UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADORINSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO DE CARACAS

DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS MODERNOSPROGRAMA DE INGLÉS

CÁTEDRA DE LINGUISTICADIDÁCTICA DEL INGLÉS

Caracas, Febrero 2012

EVO 2012 THE BEST OF IATEFL’S YOUNG LEARNERS AND TEENAGERS  

Professor:Nahir Aparicio

Participant:Pérez, Veruska

WHY THIS WEBINAR?

How to teach/ approach

young students

Use of ICT’S (Information and

communication Technologies) in the classroom in order to improve and increase learning and teaching.To experience a virtual class

throughout a webinar.

WHY THIS WEBINAR?

YLTSIG members, all well-known dynamic members of the English Language Learning Community, will be joining us to share their particular expertise on a wide variety of subjects. Participants will be able to discuss and share experiences, ideas, thoughts through the regular online meetings: special needs, difficult pupils, games and language aims, very young learners, technology for teens... all just part of the programme. 

Objectives By the end of the five week session participants will have:1. Joined the session's special Yahoo group

discussion forum.. 2. Practiced using the online platform Adobe

Connect. 3. Participated in the online meetings. For

participants not able to make a particular meeting, recordings will be online shortly after each event is over.. 

4. Joined in the email discussions with the presenters, who will be available for all sorts of questions and discussion both immediately after their presentations and for a number of days afterwards.. 

5. Connected with other educators from around the world, who are all passionate about English language teaching especially to Young Learners and Teens. 

 

TOOLS

Presenter Date & Times

Alexander Sokol Sunday 15th January 09:00 CET/08:00 GMT Your local time

Graham Stanley Monday 16th January 21:00 CET/20:00 GMT Your local time

Barbara Sakamoto Sunday 22nd January 15:00 CET/14:00 GMT Your local time

Nik Peachey Tuesday 24th January 21:00 CET/20:00 GMT Your local time

Dennis Newson Sunday 29th January 22:00 CET/21:00 GMT Your local time

Niki Joseph TBC

Hans Mol TBC

Stephen Krashen Monday 30th January 20:00 CET/19:00 GMT Your local time

Marie Delaney Wednesday 1st February 14:00 CET/13:00 GMT Your local time

Charles Goodger Friday 3rd February14:00 CET/13:00 GMT Your local time

Susan Hillyard Monday 6th February 13:00 CET/12:00 GMT Your local time

Wendy Arnold Thursday 9th February 17:00 CET/16:00 GMT Your local time

Sandie Mourao Friday 10th February 20:00 CET/19:00 GMT Your local time

Andrew Wright Sunday 12th February 15:00 CET/14:00 GMT Your local time

FULL TIMETABLE EVENTS

SYNCHRONOUS MODE

Pertaining to a transmission technique that requires a common clock signal (a timing reference) between the communicating devices in order to coordinate their transmissions.

Virtual classroom Use of chatPower Point presentationQuestions when attending the webinar (Divergent / yes no questions)Do not allow speaking time

WEBINAR

TECHNOLOGY WITH TEENS: Developing Materials and practices for the digital generation.

Date: January 24th , 2012Time lasted: 1 hour (From 3:30pm to 4:30pm) Presenter: Nik Peachey Hosts: Helen Davies (France), Ffinlo Kilner (Cornwall, UK)Attendees: 43

ASYNCHRONOUS MODE

Pertaining to a transmission technique that does not require a common clock between the communicating devices; timing signals are derived from special characters in the data stream itself.

Questions when attending the webinar (Divergent/ concept –function -context questions)Links to see information and promote discussion.Reporting any problemsWorkshopsPresentationsFiles in yahoo groupQuestionnaires

ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES

Bit fast to follow; chat and the presenter. Problems when attending the webinar class. (Audio, links, etc) Time needed.

Recordings available. Mutual communication between monitors and members ‘ group. Updated information. Integration of teachers from different countries.

POINT OF VIEW

Useful and updated information for teachers.

How to work with the next generation gap (digital generation)

Possibilities to exchange knowledge with experienced teachers around the world.