Mahdia Summer School 2002
             Integration of ICT  in ELT

 

 

Organizers : , the INBMI, The Ministry of Education In-service Training Department and  the Network of English  Language Teaching.

     Date : From July the 15th to July the 20th, 2002

     Audience: 34 teachers of English from different parts of Tunisia.

     See the list of participants

 
 

The course program
 

     Objectives :
  • To disseminate  best practices involving the integration of ICT in ELT.
  • To form networks of Tunisian ELT teachers and inspectors interested in building collaborative online projects.
  • To promote the use of  the Tunisian Virtual School services among the participants.
  • To enhance the ICT skills of the participants in order to foster their autonomy in online material development.
  • To train teachers in web site development and in the use of authoring tools.

    The course description:

Participants in this course will be exposed to a variety of presentations relating   individual / group experiences that involve the integration of ICT in ELT in its activity- based and project- based facets. The course will also include an ICT skills training in interactive exercises and animations developments.
   

Monday  15th

 
8:00 am: Introducing the course: By Dalel Mokni
    * Objectives
    * Program
8:10 am: ICT in ELT: State of the Art: By Hela Bargaoui
8:40 am: Workshop:
Participants raise issues related to the previous presentations.
9:00 am: Plenary session.
Summary (made by one of the participants).
 

 Tuesday 16th : Integration of ICT in ELT through projects

 
 
8:00 am: The Importance of the Computer in the ELT classroom. By Hajer Brahem
8:20 am: Collaborative learning through the Internet. International projects: ThinkQuest...
              By Gamra Zenaidi
8: 40 am: Online dictionaries and material development. By Dalel Mokni
8:55 am: Using the web to enhance students’ writing. By Rym Zahmoul
9:10 am: Discussion
   *      How to enhance collaborative learning and teaching within the Tunisian context?
   *      Suggesting projects
   *      Adopting projects
9:50 am:  Discussion of  a project matrix to be filled in and handed back the following day.

10:00:  Coffee Break
Workshop:
10:30 am: Presentation of some national and international projects.                                                Participants retrieve described resources in the TVL and the ICT department.
Describe and enter new resources and scenarios.
11:30 pm: Plenary session.
 Summary (made by one of the participants).
 

 Wednesday 17th: Material development and lesson planning

 
 
8:00 am: Ways of integrating ‘IT’ in collaborative activities. By Ahmed Bahlool
 Material development of an online course By Souissi and Bahloul
8:20 am: Guide to a good preparation of an interactive lesson.   By Habib Mabrouk
8: 35 am: Online-based lesson planning.  By Sonia Benkraem
8:45 am: The ELC course and its face-to-face counterpart: bridging the gap between the two environments. By Najah Barrah
9:05 am: Exploitation of the ELC: students’ reaction. By Mustapha Aloui
9:20 am: Discussion:
   * Issues related to material development and lesson planning
9:50 am: Summary
 

10:00:  Coffee Break
Workshop:
10:30 am:
Devising lesson plans.
A checklist for a successful lesson.
Matrix collection
11:30 pm: Plenary session.
 Summary (made by one of the participants).
 

 Thursday 18th, Friday 19th  and Saturday 20th

 
    *  Developing interactive activities with CourseBuilder.  By Dalel Mokni
    * Developing presentations of animated interactive language items through the use of   
      Macromedia flash. Animated by Kamel Mechlaoui
    * Initiation to Front Page/ Creation of web pages. By Gamra Zenaidi and Mokhtar Ouinissi
 

 

The expected end-products:
 
    * Online resources described and entered in the ICT in Education database.
    * Pedagogical scenarios designed and entered in the ICT in Education database.
    * A checklist for a successful use of the computer in an ELT class.
    * Lesson plans collected and published on the T-NELT site.
    * An activity matrix: list of the teams formed and their projects.
    * An evaluation questionnaire.
 

Resourses

 

Handouts
 

Project template
Lesson plan template

Tutorials
CourseBuilder tutorial
Macromedia Flash tutorial
 
 

Questionnaire

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