Integrating e-tools into the languages classroom
Short link: https://tinyurl.com/etoolspld
Contact email address for Online PD for Language Teachers: onlinepld@nzalt.org.nz
Webinars 2023
For more information and registration, please send an email to onlinepld@nzalt.org.nz
The webinar topics are decided based on teachers' needs, so please let us know by email what topics you are interested in.
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PLD Needs for Online/ Remote Teaching and Resource Sharing
PLD Needs for Online/ Remote Teaching 2020 and onwards
During this unprecedented time, NZALT is aware of increased PLD needs in regards to online/ remote teaching. We will offer Webinars tailored to those needs.
For some starter ideas on the questions/ requests during 2020, please follow this link.
Sharing of resources, websites and e-tools
We are aware that many of you have already found a lot of useful resources and websites to support their learners from the distance.
It would be great if you would share your great ideas using the Padlet below. Feel free to share the Padlet with other languages colleagues.
Past Webinars 2019 - 2022
Webinars Term 2, 2022
Thursday 26 May from 3.45pm until 5pm
Sharing Ideas for Languages Week
This will be a sharing session about activities you could do during Languages Week.
Thursday 23 June from 3.45pm until 5pm
Webinar - Kanohi ki te kanohi: relearning how to speak in the languages classroom
This webinar is being hosted by Janet McAllister together with Madlen Kunath. Janet will share some of the activities which they have been using at Wellington Girls' College to get students talking again after the disruptions of Covid and the lockdowns. It includes a number of activities from Dr Gianfranco Conti's presentation at the NZALT 2021 Conference. We are very grateful to Janet for sharing her knowledge and expertise in this area.
The material from this webinar will also be presented at the NZALT 2022 Conference in Dunedin.
Webinars Term 1, 2022
Tuesday 22 March from 3.45pm until 5pm
Google Classroom
This will be a practical session with the opportunity to ask questions and share your ideas with others.
Thursday 24 March from 3.45pm until 5pm
Google Site
This will be a practical session with the opportunity to ask questions and share your ideas with others.
Webinars Term 4, 2021
Thursday 9 December from 3.45pm until 5pm
FOLLOW-UP: Creating virtual field trips, treasure hunts and city rallies with Padlet's interactive map and Google Earth
This Webinar will be an opportunity for those teachers who participated in an earlier Webinar to progress and share their knowledge of using Padlet and Google Earth to create virtual field trips and treasure hunts.
Tuesday 7 December from 3.45pm until 5pm
FOLLOW-UP: Creating virtual field trips, treasure hunts and city rallies with Padlet's interactive map and Google Earth
This Webinar will be an opportunity for those teachers who participated in an earlier Webinar to progress and share their knowledge of using Padlet and Google Earth to create virtual field trips and treasure hunts.
Thursday 2 December from 3.45pm until 5pm
How to create your own Google Site
These webinars will give teachers an opportunity to find out why to use Google Site and how to create their own for resources sharing and collaboration in their classroom. The webinars are open to teachers who are new to Google Site as well as teachers who are already familiar with it but need a guiding hand in developing their own Sites. Both Webinars will be run by Madlen and Sue Pommarede.
Tuesday 30 November from 3.45pm until 5pm
How to create your own Google Site
These webinars will give teachers an opportunity to find out why to use Google Site and how to create their own for resources sharing and collaboration in their classroom. The webinars are open to teachers who are new to Google Site as well as teachers who are already familiar with it but need a guiding hand in developing their own Sites. Both Webinars will be run by Madlen and Sue Pommarede.
Thursday 4 November from 3.45pm until 5pm
Activities to support your students for the Listening and Reading External Assessment Standards
The webinar will share some activities to help prepare students with simple individual, partner and group activities, many based on Dr Gianfranco Conti's ideas. There will also be an opportunity for teachers to share their favourite activities, which they have used with their students.
Webinars Term 3, 2021
Thursday 16 September from 3.45pm until 5pm
FOLLOW-UP: Creating virtual field trips, treasure hunts and city rallies with Padlet's interactive map and Google Earth
This Webinar will be an opportunity for those teachers who participated in an earlier Webinar to progress and share their knowledge of using Padlet and Google Earth to create virtual field trips and treasure hunts.
Tuesday 14 September from 3.45pm until 5pm
REPEAT: Creating virtual field trips, treasure hunts and city rallies with Padlet's interactive map and Google Earth
The Webinar has been presented at NZALT 2021 conference in Wellington and on September 2
We will explore how the online tool Padlet works, and how the interactive map function can be employed in foreign language teaching to create imaginary or real travel itineraries, treasure hunts and city/ country rallies. During the currently limited opportunities for international travel, this device- and browser-independent tool offers collaborative and creative opportunities for students to explore their own cultures and that of their exchange partners while using the target language. Users can share maps, making it easy to work with exchange partners across borders either in lieu of, or while planning, a potential visit.
In addition to the conference presentation we will also look at Google Earth because a major update of it makes Google Earth a valid alternative to Padlet´s interactive map.
Thursday 2 September from 3.45pm until 5pm
Creating virtual field trips, treasure hunts and city rallies with Padlet's interactive map and Google Earth
The Webinar has been presented at NZALT 2021 conference in Wellington.
We will explore how the online tool Padlet works, and how the interactive map function can be employed in foreign language teaching to create imaginary or real travel itineraries, treasure hunts and city/ country rallies. During the currently limited opportunities for international travel, this device- and browser-independent tool offers collaborative and creative opportunities for students to explore their own cultures and that of their exchange partners while using the target language. Users can share maps, making it easy to work with exchange partners across borders either in lieu of, or while planning, a potential visit.
In addition to the conference presentation we will also look at Google Earth because a major update of it makes Google Earth a valid alternative to Padlet´s interactive map.
Webinars Term 2, 2021
Thursday 24 June Blended Language Learning and Teaching
The Webinar will focus on pedagogy, activities and selected tools that can be used in Blended teaching and learning. It could include such platforms as Google Classroom, Padlet, Pear Deck, and other e-tools.
Thursday 10 June Moderating and marking the Internal Achievement Standards Shirley Bain from NZQA
It will focus on support for the moderation and marking of the Internal Achievement Standards. This Webinar will be repeated at the NZALT 2021 Conference in July if you are unable to attend this term. It is also a repeat of the Webinar which was run in Term Four last year.
Thursday 13 May Sharing ideas for International Languages Week
Webinars Term 1, 2021
Thursday 18 March Priorities and challenges in language teaching for 2021
The topic for this webinar is based on feedback from the surveys at the end of last year and will provide opportunities to connect with other language teachers.
Webinars Term 4, 2020
Wednesday 18 November Moderating and marking the Internal Achievement Standards (Shirley Bain from NZQA)
This webinar will focus on support for the moderation and marking of the Internal Achievement Standards.
Wednesday 14 October Listening and Reading Strategies for External Achievement Standards (repeat session)
The focus is on a mix of online and classroom activities and strategies to support teachers in preparing their students for the External Achievement Standards.
Webinars Term 3, 2020
Wednesday 16 September Listening and Reading Strategies for External Achievement Standards (repeat session)
The focus is on a mix of online and classroom activities and strategies to support teachers in preparing their students for the External Achievement Standards.
Thursday 3 September Listening and Reading Strategies for External Achievement Standards
The focus is on a mix of online and classroom activities and strategies to support teachers in preparing their students for the External Achievement Standards.
Webinars Term 2, 2020
Week 11, Thursday 25 June Developing Writing Skills in a Learning Languages Classroom
Week 10, Thursday 18 June Developing Listening Skills in a Learning Languages Classroom (repeat session)
Week 8, Thursday 4 June Developing Listening Skills in a Learning Languages Classroom
Week 6, Thursday 21 May Scaffolded Writing Strategies
The focus will be on the NCEA Writing Standard and how to gather evidence towards this Achievement Standard.
Week 5, Thursday 14 May Online teaching strategies
Share strategies you have discovered during online teaching and that you could take forward into your face-to-face classroom
Week 5, Friday 15 May NCEA and Lea Faka Tonga
The focus is on preparing students for NCEA, gathering evidence online, and sharing ideas for planning.
Week 4, Thursday, 7 May - Google Classroom
This can cover everything including setting up assignments and comment banks for marking as well as checking for plagiarism.
Week 3: Thursday 30 April How to create and grade quizzes using Google Forms and e-tools for feedback.
Please bring along a test you would like to create and a piece of student's writing for feedback.
Week 2: Thursday 23 April Drop-in session for questions about and sharing of online language teaching strategies
Week 1: Thursday 16 April How to use Padlet and Zoom in a Languages Classroom
Webinars Term 4 2019
Week 4: Wednesday, 6 November Student-centered Learning and Collaboration in a Learning Languages Classroom
Week 5: Tuesday, 12 November Google Site - How to create your own Google Site (new Google Site)
Week 6: Thursday, 21 November Differentiation in the languages classroom
This session will introduce some methods on how to differentiate in your languages classroom but please do bring along some ideas that already work in your classroom to share with others.
Week 7: Wednesday, 27 November Planning and creating resources/ activities for a collaborative languages classroom
This session is intended to be very practical where teachers can create their own resources together with others, share ideas and tasks that have worked well and could be done across languages. So please bring along some tasks and ideas to share with each other. This may be seen as a follow-up webinar from "Student-centered learning and Collaboration" earlier this month but it's not necessary to have attended the webinar.