Abdel.Illah.Belblidia


 * Abdel Illah Belblidia **, Mt. San Antonio College

Application -

Administrator's focus:

Please describe the applicant’s current assignment, technology experience and leadership qualities, as well as the program’s overall commitment to technology integration and to the nominee’s participation in TIMAC, and what area you would like them to focus on in their mentoring of other instructors in your program. Abdel Belblidia has been in our program for over 12 years. During this time, I have observed him formally and informally in classroom settings as well as during department in-services. He has seamlessly infused technology into his daily teaching and learning; furthermore, Abdel has often collaborated and even mentored some of his colleagues. Beyond PowerPoint slides that are used by both students and Abdel, he has used flip-video cameras and voice recorders as means of gathering evidence for student learning outcomes. For example, students will be trained to record and save some of their assignments on a sound file and email to their teacher or post it on Edmodo. In addition, he has asked students to take tests via Google Docs and Edmodo. Through Fotobabble, students select photos and provide a narrative regarding the photo (an electronic postcard, in essence) which they then post on Google Docs for their classroom assignment. With E.L. Civics, his students have conducted web searches on the topic of the Environment and composed a PowerPoint presentation regarding an environmental issue; students will explain the issue and propose solutions. As you can see, Abdel is enthusiastic about using technology to facilitate communication with his intermediate-level students. He is often asked to present his latest techniques to others in our department.

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