Courses on IWBs in Language Education
Utrecht SummerSchool offers IWB courses in week 29 in 2009
Comenius Course on web 2.0 and modern language teaching:
'Designing activities for the 2.0 Language Classroom'
In conjunction with the Utrecht University Summer School the Faculties of Education of Heidelberg and Utrecht Universities of Applied Sciences offer a 7-day, international course exploring WEB 2.0 applications such as Wiki and Weblogging, real-time communication (Videoconferencing and 3D Virtual Worlds) and the LanguageQuest format for integrating the World Wide Web into classroom teaching.
Besides, the course location in the brand-new building of the Faculty of Education in Utrecht, the Netherlands, allows for demonstration of good practices of and personal training in the use of Interactive Whiteboards.
Euline Cutrim Schmid , an expert on the subject, will provide an introduction in the course.Intended participants are practising (student) language teachers, teacher trainers and materials developers.
More information available here
NB.
Teachers who would prefer a course exclusively on the use of Interactive Whiteboards in (language) teaching are advised to register for the course:
'Using Interactive Whiteboards to support discipline-specific pedagogies'
Euline Cutrim Schmid and Ton Koenraad will coach break-out sessions specifically for language teachers atttending this course.
More info here.
Or download this flyer with information on both courses
Ton Koenraad, Course Director
