All workshops are hands on and so numbers are limited numbers to ensure each participant is well supported. Make sure you also read and understand the cancellation policy.
Although the professional development opportunities are designed for Language teachers, they would also be beneficial for many other subject areas, such as Music, ESL and English. Leanne welcomes all into her courses.
Click on the workshop title for full course details, to enrol or to register your interest. Registering your interest is very important as workshops are run subject to demand. You can also hire Leanne to run any of these workshops as professional development days at your institution. Leanne can also custom design a professional development day to meet the needs of your institution, simply contact her to discuss.
| Workshop title | Duration | Suggested participant level | Prerequisites | Software requirements |
| Adobe Presenter – create your own language learning modules | Full day | Intermediate | PowerPoint | Adobe Presenter |
| Audacity | Full day | All levels | Nil | Essential: Audacity, Preferable: iTunes, PowerPoint or IWB software |
| Blogging made easy | Full day | Beginners | Nil | An email address that you can access on the day. |
| Differentiation | Full day | all levels | Nil | Internet browser |
| Games | Full day | all levels | Nil | Internet browser |
| Get organised | Full day | All levels | Some previous experience using Excel advantageous. | Excel |
| ICT basics | Full day | Beginners | Nil | PowerPoint, iTunes |
| Innovative listening items | Full day | Intermediate to advanced | Ability to save documents as .pdf files, previous exprience in recording audio on computer. | An email address that you can access on the day. Permission to install software on your PC laptop. |
| Moodle basics for Languages | Full day | Beginners to Intermediate | Nil | Access to a Moodle site at teacher level |
| Moodle quizzes for Languages | Full day | Intermediate to Advanced | Moodle basics – page and label creation, uploading and hyperlinking files. | Access to a Moodle site at teacher level |
| Movie Maker for engaging assessment tasks | Half day | All levels | Nil | Movie Maker |
| Online content creation | Full day | All levels | Some previous experience using PowerPoint advantageous but not necessary. | PowerPoint |
| PoWOWerpoint | Full day | All levels | Nil | PowerPoint |
| Using real life texts | Full day | Beginners | Search for texts online | Internet browser |
| Web tools for developing macro skills | Full day | All levels | An email address that you can access on the day. |
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I think I would like to be taught how to moodle it sounds fascinating