I attended a four day ICT course which began on 29nd Oct. Actually I wanted to attend such course for a long time, but did not have any opportunity. This time, I went on behalf of my colleague who does not have any interest in this course. She said that she was left far behind because she did not update herself. So now she finds it difficult to catch up.
This course was held and fully sponsored by the Education Department. This course was held in 15 centers at the same time. Those centers are schools which have computer labs and able to access the internet. The purpose of having this course is to encourage teachers to apply ICT as their teaching resources, teaching aids and as well as teaching activities.
Teachers should always upgrade themselves; they should be able to introduce technology to make the lessons more interesting. Otherwise students do not show any interest or pay attention.
For four days, all meals were provided; breakfast, lunch and tea time. I felt a sense of appreciation for the meals were well prepared and the service was excellent. It is so lucky to be served good food with courteous service.
It was nice to become a student again! The facilitators went on too fast that I did not have time to practice. Sometimes they just have given tutorials without showing any examples. The main weakness of this course was the implementation. They have too many objectives which were not realized because we were not guided step by step. Instead they expected everyone to be already good in power point. The facilitators were busy running here and there to help us. Among the students some were quite good. Those who were poor could seek help from them.
Time passed fast and soon the course was over. We said our goodbyes and went back to schools where a lot of work was waiting for us.
