The INBMI , the TNELT and the Department of Programs and Ongoing Training within the Ministry of Education and Training organised the National Summer School  at Mahdia. The overall goal was to train teachers in the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in ELT with a focus on online tutoring and project-based learning. About forty teachers from all regional boards of education attended the different sessions and workshops held at ISET, Mahdia from July 19 to 31, 2004.

During the first week, Mr Vance Stevens, an American expert, ran a workshop on online tutoring. Dalel Mokni, the TNELT webmaster, also gave presentations about the Tunisian Virtual School and ran two workshops to train teachers on how to participate in this national e-learning space. Most of the afternoon sessions, teachers worked on elaborating interactive activities for the primary school  English clubs.

During the second week of the summer school, there were two groups. One group attended Mr Vance Stevens workshop. The second group attended a variety of activities - that involved various aspects of the integration of ICT in ELT- which were run jointly by Mrs Hela Bergaoui, ELT inspector, and Miss Dalel Mokni. During the first three morning sessions of the  training course,  the participant teachers worked on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) through presentations and workshops relating theory and practice. They produced four projects that will hopefully be implemented in the coming school year (2004~2005). On Thursday and Friday morning sessions, Miss Mokni, ran workshops about using the Tunisian Virtual School content and services. In the afternoon sessions (Monday through Friday), teachers worked collaboratively on designing interactive activities for the Primary School English clubs using Hot Potatoes, Course builder and Power Point . On Saturday, the interactive activities and the 2004 summer school website were presented. Participant teachers received their 2004 summer school CD and certificates and filled in an evaluation form.