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[] =**PD Sessions: 2012** =

=1. 2012 Online PD for Non-background Teachers of Chinese – An Adventure with ENCOUNTERS =

==== This is an online PD program for non-background Chinese teachers for the purpose of maintaining, revising and upgrading their Chinese. This program will use Encounters which is a new Chinese course in digital mode for modern adult learners, produced by Yale University. It also includes 13 tutorial sessions for questions and discussions of language usage. Please find more details of this program in the attached flyer. Registrations are limited and will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis.====

==== ** Date: ** 20 March – 16 October, 2012. The tutorial sessions can be joined synchronously at 4.00pm – 5.00 pm Eastern Australian Time on the first and third Tuesday every month during term times, or asynchronously any time within each two-­week period.====
 * Cost: **$120



==2. 2012 CTTC Online Specialist Certificate course  (2013 registration begins in December, 2012) ==

(1) iPad PD Day
The CTTC will be running a ** full-day iPad PD ** on ** Thursday 3 May, 9:30am-4pm **.

This full day workshop will be facilitated by Jess McCulloch and it will cover iPad basics such as: key features, changing the display language, recording and emailing. The workshop aims to start to get you thinking about **how to involve students in the use of iPads for creating their own content**. We will also look at several different apps and a few key questions that will help us to evaluate their usefulness for Chinese language education.

Please find details about this program and the registration form in the attached flyer.

** Cost: ** $120


(2) iPad PD Day (repeat of the May session) - Thu 2 Aug (registration now open)
This full day workshop will repeat the previous May session. Please find registration details in the attached flyer.

(2) Teaching Meta-linguistic Awareness of Characters -- Grades 5-8
=//The Black Line Mystery//=

This is a ** two-day ICT PD ** focusing on teaching characters using ICT. It is scheduled on ** Thursday 14- Friday 15 June, 9:30am-4pm **. Details to come shortly.

(3) Better Chinese ‘Discovering Chinese’ iPad Textbook / Workbook (for lower secondary students) (registration now open)
The CTTC is pleased to host this workshop to demonstrate the ‘Discovering Chinese’ iPad version - the lower secondary series of Better Chinese. It is scheduled on ** Friday 27 July, 1:30-4pm **. Details of this workshop can be found below.

(4) __2012 汉语老师秀 (Hanyulaoshi Show)__
====Hanyu Laoshi Show is a one-hour fortnightly online professional development series using a Blackboard web conferencing room supplied by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development's Virtual Conference Centre. It connects Chinese language teachers from all over Australia and encourages conversations about successes, initiatives and issues in Chinese language teaching in Australia. It is extremely simple to join the Show. Simply join us from your desk at work or home. All you need is an internet connection and a microphone!====

** Schedule of Topics: **See below.

 * **DATE** || **MAIN DISCUSSION QUESTION** || **TARGET AUDIENCE** || **PRESENTER** || **LINK TO ACCESS SESSION** ||
 * **June 16**
 * 7:00-7:40pm(Melbourne) ** || ==== Learn Chinese While Singing ====

|| **Primary and Secondary** || Wei Leu, Sydney Secondary College || Click HERE to log in ||