Name: Jimmy Backer
School/Institute: Har V'Gai Regional School
Position: I work part-time as an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) teacher at the Har V'Gai Regional School and part-time as the National CALL (Computer Aided Language Learning) Counselor in the Israeli Ministry of Education. In Har V'Gai I am responsible for training the other English teachers in using the computers and for organizing computerized projects for EFL instruction.
City and Country: Kibbutz Dafna, Israel
Proposed Project: I don't have a specific project, but it will be in the field of social studies, probably comparing the Israeli reality with the reality of the other students. I will finalize the project with my partner teacher.
Partners:
Web Site: CALL Counselor Home Page