Harnessing ICT Tools to Boost Student Engagement in the Classroom

Maintaining student motivation and engagement can often pose a challenge in traditional teaching environments. This is where ICT tools, including apps and online platforms, play a crucial role in enhancing communication and knowledge delivery while keeping students’ attention focused. In today’s educational landscape, it is vital for teachers to become proficient in interactive learning methods, offering students innovative and non-traditional ways to stay engaged.

A recent edition of the course “Integrating ICT and New Technologies into Teaching and Education” was held in Tenerife from 09/02/2025 to 23/02/2025. Participants from Radomszcanski Uniwersytet Trzeciego Wieku in Poland attended, including Kaczmarczyk Ewa, Kaczmarczyk Jerzy, Błaszczyk Zofia, Gałka Krzysztof, Kukiełka Halina, Kukiełka Remigiusz, Borek Małgorzata, Kowalska Małgorzata, Nowicka Czesława, Nowicki Karol, Hofman Jadwiga, Saternus Danuta, Marczyk Anna, Olborska Krystyna, Mariola Staszewska.

During this course the participants learnt how to use a vast range of technological tools and to put them into use by integrating it into their teaching methods.

First of all they had a look at the most simple and easy tools to edit pictures and videos that are very effective when it comes to teaching. Such tools can be used in fact for a variety of purposes: preparing multimedia content, introducing a new subject or summing up an old one, challenging the students’ to create their own work in order to engage their creativity. Video presentations in particular are extremely helpful to energize students and get their attention.

In addition, participants also learnt how to create a website following a few easy steps. Thanks to this course this group was able to experiment with an easy drag and drop tool that could help them create a website for their schools.

During these past two years traditional education had to leave space to virtual lessons and online classes. Therefore it was inevitable for this course to also explore the applications useful to hold an online class such as a virtual whiteboard that can create engaging and captivating online lessons and also collaborative learning experiences.

Moreover, the participants had the chance to dive into the technological world with plenty of practical activities such as presentations, virtual quizzes, learning how to create engaging social media content, using tools dedicate to organizing graphics, posters and collages and much more.

This course allowed participants to confront themselves with each other and learn from their shared experiences. The participants left this course with a new knowledge of interactive learning and a new set of tools, ready to use them in their classrooms. There is no doubt that this approach will increase the students’ creativity, engagement, attention and motivation and help transform learning into a fun and dynamic activity!
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​Discover more about this course here.