Session Outline |
How do we encourage young learners to use the English they learn in a meaningful context? Children can have access to various online creation and publication tools to share stories. Participants will explore various applications that motivate learners to share stories through comic creation tools, free Web 2.0 tools, mobile devices, and more.
Young Learner e-teachers and those interested in fostering creativity and imagination for children through digital storytelling.
TESOL CALL-IS, IATEFL Young Learners & Teens SIG, JALT Teaching Children SIG and ARCALL (Argentine Computer Assisted Language Learning)
By the end of this workshop, participants will have
Main Moderators- Eva Buyuksimkesyan, Shelly Terrell, Marisa Constantinides
Co-moderators- Özge Karaoglu, Esra Girgin, Jennifer Verschoor, David Dodgson, Michelle Worgan, Juan Uribe
Tools Explained- Posterous, Edmodo
During the first week of the course, participants will
During this week, participants will
During this week, participants will
During this week participants will:
During this week, participants will
collect various resources, links, and materials related to digital storytelling
share and discuss their own ideas for developing stories digitally
reflect on their learning and how they will apply these new discovered tools
revisit the tool playground
comment on each other’s stories
complete an online evaluation about their experience taking this course
>>>Sign up for the session starts on Jan 7th, 2013.
The action starts on Jan 14, 2013.
To join this group:
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Full bio on our DigitalStorytelling4Kids wiki
Shelly Terrell <ShellyTerrell@gmail.com>
Shelly Terrell is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker specializing in the effective use of technologies for professional development and to support language learners.
Özge Karaoğlu <ozge_karaoglu@hotmail.com>
Özge Karaoğlu is an EFL teacher, author and teacher trainer in teaching young/very young learners and teaching with web based technologies.
Esra Girgin <esragirgin@hotmail.com>
Esra Girgin is an EFL teacher and a teacher trainer in Istanbul, Turkey. She has been teaching English to young and very young learners for 10 years and is interested in using web technologies in language teaching.
Eva Buyuksimkesyan <evabsimkesyan@yahoo.com>
Eva Buyuksimkesyan is an EFL teacher and a teacher trainer in Turkey. She is passionate about teaching and interested in integrating technology into her lessons. She is an avid believer of PLN and she is @evab2001 on twitter. She also blogs at http://evasimkesyan.edublogs.org
Jennifer Verschoor <jenverschoor@gmail.com>
Jennifer Verschoor is a freelance teacher trainer and an educational consultant in teaching young learners and Business English with web based technologies.She is a proud Webhead and President of Arcall Argentine Computer Assisted Language Learning. To learn more about her online activities please visit her blog http://jenverschoor.wordpress.com/
Marisa Constantinides <marisa.constantinides@gmail.com>
Marisa Constantinides is a teacher educator/trainer from Athens, Greece. She runs CELT Athens, a centre offering a variety of TEFL training programmes, from TEFL and CELTA Certificates, to Cambridge DELTA courses. She also is a moderator/co-founder of the ELTon nominated #ELTChat. Check out her blog full of resources.
David Dodgson <dave.dodgson@gmail.com>
David Dodgson is a primary school EFL teacher in Ankara, Turkey. He is interested in the use of technology for both learner and teacher development.
Michelle Worgan <michelleworgan@gmail.com>
Michelle Worgan is an EFL teacher based in Spain. She specializes in teaching and creating materials for young learners and she enjoys implementing web 2.0 tools into her lessons.
Juan Uribe <juan.alberto.uribe@gmail.com>
Juan Uribe is an EFL teacher, teacher trainer, and international speaker based in Canada. He is interested in implementing storytelling and puppeteering in affective language learning with YLs through technology.
Elizabeth Anne eannegrenoble@gmail.com
Elizabeth Anne is the Digital Storytelling for Young Learners mentor. She teaches English to Physics students in Grenoble, France and was an illiterate Physicist herself. Here website is http://www.elang.eu