Innovative+ELT+technique+'Creating+Summer+Reading+Network'+By+HÜLYA+ERGÜN


 * HÜLYA ERGÜN**

Creating a Summer Reading Network
First of all this technique aims to make students read during summer vacation. Teacher want to monitor the progress of the students' reading. This is a good idea to keep students fresh during summer vacation. Students can also enjoy reading as they analyze the passage with help of teacher. Furthermore after coming back to school, teacher can design an activities ,lesson and evaluation for their summer reading.


 * The process of this techniques is as the following,**
 * Tools**
 * 1) Google Voice
 * 2) Google Calendar
 * 3) Goole Documents
 * 4) Wikispaces


 * 1) Teacher creates a wikispace for summer reading and communication.
 * 2)  Once the wikispace is up and running teacher introduces all of students to the website during school. Teacher coves the basics of a wikispace - edits, posting,linking, etc. - and also shows them how s/he can see every edit they make.
 * 3) After teacher sets up the wikispace, s/he has the students create a blogger account and give it a title. Their title can be anything they want as long as it is appropriate.
 * 4) Once they have their blog created they copy the link to the blog roll on the wikispace and creat an external link on their name.
 * 5) Teacher embeds a Google Calendar on the wikispace and posts new assignments via this calendar and posts handouts using attached Google Documents.
 * 6)  Teacher can easily types up a mass text message to the students via Google Voice and reminds them to look for assignments and also any updates the teacher have to convey. This allows for ease of communication and teacher can always be reached if they have a question.
 * 7)  For those who like to be left alone in the summer, teacher may just want to stick to email communication or pigeons.

 I really like this technique it is not only keep students fresh during summer vacation but also a good way for helping students to develop external reading habits. We i our calsroom context can also adapt this tecnique into our calsroom context.. As the technology is reachable for everyone in todey's worls, during school time we can teach our students how to use Google documents, wikispace and Google voice and then we can choose a book for summer reading and during school time we can give instructions for summer activity. Through wikispaces we can easily monitor our students progress.

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 * Comments:**


 * By Fatih Gün,**

This technique created a positive impression in my mind as it is not just related about in-class activities. It contains activities which will be made during the summer to develop external reading habbits of children. For children, what they do during the summer holiday is really important as they may forget everything they have studied during the terms and may have difficulties after going back to school, may have trouble to remember the things they forgot.They also may have problems while learning new things as they forgot the first knowledge necessary for the new one. For all these reasons this technique helps children to spend a benefical summer holiday.


 * BY BÜŞRA ELMAS**

I must say that I like the technique very much, but it has a deficieny because you mention that the technique can be used in summer holiday it is okay; however it can be reachable only those who have internet access. Apart from this, every other sides of it really impressive. It can keep the students on work and makes the English permanent in students' lives because it bases on internet ,and due to the fact that internet is one of the indispensible parts in our lives, this technique takes the authenticity in consideration and so makes the students more diligent about the subjet. Lastly, it also helps the student remember what they have covered during the semester and keep them in their minds on holiday.