The EVO 2019 Coordination Team
EVO Communities
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/electronicvillageonline/
- Google community: https://plus.google.com/communities/111480622949886401755?sqinv=YlRLQXQ1b2NONHRsdW1yVE5tZU1zM2hxbFkyaURn
- Twitter:
- Mailing list: https://tinyletter.com/electronicvillageonline
- Moderators PD: http://evo-training.pbworks.com/w/page/127652966/FrontPageEVO19PD
The Electronic Village Online Hashtag is: #evosessions
Click on the title of a session below to view the complete session description. You will find instructions on how to join the session on that page.
REGISTRATION IS FROM JANUARY 7 TO JANUARY 13, 2019
| The sessions begin on January 13th but are held asynchronously;that is, you can log in, begin reading, and join the email discussion of the materials. However, most sessions have some synchronous activities where you gather for a live meeting on your topic of study. See your session’s syllabs of weekly activities for details. EVO19 Kickoff! January 12, 2019 at 2 UTC (9:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Please check your timezone here and join our meeting https://zoom.us/j/417142783 |
Sessions 2019
—-> Due to the time involved, we very strongly recommend that you sign up for no more than two sessions.
| Click on the title of the session to find out more and left how to join. | Click on the title of the session (left) to find out more and lean how to join. | Session Moderators |
| Basic_Linguistics_for_English_language_teachers | These sessions are intended to encourage English language teachers to reflect upon their knowledge of linguistics and how it affects their classrooms. Over five weeks, moderators will present a bird’s eye view of aspects of linguistics (word formation, pronunciation, vocabulary, language and culture, etc.) while interacting with the participants and helping them generate practice through discussions and reflection in order to adapt resources to their teaching contexts. | Carmen Medina Lana Hiasat Roslyn Billy |
| CEFR Vs. Assessment: How can new revisions help? | CEFR has settled rules for determining students’ language levels. Yet what is the relation between it and assessment? What are the new clarifications/descriptors added through the recently published CEFR revisions? Can these really promote teachers’ assessment of their students’ classwork and their lesson plans as well? Is there a place for technology also? Let’s look it up!! Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Aya EL Wakil Maha Hassan |
| Classroom-based Research for Professional Development | This EVO Project provides a hands-on introduction to inquiry-based teacher development, especially (though not exclusively) for teachers working in difficult circumstances (large classes, low-resource classrooms, etc.). The project takes participants through different stages of teacher-research, engaging them in practical activities which will gradually build their confidence in this area. Hashtag: #tresearch Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Dikilitas,Kenan Saglam, Asli Lidice Gokturk Chapagain, Babita Sharma Eraldemir Tuyan, Seden Evans, Michelle Ghazal, Sadeqa Mazzei, Ruben Serra, Mariana Loreto Aliaga Casalini, Lidia |
| Escape the Room | An escape room is an adventure game set within a confined space in which players solve puzzles to unlock the door. Originally a videogame, you can now find non-virtual versions in cities all over the world. Players are given a set time limit during which they unveil a story and attempt to get out of the room. In order to do so, the players have to solve a variety of puzzles, riddles and other challenges in order to find keys and combinations to open locks. Escape rooms have started to be introduced to education as they can be easily adapted to a variety of subjects and provide plenty of opportunities for learning. They can be exciting, intense and a lot of fun. Teamwork and communication is key, which means they are ideal for language learning and teaching too. During this EVO session we would like to explore different aspects of escape rooms and other puzzles, looking how you can use them for language learning and teaching. Participants are invited to join in to get tips and tricks on how to turn their classrooms into escape rooms. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Graham Stanley Heike Philp Dr. Randall Sadler |
| Flipped Learning for Language Teaching | This five-week online workshop is designed for both those new to flipped learning and those who are already flipping their classes. The goal of flipped learning is to reach every student every day in a meaningful way. In flipped learning, the group learning space is revitalized and turned into a fertile environment for students to engage actively and creatively with learning. Thus, participants in the session will gain further insight into the concepts and processes of flipped learning in order to transform their pedagogical practice and will also learn about tools to enhance direct instruction and individual learning. Of course, whenever possible, the workshop employs a flipped approach! Sponsors: TESOL CALL-IS Screencast-o-matic | John Graney Jeff Magoto Katja Auffret Martha Ramírez Carolina R. Buitrago Juliana Díaz Diana Salazar Gabriela Garibotto Birgit Jensen |
| Getting_Online as a teacherpreneur | If you want to be an independent online teacher and set up your own website or platform, this session is where you need to be. This session is about technical knowledge for novice to intermediate level users. Starting with understanding the working of internet, programming requirements for getting online, to challenges related to cyber security while being online. We shall also get an insight into the aspects of cyber bullying among students. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Harshita Kapoor Nellie Deutsch |
| ICT4ELT2019 |
Designed by a
seasoned team of long standing EVO moderators and participants, ICT4ELT
(Information and Communication Technology for English Language
Teachers) is a session for teachers who want to explore how computers
and computer technology could be useful in their teaching but do not
know where to start.
If you want to liven up your classroom with technology, come and join us!
Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Ayat Tawel Jose Antonio Da Silva Marijana Smolcec Sneza Filipovic Efrossini Zoniou Sanja Bozinovic Angiolini Tiziana Svetlana Obenausova |
| Job oriented Training for ESP Teachers and sharing their findings globally and locally | The central mission of any University and college is to achieve excellence in the undergraduate and graduate education, they provide superior and comprehensive educational opportunities at various levels to students and professionals, they contribute to the advancement of society and nation through creative activity, scholarly development of new knowledge, research, and public service. Universities and Colleges prefer to hiring their faculty with an additional value and that is ESP Knowledge It must be due to students’ majors and related digital skills for delivering classes But the higher education organizations have a great shortage of those specialists The only way is to educate and train potential ESP Teachers in online pieces of training Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Ozimova Halima Tohir Sultanov Mavjuda Shakhakimova Gulnoza Egamova Yokut Sharipova Odil Quvvatov Kalanov Ulugbek Tohtasinov Dilshod Sherzod Gulomov Siroj Zumratkhon Shukurova Guzal Zahidova Mansurkhonov Kamoliddin Galina Suleymanova |
| EVO Minecraft MOOC (EVOMC19) | This session will invite interested teachers to join us in playing Minecraft, learning all we can about playing alone and together, and how Minecraft is being used effectively in language learning. We’ll learn by doing and from one another. We’ll continue where we left off last year, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112993649763396826671 Join us if you are A teacher with a gaming problem – A teacher who wants to learn how to gamify your students’ learning environment but aren’t quite sure how it works A gamer with a teaching problem – Already a gamer with some ideas about how you would like to leverage your skill and your proclivities in your classroom? You’ve come to the right place. A teacher of gamers with a learning problem – Do you think your students would like to play a game like Minecraft but aren’t sure how to make it fit your curriculum? Fortunately, your curriculum is somewhere in Minecraft already. Join us and we’ll help you figure out how and where? Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Maha Abdelmoneim Rose Bard Don Carroll Jane Chien David Dodgson Kim Harrison Jeff Kuhn Beth O’Connell Mircea Patrascu Heike Philp Dakota Redstone Aaron Schwartz Filip Smolčec Mariana Smolčec Vance Stevens Bobbi Stevens #evomc19 |
| Moodle 4 Teachers (Teaching Online) | Do you want to use technology in your face-to-faces or fully online classes, but don’t want your students to go all over the place? Do you want to have an online course with links to websites, discussions, activities, Youtube videos, and grades in one place? Do you want to award your students digital badges and certificates, then this session is for you. M4TEVO19 session will take place on the latest Moodle 3.5 website with Zoom and WizIQ for the live online classes. Participants will learn how to add content, develop activities, and engage learners. They will work collaboratively to design and develop their own Moodle course. Participants will learn to communicate online, create video tutorials using screencast-o-matic and learn by teaching. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Nellie Deutsch #m4tevo19 |
| Mother tongue use in the ESL classroom | This session promotes judicious use of the mother tongue in EFL classrooms as a way to strengthen the link between theory and practice. Participants reflect on their own teaching and implement optimal mother tongue strategies in an attempt to create a learning environment that values all languages and cultures and which builds upon existing language knowledge. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Georgios Neokleous Anna Krulatz |
| PBL all-round learning experience for ESL | PBL (Project Based Learning) engages students in a learning process that promotes not only the knowledge of the language but also allows students to develop competencies that they will later need in life. It ensures that the students will be able to do something with the language rather than just to know about the language. This methodology provides a real, challenging and engaging environment for students that learn a second language. Students are encouraged to overcome a challenge that can only be achieved if they master the skills the teacher targets when developing the project. Over the five weeks, participants will plan a project that can be carried into their classrooms PBL – ESL – student`s motivation – authentic learning experiences Sponsors: Saint Paul’s School. Profesorado de Inglés Escuela Normal Superior Arturo Capdevilla | Maria Laura Mas Paula Penelas Fernanda Pascuet |
| QR Codes in Action | QR Codes are everywhere and they are all in “action” but have you thought about using them with your students?As teachers we need to start to think outside the box and start using them in our classes in new and creative ways. Therefore, we will be looking at different methods to create and use them in class in a fun way. This session hopefully will inspire everyone about these magical codes and add another string to your professional bow. So join us to combine ease, speed and creativity to enrich your lessons. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Sibel Taskin Simsek Nezaket Köymen Özgirin Nellie Deutsch #QRCODESINACTION |
| Teaching EFL to Young Learners | Develop lessons and activities for young learners and teens This session is full of practical ideas on how to Teach English to Young Learners and Teens(TEFL2YL) from around the world using storytelling, drama, board games, action songs, and art with limited resource classroom activities. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Nellie Deutsch Judy Wong Charles Goodger Julie Pratten Kacmaz Sheryl McCoy Nives Torresi #TEFL2YL |
| Techno CLIL 2019 | CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning – is a “dual focus” methodology, fostering the development of language competences and the delivery of subject content at the same time. It refers to the learning of a curricular subject in a foreign language, with great advantages in terms of students’ learning outcomes and cognitive processes. CLIL is spreading more and more, as an integrated part of school curricula in many countries. In order to implement this innovative approach, the role of teacher training is essential. This EVO session is aimed at spreading CLIL methodology, combining teaching strategies and technical tools and eliciting reflections and discussions among teachers from all over the world. It is important to share good practices from the different countries and learn from other colleagues through synchronous and asynchronous web meetings. Webinars with national and international CLIL experts will be a highlight of this session. A Moodle platform will be used for this session. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Daniela Cuccurullo Letizia Cinganotto |
| Teaching Pronunciation Differently | All teachers have tried to teach pronunciation using ‘listen and repeat’, and most of us have found the results unsatisfactory. But there is a different way, which works very well. The ‘Articulatory Approach’ teaches students what to do with their mouths to sound right. Join us to explore how to teach pronunciation this way. Sponsor: TESOL CALL-IS | Roslyn Young Piers Messum Carrie Terry Arizio Sweeting #tpd19 |
