Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

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Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Educator(s) Nesreen Bahgat Mohamed ElNesr

English Language Supervisor , East Educational Zone

Ministry of Education , Alexandria ,Egypt.

The educator is an EFL supervisor ,course designer and teacher trainer. She holds a B.A in

Education, the CELTA and TESOL certificates. She is Cambridge certified instructor and speaking examiner. She

is a certified educator through Microsoft . She participated in many methodology courses in Egypt, USA, UK and

KSA. She has presented in conferences like IATEFL, EGYPTESOL, AUC Skills Conferences, NileTESOL and

RELO.

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School

Brief description of

school context

The Schools where the project is to be conducted are five of the schools which I am supervising.

1-Semouha Governmental Language School for Girls

2-Khalid Abu Ismail School for Boys and Girls

3-Sidi Gaber Private Language School for Girls

4-Girard school for Girls

5-Notre Dame de Sion school for Girls

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School Website The websites and Facebook pages of the schools mentioned above are in the link below:

Content /Subject

AreasEnglish , Science , Technology , Art, Geography , Geology .

Age/Grade level The project targets students from grade four to grade eleven .The students ages’

vary between nine to fifteen. For more details:

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Project

Objectives

Students at the targeted schools will be able to:

• Enhance their critical thinking skills through crafting different presentations.

• Develop their communicative skills by sharing in the conference different committees.

• Integrate the 21st century skills with the language major skills.

• Apply Content Integrated Language Learning ( CLIL) principles through integrating different subjects with

English.

• Utilize the latest trends of Microsoft programs and applications.

• Evaluate self and others work

• Create different masterpieces of writing

• Develop interpersonal, cooperative and presentation skills.

• Exchange innovative ideas through varied types of presentations.

• Promote the four language skills for varied levels of students.

• Facilitate connections, between and across peers, allowing students to share their self-acquired information.

Project

DescriptionBrief description of the

project and the

background.

What are the stated

objectives and learning

outcomes? Is the

learning activity long-

term

• The project is briefly about conducting a students’ conference following the model of International teachers’

conferences like TESOL or IATEFL. The students’ conference’s main theme is an Environment Plea to

Think Green . The students will respond to the Environment plea by thinking of ways to save their

environment through originating ideas of their different proposed presentations. On the other hand ,they

will also create their 6 x 6 poems following the model of the This is to be implemented by

integrating technology in the learning activity.

Project Logo

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Design of the Learning

Environment

Examples of planning

(e.g. pedagogic approach,

links to resources used).

Please highlight

creativity and innovative

teaching practices.

Emphasize towhat extent

the planning for learning

facilitates the

development of different

dimensions of 21st

century skills e.g.

knowledge building, use

of ICT for learning,

problem-solving and

innovation, self-

regulation, collaboration

and skilled

communication

The design of the learning activity facilitated the development of different dimensions of 21st century skills

and other personal traits in the students’ personalities. The students really surprised me with their extraordinary

potentials. They are all very aware of the usage of technology in addition to the 21st century skills which could

be developed if nurtured with special motivating events like that students’ conference.

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Evidence of Learning

Examples of products and

outcomes created by the

learners throughout the

project – including use of

ICT. What sort of ICT is

used and how has it been

used in the project.

To what extent do students

use ICT in ways that

support knowledge

building, collaboration, or

learning beyond the

classroom?

Does ICT use enable new

knowledge-

building/collaboration/lea

rning beyond the

classroom opportunities

that would not have been

possible without it?

Have digital tools been

used in imaginative and

ground-breaking ways to

support learning

processes?

Please add files, videos

etc. which documents

clearly the learning

process and evidence of

students’ learning

The evidence of the students’ learning could be viewed through different channels. Being a hands on event the

representation of the actual wok could be done through viewing videos and photos or through viewing the real

work done through the following chart:

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Evidence of Learning

Examples of products and

outcomes created by the

learners throughout the

project – including use of

ICT. What sort of ICT is

used and how has it been

used in the project.

To what extent do students

use ICT in ways that

support knowledge

building, collaboration, or

learning beyond the

classroom?

Does ICT use enable new

knowledge-

building/collaboration/lea

rning beyond the

classroom opportunities

that would not have been

possible without it?

Have digital tools been

used in imaginative and

ground-breaking ways to

support learning

processes?

Please add files, videos

etc. which documents

clearly the learning

process and evidence of

students’ learning

The evidence of the students’ learning could be viewed through different channels. Being a hands on event the

representation of the actual wok could be done through viewing videos and photos or through viewing the real

work done through the following chart:

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Evidence of Learning

Examples of products and

outcomes created by the

learners throughout the

project – including use of

ICT. What sort of ICT is

used and how has it been

used in the project.

To what extent do students

use ICT in ways that

support knowledge

building, collaboration, or

learning beyond the

classroom?

Does ICT use enable new

knowledge-

building/collaboration/lea

rning beyond the

classroom opportunities

that would not have been

possible without it?

Have digital tools been

used in imaginative and

ground-breaking ways to

support learning

processes?

Please add files, videos

etc. which documents

clearly the learning

process and evidence of

students’ learning

The evidence of the students’ learning could be viewed through different channels. Being a hands on event the

representation of the actual wok could be done through viewing videos and photos or through viewing the real

work done through the following chart:

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Evidence of Learning

Examples of products and

outcomes created by the

learners throughout the

project – including use of

ICT. What sort of ICT is

used and how has it been

used in the project.

To what extent do students

use ICT in ways that

support knowledge

building, collaboration, or

learning beyond the

classroom?

Does ICT use enable new

knowledge-

building/collaboration/lea

rning beyond the

classroom opportunities

that would not have been

possible without it?

Have digital tools been

used in imaginative and

ground-breaking ways to

support learning

processes?

Please add files, videos

etc. which documents

clearly the learning

process and evidence of

students’ learning

The evidence of the students’ learning could be viewed through different channels. Being a hands on event the

representation of the actual wok could be done through viewing videos and photos or through viewing the real

work done through the following chart:

• KAI : Khaled Abo Ismail School for Boys and Girls

• SESG :Semouha English School for Girls

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Evidence of Learning

Examples of products and

outcomes created by the

learners throughout the

project – including use of

ICT. What sort of ICT is

used and how has it been

used in the project.

To what extent do students

use ICT in ways that

support knowledge

building, collaboration, or

learning beyond the

classroom?

Does ICT use enable new

knowledge-

building/collaboration/lea

rning beyond the

classroom opportunities

that would not have been

possible without it?

Have digital tools been

used in imaginative and

ground-breaking ways to

support learning

processes?

Please add files, videos

etc. which documents

clearly the learning

process and evidence of

students’ learning

The evidence of the students’ learning could be viewed through different channels. Being a hands on event the

representation of the actual wok could be done through viewing videos and photos or through viewing the real

work done through the following chart:

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World

Knowledge Building

& Critical Thinking

Examples of how the

learning activities

require students to

move beyond

reproducing what

they have learned to

building knowledge

through interpretation,

analysis, synthesis, or

evaluation.

Throughout the stages of the conference students thought outside the box reaching the highest level of

Bloom’s Taxonomy creation this could be shown through two categories:

Category one: Conference organizational procedures

Students wrote their own proposals showing their interpretation skills to have their proposals accepted.

Students proof read their peers’ proposals to edit and evaluate their work before submission.

Students of the editors committee edited the submitted proposals content and language wise then contact

their colleagues for resubmission.

Students of the evaluators committee evaluated their colleagues presentations.

Students of the ask me team committee offered the assistance needed for their colleagues during the

conference representing different skills of interpretation and scaffolding.

All the students of the school evaluate the conference’s procedures.

Students show their categorization and organization skills in the way they display the pictures talk and the

Auto collage poster showing different and related topics.

Category two : Students’ presentations

Students think analytically of how to write a comment suitable for their pictures talk.

Students think synthetically when trying to add objects in the AutoCollage poster.

Students create their own shape of presentation through the variety offered, thinking of how to engage

colleagues in the workshop.

Students show their capabilities of convincing their colleagues in the panel presentation.

Students wrote their own poems of all the six categories required.

Students wrote their own reflective journals.

Virtual Classroom Tour - VCT I Can ... I Will Lead the World Extended

Learning

Beyond the

ClassroomIf the learning

experience is not

bound by classroom

walls, time-frame of

conventional lessons,

subject parameters –

please show

examples of this.

If the project

addresses real

world issues (i.e.

authentic situation

and data from

outside the

classroom) or has

meaningful impact

on communities

locally and / or

globally please

show examples

of this.

“There is only now. And look! How rich we are in it.” Vanna Bonta,

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.” Michael Altshuler

Based on the previous two quotes since the students were guided towards addressing a global issue

of saving the environment and finding ways out of thinking green. Though the time was limited yet, They worked

hard and provided a model of locating problems and finding solutions through their proposed presentations.

Though the presentation vary in level and language but the students effort is appreciated due to their age and

language proficiency. I tried to develop the skill as well as the information fluency.

The learning activity is not bound at all by classroom walls, time-frame of conventional lessons, subject

parameters since this is a conference to be conducted addressing an issue that is not related to their subject. Clear

evidence of this is the titles of their presentations which were not totally related to their syllabuses.

• This could be verified through the content of:

the written their connections through the

The project addresses real world issues and has meaningful impact on communities locally and / or globally. The

students surprised me with the topics they chose to present about. They dealt with issues related locally to their

countries like Education in Egypt; Teenagers; How to achieve your goal ; Self confidence; Life style; Fashion and

accessories. Their way of presentation was great suiting their age and level. The content showed very well

organized thoughts. They also addressed global issues like Recycling ; Pollution; Rocket science, Challenge the

impossible; Deaf and dumbness and Smoking. What is noticed about their presentations is that they really believe

what they say thus, the flow of ideas and the ability to convince others facilitated conveying the message smoothly.

Their usage of technology though limited compared to other innovative projects but to people who are aware of the

Egyptian educational environment what happened in this conference is considered a breakthrough and an new

opened gate towards excellence in using ICT in learning provided that the students are guided with a

professionally developed educator who can unhide the treasures in the students souls.

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CollaborationExamples of how the

students work with other

people, sharing

responsibility while

making substantive

decisions for developing

a joint product, a design,

or an answer to a

complex question.

Students may be

collaborating with their

peers in the classroom, or

with students or adults

outside the classroom

Sir Ken Robinson said : part of education is learning. And what drives learning is

curiosity and collaboration.

Based on this quote and reflecting on this exciting learning experience to learners….

Collaboration was a driving force towards

achieving success between all parties especially the students.

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Cutting Edge

Use of Technology

for LearningThe learning activity

involves students’ use

of ICT – whether or

not the use of ICT

helps students build

knowledge/collaborate or

learn beyond the

classroom, and whether

or not students could

build the same

knowledge/ collaborate

or learn beyond the

classroom in similar

ways without using ICT

Using ICT enhanced the learning process and accelerated students motivation. It opened wide gate to more

learning as well as self discovery .

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Educator as

Innovator and

Change AgentIn environments where

innovative teaching is

challenging, have

innovative teaching

practices and ICT been

used in instrumental

ways to change how

students learn.

Does the educator

demonstrate

evidence of continuous

improvement in their

professional

practice, model

lifelong learning

and exhibit leadership

in their school and

professional

community by

supporting other

educator’s

development and

understanding of

the impact on learning

of the effective use of

digital

technologies?

New innovative teaching practices and ICT are used in instrumental ways to guide towards new tactics for

a different way of performances. With the help of the World Wide Web, Mobile applications and most

importantly Microsoft programs, evident changes happened to my teachers and students. ICT changed the lacking

of facilities learning environment to a an innovative learning platform. The use of social media and mobile phone

connections facilitated that change. The greatest change that really happened is changing students’ way of actual

verbal responses to a tangible hands on experience that is nurtured day by day by self-modifications and

adaptations. Having a final noticeable project work enhanced students’ self-esteem and proved the project title

I Can I Will Lead the World.

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