Hello, everyone.
I'm sorry not to be able to attend your meeting in Toulouse!
There are serveral things in which ICT helped me in my teaching. For example;
- The drill and practice software: I tend to get very nasty with pupils who make always the same mistakes. Good software (not the ones with feedback-type: "wrong, try again" takes away my anger and helps pupils to overcome repetitive questions and difficulties;
- Presentation software and a beamer - It is hard to get it sometimes, but it 's worth being rude to your principal to get one: it is so nice to be able to use good presentation software in class: it helps to think over your didactics, to make smaller steps for children who have difficulties in my subject.
- Electronic learning environments, like blackboard and Viadesk - in my country. Ones you make pupils aware of the capabilities of such software in cooperative learning, it is amazing how well they use it in trasining their skills, in sharing knowledge with peers. I love it.
Dico Krommenhoek
French teacher and teacher trainer
Rotterdam
Netherlands