COD 2016 - G826

Using Technology to Inspire Creativity

Creative and innovative teachers

1 sessions, start: 15-Feb

Course detail

Year: 2016
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
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ARS 400.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 15 February 2016 09:30 am 04:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
Creative and innovative teachers
Participants will learn how to:

-Develop creativity and innovation in IT, the arts, creative writing, languages, humanities and science.
-Engage and focus on students’s innate curiosity and imagination to foster a lifelong love of learning.
- Seven pillars of creativity in primary ELT

- Challenging teachers to use their coursebook creatively

-Teaching grammar creatively

-The learner as a creativity resource
We are going to use different tools to deliver this course. Our main tool is going to be a wiki specially designed for the course.
Maley, Alan & Peachey, Nik (eds.)2015 . Creativity in the English Language Classroom, London: British Council.
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