Comments - VRT3 Young Learners - Virtual Round Table Web Conference2024-03-30T03:12:05Zhttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com/events/comment/feed?attachedTo=3109966%3AEvent%3A59146&xn_auth=noDear Patrick, Ayat & Barb…tag:virtual-round-table.ning.com,2012-04-21:3109966:Comment:625462012-04-21T00:18:18.370ZAzhar Youssefhttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com/profile/AzharYoussefAhmed
<p>Dear Patrick, Ayat & Barb,</p>
<p>Really, your session was so fabulous and beneficial. Your activities are very practical and interesting. My students are older, but I will try some of them after adapting.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Azhar, Egypt</p>
<p></p>
<p>Dear Patrick, Ayat & Barb,</p>
<p>Really, your session was so fabulous and beneficial. Your activities are very practical and interesting. My students are older, but I will try some of them after adapting.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Azhar, Egypt</p>
<p></p> Patrick Jackson
@patjack67
Ge…tag:virtual-round-table.ning.com,2012-04-19:3109966:Comment:618072012-04-19T12:48:52.327ZHeike Philphttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com/profile/HeikePhilp
<p><b>Patrick Jackson</b></p>
<p><b>@patjack67</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Getting Back to Basics: What to do with Young Learners when it all gets too much</strong></p>
<p>If you’re watching this talk you’re probably a technology lover. This all-consuming, addictive fascination with the digital world can get in the way of some really important basics, especially with young learners. This unfashionably low-tech talk will look at some of these basics, vegetables, books, songs and things I have…</p>
<p><b>Patrick Jackson</b></p>
<p><b>@patjack67</b></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Getting Back to Basics: What to do with Young Learners when it all gets too much</strong></p>
<p>If you’re watching this talk you’re probably a technology lover. This all-consuming, addictive fascination with the digital world can get in the way of some really important basics, especially with young learners. This unfashionably low-tech talk will look at some of these basics, vegetables, books, songs and things I have learned from my children in the past week or so. I will also talk a bit about Linked Language Learning and how we’re all in the same boat. It may become a trifle freeform. Apologies in advance.</p>
<p><b>Bio </b></p>
<p>Following a number of enjoyable educational and career false starts, I moved to Japan in 1997 and spent 12 years there teaching English. During that time I became involved in writing materials for my younger students: early roots being Potato Pals and more recent sprouts including Everybody Up and Stars (OUP). I am quite passionate about Linked Language Learning and particularly keen to find out why the answer to many questions is just under one’s nose or slightly to the left.</p> Ayat Tawel
@ayatawel
Harry Po…tag:virtual-round-table.ning.com,2012-04-19:3109966:Comment:618722012-04-19T12:46:18.626ZHeike Philphttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com/profile/HeikePhilp
<p><b>Ayat Tawel</b></p>
<p><b>@ayatawel</b></p>
<p><b>Harry Potter Book Project in Edmodo: A Collaborative Initiative Between Students from Egypt and Canada <br></br></b>With an increasing acceptance of children using internet for academic purposes, comes apprehension pertaining to their safety and well-being when online. While as educators we want children to become more « net savvy », we need to temper this with precautions to keep them safe on the web. </p>
<p>This session will demonstrate how…</p>
<p><b>Ayat Tawel</b></p>
<p><b>@ayatawel</b></p>
<p><b>Harry Potter Book Project in Edmodo: A Collaborative Initiative Between Students from Egypt and Canada <br/></b>With an increasing acceptance of children using internet for academic purposes, comes apprehension pertaining to their safety and well-being when online. While as educators we want children to become more « net savvy », we need to temper this with precautions to keep them safe on the web. </p>
<p>This session will demonstrate how educators Ayat Tawel and Bernadette Rego successfully established using Edmodo, a free Learning management system, as a place for students from Canada and Egypt to meet and discuss questions enhancing their reading skills using the popular book « Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ». We will demonstrate how Edmodo and other web 2.0 tools can be used to protect the students' online identity and communication while creating an enriching learning atmosphere.<br/><b></b></p>
<p><b>Bio Ayat Tawel</b></p>
<p>I'm an EFL teacher from Cairo, Egypt. I have been teaching different age groups and levels for more than ten years. I'm currently teaching young learners. My main interests are online teaching & learning, and using blended learning and web 2.0 tools to create a learning atmosphere that enhancing creativity in the classroom. I have participated as a co-moderator in Baw2012, one of Evo online sessions. I'm a life-long learner, who believes in professional development through sharing !</p> Bio Barbara Sakamoto
Barbara…tag:virtual-round-table.ning.com,2012-04-19:3109966:Comment:618652012-04-19T09:23:40.074ZHeike Philphttp://virtual-round-table.ning.com/profile/HeikePhilp
<p>Bio Barbara Sakamoto</p>
<p><span>Barbara is a Program Director and author for iTDi’s English For Teachers course, and co-author of the best-selling young learners EFL series, Let’s Go (Oxford University Press). She has taught English, ESL, and EFL for more than 25 years, and has conducted teacher development workshops around the world. Her motto is “Always try new things,” so these days, when she’s not teaching, writing, or giving workshops, you’ll often find Barbara online exploring the…</span></p>
<p>Bio Barbara Sakamoto</p>
<p><span>Barbara is a Program Director and author for iTDi’s English For Teachers course, and co-author of the best-selling young learners EFL series, Let’s Go (Oxford University Press). She has taught English, ESL, and EFL for more than 25 years, and has conducted teacher development workshops around the world. Her motto is “Always try new things,” so these days, when she’s not teaching, writing, or giving workshops, you’ll often find Barbara online exploring the potential of social media for professional development. If you’d like to explore with her, you can usually find Barbara on her award-winning blog, Teaching Village.</span></p>