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GLOBAL TEENAGER NETWORK LEARNING CIRCLE NEWS 9-A

WEEK 9A: Monday 30th  November-Sunday 6^th    December 2009

Summarizing the Learning Circle (Last week of sending summaries)

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Hello Learning Circle Participants,

We are now in the 9A^th  week of the Learning Circle- last week of posting summaries!  

Two weeks to end the Learning Circle process.

Now the News items for the week:

1. Important! LC ranking information

2. Agenda for the week.

3. Criteria for quality summary

4. LC Overview as at 29^th of November 2009

1. Important!!!  LC ranking information

Due to the fact that several GTP countries ( Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Ukraine, Canada, Yemen) are suffering from H1N1 flu epidemic, classes are half empty or schools are even being closed for 2-4 weeks. Students and teachers are managing to continue LC participation from their homes, internet café etc.

In appreciation of this active participation  we want to announce that:

 - Answers posted by LC members from those countries before November 25^th will be counted as sent on time.

- summaries posted by LC members from those countries before December 13^th will be counted as sent on time. The week between December 6^th and December 13^th will be the last week in September-December 2009 LC; we hope it will not be too difficult to still post all summaries and goodbye messages!

2. Agenda for the week.

As indicated earlier, this is the last week for posting summaries; The answers received are now to be summarized. The process will help the students to learn how to review and summarize information. It is important to note that summarizing the answers from the partners of the Learning Circle will produce the results of the Learning Circle.

3. Criteria for quality summary

1.     Should be posted on time

2.       Clear definition without possible misinterpretation, taking into consideration cultural differences.

3.       Summary should not be Copy/Paste of answers from other groups. It should be summary of what you have learnt during the process. Summary should consist of following points:

-         What did you think / knew before LC about the topic;

-         What you wanted to learn about the topic;

-         What have you learnt from your research and LC answers at the end.

Minimum number of words in summary should be for Communication Based LC – 300

 Some hints on how to write the summary are:

1. Divide your class in groups.

2. Depending on the group, give each group all answers received from other learning partners.

3. Let the students read the answers carefully and put down their important or salient points.

4. Let each group present their important points.

5. Let the students identify the most appropriate write-ups.

6. Let the students write their final version

7. Teachers go through to ensure every thing is ok, in terms of grammar, punctuations and spellings

8. Post  the summary to the Learning Circle on the page with your school name.

4.  Learning Circle Overview as at 29^th of November 2009

Have a fruitful Learning Circle Week.

Sincerely,

 Natasha Cherednichenko

Facilitator of Communication Based Learning Circle.