This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the second MFL Show And Tell York at Harrogate Grammar School, or, as all the cool kids are calling it #mflsaty2.
The brain child of Suzi Bewell (aided and abetted by Will Strange) this was the second of its kind and even better than the first.
The event was sponsored by the Association for Language Learning and there were around 60 or so attendees (many of whom were newly qualified teachers) and a few corporate people with products to sell.
The amazing Jo Hardy has blogged in detail about the day on her blog here. Thanks, Jo.
I show and tell-ed 5 minutes of the old favourite how to make a powerpoint into an animation but I polished it up, or at least, rolled it in glitter for the day.
Where's Spot? or How to reanimate a corpse.
Where's spot? or How to reanimate a corpse. from Dominic McGladdery
I was also asked to run a 20 minute session in the afternoon.
These are referred to as "Genius bars".
I really don't like this title as it suggests that I'm some kind of expert.
I'm not.
I'm a regular classroom practitioner and sometimes not even a very good one.
It was a low tech affair on how to get students speaking without too much tech.
Again, this was a revised, rehashed and shorter version of "From squawk to talk" from #ililc3 and from ALL Newcastle's twilight session last week.
Feedback was very good and I was surprised that people enjoyed it, but, hey, there's no accounting for taste.
Seriously though, it was a great day, extremely well organised and I picked up some great ideas from some excellent new teachers.
If the people I met on Saturday are a true reflection of the new generation of MFL teachers then we have nothing to be scared of.
Our kids will be in safe hands for the foreseeable future despite what Mr Gove throws at us.
I was also asked to run a 20 minute session in the afternoon.
These are referred to as "Genius bars".
I really don't like this title as it suggests that I'm some kind of expert.
I'm not.
I'm a regular classroom practitioner and sometimes not even a very good one.
It was a low tech affair on how to get students speaking without too much tech.
Again, this was a revised, rehashed and shorter version of "From squawk to talk" from #ililc3 and from ALL Newcastle's twilight session last week.
Feedback was very good and I was surprised that people enjoyed it, but, hey, there's no accounting for taste.
Seriously though, it was a great day, extremely well organised and I picked up some great ideas from some excellent new teachers.
If the people I met on Saturday are a true reflection of the new generation of MFL teachers then we have nothing to be scared of.
Our kids will be in safe hands for the foreseeable future despite what Mr Gove throws at us.
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