In my PD
plans, January is the month for the first weeks of TESOL EVO online courses. “Digital Storytelling with Young Learners“ is
one of my favourites.
One of the
topics the teachers discuss this week is how we keep our young learners safe
online. Participating teachers from different parts of the world contribute
their ideas and examples from their experience.
This is how
I contributed to the discussion:
How can we
keep our students safe online? What do I do as a teacher?
- Students learn to introduce themselves properly (first names only, no portrait photos)
- I constantly remind them about the importance of keeping the information about their passwords to themselves.
- I carefully choose webpages to use with students. I only recommend the pages safe for kids.
- I teach students to evaluate pages they visit when looking for information.
- I respect copyright and give credit to the authors. I teach about copyright and plagiarism.
- I involve parents. Teachers can't be the only responsible for children. There are “Parent permission“ forms and I encourage them to contact me and take interest in their children's work.
I have added the following sites to my list of the materials to use with students in different age and language level groups:
1 BrainPOPJr video and quizzes, vocabulary exercises, activities, etc
2 Common
Sense Media – a site with great video and text resources which all make great reading and listening material
and a starting point for a discussion in class:
In my
opinion, this is the topic we must teach continuously throughout the school
year, in all age groups of learners. That's why I am definitely going to use
these materials to create some lessons for my students.
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