35. ATEE Annual Conference Budapest, August 2010 ICT competencies and pedagogical application skills for teachers (Comenius-project)

Aims of ICTeacher awareness raising for the need and advantages of adequate implementation of ICT elements in school lessons; strengthening of teachers basic ICT competencies; development of a course designed to deliver the acquisition of ICT competencies for the pedagogical practice

Target group Primary and secondary school teachers, especially those in the ages of 40+ Prospective primary and secondary school teachers, teacher students Head teachers and IT curators of primary and secondary schools Teacher education bodies, especially those that offer further vocation training Teacher education experts Supervisory school authorities and decision makers

Course structure A competence assessment tool (self- evaluation The ICTeacher-basic-training (ICTeacher- Start) The ICTeacher course

 The ICTeacher blended learning course Communication & Networking Criticism & Reflection Digital Content Gamebased / Playbased Learning Mobile Learning

 Scenario: Communication & Networking To use the Internet, to communicate and to build and maintain networks for teaching and learning

Computer and Internet use in everyday life and activity

Scenario Digital content Designing and reusing learning objects

 Scenario: Gamebased / Playbased Learning Computer games and education - Using games in the student's learning process

 Scenario: Mobile Learning Mobile devices and learning elsewhere - - using mobile devices in students’ learning processes

Sources The course: Projekt website: Projekt coordinator: dieBerater, Austria

Thanks Thanks for the attention! dr. István Bessenyei, University of West Hungary, ICTeacher projekt partner