Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria, Inc. (MLTAV)
MLTAV Mentoring Project - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!
Applications for the 2019-2020 mentoring program are now open. New to teaching Languages? The MLTAV mentoring program pairs beginning teachers with accomplished educators to provide ongoing support over 18 months to support new teachers succeed in their classrooms. Teachers are matched by language and level and first meet together at the MLTAV Conference on 17 May. Interested in applying to be a mentor or mentee?
MLTAV invites you to register an Expression of Interest in participating in this FREE, dynamic Professional Learning opportunity which will match Beginning teachers of Languages in their first five years of teaching with Accomplished Languages teachers. CLICK here to register your expression of interest.
Funding is provided to release teachers to attend the MLTAV Conference on Friday 17 May and to have a planning day/collegiate classroom visit in Semester 2, 2019 and Semester 1, 2020.
Places in this project are limited!
Through this 18-month Mentoring project, Languages teachers will have the opportunity to:
PARTICIPATE Participate in quality Professional Learning to update and extend their knowledge and skills of effective Languages teaching, including:
- attending the 2019 MLTAV Conference scheduled for Friday 17 May at the Catholic Leadership Centre, East Melbourne.
NETWORK & COLLABORATE - Network and Collaborate with other teachers of Languages across Victoria on using the Professional Standards for Accomplished Teaching and Learning of Languages;
- Be partnered with a mentor/mentee for ongoing collaboration through the 18-months of this project.
CLASSROOM VISITS Undertake collegiate classroom visits to observe their partner’s teaching and seek feedback / guidance to support further development.
REFLECT ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE & DEVELOP SELF- EVALUATION SKILLS Be stimulated by reflecting on professional knowledge and practice and to develop self- evaluation skills using a framework for effective mentoring.
If you have any queries about this project, please email Kylie Farmer, MLTAV Mentoring Project Manager:
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Cultural Diversity Week 16-24 March - Primary School Film Competition
Teachers and schools play a large and important role in supporting children and families, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. By providing a safe, inclusive and welcoming classroom environment, teachers can also help students feel a sense of belonging – to their school, their community and to Victoria.
There are many ways teachers and schools can help foster community harmony and encourage positive attitudes towards cultural diversity. This kit is designed to provide some inspiration and assistance to help your school bring diversity to life in the classroom.
ICT Blended Learning FREE Webinars for Languages Teachers
Blended Learning: Technologies transforming the Languages classroom
FREE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
The MLTAV was pleased to be supported by the Victorian Department of Education to develop an eBook to support Blended learning in languages education. This free resource provides teachers with step-by-step instructions on how to use a broad range of ICT Tools and Resources for the languages classroom. The resource is available via:
MLTAV has also run a series of webinars to support teachers in the use of ICT in the languages classroom. Recordings of the webinars are available below:(All webinars, both live and archived versions, are FREE to participate in and access!!)
____________________________________________________________ The MLTAV is pleased to have worked with the Victorian Government, Department of Education and Training to offer ICT Blended Learning FREE webinars for teachers of Languages. This collaboration has been ongoing since 2013. Teachers were invited to participate in the live version of the webinars with the archived version links also made available for tachers to engage with in their own time (flexible learning). Certificates of participation are offered to teachers who engage with the live versions and/or the archived versions.
Webinars:
2018: Getting started with One Note (Presenter: Rowena Bata), held on Monday 10 September. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBSbrqitX_4
Virtual Reality (Presenter: Nathan Lane), held on Tuesday 30 October. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq26ZT4etvM
Documenting student learning with Seesaw (Presenter: Jess Sartori), held on Thursday 22 November. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link:https://youtu.be/H-zJx8TajZI
2017 and 2016: Google Classroom (Presenter: Mari-Anna Reiljan-Dillon), held on Tuesday 22 November. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link:https://connect.vic.edu.au/p867ksn6mtg/
Enhancing Language Learning using Kahoot (Presenter: Jade Cleave), held on Monday 30 October. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link: https://connect.vic.edu.au/p3fpkfympky/
Providing Feedback (Presenter: Catherine Spurritt), held on Monday 21 November. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link:https://connect.vic.edu.au/p70dsbe8a3n/
Creating Interactive Presentations with Keynote (Presenter: Jade Cleave), held on Wednesday 23 November. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link: https://connect.vic.edu.au/p4jrjwh5sdm/
My iJourney: Creating valuable learning experiences through integrating iPads into the learning workflow (Presenter: Brianna Winsor), held on Thursday 8 December. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link: https://connect.vic.edu.au/p6jd9f6hnvt/
Are you using Quizlet to its full potential?! (Presenter: Rebecca Gregory), held on Thursday 15 December. To access the archived version of the live webinar, go to the link: https://connect.vic.edu.au/p45xvjtbbpf/
The future-focused Languages Classroom (Presenter: Pip Cleaves), held on Tuesday 6 September. To access the archived version of the live webinar, click here. * Unfortunately we experienced some wifi difficulties during this session so there are some disruptions to this presentation but you can fast forward through these on the recording to hear some of the innovative ways technology is being used by Pip to engage and enrich the language learning experiences of students.
Multimodal Text Magic - Scratch (Presenter: Jaclyn Curnow). To view the recording, please click here. _________________________
ARCHIVED Webinar Opportunities from throughout 2015!
1. Tuesday 25 August 2015 - 4pm - 5pm: Enhancing Langauge Learning through Online Technologies
Presenter: CHRIS HARTE (Language Teacher, John Monash Science School, Google Educator)
This webinar explored the power of online technologies in enhancing language learning, particularly focusoing on technologies for enhancing listening, reading, writing and speaking and encouraring learners to engage with authentic target language material.
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here.
2. Wednesday 2 September, 2015 - 4pm - 5pm: Enhancing Language Literacy through Technology
In this webinar, participants will explore ways in which to integrate technology into the teaching of language, with a focus on Web 2.0 Tools and iPad apps that have been proven to enhance language literacy, engagement and learning. Participants will discover how to create digital resources that complement the language content of their own language program and how easily these resources can be adapted to align with different topics and skills levels.
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here.
3. Monday 23 November, 2015 - 4pm - 5pm:Enghancing Language Literacy through Technology Presenter: JILL WILSON (Project Manager, Education Services Australia) FREE Resources available to support implementation of Victorian Curriculum: Languages This webinar will introduce teachers to the huge collection of FREE resources available through Scootle and the Language Learning Space to support teachers in the implementation of the Victorian Curriculum: Languages. All Government and Catholic schools will be expected to implement this curriculum from 2017 so it is an ideal time to begin preparing for this in 2016 and to become familiar with the resources available to support this implementation.
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here.
4. Tuesday 8 December – 4pm - 5pm: Languages Online - STUART MILLER (Victorian School of Languages)
Resources to support the delivery of Language programs through the use of ICT Languages Online is now available as an app for Windows, iOS and Android (Mac OS X coming soon). The session will introduce the app and the Japanese and Indonesian activities currently available. We’ll also have a brief look at the other resources available through the Languages Online website.
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here. Once you have participated in a live or archived version on the webinars above, you can obtain a certificate of participation for this time attributed to formal PL. Certificates will be emailed within 7 working days of completing the survey. To received a certificate, you must complete the details on the following survey:
2013 Webinars - All Sessions are Designed for Beginners
The MLTAV is pleased to offer archived recordings of the 10 Webinars conducted over the period April 2013 - August 2013:
- Tuesday 16 April - What is Blended Learning? An introduction to Video Conferencing
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Wednesday 24 April - Cartoon Dialogues - writing/speaking activities Languages Online This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Tuesday 30 April - Early Years Resources - bee bots/voki/voice recorders/digital books
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Wednesday 15 May - Voice recording - Creating digital stories with students
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Tuesday 21 May - Creating Podcasts (Audacity)
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Wednesday 29 May - Games - creating games, ready-made games Web quests
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Wednesday 5 June - Using Socrative
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Tuesday 16 July - Creating blogs/wikis
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
- Wednesday 7 August - Online Professional Networking - twitter, NINGs
This session has been run and was recorded. To view the recording, please click here:
Once you have listened to an archived version (above) you can still obtain a certificate of participation for this time attributed to formal PL. Certificates will be emailed within 7 working days of completing the survey. To received a certificate, you must complete the details on the following survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MLTAV_2013_Webinar_Series
To receive a certificate of participation for your engagement with either the live or acrhived versions of these webinars, please complete a brief online survey via the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MLTAV_2018_Webinar_Series once completed, a customised certificate of participation will be emailed to you.
Digital Stories Showcasing Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
The MLTAV was supported by DET to create 3 film clips showcasing CLIL. The clips include both student and teacher reflections as well as a Year 7 Science CLIL lesson in Japanese.
These clips complement the CLIL Unit of Work and associated resources all now available on FUSE in French, Indonesian and Japanese. Resources in other languages will be available in term 4.
REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED - FULL TO VENUE CAPACITY DRAFT MLTAV 2016 Conference Program
PLEASE NOTE:
MLTAV obtained statements from the three Major Federal Political Parties to showcase at the Conference (during the afternoon Plenary with Andrew Ferguson, President, MLTAV), as well as to our full membership via the June edition of Languages Victoria.
Morning Keynote Speaker: Maree Dellora, Languages Unit Curriculum Manager, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, speech title, ' An overview of Languages in the Victorian Curriculum including approaches to planning and assessment.'
Unitl the day of the Conference (Friday 6 May), this program is considered a DRAFT as sessions can change due to unforeseen circumstances, outside of MLTAV's control, leading up to the event. However, any changes will be indicated on this online program if and/or when they occur.
Click on the link below to download the DRAFT Program (current as at 3 May 2016).
To view individual session blurbs and presenter biographies, please see detailed program below (names of presenters are linked to their biographies and session titles are linked to full session descriptions):
8.45am - 9.00am - Welcome (and housekeeping) and introduction of the Keynote Speaker by Andrew Ferguson, President, MLTAV
9.10am - 9.40am - Keynote Speaker, Maree Dellora, Languages Unit Curriculum Manager, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, speech title, 'An overview of Languages in the Victorian Curriculum including approaches to planning and assessment'.
9.50am - 10.00am - Dr. Isobel Crombie, Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Management, National Gallery of Victoria, launching the 'MLTAV/NGV Language Support Educators 2016 Program'
10.00am - 10.10am- Launch of MIFF Next Gen 2016 Program - Cinema for Young People, sponsored by MLTAV: Thomas Caldwell, Storts & Next Gen Programmer
10.10am - 10.40am - Morning Tea & Opportunity to interact with Conference Exhibitors
Session 2: 10.45am - 11.35am IMPORTANT - Click on the Session Title Names (in bold) throughout the program information below to read a full description of the session title and associated presenter bio.
2.1 Room 2.01 Session Title:CLIL Science Presenter: Nadine Fraize (International Presenter) Target audience: Primary to Early Secondary To view Nadine's session resources go to:
www.lfeeplatform.net
username: Nadine_MLTAV_conf2016
password: MLTAV_conf2016
2.2 Room 2.02 Session Title: Making Writing a Less Frustrating Activity (for Students and Teachers) Presenter: Rowena Bata Target audience: Secondary Click here for Rowena's session handout 2.3 Room2.03- CLARE AND KRISIT HAD TO CANCEL THIS SESSION (Replaced with Jaclyn Curnow session 3.3 Multimodal Text Magic Scratch - this will be re-run in session 3.3 as well) Session Title: Web Tools and apps to Engage Students in Learning ** Note: bring own device to hands-on session (laptop/iPad/tablet) Presenters: Clare Rafferty and Krisit Usher - CANCELLED filled in by Jaclyn Curnow - "Scratch" Target audience: Primary and Secondary 2.4 Room 2.04 Session Title: The VCE for Teachers new to Languages Presenter: Maria Dikaiou ** Note: bring own VCE Study Design to this session Target audience: VCE
Session 3: 11.40am - 12.35am IMPORTANT - Click on the Session Title Names (in bold) throughout the program information below to read a full description of the session title and associated presenter bio.
12.35pm - 1.35pm - LUNCH - Talk with Exhibitors at Stands & Network with other Languages Delegates
Session 4: 1.40pm- 1.55pm Session Title: Afternoon Plenary - 'Advocacy for Languages Education' Presenter: Andrew Ferguson, President, MLTAV
Session 5: 2.00pm - 2.50pm IMPORTANT - Click on the Session Title Names (in bold) throughout the program information below to read a full description of the session title and associated presenter bio. 5.1 Room 2.01 SessionTitle:Engaging Students in the Foreign Language Classroom (kinesthetic activities) Presenter:Nadine Fraize audience: Primary to Early Secondary To view Nadine's session resources go to:
5.7Room2.07 Session Title: Intercultural and Meta-Linguistic Awareness: Improving Students' Language Abilities ** Note: PRACTICAL Session - Bring a textbook or unit of work to this session. A THEORETICAL Session preceded this Practical Session held in Session 4.7, Room 2.07 Presenter: Patrick Chin-Dahler Target audience: Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
Session 6: 2.55pm - 3.45pm IMPORTANT - Click on the Session Title Names (in bold) throughout the program information below to read a full description of the session title and associated presenter bio. 6.1 Room 2.01 SessionTitle:Teaching Humanities with CLIL Approach: A Unit of Work on Ancient Egypt Presenter:Tong Lin Target audience: Secondary
6.6Room2.06 Session Title:Flipping Your Classroom Presenter:Angela Minuzzo and Sarjit Ladd Target audience: Primary & Secondary Click here for Angela and Sarjit's session handout
6.7 Room2.07 Session Title:The Power of ONE Presenter:Kerry Law Target audience: ALL Click here for Kerry's session handout 1 Click here for Kerry's session handout 2 Click here for Kerry's session handout 3 Click here for Kerry's session handout 4
6.8Room2.08 Session Title:Cross-Age Tutoring Presenters: Bernadette Brouwers and Adam Camron Target audience: Primary and Secondary
