The ETC Staff Development Committee organized a hands-on training program entitled Professional Logo Design for all ETC staff on Tuesday, 6 February 2018, from 12.00pm to 01.00 pm in Lab 1. Mr. Shameer K.P.O (E-learning Technician) conducted the training.
A staff trip for the Information Technology Department was organized by the Social Committee of the department on 8 February, 2018 at Rayibah Farm, Ibri. A total of 24 staff members participated in the event with their families.
In all, total 63 members were present at the venue at around 2pm. The event started with a delicious lunch in the afternoon followed by various fun activities for kids along with others.
The Common Foundation Program and Self-Assessment Technical Team and the Working Group of Ibrict Headed by Dr. Sultan Al-Ghafri, organized its first session on February 13, 2018.
The Staff Development Committee, ELC organized” Basic of Smart Board” training session on February 5, 2018 in Free Access Lab (Engineering Building) It was conducted by ETC team (Mr. Wiled & Mr. Romeil) The workshop was very effective to the ELC staff in their ELT classroom. They enjoyed it where they had authentic opportunities to practice. Overall, the workshop was very beneficial in terms of covering the following points:
The Social Activities Committee headed by Mr. Sulaiman Al-Gharibi organized a trip to the sand dunes of Al Dahirah, East of Ibri on February 10, Saturday .There were around 20 staff with their families.
The Staff Development Committee, ELC organized” Classroom Challenges” session on February 6, 2018. The head of the committee, Mr Faisal said that for most of ELC staff, teaching English is an enjoyable experience, and helping our students is rewarding. However, ELT classrooms also present some common challenges that can test our patience and ability to be more effective, dynamic, innovative, creative, energetic and committed.
Ms Amal Ashour confirmed that English teachers around the world face many of the same challenges. Our classes can be large with multiple English proficiency levels which makes planning lessons and meeting all our students’ needs a shark headache for most of us. Ms Heba, the speaker of the session, stated that some of ELC have limited materials, or have to adapt or create our own. Providing opportunities for students to practice the language can also pose a challenge, especially if we have shy, taciturn, passive, introvert students or mix classes. It was very fruitful session for everyone to share challenges they faced in their classrooms and discussed the possible solutions.
The Project Committee, in association with the Research Committee, conducted an orientation programme named, “Research Concepts and Structure of Research Proposal” on 06 February 2018 in Lab 2 in the Information Technology Department from 12:00 noon to 01:00 pm. The programme was well delivered by Dr Duhai Al Shukaili. It was attended by 30 Course Project students of all levels.
The Engineering Department’s Health and Safety Committee organized an orientation programme on using a fire extinguisher demonstration for fire safety for first year Engineering students on 31 January 2018.
Mr J Stephen Leon and Mr Nagi Reddy addressed the students on the classification and application of firefighting equipment in case of emergency. First aid procedures to be followed were also presented. This event was held in the Mechanical Workshop (B005), Electrical Workshop (B024) Engineering Department from 10.00am to 10.30am. Technicians demonstrated how to use a fire extinguisher in case of fire. A few students also practiced the use of firefighting equipment on a demonstrated fire. The presentation was well received by students of the department. Mr. Shankar and Mr. Sathyendran Rathinavel, Health and Safety Members of the Engineering Department demonstrated the different types of fire extinguishers.
The Staff Development Committee of the Information Technology Department organized a Workshop on Android App Development Part 1 and 2 By Mr Brian Gee Chacko, Lecturer, IT, Information Technology Department, IBRICT on 23 January and 30 January 2018 respectively from 12:00pm to 1:00pm in Lab 2 of the Department of Information Technology.
Mr Brian, in Part One on Day One gave a brief overview of do’s and don’ts on Android App development with discussion on the basics. He explained various components of Android Studio and briefed about configuring it for an app development. He highlighted the importance of Android App development emphasizing the need of a changed programming approach to learn it.
In Part Two, he discussed the actual application building and testing on the simulation by giving hands on experience of Android App development. He also shared some documents and pointers where the participants can explore more about app development.
20 Participants attended Part I of the workshop and ten participants were present during Part 2.
The average feedback from the participants on the workshop was 3.35/5 and 4.66/5 on Day 1 and Day 2 respectively. All the participants expressed satisfaction with the facilities provided and wished to learn full application development.
The Staff Development Committee of the Engineering Department organized a programme on Assessment for Higher Order Learning through Bloom’s Taxonomy on 30 January 2018, from 12.15pm to 01.45pm.
Dr K Elangovan, HoS, Mechanical Section, and Mr.Abid Siddique, Lecturer, Engineering Department, conducted the program.
