Who-Am-I?
Language Area Coordinators

Reporting relationship

They report to the Who-Am-I? Program Module Coordinators who maintains the overall time schedule of the program.

Functions

1. Invite teachers in their language area to participate in the Who-Am-I? program (distribute announcements).

   Hint: "I receive a message from the listserv that comes to me automatically every day showing me who is signing on to our lists. One of my KIDPROJ helpers sends a personal message welcoming our new KIDPROJ subscribers. You might want to think about this little act of welcoming and kindness that could add a personal touch to your module work. You can write a simple yet personal note and send the same one to each newcomer. This will help with your time management. Use their names because this is important. "Who Am I?" ;-) My name is special to me." -- Patti Weeg.

   Write Rodrigo to receive the report of who is signing on to mailing lists. He's at rodrigo@kidlink.org

2. Introduce (announce) the Who-Am-I? program's activities to the mailing list for teachers in this language.
3. Coordinate the Who-Am-I? program's time schedule and teachers' overall work

   Note: Each week, students are challenged to think about various subjects. It is not necessary for everyone to answer all the suggested discussion questions. We have given teachers many options from which they can choose according to the age of their students.

4. Help teachers get to know each other, avoid misunderstandings, show how to use the program within their curriculums, and help them in general.
5. Promote exchanges between students across language barriers.
6. Regular progress reports to your colleagues to help us exchange experiences between language areas. This is done through a private mailing list for the language area coordinators.
7. Promote and coordinate the language area's continuous publication of student contributions, and teachers' practical experiences.

   Note: The Student Contribution link page at http://www.kidlink.org/kie/waila/students.html, and translations of this page, are mainained by Odd de Presno. The language area teams will create and maintain pages with actual student contributions to the program. In the English area, contributions are at http://www.kidlink.org/english/wai/kidwork.html . We suggest that you do it in a similar way, and post your language area's contributions at /language/wai/kidwork.html . Example: Contributions in Norwegian to be stored at /norsk/wai/kidwork.html, etc.

Hints

Keep students and teachers within a module's time framework. The lessons are written "to the kids" and you can keep that same tone, or use your own. The decision is yours. Each module's Discussion Questions and Classroom Activities are only suggestions: Feel free to add any of your own ideas.
Motivate the kids to write and communicate across the mailing lists for students. Send prompts when the mailing list is silent. Encourage students to interact with each other as well as answer the discussion questions. Encourage them to collaborate and share knowledge with each other.

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