SLC | S22W4 : Developing teachers' knowledge and skills

Today is another beautiful day with the Teachers & Students Community. Greetings to you all, and welcome to my blog!

It's another opportunity to learn from this engagement challenge and get enriched and equipped to effectively carry out my tasks and duties as a school teacher. Capitalising on all opportunities by attending trainings and seminars.

Trainings and seminars? Yes.

Trainings and seminars are both educational events, as clearly shown by this week's lesson. Both events serve different purposes and have their distinct formats and audiences. A seminar is more of an in-depth discussion and exploration of a particular topic or issue with the target audience being the general public and whoever the topic may concern. The material is delivered in the form of a presentation or a lecture, and there may be room for interaction. On the other hand, a training is a well-structured educational event aimed at a specific group of people. A training program is designed to teach participants a specific skill and competence, it often comes with hands-on-practical exercises, lectures, and demonstrations, putting more emphasis on practical application and feedback.

Using your language, when referring to the learning material you have read. Explain and develop your understanding of what seminars and trainings are, and what are the differences and similarities between them in terms of topics, benefits, target audiences, and goals.

Topics
Training	Seminar
Training are often specific or skill-based. How to use AI to improve assessment and grading. How to use the IF function in Excel to compute student position	seminar topics are usually general topics like an important update or a social issue that is of concern to the community. An example is the impact of AI on modern education.

Benefits
Training	Seminar
Training provides and enhances knowledge through hands-on practicals.	seminars provide knowledge and understanding through presentations and lecturing

Target
Training	Seminar
The target of a training is a specific group of people, solving one or two specific needs or challenges, like teachers, doctors, or bus drivers.	seminar can have a very broad target. It could be created for all youths; in most cases, it is open to the general public.

Goals
Training	Seminar
The goal is to teach participants a specific skill or enhance their present level of competence through instructions and practical sessions.	A seminer on the othre hand has the goal of presenting information and crearing an oppotunity to discause relevant issues that concerns the general public.

Please tell us 2 activities that you participate in according to the theme of this week's learning, these activities can be seminars and training. Complete with a description of the activity, the purpose of the activity, and matters related to the activity. (Photo part of the assessment) You can see examples in the material.

A seminar I attended on the 4th of August 2024.

Back to farm empowerment strategies

Topic : "Hydroponic farming”

Target audience : small, medium, and large-scale farmers.

Description : This seminar was held online through Google Meet. It was organised by the HappyHour Connect initiative in collaboration with Osani Global resources.
The highlight of the event was the presentation by the key speaker, Hon. Ntuen Anyang, who introduced us to a new farming concept known as hydroponic farming, a technique involving the growing of crops plants without any material soil. The technique used water that was mineral-rich in place of soil. The presentation was enlightening as we were introduced to the benefits and possibilities of hydroponic farming. How it could be of help in places without sufficient soil or water. Showing us his hydrophytes garden for papper, cucumber, and tomatoes.

A training I attended on the 19th of October 2024.

Entrepreneurial development strategies

Topic : "How to Present a Pitch for Grant Opportunities and Investors”

Target audience : Small startup business owners

Description : The training was also held online by the MD of Eno Peter Farms, Mr Eno Peter Akpan. Emphasising on being clear, concise, and compelling when delivering our message. The total time spent, he said would be between 5 to 10 minutes focused on the key points and the unique selling points, defining the project's unique benefits, impact, and competitive advantage. And making sure the project aligned with the investors interests or aspirations.
Clearly presenting the problem and how your project provides an affordable and lasting solution.
Participants were given the opportunity to pitch any idea, while the host provided quick guidance and corrections when necessary. When given the opportunity, I expressed my dream of creating the first vocational primary school where students are taught a skill from a young age besides the normal pedagogy.

Make 1 general design of the Seminar and 1 general design of the training, as the examples in the learning materials. You are free to determine the title of the seminar and training.

Health seminar

Topic : "Regulating the activities of freelance herbal practitioners"
Target audience : the general public, doctors, nurses, medical assistants, midwives, and, health analysts
Description : addressing the lack of professionalism and the dissemination of misinformation to the public, breeding distrust for conventional drugs and medical procedures.

Technology and innovation

Topic : "The Role of Advertisement in Improving Business Efficiency"
Target audience : entrepreneurs, marketers, and content creators.
Description : discusses the application of online advertisement in the business world, harnessing the power of sponsored posts on Facebook. The audience will be shown how to sponsor a post that advertises their product or services to a specific audience. And how to analyse the provided feedback with follow-up.

Write down two seminar or training activities that you would like to participate in one day, and explain to us why they are important to you.

Information Overload: Strategies for Critical Thinking and Media Literacy

Topic : "Effective Information Gathering and Verification"
Target audience : High school and college students, Journalists, researchers, and professionals who work with information
Description : Participants will be introduced to the value of critical-thinking and media literacy in this digital world where we all face information overload. How to tell apart facts from fiction and verify sources.
This is important because people today are often too gullible, lacking the ability to screen information.

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Positive Discipline: Strategies for Effective Child Development

Topic : "Effective Discipline for Character Development"
Target audience : Parents, guardians, educators, teachers, counsellors, and other stakeholders in the educational sector; anyone interested in the well-being of kids and their development.
Description : Participants will be helped to understand that proper discipline, when founded on love for young children and backed by punitive measures for offenders and rewards for obedience, have proved to create well-behaved adults with positive and objective views of life, responsibility, and duties.

Thanks to my instructor and to Steemit for organising this training workshop for teachers to help improve our teaching skills and professionalism.

I will love to invite @josepha, @eliany and @bela90 to participate in this very informative contest.