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I would like to welcome you to our new **Boroondara LOTE wiki**! Palmina d'Angelo and I have become the organisers for the LOTE meetings this year, and thought that it would be great if a communication forum could grow out of our meetings.. creating an on-going resource that we could all benefit from and contribute to! We have just had the second LOTE Network meeting, held at Camberwell Primary School and were delighted with the response.
 * BOROONDARA LOTE TEACHERS WIKI **

We hope that you will you join up, and then, click on the **Members** page and update your school's details, so that you can then start exploring the resources that we have uploaded.

We thought that the best catalogue system was a Delicious page.. where you can save website pages. To do this you need to go to our Boroondara LOTE Delicious website and read the instructions about using a Delicious site. It is well worth it!! If we all add our favourite websites to the Delicious page, we will end up with a magnificent library of brilliant activities! When you save a website, make sure that you put the abbreviation for your language at the beginning of the 'tag'. For example, if I made a tag for a french outdoor games idea, I would type in FR-outdoor-games. If you put in separate words.. they come up as individual tags.. so the mandarin games would be mixed up with the french games.... Just hyphenate: IT-grammar, JAP-songs, etc. Try it! [|Boroondara LOTE Delicious] You can check out the on-line resource that Marianne Deerson has been creating in collaboration with Elly Johnson for Camberwell Primary School:Camberwell wikispace. It is fantastic!!!!
 * Marianne Deerson has kindly offered to run a sesion on-line resources in the form of 'wikis'.**

To add to the wiki, click on the link in the left hand navigation bar to the relevant section, click the **EDIT** button and type in the next free space what you wish to contribute. An **Editor** toolbar will appear at the top of the page. Use this to change your font (use the **T** button) or to upload other content such as documents or images. To add a hyperlink you can simply type in the web address (http:www. etc) or use the **Link** tool (it looks like a piece of chain) We welcome your feedback on how this space is to be set up and used. Please let us know what you think.

A dynamic contingent of teachers gathered together to discuss: We were fortunate to have Ueno Kazuhiro as well as Laure Pradier to explain their experience using AIM. Kazuho has adapted the AIM method to Japanese. It has now been a year since he began and he is thrilled with the results. One of his colleagues is also using his systema dn is pleased with the results. Our question, our issue, is to make LOTE Meaningful in primary schools throughout VIctoria and so far, as I have learnt, teachers find it more fulilling using AIM to engage students more quickly and at a higher level of communication. The suggestion following the meeting is that we take the time to visit schools where interesting programs are in place. Below you will find a table that you can add to, either as a participant or as someone suggesting a get-together.
 * LAST LOTE MEETING:**
 * the boroondara wiki
 * the cps wiki
 * teaching LOTE using the AIM method


 * School || Progam || Topic or Teaching Strategy || When || Who would like to visit ||
 * CPS || French/English || wiki || 27 August, 4.15 ||  ||

Looking forward to seeing you there! French Literacy Coordinator Italian Teacher Camberwell Primary School Heartwell Primary School
 * Janet Gale** **Palmina d'Angelo**