INSET OPPORTUNITIES

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

If you would like to organise a training session for your department, you should contact Stéphane Derône for details.

Tailor-made sessions can be organised covering any of the following topics:

Using the Internet and new technologies in the language lesson;
Using authentic resources from the Internet;
Using the Interactive whiteboard to teach languages;
Creating and using PowerPoint presentations to liven up language lessons;
Designing Web-based activities for your classes using the Hot Potatoes software;
Designing interactive activities for the interactive whiteboard using the TaskMagic software;
Creating interactive worksheets using Microsoft Word;
Designing professional-looking worksheets.

Depending on your requirements, the training session can be in the form of a presentation, a workshop or a combination of both.

What previous participants thought:

"I enjoyed the whole day. The time just flew - which says everything. Brilliant! Not at all stuffy or academic - very practical. Thank you." (Marilyn Norris, Breckenbrough School)

"Just a quick thank you for the Inset Day, which I found interesting and well-organised. I've certainly got plenty of ideas to keep me busy for a while." (Sue Bishop, Honywood School, Coggeshall, Essex)

"I very much enjoyed the INSET day - it was much more realistic in terms of the kind of kids I teach and also very practical, as I had hoped." (Kate Murphy, Somervale School, Bath)

"Many thanks for an excellent day. It was most informative and inspirational. You have done a lot of work which is so practical." (Karen Roberts, Emmanuel College, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear)

"I got what I came to get and more; it was probably one of the best training days I have yet attended." (Regina Rose-Reilly, Queen's School, Watford, Herts)

Concrete examples of the use of ICT in MFL

"Hands-on" workshops

Useful links: ALL London Branch - www.all-london.org.uk