YoungTurks ESL cafe vision

102 Schedule a class notes Go to dashboard or use link at bottomof any page Find "Schedule a class" Fill in fields (Note use name "testxxx" for practice" Click on "Add more info" and fill in Click on "Schedule and Continue" button Get class link (button) Copy and paste (link or code) as needed Back at my dashboard, find class and click on "Edit" Choose "Class Info" and edit as needed Choose "Recording Permissions" to view attendees and permissions. At any time you can use the "Launch Class" button Why call it, "Young Turks ESL Cafe"? First and foremost it (the name) sounded cool and fun. Secondly, "Young Turks" has a historical context. In the late 1800''s, about the time of Lincoln''s assassination, our world in the US was violently redefining itself. Half a world away change was also taking place. The Ottoman empire was receding, rotting from the inside. The Caliphate and a totally corrupt dynasty of Sultans were driving a once proud nation to ruin. There arose, about this time, a new group of dissatisfied Turks. They had been exposed to new Western ideas and political thought. They were not a part of the power structure. Their ideas and ways of viewing the world was totally rejected by the older, enfranchised establishment. They became known as the "Young Turks". But, the existing powers in Constantinople (Istanbul) were without their own viable ideas. Finally (around WW1), after years of growing and living underground, the Young Turks movement succeeded in redeeming their ideas and new ways by saving their country from corruption within and aggression from without. Today we still use the term "Young Turks" to describe people (who are usually young) that don''t fit in and have radical ideas. We usually forget that the original term also referred to the then largely peaceful reorienting of an old paradigm society into a new world reality (the 20th Century). We at "Young Turks ESL Cafe" embrace the full historical significance of that term and movement. We will strive to provide and open and expressive environment of mutual respect for ideas. We will provide a fun and encouraging place for ESL students to find their own voice and hopes for tomorrow within a new online learning environment called WiZiQ