Sample PD Summary
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Write a summary of no more than 200 words about the usefulness of the article/seminar/webinar etc. to your teaching practice.
The summary does not apply to PD conducted by LDA in Victoria. / Duration / Points
A/1 / 08/05/15 / TTR4L Using Technology to Support Students with the Secondary Curriculum
Dr Cheryl Dobbs & Sarah Baxter
D Barwood.
A useful presentation which has helped me to update my knowledge of apps for secondary students with LDs, as well as demonstrating the usefulness of voice to text technology software and other software applications which can help students get their ideas down in written form and improve presentation.
Uniting Reform Church, Balcombe Road Mentone, Vic / 2 hours / 2
A/1 / 10/05/15 / LDA Dr Charlotte Forwood
Developing subject specific vocabulary
Melbourne Uni, Hawthorn / 2 hours / 2
A/1 / 23/06/15 / ACER: Little Learners Love Literacy: Maureen Pollardled a workshop on how to teach children to read, write and spell with confidence using Little Learners Love Literacy. Maureen Pollard, the creator, demonstrated this systematic and dynamic early literacy program. Little Learners Love Literacy focusing on explicitly teaching phonemic awareness and phonics using teaching strategies that ensure all children participate with success. This presentation will inspire you to teach with purpose and understand the process of learning to read and spell. Teaching so that every child succeeds is simple when using Little Learners Love Literacy.
19 Prospect Hill Rd Camberwell / 3.5 hours / 3.5
A/1 / 05/06/15 / SPELD Evidence Based Programs - Fact or Fiction?
Associate Professor Genevieve McArthur Macquarie led a session showing how to investigate the legitimacy of research. / 2.5 hours / 2.5
A/1 / 12/06/15 / TTR4L presentation with Dr Daryl Greaves
Highlights of the 9th British Dyslexia Association International Conference
Feedback on the main topics presented and discussed at this Conference. These included a discussion on the allure of neuroscience to support questionable theories, the move away from the single factor (phonological processing) explanation of dyslexia to a multiple deficit model, with a stronger focus on the role language has to play in dyslexia, and a better explanation of co-occurring difficulties such as attention and maths.
Presbyterian Church Hall, 8 Park Rd, Cheltenham / 2 hours / 2
A/1 / 14/06/15 / LDA Alison Clarke Beyond Spelling Basics - syllables, morphemes, lexemes and word origins.
Melbourne Uni, Hawthorn. / 2.5 hours / 2.5
A/1 / 05/09/15 / LDA Symposium titled “The failure of the New Zealand national literacy
strategy: implications for reading recovery”
at the, 2.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Treacy Centre, Parkville, Melbourne / 3.5 hours / 3.5
Total points for section 1 / 18hours / 18
B/1 / 06/10/15 / Beaumaris Network meeting on 22/3/15 on
Persuasive writing and useful writing strategies. / 2 hours / 2
TOTAL POINTS FOR BOTH SECTIONS / 20 HOURS / 20 POINTS