COLOMBIA MARCHA DOCENTE ABRIL 28 E

Incorporating ICT tools in the EFL Reading Process: Children Rights Issues

The incorporation of Information and Commnunication Technology (ICT) with EFL classroom teaching activities in public schools have to be considered a challenge that does not depend exclusively on teachers' willingness and interests. Education Department officers and planners, as well as schools management staff have to be considered relevant participants in this process. Their active role must cope with planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating how ICT tools are actually properly explored and used in the school context. In Colombia, this specific task aims to strengthen Educational Standards both in the use of ICT and EFL use. However, ICT infraestructure at schools does not meet the requirements for the achievement of the National Policies on these particular issues. for instance, access to computers is inadequate due to either  lack of sufficient ICT equipment or to ICT connectivity at schools. In the Public Schools in Bogotá, access is denied to many websites and other social network sites once they are considered harmful to children and teenagers. Something that is considered a protection measurement of Children Rights.



http://www.globalfootprints.org/page/id/0/7/

Promoting Children Rights Around the World

  

In this section you will have the opportunity to connect to particular websites that deal with  conflict situations affecting  Children: war, poverty, discrimination.

 

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Reading and  Writing
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This activity was taken from a useful and meaningful website: ETNI-English Teachers Network

www.etni.org.il/rights

 

 

The  banner and photo were added for this blog.

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Children’s Rights (workpage #1)

Explore Children’s Rights

Please go to: http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/rig/rigpics.html

 

1.    Click on the pictures to read about the basic rights that all children are entitled to.

    

2.    Rank them according to what YOU feel is the order of importance.

3.    According to what is going on in Israel and the surrounding territories, what  Rights of Israeli and Palestinian children are being taken away from them? ___________________________________________________________________

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     4.    Write a few instances, from your general knowledge of the present situation.  Be

      sure to include BOTH sides (Palestinian AND Israeli).

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www.etni.org.il/rights/ChildRights.doc

 

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Children’s Rights (workpage #2)

 

www.etni.org.il/rights/ChildRights.doc

 

Workpage on Children’s Rights Case Studies

 

Please go to: http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/rig/casestud.html

 

Read about three children, and answer the following questions.

 

1.     How old is Seema?_____________________________________________

2.     Where is she from ?____________________________________________

3.     Where does she live and work?___________________________________

4.     Why?________________________________________________________

5.     How many hours a day does she work?____________________________

6.     What is it like there?____________________________________________

7.     Why doesn’t she leave?_________________________________________

8.     Which of her basic rights are being violated?________________________

9.     Copy the rights here:

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1.     How old is David?______________________________________________

2.     Describe his family.____________________________________________

3.     Which of David’s rights are being violated?__________________________

4.      Copy the rights here:

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1.     How old is Amelia?______________________________________________________________

2.     What happened to her and her mother?_____________________________________________

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3.     Which of her rights are being violated?

     Copy them here:

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www.etni.org.il/rights/ChildRights.doc

 

 

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Why to take into account Children Rights in the EFL classroom....



Project Risa http://risa.emmaramoy.com/ 

Why to take into account Children Rights in the EFL classroom....

 Daily  interactions in the EFL classroom demands from adults the recognition of Children Rights.

     Let's reflect on the text below ...

"A child is any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. According to Cornell University, a child is a person, not a subperson, and the parent has absolute interest and possession of the child, but this is very much an American view. The term "child" does not necessarily mean minor but can include adult children as well as adult nondependent children. There are no definitions of other terms used to describe young people such as "adolescents", "teenagers," or "youth" in international law, but the children's rights movement is considered distinct from the youth rights movement".http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_rights 

           

http://www.arcadelamor.org/english/latin/ark_index.html

 Learning  about Children Rights!!!   

Visit the suggested site.  Leave your comments.

  

I am a child...      I am a Human Being!  



 

 

 

 

Do I have the Right to be a Child?

 



http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158722

    

EFL CLASSROOM PROJECT: COMPUTER MEDIATED LANGUAGE LEARNING AND COMMUNICATION

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CHILDREN RIGHTS...

Read the links on Children Rights. Then, solve the crossword puzzle.  Compare your results with your peers in the classroom..

 

      

http://www.unicef.org/crcartoons/list.htm
 



This activity aims to promoting the reflection upon the conditions of children in the world and, particularly, in Latin America.

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                  Why to plan and implement a school project supporting Children Rights issues

Hi dear colleagues.

Children Rights have increasingly become one of the most challenging  Educational topics ever.

Tht's why it is our duty to inquiry

How might ICT tools mediate in the process of  promoting students' awareness on Children Rights relevance for society?  

Here we have some additional questinos on it:

1. What's the teachers' role?

2. What's the students' role?

3.  What's the role of ICT?

ACTIVIDAD

1. Write a 20-line composition about your perception on the main question.
2. Support your standpoint with ideas from different authors and web sites.
3. Here you have some suggested web links on Children Rights which may support your paper.


http://www.ayudamineduc.cl/docs/servicios/serv_cart/cart_dere/dere_dere.pdf
http://www.educando.edu.do/Portal.Base/Web/VerContenido.aspx?ID=108653
www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/

4. Do not forget to share your comments on this blog.
5. Whatever ideas to improve this proposal are welcome.