Your Name and Title:
Mr. Yasser Hussein Omar Gomaa
School, Library, or Organization Name:
Al Forqan Educational Complex
Country from Which You Will Present:
Qatar
Language in Which You Will Present:
English
Target Audience (such as primary school teachers, high school administrators, students, etc.)
Teachers of English from grade K1:12
Short Session Description (one line):
Using web 2.0 tools can help teachers enhance the four language
skills in a way that is more appealing to students.
Full Session Description (as long as you would like):
Enhancing the four language skills has always been a difficult task for most teachers. Although different teaching approaches have decided to establish, as the main purpose of the English as a foreign language teaching, the development of the four skills, the implementation of these approaches have not been trouble-free. The main purpose of this workshop is to provide some guidelines that can be useful to teachers of English as a foreign language in the information age. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how can Web 2.0 tools help them realize their educational objectives of enhancing the four language skills. They will have experienced project based teaching and collaborative teaching in relation to language teaching approaches through the use of Web 2.0 tools. Also, they will examine possible ways of improving their own teaching through using technology.
The flow of the workshop will move from presenting different language approaches, collaborative and project-based approaches and presenting the difference between web 1.0 and web 2.0 tools. Participants will be introduced to some of web 2.0 tools, such as Wiki, Blog, Voice Thread, Animoto, Webcasts and Google Tools,. Then, we will have a more insight presentation to the following web 2.0 tools; Wallwisher, Twiducate, Penzy, Voxopop, Listen and write Dvolver Moviemaker and wordle as tools that can aid EFL teachers in their work. After that, participants will move to the hands-on part where they will be divided into groups and asked to go through three tools of their choice.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session (if any):
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iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit 2012 Session Acceptance
Thank you so much for your session proposal for the 2012 iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit! We're please to let you know that your submission has been accepted! Your proposal is now in the "iEARN accepted proposals" list on the website. Here are some important tasks for you.
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Again, we are so delighted to have you participating in the 2012 iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit. Thank you!
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