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Internet4younglearners EVO Session: January 11-February 21, 2010
Objectives:
By the end of this six week session we expect participants to:
have created a yahoo account
have registered at Internet4younglearners at grouply.com
have used different chat tools and grouply's whiteboard discussion
have used yahoo groups for info regarding the session and message posting
have tried synchronous online communication through Tapped In
have used Elluminate and http://www.learningtimes.net/index.shtml for a live discussion (Optional)
have explored a number of Internet-based activities
have created a list with tips on selecting online activities and upload it to grouply's whiteboard
have created their own lesson plan including Internet-based activities and uploaded it to the http://internet4ylactivities.pbworks.com/
have provided feedback on other's lessons
Target audience: teachers of English to young learners-speakers of other languages with at least basic computer knowledge.
Interest Sections: EFL IS, EE IS
Weekly Content:
Pre-Training (January 1st - January 10th, 2010)
1. Create a Yahoo email account at www.yahoo.com and set up instant messaging (IM).
2. Register at Internet4younglearners
at grouply.com 
3. Read about Netiquette and then complete the Netiquette survey: http://webpages.csus.edu/~hansonsm/Netiquette_2007.html
4. Read <How EVO differs> at http://webpages.csus.edu/~hansonsm/How_EVO_differs
Week 1. (January 11th - January 17th)
Open an account in Yahoo.
Introduce yourself to the other participants by sending an email.
Do some reading on teaching young learners, using the computer in the young EFL learners classroom, using the internet in the young EFL learners classroom.
Start thinking about designing a lesson for your class with Internet-based activities. This lesson will be presented to the group during week 5,
Week 2. (January 18th - January 25th)
Look at a number of Internet-based activities.
Try to relate these activities to relevant literature on EFL teaching. (So, first complete reading tasks as given on week 1)
Discuss the added value of these activities in the classroom.
Discuss the problems that might occur when using these activities in the classroom.
Talk about coping with these problems or preventing them from occuring.
Week 3 (January 25th-31st)
Share your favorite child-friendly Web sites with each other and explain how these Web sites assist your students' English language skills.
Visit and critique one of the participants' recommended Web sites.
Visit a non-EFL content site for young learners that offers visual learning, simple practice, and color coding.
Visit a Web site with content specifically for EFL young learners.
Compare and contrast the EFL language learning-based Web site with that of the non-EFL content site specific for young learners
Complete and upload to grouply the list with Useful Tips While Selecting Online Activities.
Register at Tapped In (TI) and prepare for a virtual text-based chat next week.
Look at examples of projects based on e-mail communication among classes
Read the lists on Useful Tips While Selecting Online Activities.
Have a discussion on the points included on these lists.
Think about problems that might occur while working on the Internet with young learners.
Attend a live virtual text chat on Tapped In (TI)
Complete unfinished tasks.
Talk about problems that occur when using the Internet in the classroom and suggest possible solutions - Group discussion at grouply.
Upload the lesson you have prepared at http://internet4ylactivities.pbworks.com/FrontPage .
Alternate live discussion at the Webhead's Virtual Office in LT (Learning Times). Go to Elluminate to test your equipment (you need a headset with a microphone). You need to register in advance at http://www.learningtimes.net/index.shtml. (have a look at week 5 for more info)
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Feedback by moderators and participants on the lessons prepared and uploaded at http://internet4ylactivities.pbworks.com/FrontPage .
Evaluate our session and Complete a survey,
More on the session:
The moderators at http://internet4younglearners.pbworks.com/moderators-of-the-session
Reading Resources at http://internet4younglearners.pbworks.com/Reading-Resources
Websites and ideas at http://internet4younglearners.pbworks.com/Websites-and-Ideas
Chat tools and Whiteboard discussion at http://internet4younglearners.pbworks.com/Chat-tools
Other links: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Internet4younglearners/
http://internet4younglearners.grouply.com/home
http://internet4ylactivities.pbworks.com