TILO Topics and active learning

TILO Project

TILO Program

Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes

Significance:

The letters (T I L O ) mean technology for improved learning outcomes. The Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes (TILO) program was designed to enhance the quality of teaching, learning and decentralized school management through the effective use of technology in schools.

This program aims to leave the traditional methods which depend on attainment and learning by heart. It also calls for implementing active learning as a method of teaching , solving problem method of teaching, brain-storming method of teaching, beside using technology in teaching. It helps learners to rise from the first 3 low standards of learning according to Bloom's taxonomy which include knowledge, understanding and applicability to the other 3 high standards of learning which include analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Introduction:
The Technology for Improved Learning Outcomes (TILO) Programme is a combined effort between USAID and Egypt. It is a program that aims to improve the teaching and learning quality in schools across nine regions of the country through technology. USAID and the Egyptian government are working with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to better integrate different technologies to schools and school-based programs, to hopefully increase the overall learning of the students and teachers. It is currently in effect in over 400 schools across Egypt, in two different types of schools: TILO “Smart Schools” (which were transformed from prep schools), and “School Based Reform” schools. In each case, the general idea is the same; to improve the quality of education through technological advances and reforms.The program content included:

1-The Change:

We as teachers should accept the change of our methods of teaching from being traditional methods that depend on attainment , recitation and learning by heart into methods that depend on thinking, analyzing, application, evaluation and creation. We should accept what matches our culture and environment . It is necessary to know about the changing world in the world of education to be able to match the revolution of information all over the world.

2-Education of a good quality:

A-Vision:

Vision means the dream we seek for to achieve our hopes in education. What we look forward to in our field of education. What we wish to see in our schools and with our learners.

2-Mission:

Mission means the strategies we need to get to the vision we dream of. For example, we can use individual work, pair work and group work. We can use technology and experimentation to have practical learning. We should encourage the spirit of exploration with our learners. The mission should be smart.

3-The national standards of education:

1-The vision and mission.

2-A successful school administration.

3-An excellent teacher.

4- A developmental curriculum.

5- Social participation.

4- Active learning:

A-The learner-self -centered teaching method:

It means that education should be changed from a teaching that depends on the teacher into a teaching that depends on and is centered around the learners and their participation and integration in the method of education. It is the stage of learners' production. The learner asks and answers. He should imagine, create and evaluate to solve problems.Learners must listen, see, watch technological teaching programs,interview, speak, talk, act, mime, play, sing and practice. He must transmit what he learns to others through the principle of learning through teaching.

B-Classroom management and time management:

Classroom management means that learners should work in pairs or in groups. In pair work, pupils must think, pair and share. In group work, Learners should form groups. Each group should include a leader, a presenter, an organizer, a dictator, a timer and an evaluator. Learners play these roles of the co-operative learning. They can change the roles when projects are changed. There must be a demonstration or illustration to our practical learning. Learning through problems solving, brain storming and doing projects can appear clearly in pair work and group work. Learning through doing researches through the internet sites and visiting the real institutions in our daily life like museums and exhibitions can be applied through group work. ( See group work).

Teacher must have the cleverness of managing time of the lesson. I mean that every lesson objective must have a method, a teaching aid or an electronic learning program as well as a certain limited time to be implemented during presentation. The other objectives must have the suitable time each, to be implemented through the guided and free practice of the new vocabulary and new grammatical structure. If not, then, the teacher has no clear plans.

C-Critical thinking:

According to the first 3 levels of learning, Bloom's taxonomy, learners must know, understand and apply. We need to raise the standards of our learners' learning to the second 3 superior levels of learning. I mean that learners must learn how to do analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Learners must ask "How, why, how come ....". It is a step to enable the learners to acquire the spirit of exploration and researching to reach the knowledge by themselves under the guide, monitoring and supervision of the teacher. The learner can agree with or disagree with something or someone expressing his point of view. The teacher monitors and guides in an assembly similar to the one of great scientists. See ( Crtical thinking 1)

In dealing with analysis and synthesis thesis, learners learn how to deal with Venn diagram to show the similarities and difference. Learners deal with charts of arranging events specially in presenting novel events. They use charts of columns of "KWLH specially in presenting the " Warm up" and doing feedback. They use mind mapping diagrams or mind map electronic program to learn how to generate new ideas. It is a great method of teaching.

(See Critical thinking 2)

D-The use of technology:

TILO project basically focuses on the use of technology in teaching and learning. It offers us a lot of electronic programs that help the teacher to implement the activity-based teaching method and helps the learner to use technology to explore his knowledge by himself as an independent learner. Both the teacher and the learner can use several Electronic programs like the following:

( Word program, Excel program, Power-point program, Access program, MS picture management program, Movie-maker program, Free-mind program, Lingoes program, Celestia program, Yanka program, Anki program, Jing program, Hot potatoes program, MS Mathematics program, the Sage program, Chemistry crocodile program, Physics Crocodile program and a lot of other electronic programs. Electronic teaching enables the teacher to do an electronic lesson plan and give an electronic lesson presentation.

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1-Critical thinking 1.

2-Critical thinking 2

3-Problem -solving method of teaching.

4-Assessment and evaluation.

6-Human resources management.

Education of a good quality Active learning 1 . Critical thinking 2

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1-Classsroom work rules

2-Education of high good quality.