Program Overview

Using Technology in the Classroom

Empowering Educators: What to Expect from Our Teacher Training Course

Enhance your confidence in using technology across subjects and discover its potential as a valuable classroom resource. By bridging the school-student gap, you’ll improve engagement both inside and outside the classroom. Participants will create a digital portfolio to showcase proficiency in these techniques.

Throughout the course, you’ll improve your English level, refine your teaching skills, and connect with professionals across Europe. You’ll also explore the potential of Erasmus+ for ongoing professional development.

Why Choose Twin?

Hands-on Learning

Our course combines theory and practical application to ensure you're confident in using technology.

Expert Instructors

Learn from experienced educators who have mastered technology integration.

Collaborative Environment

Engage with fellow teachers from diverse backgrounds, sharing insights and best practices.

Why Study Technology in the Language Classroom?

By enhancing your technological proficiency, you'll create a more engaging learning environment both in and out of the classroom. Discover the powerful impact of technology on language teaching and learning processes. Elevate your teaching approach with modern tools and methods tailored to today's learners.

Course Overview

This comprehensive training equips language teachers with essential skills to effectively integrate technology into their teaching methods.

Through hands-on sessions, you'll explore tools like podcasts and vlogs, expanding your teaching toolkit. This course encourages the exchange of ideas, enabling you to learn from and collaborate with educators across Europe.

Fast Facts

Locations

• Dublin
• London (for closed groups)

English Levels

• Upper Intermediate-Advanced

Duration

• One Week
• Two Weeks

What’s Included?

• Expanded awareness of web resources for teaching
• Enhanced integration of technology for more engaged student learning
• Creation of a valuable digital portfolio for implementing new techniques and sharing with colleagues
• Improved personal English language proficiency
• Elevated student outcomes through enhanced teaching methodologies

Objectives and Outcomes

This course is tailored for language teachers seeking to enhance their teaching methodologies, and create more engaging learning experiences for their students, by integrating technology effectively.

Course Objectives

• To familiarise the participants with recent teaching practices and technology developments.
• To increase participants’ awareness of the opportunities to integrate ICT into teaching and learning processes in their schools
• To increase participants’ skill and confidence in the use of some computer applications. We give them an opportunity to use the programmes we introduce them to and show them how to adapt some ready-made programmes to their particular classroom requirements
• To provide an opportunity to develop and strengthen participants own language skills and to improve their confidence in their own lesson delivery
• To promote awareness of contemporary Ireland
• To establish contacts between teachers from a variety of European backgrounds and facilitate future networking among these professionals

Course Outcomes

• Introduction to a wide range of applications
• Increased confidence in using technology across a range of subject teaching
• Increased awareness of the use of the web as a teaching resource
• Increased awareness of how integrating technology into learning experiences can help to integrate school into students’ lives so they become more engaged in their learning inside and outside of school.
• Digital portfolio of lesson plans and material created to act as a reference for implementing new techniques in their schools and also as an aid to disseminating the project to colleagues
• Enhancement of personal English language skills
• Improved learner outcomes for their students
• Sharing of experience and knowledge with professionals from a range of European countries
• Increased knowledge of Irish history and culture
• Knowledge of Erasmus+ potential for professional development

Pricing and Fees