Trainer: Michelle Harris
Plays should be approached differently from novels when taught in the English classroom. They are written to be heard and seen in three dimensions rather than read in isolation and silence. I would like to share my passion for teaching about language and give teachers some useful strategies which will help students to appreciate the uniqueness of the genre and access the subtext of the script. 
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Trainer: Karen Burke
This course is a follow up to 'Creating a Quality Assessment Task', although it can also be attended in isolation. It will be particularly helpful to Early career Teachers who are building their accreditation documents, as well as teachers who are looking at ways to incorporate the Quality Teaching Framework and Syllabus bookend components into their units of work.
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Trainer: Sueann Plenkovich
This workshop will cover -A practical session exploring the poses -Physical benefits of particular yoga postures -History of Yoga -Different types of Yoga -Yoga philosophy -Meditation techniques -Yoga teaching techniques -Safe routines to teach from 5 min-50 mins -Visual and theory notes. As a popular method of healthy lifestyle in our culture, introducing students to yoga in school teaches them More Info
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Trainer: Karen Burke
This course is for all stages of experience, especially Early Career Teachers who will benefit by adding a quality task to their Accreditation documents. During the day, you will gain a better understanding of how to write a Quality Assessment Task that aligns outcomes, context, task description and marking criteria. You will be able to code a task by looking for the key factors that make up a qua More Info
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Trainer: Sharron Mountain
Eat my Pixels takes a unique twist on making and presenting a range of photographic practices. You will learn skills in digital and darkroom practices including 3-D scanner manipulation, how to get the most out of a digital camera, digital contact prints, image transfers, light box photography, studio lighting and documented forms. This workshop highlights how to develop a body of work in practica More Info
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Trainer: Vicki Grima
Cold water fibre-reactive dyes (Drimarene-K), known for their strong brilliant colours and excellent fastness, will be explored in this exciting, hands-on workshop. Excellent for dip dyeing, handpainting and tie-dyeing natural fibres such as cotton and silk, Drimarene-K dyes offer the teacher a broad range of creative possibilities for their classroom.
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Trainer: Liz Germani
Learn 3 animation programs to step students into basic animation. Pivot (stick figure program), Gif Construction (uses Paint images) and Imageready (part of Photoshop). Workshop CD provides Pivot and Gif Construction programs (PC only not Mac) as well as tutorials to use back at school. More Info
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Trainer: John Christensen
This course runs completely ONLINE using MOODLE as the teaching tool. The course is designed to be completed over 5 weeks (1 hour per week) but you may work through it at a faster pace if desired. I will be checking your progress each week - as I can see your course - and will be giving you some feedback on its progress. In this ONLINE workshop you will be able to upload teaching resources such as More Info
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Trainer: Michelle Harris
This day offers a practical approach for teachers using interesting activities designed to reveal some aspect of how the memory works. The session will start with some points about attention. A simplified explanation of the three areas of memory, based on Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multistore Model will follow. Craik and Lockhart's Levels of Processing model of memory will also be considered. Som More Info
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