Moroccan Association ‫الجمعية المغربية‬

of Teachers of English ‫ألساتذة اللغة اإلنجليزية‬

Website: www.mate.org.ma Email: matemorocco@yahoo.com

MATE 6th ICT4ELT CONFERENCE

Call for Papers
Ibn Zohr University - Faculty of Letters & Humanities
Agadir,, 23-26 June, 2010
MATE, jointly with Ibn Zohr University, Souss Massa 7. contribute to the development of the Moroccan
Daraa Regional Academy for Education & Training Virtual Campus held at Ibn Zohr University; and
and MATE-Agadir, organizes the 6th ICT (Information 8. create opportunities for dialogue, exchange of
and Communication Technology) Conference on 23-26 materials and teaching practices in e-learning.
June, 2010 at the Faculty of Letters and Human
Sciences in Agadir. The theme of the conference is: The conference will feature:
“ICT in Education:
30-minute plenary sessions.
Creating Opportunities for Quality & Excellence”.
20-minute papers.

1-hour workshops.
Rationale
Round tables.
During the last years, there has been a rising awareness of
ICT successful experiences demonstrations.
the importance of Information and Communication
Poster sessions.
Technologies (ICT) in the field of education. With the
Book exhibitions.
shift to Web 2.0 and the amazingly growing number of
Film projections, social evening, excursions, etc.
Web tools including blogs, wikis, social networks,
podcasts, audio and video tools, interactive materials, Potential speakers
learning management systems, etc., teachers and MATE invites all interested speakers to submit their
educators are facing great challenges to efficiently adapt paper or workshop abstracts which have to include the
themselves to this digital boom and to adequately respond following:
to the growing demands of digital natives’ needs. • a paper or workshop abstract (max. 250 words).
Learners and teachers are two key elements at the heart of • a short bio-data (max. 150 words).
the theme of “MATE 6th ICT4ELT Conference”. The • a list of equipment needed.
focus in using ICT in education in the 21st century will • contact information (email, phone, institution…)
certainly not be on the use of digital tools as an objective,
but on the promotion of quality and excellence in the Abstracts should be sent to: mateict4elt@gmail.com no
teaching and learning process. Similar to the previous later than 15 April, 2010. A scientific committee will be
five events, this conference will focus mainly on ICT in charge of making a final selection before contacting
supported teaching and learning activities and projects. the speakers on 30 April, 2010. Accepted speakers are
Therefore, the conference aims to: requested to send complete written versions of their
1. contribute to the realization of the Emergency Plan papers by 30 May, 2010.
especially in relation to the use of ICT in education; For any further information, please do not hesitate to
2. focus more on pedagogy and teacher professional contact the following people of the organising committee:
development;
3. expose teachers to successful ICT experiences and
Mohammed HASSIM +212.666.077.526
best practices in ELT;
Mohamed HAMMANI +212.662.052.344
4. provide the necessary technical skills and tools that
Youssef TAMER +212.661.090.871
would enable the participants to carry out ICT-based
Hassane FATHI +212.662.416.661
activities and projects;
Ahmed ATLAGH +212.668.391.732
5. promote quality and excellence in education through
Zakaria JAMAATI +212.660.618.222
the efficient use of ICT;
6. contribute to the realization of the “Maroc The Conference Organising Committee
Numérique 2013” (Digital Morocco 2013) project;