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21st Century Workshops Draw to a Close

04/05/2010

The very first intake of the the Al Qasimi Foundation's "21st Century Teaching" course will come to an end on Saturday, May 8 2010.

The workshops, lead by Anna Batchelder of Bon Education, are a project of the Foundation aimed at enabling teachers from both public and private schools to enhance their lessons using instructional technology. The course consists of 5 workshops that cover the use of podcasting, blogging, digital field trips, and open source education resources to discover how technological tools can be used to reach out to students.

The course was launched in conjunction with the Ras Al Khaimah Teacher’s Network, the online portal that enables all educators within Ras al Khaimah to collaborate, share knowledge and support one another. Participants in the course use the portal to interact, upload their homework and class assignments and share their classroom experiences.

The workshops have been held at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, and have been attended by a total of 27 teachers from both government schools and private schools, all of whom have shown a great deal of enthusiasm and progress.

Participants who have designed the most effective lessons will have their lessons video recorded by the Foundation and put online as examples of teaching best practices in the region. The feedback from participants of the course has been very positive, as a result of which the Foundation will continue to run sessions in the next academic year.

Participants in the Al Qasimi Foundation's "21st Century Teaching" Workshops