1. www.myenglishonline.ca Volunteer Scavenger Hunt This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License

2. The Benefits of Volunteering Add Canadian workplace experience to your resume Improve your English Meet new people and make friends Just feel good about yourself You may not be paid when working as a volunteer but you will gain a lot: www.myenglishonline.ca

3. Learn more about Volunteering in Canada Read this excellent brochure: http://volunteer.ca/content/building-blocks-newcomers- volunteering-newcomer%E2%80%99s-guide-volunteering www.myenglishonline.ca

4. What kind of Volunteer are you? Take this interactive test: http://www.getinvolved.ca/vquiz/english/ This activity is a great tool for vocabulary building – and it is quite entertaining! www.myenglishonline.ca

5. How to find the right volunteer position ? The Internet is a great source when looking for a volunteer position that might interest you and that is related to the position you are interested in. www.myenglishonline.ca

6. How to find the right volunteer position ? Volunteer Manitoba offers a search function to find volunteer positions: http://www.mbvolunteer.ca/index.php?option= com_jobline&Itemid=5&task=search www.myenglishonline.ca

7. Ready for a scavenger hunt? Task 1: There is a not-for-profit organization in Winnipeg that offers free fork lift training for their volunteers. Can you find it online? www.myenglishonline.ca

8. Ready for a scavenger hunt? There is a not-for-profit organization in Winnipeg that offers free fork lift training for their volunteers. Got it? Share it with your study partner and send a message by Skype to one of our e-Facilitators www.myenglishonline.ca

9. Scavenger hunt Here is a guide to help you with your web-search: There are several organizations where you can find meaningful volunteer positions. So, how do you find them? www.myenglishonline.ca

10. Four Steps 1 What What 2 Key- words 3 Search Engines 4 Evaluate Evaluate www.myenglishonline.ca

11. Step 1: State what you want to find First, in one or two sentences, state what you want to find on the Internet. For example: 1 What What I want to find a volunteer position as an accountant in Brandon. www.myenglishonline.ca

12. Step 2: Identify keywords Next, underline the main concepts in the statement. I want to find a volunteer position as an accountant in Brandon. Now you have the key words that you use in your search. 2 Key- words www.myenglishonline.ca

13. Step 3: Try different search engines A lot of people say that they “google” something when they look for information online. The verb ‘to google something’ came with the popularity of the Google search engine. However, there are numerous search engines out there, e.g. - Yahoo! www.yahoo.ca www.yahoo.ca - Bing www.bing.com www.bing.com - Other http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines 3 Search Engines www.myenglishonline.ca

14. Step 4: Evaluate the results You are almost done Now, explore some of the results (first 10 links) and choose your favourite one or two or three… Remember to save the links to your Favourites (= bookmark them) so you can easily find them in your Internet browser. 4 Evaluate Evaluate www.myenglishonline.ca

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