Baccalaureate 2008

We have just finished correcting the English Baccalaureate papers, and I'd like to congratulate all the teachers of English who have participated in the correction phase on their excellent work.Let me wish you 'NICE HOLIDAYS'.
Louznadji

Assessment for Learning

“In the first years of the implementation of the reform, teachers are confronted with very complex and challenging tasks. They have to teach and at the same time learn what and how to teach at a rapid rate. They are not only trying to discover the new language outcomes, but also to apply the new approach and strategies. In addition, they are refining and adapting their teaching practices through continuous reflection, assessment and learning over time. Moreover, assessing their own performance will help them know better the effectiveness of their teaching practices. They need these first years to improve and become the knowledgeable educators we expect them to be.”

Mr.Louznadji, Algerian Inspector General of English .

The School of Life

The school of Life movie is a really inthraling story that tells not only about the teaching system in the United States of America, but it teaches us as simple viewers how to be tolerant and caring towards others pain through actions that are performed by witty spirited characters. In fact there is a strong concern issue within the movie something which pushes one to wonder whether teaching itself could be positively beneficial for students, tomorrow citizens, when the traditional procedure is used or the modern one while teaching, and does the teacher's age really matter?

The School of Life Review

Two different speeches about education were given by two teachers from different generations but they have the same meaning; to believe in miracles is to believe that we don’t have limitations as far as knowledge is concerned. Education is not a set of rules; Mr.Norman considers it as fantasy while Mr.D describes it as fiction. Mr.Norman said: “There is one thing that even old age can’t take away, and that is the gift of teaching, the miracles that we see everyday in the eyes of those who open your minds to the world of knowledge.”

“Education is truly a hero’s journey. To go to school is like the Star Wars movie… We need to get ready to go to a battle against the evil empire, now the evil empire is not our school, our parents or even a question of a meal in a cafeteria, the evil empire is a belief, it is believing that we have limitations, you don’t.”, Said Mr.D

The film seems to compare the young teacher and the old one, the traditional and the modern methods of teaching; we get involved in Mr.Matt’s jealousy, and the open mindedness of the young man, but if we remember Mr.Norman’s sentence before his death: “ There is one thing that even old age can’t take away, and that is the gift of teaching” then this man appears in a photo with Michael as a member of the young teachers’ club, we should not understand that Mr.D is a young , cool teacher who has been so appreciated by students because he was applying new methods, we had, indeed “the privilege of knowing a young man so empowered by the spirit of knowledge that he invites miracles” as Mr.Norman wrote 15 years before.In the meantime, this young man had the privilege of being taught by this gifted teacher, and 15 years later he said: “Mr. Norman was my master, the greatest lesson he taught me was that I was my own teacher and I was my own master. And what I hope to teach to all of you is to not worry about what you are doing because it doesn’t matter, worry about who you are being.”

ICT Use in the Classroom

Each day brings new examples of how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is reshaping the lives of people around the world. To one degree or another, the digital revolution has arrived in just about every corner of our country.
The promotion of ICT use in Algerian secondary schools started in 2004. Such use has become a statuary requirement with the introduction of the Competency-based approach (CBA). So, most schools are equipped with data-logging equipment and have at least one computer room.
Coping with the change, many teachers are getting involved since the use of ICT facilitates their job, makes their lessons more efficient, frees them from paperwork and gives students a better learning experience…
Can you tell us about your experience with the use of ICT in your classes and how it has contributed to the effectiveness of the teaching-learning process?