An online volunteer is a person who contributes time and effort with an organization through an online connection, rather than in person. A wide variety of people from around the world are online volunteers and most are not technology professionals.

Online volunteers may provide advice, consultancy and perform remote administration tasks for the organisation, usually a charity or non-profit organisation. The practice of donating time online goes by other names, such as virtual volunteering, cyber service, telementoring, e-volunteering, and cyber volunteering.

There are many opportunities for people to donate their services using the internet. Online volunteers do a variety of tasks, such as translating documents, editing or preparing proposals, designing logos, researching information, developing strategic plans, reviewing budgets, creating web pages, designing flash presentations, moderating online discussion groups and managing other online volunteers.

A volunteer is someone who performs or offers to perform a service out of his own free will, often without payment. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer. 2005 is the UK Year of the Volunteer.

People may volunteer to perform some work, e.g., of charitable character. Some volunteer for clinical trials or other medical research, and may even donate their bodies to science after their death.

An ICT volunteer is someone who is working to foster the implementation and use of Information and Communication Technologies. He or she can install hardware, software or carry on with ICT training programmes. There is no need to be an online volunteer to be an ICT volunteer: installing hardware is a good example. Likewise, there is no need to be an ICT volunteer to be an online volunteer: teaching a language through a virtual campus is not related with ICT fostering, at least in a direct way.....

An online volunteer is a person who contributes time and effort with an organization through an online connection, rather than in person. A wide variety of people from around the world are online volunteers and most are not technology professionals.

Online volunteers may provide advice, consultancy and perform remote administration tasks for the organisation, usually a charity or non-profit organisation. The practice of donating time online goes by other names, such as virtual volunteering, cyber service, telementoring, e-volunteering, and cyber volunteering.

There are many opportunities for people to donate their services using the internet. Online volunteers do a variety of tasks, such as translating documents, editing or preparing proposals, designing logos, researching information, developing strategic plans, reviewing budgets, creating web pages, designing flash presentations, moderating online discussion groups and managing other online volunteers.

A volunteer is someone who performs or offers to perform a service out of his own free will, often without payment. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer. 2005 is the UK Year of the Volunteer.

People may volunteer to perform some work, e.g., of charitable character. Some volunteer for clinical trials or other medical research, and may even donate their bodies to science after their death.

Step Ⅰ Part 1

Call the students’ attention to the title of the article．

Tell me the title of the article, please．

Yes, it’s No problem． What do you think the article is about based on the title?

Ask one or two to tell what they think of based on the title．

Then ask the students to look at the picture on this page． Say, Look at the picture, please． What can you see in it?

What is happening?

Ask one student to answer the questions．

Choose one student to tell his own answer．

Then tell the students to discuss the questions with their partners．

Tell them to give their own answers and not to read the article．

As they discuss, walk around the room looking at their progress． Once most students are finished, ask several pairs to report their results to the class． Let the whole class compare their answers．

Step Ⅱ Part 2

Ask one student to read the instructions to the class． Make sure that all the children know what to do．

Call the students’ attention to the chart．

Have the students read the four headings together． Then tell them to see the example answer in the column of Explanation．

Say, Now please read the article quickly and note to catch the main idea of each part． Fill in the forms with complete sentences like the example given．

Ask the students to complete the task individually． More around the classroom while they are reading and writing, checking their progress and trying to find out what are difficult for them． After they all finish filling in the blanks, have some students to report their answers to the class．

The answers can vary, but they have to express the main idea with correct complete sentences．

Let the other students decide whether their answers are right or wrong and help correct the mistakes they may make．

Offer some help in combining sentences to the children．

Then ask the children to exchange their writing with their partners．

Help check the answers carefully． Point out any mistakes and help correct them．

Step ⅢI Part 3

We can see some words indicated in bold in the article．

Please guess the meanings of them now．

Then ask some children to guess the meanings of the bold words． Don’t give them the correct answers．

Do you want to know more about how to deal with the life’s problems? Please read the article more carefully this time and you’ll get more ways about it． Note to read in context． Try to guess the meanings of the words in bold from the other words around them． You can also guess the meanings of any words and phrases you can’t understand from the other words around them．

Ask the students to read the article again for comprehension．

After a while, ask some students to tell the meanings of the words in bold． Discuss their answers with the whole class．

Check their answers

Ask students to raise their hands and say which sentences and words they still don’t understand． Help them solve the problems．

Read the instructions with the students and have them look at the example．

Ask the students to match the words with their meanings． Remind them to read the story again for extra help．

Check the answers．

Step Ⅳ Part 4

Read the instructions to the students． Ask the first question as a sample to check if they know what to do．

Ask the students to do the activity individually． Tell them to read the article again to get help．

Check the answers by asking different students to answer the questions．

You should try to remember the answers before looking at the reading．

Then let the students ask and answer the questions in pairs loudly．

Step Ⅴ Part 5

Read the tasks to the students, and ask them to have a look at the sample answers．

Ask the students to do the activity in groups of five． Encourage each student to come up with a problem and a solution, and report them to their own group． The groups discuss the problems and solutions together, explaining the problems and solutions．

Check the answers by asking each group to explain the problems and solutions．

Try to ask for more solutions from other groups for each problem．

Step Ⅵ Summary

We have read a very helpful article in this class． And we’ve learned how to solve the problems． We discussed the problems we had at school and the solutions． We have done much practice on comprehension．

Step Ⅶ Homework

Read the article in Activity 2 again for further comprehension．

Try to solve your own problems and help the others．

Step Ⅷ Blackboard Design

2． Train students’ writing skill．

1． Train students’ reading skill．

4． Read the text for special information．

3． Read the text to understand words in context．