Sessions
Members of the iEARN Youth Learn by Doing at the iEARN Conference
Hoang Minh
Global Exchange
My name is Hoang Le Minh, 44, from Vietnam, currently working for an international telecom company. In addition to this work, I am also involved in the development of a global education exchange project, which we started three years ago with activities supporting Vietnamese students with materials to help students. Become global...Read Full Bio
Hoang Minh
My name is Hoang Le Minh, 44, from Vietnam, currently working for an international telecom company. In addition to this work, I am also involved in the development of a global education exchange project, which we started three years ago with activities supporting Vietnamese students with materials to help students. Become global citizens.
As well as my work related to telecommunications - the internet, we have had the initiative to supplement the project, is to find a partner around the world to connect students in Vietnam exchanges culture, study, social ... with students all over the world by forum, email, videoconference.
Actually I have searched on the internet a lot but have not found a suitable partner for our connection request, until one day the keyword "Internet to connect teachers and students to each other from different countries" I searched read article by Michael Trucano at: http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/using-internet-connect-students-and-teachers-around-world-virtual-exchanges, in this article the author helped I went to iEARN.org. I am very thankful to Mr. Michael Trucano for pointing me to the very suitable partner that we have been looking for.
Soon after I became a member of iEARN, I was amazed by the vastness of iEARN and with the existing project trains, the activities of iEARN were totally engaging us in the activities of this organization.
In an effort to bring the world to your classroom and bring your class to the world, we look forward to contributing to the iEARN community a Learning by doing project that aims to bring more teenagers iEARN today will become a global citizen community in the future.
Type: Ignite-Style Talk
Location: Room 1305
Date: Monday
Time: 3:00-3:50 PM
Session Description
How will iEARN youth members learn by doing? By using the material by article, video, and pictures. This ignite will explore how teachers can guide students to read, watch, and explore a specific project using materials compiled and selected to best suit each student's age and language ability (eg in grade 1 they have the simplest knowledge, the lowest language ability, We provide the children with the most appropriate and straightforward materials, and when they go to higher classes we provide them with additional materials and upgrades to grade 12 students).
What will educators learn and be able to do at the end of the session?
This project aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Young iEARN member will fully realize the goals of UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set for completion by 2030.
- Participate directly in projects that contribute to early achievement of goals.
- Learn new words of foreign languages students studying with new words in the activities of the project.
- Practice to improve the skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing the foreign language they are learning through the activities of the project.
- Improve individual skills, improve teamwork skills.
- Cultivate and comprehend social perceptions, have the qualities to become knowledgeable and responsible citizens in society, make friends and work with friends around the world, soon become a global citizen in the future.
Additional Session Information
- Written material will be sent to the children themselves to read and understand, note the instructions students learn the keywords of the project will be used in the course of project activities. This gives students the ability to self-study, self-awareness and practice reading skills.
- Teachers organize their students to watch video clips (short or long depending on the student's grade level) and pictures ... which helps them to be aware of their content, to practice their listening skills.
- After students understand the requirements of the project, teachers will involve students in their local project activities (eg, Objective 14: Aquatic Life, by limiting and Putting plastic waste into the environment, students put plastic waste from their families to school, students can also take plastic waste from the community they live in to the school. Through this activity, we help all students participate in the project as an environmental ambassador in each family, helping them cultivate character, social responsibility and teamwork skills.
- Weekly, monthly, and at the end of the project start-up, teachers organized for each project team will meet, evaluate achievements, experience, develop new initiatives and Submitting the iEARN Forum to the content attained, the language for communication in this process is used in the foreign language students are learning. At the end of each month, project teams across the iEARN globe will joint meeting together via videoconferencing to summarize results, and share experiences and new initiatives. Through this activity, students can practice project management skills, enhance their foreign language listening skills.
Session Resources
Members of the iEARN Youth Learn by Doing
There are the slides for the iEARN Conference session