1. The Internet and Young Learners Alicja Wujec Kaczmarek MODN September 2011

2. The Internet and Young Learners Rationale Web-Based Activities: Virtual treasure hunts Virtual fieldtrips WebQuests Useful websites

3. The Internet and Young Learners Internet tools: Websites Blogs Wikis

4. Rationale Key competences: electronically illiterate Window on the outside world Highly motivating Appropriate for different learning styles Independent leaning Creative thinking Developing cooperative learning skills

5. Know How Internet activities must be firmly anchored in the children’s own experience based on clear, purposeful tasks clearly defined – have a beginning, an end, and a clear language focus combined with offlinr activities

6. Resource Book http://www.oup.com/elt/teacher/rbt

7. Resource Website

8. Virtual Treasure Hunt

9. Virtual Treasure Hunt – inquiry- based activities where students use the Internet to find answers to a variety of questions usually related to a single topic. Luzon Marco (2001) cited in Krajka (2007)‏ Virtual Treasure Hunt – students work cooperatively in groups connected to the computer and use Internet browsers to search for answers to a variety of questions by looking at various websites and pages. Brown (1999) cited in Krajka (2007)‏ ‏

10. Virtual Treasure Hunt Types of Virtual Treasure Hunts: A fully guided hunt A half guided hunt An open hunt Luzon Marco (2001) cited by Krajka (2007)‏

11. Virtual Treasure Hunt VTH Lesson Plan: WWW Warmer Web What next?

12. VTH Examples Make a picture dictionary Introduction to e-cards Cartoon clip art Movies Superstars The day I was born My favourite picture Online cookbook

13. Virtual Trips

14. Teletrips or virtual trips are interactive, media- rich virtual trips to various locations, such as museum, exhibits, factories, companies, geografical places, which are otherwise unreachable or expensive to get to. Luzon Marco (2001b)

15. Virtual trips Natural History Museum http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/ Google Art Project http://www.googleartproject.com/ Virtual trip with Google Maps http://maps.google.com/

16. Virtual Trips

17. WebQuest

18. Elements of WebQuest Introduction Tasks Process Evaluation

19. WebQuest Examples http://questgarden.com/52/36/4/070612201403/index.htm

20. WebQuest Examples

26. WebQuest Websites www.webquest.org http://www.zunal.com/ http://www.primaryschool.com.au/webquestsre sults.php Collection of graded and evaluated webquests http://www.npg.org.uk/webquests/launch.php? webquest_id=8&partner_id=portrait Children and Families in the Past

27. Websites for Kids

28. www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ www.britishcouncil.org/kids http://www.uptoten.com/ http: pbskids.org http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/games.htm http://www.bubblejoy.com www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/eyfs http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/i ndex.html

30. BBC Ceebebies http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/ Play games Make & Colour Story Time Cbeebies Shows Others are not available

32. National Geographic KIDS http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ Games Animals and Pets (reading, pictures, videos) Photos Countries Fun Stuff (cartoons and recipies) News Little Kids

34. British Council - LearnEnglishKids http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs Games practising different skills Songs (flascards, activities) Listen & watch (songs, stories, tongue twisters) Read & Write Make Explore Teaching Tips

36. Up To Ten http://www.uptoten.com/ Animated Cards Colouring Animated Stories (Boowa and Kwala) Games

37. Internet Tools

38. Websites www.google.com/sites/help/intl/pl/overview.html

39. Blogs www.wordpress.com

40. Wikis www.zoho.wiki.com

41. References Beatty, K. (2003). Teaching and Researching Computer-assisted Language Learning. Pearson Education Limited. Dudeney, G. & Hockly, N. (2007). how to teach english with technology. Pearson Education Limited. Dudeney, G. (2000). The Internet and the Language Classroom. A practical guide for teachers. Cambridge University Press. Krajka, J. (2007). English Language Teaching in the Internet- assisted Environment. Issues in the Use of the Web as a Teaching Medium. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie- Skłodowskiej. Lewis, G. (2004). The Internet and Young Children. Oxford University Press