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The role of a teacher, has begun to change, in line with unstoppable progress in new information and communication technologies. In the classroom of 21st century, teachers become more of facilitators, their role is to get students’ attention and help them understand the material, and best way to do it is to engage them in the process of learning as much as possible. One way of doing so may be to use, in the process of teaching, didactic materials including elements of interactivity. Interactive content may take a form of presentation, video material, simple game, test, or even text document, it is any digital file that allows for interaction with the content. It is widely accepted that individual approach is the key to success, hence teachers also need to become creators of their own didactic materials. TICC project is based on these two crucial assumptions and was created to elaborate a new teaching approach, with focus on teachers as makers and facilitators. Implementing TICC project, the partnership aims were to equip teachers with digital skills enabling them to create their own interactive contents by providing them with an innovative space, which serves as a point of reference, a repository of modern, stimulating resources and a room for exchange of both ideas and ready-made educational interactive content. Our objectives were also to promote the concept of IC in teaching languages among relevant stakeholders and to test best ways of implementing it in the teaching process. The project’s direct target group were language teachers (more than 50) and trainers, but it also involved, at various stages of implementation, their students (more tham 500), their students’ parents, and other relevant stakeholders, including educators, language methodology experts, teacher training providers and associations, policy makers. To develop high quality results, evaluate the approach and promote the concept as widely as possible and on different education levels, the partnership has been formed consisting of public schools (primary, secondary), language school, school inspectorate, training provider specializing in digital media and IT company experienced in e-learning solutions. Main aim and other objectives were achieved through the development of the following outputs: IO1- IC Teachers’ Resource Set, which contains a guidebook and a collection of didactic materials, including introduction to interactive content and manual on the process of its preparation, database of free software for creating IC, video tutorials presenting step by step the process, and methodological tips. This is the input of the partnership into collecting and streaming most modern digital solutions for teaching; IO2 – TICC Space: a repository of interactive language materials, which is a complex tool for teachers, incorporating three components: Compendium, Content Box and ICC Community, hence offering all that a teacher, compelled by the idea, really needs to start creating IC; IO3 – Interactive content in education – Best Practices Study, which became an important indicator, both for teachers and all relevant stakeholders, showing new trends in creating individualized didactic materials with elements on IC and an evaluation of the effectiveness of this approach. All things considered, TICC project brought a fresh look on the role of teachers in new reality, showed them how they can enrich their professional workshop and make it more adjusted to the needs of their students – digital natives.As longer- term benefits: firstly, teachers received new tool and material for their classroom, the motivation to participate in lessons will grow with the availability of new resources, increasing attractiveness of language schools that are on time with technological advances, equipping teachers and pupils at schools with digital skills and tools, raising awareness of authorities in education on digitalization in education. Secondly, extending the scope of perspectives regarding the availability of digital materials for teachers across European countries, exchange of knowledge and experience between participants, accurate response to changing minds, life and approaches due to digitalization at school will definitely improve the quality of teaching.
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