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Digital Communication Project: Web2.0 and EFL Young Learners

This document describes a digital communication project that uses web2.0 tools to personalize English language learning for young students. The project aims to improve students' language skills while also promoting connections between school and family. Teachers plan lesson units around themes and tasks, with the goal of students creating final works to be published online and shared with families. The document provides examples of four lesson units and the web tools used to publish and share students' work, as well as positive feedback from parents, observers, and students about the impact of the project.

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Digital Communication Project: Web2.0 and EFL Young Learners

This document describes a digital communication project that uses web2.0 tools to personalize English language learning for young students. The project aims to improve students' language skills while also promoting connections between school and family. Teachers plan lesson units around themes and tasks, with the goal of students creating final works to be published online and shared with families. The document provides examples of four lesson units and the web tools used to publish and share students' work, as well as positive feedback from parents, observers, and students about the impact of the project.

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Digital Communication Project

Web2.0 and EFL young learners

Dani Lyra and Cleide Nascimento


“I'm not a fan of technology.
I'm a fan of pedagogy,
of understanding how people
learn and the most effective
learning methods. But
technology enables some
exciting changes.”

(Donald A. Norman)
Technology allows
exciting changes

It’s never been so easy to:

Plan lessons;
Invest in professional development;
Supplement material;
Create content;
Personalize content;
Review content;
Extend content;
Establish authentic audience;
Assess content.
Digital Communication Project
What is it?

This project is about personalizing student’s


production by using web applications
systematically. Students work is shared with
families and friends promoting school/family
connection.
Why implement the project

Learning comes to a higher level as students start


to care about what they are saying and writing,
improving their language output. Students might
learn how to use some tools and sharpen their
digital skills.
The networked teacher

Nowadays a teacher is exposed to many resources


on the web to enhance learning opportunities.
The overwhelmed teacher

How to make the most of the tools available, and


not get stressed out!
How to plan a lesson

Working with a course book:


(study the unit - theme and
linguistic content).

Plan final task (to be


carried out at the end
of the unit) and how
to deliver it to the
families.

Choose and test


a web 2.0

Plan the process: Determine communication and


enabling tasks that will lead to the final outcome.
Select/adapt/produce appropriate material and
sequence them.

Planning Classwork: A Task Based approach.


Sheila Estaire and Javier Zanon.
Some of the webtools available
Choosing a webtool
Checklist

 Child friendly
 Safe
 Downloadable
 Adds value to your plan
 Easy to use
Establishing school/family
connection

Start a class blog or wiki.


(Choose an url that can be used with other groups).
Send parents an invitation to follow the blog.
Start posting students’ work.
Send e-mails to parents regularly, letting
them know there is a new post.
Put a counter on your blog.
Show students the blog and post links to
extra class learning opportunities that appeal
to students.
Unit 1

Lesson overview
Students have just finished unit one, which deals with
there to be (affirmative, negative, singular and plural
forms) to talk about objects and where they are in a
room.
 

Final outcome
Students write a visual quiz about their bedrooms.
The teacher uses Photopeach to publish students’ work
and sends it to the students´ families.
Resources
Resources
Students´work
Unit 2

 Lesson overview
The second unit provides students with the
opportunity for using the language learned
(the present tense) and describing animals to play a
digital guessing game.

Final outcome
Each student uses the language learned in the unit to
write their own page for the game. The teacher uses
Issuu to publish the game students made and sends it
to their families.
Resources
Students´work
Unit 3

Lesson overview
In Unit 3, students have the opportunity to use this,
that, these and those. They illustrate a gift for their
moms and write a sentence, expanding on the
language pattern.

This is a ______. It's a good gift for mom, because


she's ______.
These are ______. They're a good gift for mom,
because she's ______.

Final outcome
Each student uses the language learned in the unit to
write about their own gift for mom. The teacher uses
Kizoa to publish their work and sends it to their
families.
Resources
Students work
Unit 4

Lesson overview
The language learned in this unit is the present tense,
to describe people and write about someone you love.

Final outcome
Students write about a person/people they love
(members of the family). The teacher uses Voicethread
to record the students and sends it to their families.
Resources
Students´ work
Feedback

A Parent

“Querida Daniela, gostaria de


parabenizá-la e a Casa Thomas
Jefferson pela brilhante
iniciativa de agregar escola e
família na caminhada de nossos
filhos no aprendizado do Inglês.
Sua diligência, dedicação,
  gentileza e companheirismo
foram decisivos neste processo
inovador. Muito obrigada!”

(Márcia Nabut)
 
Feedback

An Observer

“It was a pleasure to observe such


well-planned and conducted class.
The students had a fun, profitable
time, since the teacher’s lesson
plan allowed them to optimize their
participation during the whole
period. I must add that all the
visual aids were great support
for the plan and made the class
dynamic and appealing to
everyone.”

(Claudio Azevedo)
Feedback

A Student

“Eu amei o blog, cheio de jogos e


atividades super legais. Com todos
os desenhos e atividades da gente
é muito bom.”
Join us
Our wiki

www.tellingstoriesinclass.pbworks.com
Th@nks

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