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Teaching English? Learning Technologies in the Classroom is a two-day course for teachers of English in primary and secondary schools. The course has been developed in co-operation with NIDV (National Institute for Further Education) and AMATE (National teacher trainers’ association). Contact Stasa Zavitkovska for more information.
The course covers the following areas:
- An introduction to learning technologies
- Evaluating and selecting websites
- Integrating the web
- Office applications for whole-class teaching
- Using office applications in a computer room
- Searching for resources on the web
- Ideas for school links projects
- Safe searching
The course has a form of a workshop with a direct interaction with participants.
Dates and places:
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1 and 11 December 2009 |
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Brno |
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2 December 2009 and 5 January 2010 |
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Ceske Budejovice |
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13 and 27 November 2009 |
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Hradec Kralove |
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4 November 2009 and 6 January 2010 |
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Jihlava |
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18 November 2009 and 4 January 2010 |
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Liberec |
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15 and 23 October 2009 |
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Olomouc |
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4 December 2009 and 12 January 2010 |
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Ostrava |
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20 and 30 November 2009 |
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Prague |
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12 October 2009 and 8 January 2010 |
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Usti nad Labem |
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9 October and 9 November 2009 |
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Zlin |
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More information at NIDV web site.
The British Council is supporting the competition 'Video card from my town', organised by the Primary school Mladi in Prague.This competition is aimed at primary and secondary school pupils aged 6 to 14 in the Czech Republic. The main aim of the competition is to motivate teachers and their learners to use video and digital techniques for teaching and learning English. Click here to find out how to participate.
This project supports teachers and learners of English as well as policy makers in the area of language education. We are currently working in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Latvia, while our online materials reach many in neighbouring countries.
We form partnerships with ministries, local education authorities, teacher training colleges, university language faculties, networks of professionals such as teachers’ associations and the media, such as internet portals and newspapers and magazines, to develop and deliver teacher training and language learning materials.
We provide opportunities for teacher development in their use of the latest learning technologies through our “Learning Technologies in the Classroom” course. We support teachers in the early stages of their career with our “Teacher’s Knowledge Test” Course. We are soon to make available a “Primary Essentials” course to support the professional development of teachers of English to young learners. And we support parents in their desire to help their children learn English through our “Learn English Family” booklets. We also make teachers aware of the vast amount of resources and opportunities for professional development that we provide freely on our TeachingEnglish and LearnEnglish websites.
We reach large numbers of learners of English by placing learning material in newspapers and magazines, on internet portals, through mobile phones and through our own virtual world “Second Life”. We also make learners aware of the treasure trove of learning materials that is on LearnEnglish website.
We consult Ministries, local education authorities, teacher training colleges, university language faculties, teachers’ associations and others influential in media and society to determine the needs of teachers and learners and look for ways of supporting initiatives to meet those needs.
We want to develop online communities of English teaching professionals and learners to facilitate cooperation and collaboration among them.
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