Hanaa's Blog

Hanaa Khamis is an instructional technologist at the Canter for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt. She is originally an EFL instructor who is passionate about technology. After her MA in TEFL she decided to explore the realms of technology use for better learning and teaching outcomes. She is greatly interested in cross cultural dialogue and collaborative projects.

IATEFL Harrogate 2010 Albums
Friday 16th April 2010

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IATEFL Harrogate 2010 Photostream
Friday 16th April 2010

Final Plenary – What is a storyteller?
Friday 16th April 2010

Speaker: Jan Blake

Responding to Writing Symposium
Friday 16th April 2010

Convener: Nagwa Kassabgy

Presenters: Yasmine Salah El-Din, Veena Bhamhani, Nagwa Kassabgy, Phyllis Wachob

The presenters reported various action research projects done in their classes. All projects focused on how instructors respond to their students’ writing by giving corrective feedback in various ways. Generally, there was emphasis on trying out new techniques as well as addressing students’ needs and learning styles. The presenters touched on learner preferred vs. teacher preferred techniques.

Teachers e-improving their English – Session 3.4: 14.30-15.15
Friday 16th April 2010

Presenters Elvina Castillo & Teadira Perez

Day 2 Plenary – The Future of Education
Friday 16th April 2010

Speaker: Kieran Egan

Kieran looked at child development from new perspectives. He highlighted different ways of understanding. First, somatic understanding includes bodily senses emotional responses and attachments, built-in sense of humour, musicality and rhythm, in addition to gestures and communication. He stated that patterns are ‘arbitrary’. He also maintained that a human being is a ‘musical animal’ looking for patterns and rhythms.
 

Managing Customer feedback and complaints – Session 1.4: 15.00-15.30
Friday 16th April 2010

Presenter: Justin Kernot

Culture in our classroom: Pandora’s box or treasure trove? Session 3.5: 15.50-16.35
Wednesday 14th April 2010

Gill Johnson

ELT Journal/IATEFL Debate - The motion ‘CLIL: Content & Language – an ILlusion?’ – Session 3.2: 11.45 – 12.45
Wednesday 14th April 2010

To propose the motion: Amos Poran
To oppose the motion: Sheelagh Deller
Chair: Keith Morrow

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is quite a debatable teaching and learning approach being in its infancy. Each of the debaters was given 18 minutes to make an argument for or against the motion that this approach is an illusion.

The Interactive White Elephant in the EFL Classroom – Session 3.1 10.25-11.10
Saturday 10th April 2010

Presenter: Steven Bukin

The presenter started by explaining his analogy of whiteboards being considered the obvious expensive big object in the room which is hardly mentioned. He gave very bright and simple ideas how an interactive whiteboard can be used in a language class. He highlighted some interesting functions, such as drag and drop, screen shade, insert links, hide and review, besides templates including pictures, photos and matching exercises. The exercises were mostly useful for vocabulary and grammar learning and teaching.

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