Fostering motivation and engagement in the classroom with ICT Tools

Motivating and engaging students to learn often is a difficult task. One way to transfer knowledge while maintaining the student´s full attention can be integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools—such as apps and web platforms— in the classes. In today’s digital age, it is essential to foster interactive classes while providing students with alternative, non-traditional learning techniques in order to keep them actively involved in the learning process.

​The latest edition of the course "Integrating ICT and New Technologies into Teaching and Education" took place in Palermo from 08/06/2025 14/06/2025. The program gathered participants from across Europe, with Jana Grenčíková and Michaela Janicskova from Cirkevná základná škola s materskou školou Jána Krstiteľa, Partizánske in Slovakia, Ludmila Lastovka and Irina Halatina from Daugavpils Tehnoloģiju vidusskola-licejs in Latvia, Martyna Grajkowska and Elzbieta Lomozik from ZSO Jana Pawla II in Poland and Mustafa Soysal from The Estonian Association of Teachers of English in Estonia.

​Throughout the course, participants explored a wide range of technological tools and discovered how to integrate them into their teaching methods effectively. Especially AI tools that became more and more important in education over the last years can be incorporated easily at school. Used in the right way those tools can encourage students and support them in their learning process.

​Over the past five years, traditional education had to make a way for virtual lessons and online learning environments. As a result, the course also covered essential tools for conducting online classes, including virtual whiteboards that motivate students to collaborate while facilitating engaging and interactive lessons. 

​Additionally, participants engaged in numerous practical activities, such as creating presentations, taking part in virtual quizzes, designing content for their own classes, and working with visual materials and AI tools. In this way they were able to directly try the tools that were shown during their course, making it easier to implement them in their classes later.

​Beyond technical skills, this course gave the participants the opportunity to collaborate, exchange experiences and learn from each other. They left with a deep understanding of interactive learning, equipped with a new set of ICT toolsready to be implemented in their classrooms. There´s no doubt that this innovative approach will boost student´s creativity, engagement, attention and motivation, making learning a fun and dynamic experience!

Discover more about this course here.
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