobe Connect for delivering a language lesson? We have created this comparison guide based on our experiences to help you determine which one is more suited to your needs. Features such as collaboration, whiteboard, set up and response time, sharing media, activities, games and interactions and recording have been compared. Further to this links to tutorials and information about these two platforms are also included. 
Thank you to everyone who has participated so enthusiastically in our live Adobe Connect sessions on how to deliver a language lesson through this platform. It has been fun and we are so impressed with the creativity and passion of our colleagues. Here is the link to the recording of the session demonstrating how to run a listening exercise, play a game, do group work and drilling vocab. Adobe Connect recording – delivering a language lesson https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/pvu81ombu4vy/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=c26644cb82fea945b9e3c2fba855e1c03c9ff81476560a407b7d1762b431b0b0 Also attached are pictures of pods and the presentation as a PDF. Here is the link to the recording of the session ran by our digital support team on how to find and set up an Adobe Connect meeting, great tips from beginners level. Adobe Connect recording – digital support team – how to use Adobe Connect https://connect.schools.nsw.edu.au/pqe2nvdmz8yd/ Wherever you are in your learning from home journey, you should feel proud of yourself! 
Yesterday we delivered our first statewide Adobe Connect session for 2020, with our games bonanza. We explored a variety of activities which bring fun to the classroom whilst developing language skills, and we even had a little interaction ourselves! We think the live feedback from participants says it all… Michelle: This has been an amazing session Paola; Thank you for those great game ideas Ilian: Thanks, that was interesting, fun and useful. Terima kasih banyak, Bu! :) Phuong: Thanks so much. It will be very useful Jenny: Fantastic session. Thanks Coreena. Some brilliant ideas I would like to adapt into my classes. Brett: I will definitely be re-watching this with the pause button later. Our plan is to develop a games and activity sharing space for all teachers to access. If you have any game ideas, videos, templates that your students enjoy and you are willing to share, please send them to Coreena Allen. We hope you continue to enjoy our short professional learning sessions delivered via Adobe Connect – our Term 4 session on assessment has since had more than 600 views! Thank you to the 55 language teachers who joined us live yesterday. If you were unable to attend, you can view the session recording. Files and games templates can be downloaded from the attachments below. Next session: Feedback!
As promised and as part of our new direction of our statewide Adobe Connects, we will be running short professional sessions to better support teachers in the classroom. On this term’s agenda, we will be delving into games that develop language skills, build positive relationships in the classroom and bring language classrooms to life. All language teachers 7-12 in NSW public schools are invited to participate. The webinar contributes towards 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standards 6.2.2 and 6.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Join us online via the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect room on Wednesday 19 February from 3:30-4:00pm. As the webinar runs as a one-direction session, you will not need a microphone or be required to speak. For participants new to using Adobe Connect, please see the attached how-to-guide below. We look forward to meeting you in the secondary languages meeting room. to edit.
 Yesterday we delivered our first "new look" statewide Adobe Connect session, kicking off with our top 10 favourite assessment tasks developed by teachers, which were submitted via the programming workshops or eCourse.
We think the live feedback from participants says it all... David: Gosh, this is like going to the best faculty meeting ever!! Clare G: Thank you! There were some amazing assessments there! Pina: This was great, succinct and informative. Great work!! Grazie Renetta: Loved it! Such an effective use of 30 mins!!! Deborah: Thanks so much Marcela!! Great presenting :0 We loved all the assessment ideas especially the food VLOG!! YAY! Thank you for pointing us in this new direction of providing short professional learning sessions and thank you to all the language teachers who joined us live yesterday. If you were unable to attend, you can view the session recording. Next session (based on the live poll): Games!
We invite all secondary language teachers to participate in the Term 3 Adobe Connect webinar. The webinar contributes to 30 minutes of teacher-identified professional learning addressing Standards 6.2.2 and 7.4.2 of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. Agenda: - exciting project and team updates - our website – available resources - TeachMeet. Join us online via the Secondary Languages Adobe Connect room on Wednesday 14 August from 3:30-4:00pm. As the webinar runs as a one-direction session, you will not need a microphone or be required to speak. For participants new to using Adobe Connect, please see the attached how-to-guide below. We look forward to meeting you in the secondary languages meeting room.
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