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Title: 'Evidence-based lesson planning with AI tools: a practical workshop using NoteLab'

Abstract: This interactive session introduces NoteLab, Trinity College London's lesson planning tool, through a practice-focused lens. Participants will engage directly with the platform while exploring research-based approaches for designing targeted and effective lesson plans.

The session combines live demonstrations with hands-on focusing on the practical skills needed to craft well-structured prompts and maximize NoteLab’s unique features. Through guided tasks, participants will develop concrete strategies for creating lesson plans that address diverse learning needs and align with specific pedagogical objectives.

Key components include:

• A focused demonstration of NoteLab’s core features and their practical application in daily lesson planning.
• Interactive tasks to develop and refine prompt-writing skills.
• Strategies for integrating NoteLab into existing workflows to create measurable learning outcomes.

This workshop emphasises active participation and practical skill development, ensuring participants leave with immediately applicable tools and strategies for their teaching practice.

Speaker: Manuela Kelly Calzini

Manuela is a Senior Academic at Trinity College London Italy and a Lecturer in Primary Education Sciences at the University of Florence. She specializes in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education, with a particular focus on teacher training and continuous professional development. Her research interests include young learners, the development of communicative skills, CLIL, and the use of storytelling as a pedagogical tool in education.

An experienced international trainer, Manuela regularly speaks at conferences, sharing her expertise and innovative practices in language education. She has authored course books and contributed to professional teacher journals and educational resources, supporting educators worldwide in their teaching practice.

Title: Digital Citizenship: Perspectives for ELT 

In this presentation Leandro will share characteristics of a digital citizenship curriculum and suggest ways to link it to ELT practices. The talk will aim to demonstrate that rather than think of a separate space in our lesson planning to explore digital citizenship, teachers can (should!) embed their regular language classes (e.g. on grammar) with key digital objectives - killing two aims with the same task, as it were. Come along on Saturday 29th March at 2 pm UK time to take away a renewed understanding of how to exploit our language classrooms to help students of various levels and ages navigate the digital world around them. 

Speaker: Leandro Paladino

Leandro Paladino holds a master’s degree in bilingual education from the University of Birmingham, UK, and is the general director of a multilingual school in the city of La Plata, Argentina, where he is based. He teaches English grammar and Discourse Analysis at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has 30 years' experience as a teacher educator. He is deputy editor of the EAL Journal (UK), published by NALDIC, the national association for English as an Additional Language, of which he is a director and trustee in the executive committee. Within IATEFL, after serving as joint publications editor for two years, Leandro has recently been elected joint coordinator of the Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group. 

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