Courses start with SQC/İmece Training

Dear All,

The year 2012 has started with lots of seminars and travels for me. Even though Turkey has had a snowy winter, we have continued sharing our experiences and excitements with our colleagues and students. First of all, we were in Trabzon to give a "Project management and ICT Seagull Seminar" to teachers working there. Then, I was one of the speakers of the Association for the Graduates of Yıldız Technical University. I shared my WCTQEE and CMS experiences with the audience. yesterday there was a meeting at sabancı university concerning "University-Industry Partnership" held by ARTEV. I will be in Brussels to participate an EU project named "People 2 People". Thus the first two months of the year will be ended with a busy agenda. 

Today and on Friday I will be starting my SQC and TQE Seminars to the students who elected my courses. In my courses I always use the project-based training to teach the future teachers the most helpful and fruitful methodology. They learn it, they try it and finally they like it. Mostly it happened like this. My seminars of this week are open to all participants. Today, it will take place on the North Campus of Boğaziçi university (YD 106) and on Friday at YD 116.

The registration period of ICT seagulls Project will end on the first week of March. ıf you are interested in it (www.bilisimcimartilar.com), please hurry.

Have a happy week.

Hayal KÖKSAL

New Term will Start Tomorrow

Dear All,
A new term is going to start tomorrow at Boğaziçi University. I have been looking forward to meeting  100 teacher trainees. This excites me because I believe that teachers are the essential elements of a community since they have been holding the forming power of future generations.

For the last four days I was in Trabzon to give a seminar to the teachers concerning ICT Seagulls seminar. The interest and participation of them made me very happy and hopeful for the future. My visit there was the result of great efforts of one of my ex-students_ Aygül Aydın Öztürk. I had taught English to her and her classmates in Göle High School between the years of 1978 and 1981. After ages, she found me through Facebook and we made plans to come together. Technology assists people to find their past friends and it did the same for us. I have been very happy to see my ex-student and her family. They provided us with a great opportunity of meeting new friends and learning more about that Black Sea Region city and its culture. My thanks go to Öztürk Family.

The registration time will end on 1st March for the ICT Seagulls Project. I hope more international teams take part in it. The picture below is from the Long Lake of Trabzon. Loves,

Hayal KÖKSAL

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