Saturday, May 23, 2009

English Workshops in Kingston Mandeville and MoBay


English Teachers request equal time

Teachers of English in secondary schools have indicated their readiness to use the technology resources available to improve the skills of their students in line with the mandate of the e-Learning jamaica Project.

Many teachers were unaware of the courseware and equipment already placed in the schools, and have committed to ensure maximum utilisation, once the administrative and scheduling issues are sorted out.

Problems included storage of the materials without any examination of contents, and failure to distribute to the department.

Participants recognised the culture gap between the current state of typical Jamaican adolescent students and a product designed for global second language learners. The product Longmam English Interactive is supplied by Longman Pearson through Book Merchant, one of its Jamaican partners. Teachers were taken through their paces by technology integration specialist Howard Campbell at three locations across Jamaica May 19 to 21, 2009.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Thursday, February 19, 2009

ROAD TRIP two



Dorothy Thompson, Implementation Officer at e-Learning Jamaica assisting a teacher at the Biology workshop at Ocho Rios on February 18, 2009.




























A reunion of Biology teachers at the workshop. All are graduates of the College of Agriculture, Science and Education.





Candid feedback from a Biology teacher.


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

ROAD TRIP






Biology materials introduction workshops were held in Kingston and Mandeville on February 16 and 17, 2009. Josie Adams-White of Nelson Thornes led the workshops. The teachers at both locations were keen on getting their hands on the resources in their classrooms.






Mrs Lemonious of Christiana High was most eloquent in the evaluation of the event in Mandeville. She thought the resources were "just great". Dorothy Thompson, Implementation Officer of e-Learning Jamaica, told the participants that the company will pull out all the stops to make them succeed. Sharon Lee, Sheldon Drygren and the rest of the team provided all the support to mobilise resources for the two days.






Josie had a practical lesson in Jamaican Geography and rally driving as she traversed the route from Mandeville to Ocho Rios through Kendal, Shooters Hill, Walderston, Spaldings, Aenon Town, Borobidge, Cave Valley, Alexandria, Browns Town, Runaway Bay and survived.








The week started off with a Chemistry materials workshop in Kingston for pilot schools. Based on evaluation after use by teachers, the decision will be taken to roll out to all schools.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

BREAKTHROUGH

There is a fresh stream of consciousness about the use of information appliances in instruction. So our universities may be providing audio lectures on demand to IPOD or other mp3 users. What about video?
The video showing below is now available on my mp4 player. So quite soon, via CD, DVD, broadband or media player, learners will be able to revise or even find out some new information.