The Emirati teacher, Salima Abdullah Al-Saadi, was able to direct her students towards the methods of using electronic programs and how to master them and work on them by launching the “Technical Student” initiative, which targeted seventh and eighth grade students, with 326 male and female students, providing them with more than 20 technical skills.
Al-Saadi, who works as a social studies teacher at Murbah School in the second cycle for girls, told Al-Bayan: The use of modern technologies is one of the features of the modern era and the interests of the contemporary generation and the tremendous cognitive development in bringing about technological developments, which made her create an initiative that focuses on providing students with skills during study. and holidays.
Goals
She explained that the initiative aimed to build the student’s personality and enhance self-confidence through a series of workshops and cultural activities, hone students’ talents in various technologies, enhance their leadership talents, enhance computer skills and modern programs, in addition to keeping pace with the era of digital transformation and digital skills by discovering what is new and useful. Focus on digital safety and cyber security. She said that she has worked on training students on the latest electronic technologies, including the use of metaverse technology in education, the use of animation program technology in creating electronic characters, designing the website for the initiative, attaching students’ work to it and publishing it for benefit, and publishing the electronic interactive activities portfolio that was prepared by the leading students on The faculty to use it and measure the impact, pointing to the design of a YouTube channel that includes a detailed explanation of the programs.
positive effect
She stated that she had implemented this initiative in cooperation with a number of information technology teachers and higher colleges of technology, and this led to the collection of 13 positive effects of implementing the initiative, including an increase in the achievement level of students through the use of electronic interactive activities, the expansion of the possibilities of equitable use of education and training in the technical and vocational field, and quality assurance. Learning opportunities must be increased and diversified using a wide range of education and training modalities.
roles
She pointed out that the number of students who were selected in the initiative falls on their shoulders in several roles, including joining the ranks of the leadership students to whom the initiative is to be implemented, attending vocational training sessions for electronic programs according to the schedule listed by the work team, and participating in the implementation of various workshops.
2023-05-28 22:05:19
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