Между нами is a free, web-based textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to Russian language and culture. It is organized around the experiences of four American students, each spending the academic year in a different Russian city. Their interactions with host families, roommates, fellow students and teachers create a universe of contextualized information that motivates the use of the target language in the classroom.
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Между нами is a free, web-based textbook that provides a comprehensive introduction to Russian language and culture. It is organized around the experiences of four American students, each spending the academic year in a different Russian city. Their interactions with host families, roommates, fellow students and teachers create a universe of contextualized information that motivates the use of the target language in the classroom.
Вітає Українська is a resource for intermediate-level Ukrainian that integrates the features of a traditional textbook with the authentic language content and interactivity of the web. Activities include cultural readings with mouse-over glosses, audio recordings, embedded videos, structured activities using Ukrainian websites, and self-graded comprehension checks. The materials are organized as thematic modules, which can be used in any order or as stand-alone supplements to more traditional classroom instruction. The self-graded comprehension checks also make the materials ideal for those who wish to improve their Ukrainian through self-study.
Tool for scaffolding, managing, organizing, and assessing student projects in Google Drive. Doctopus gives teachers the ability to mass-copy (from a starter template), share, and manage grading and feedback for student projects in Google Drive.
The Goobric Chrome extension works alongside Doctopus to enable rubric-based grading of Google Docs right in a browser popup window using the rubric of your design.
An online resource designed to help students remember, recognize, and produce the signs used in the classroom. The site supplements classroom instruction, lab activities, homework, and other assignments that are part of ASL 506, first semester American Sign Language at the University of Texas. The site contains an archive of videos demonstrating basic vocabulary and sentence structure of American Sign Language (ASL). These videos are organized into 12 units, reflecting the structure of the textbook, Signing Naturally (Dawn Sign Press). Within each unit, video clips of signs and sentences are further organized into categories and grammatical information.
in our Gallery of Coloring Pages, we have a large selection of simple coloring pages. This collection is organized according to famous themes such as princesses, castles, knights, science fiction, and comic books. So, you can download these coloring pages to color them for entertainment when you are bored or have too much free time. In fact, these coloring sheets are very useful when camping or traveling. Therefore, you can just take them with you wherever you go.
in our Gallery of Coloring Pages, we have a large selection of simple coloring pages. This collection is organized according to famous themes such as princesses, castles, knights, science fiction, and comic books. So, you can download these coloring pages to color them for entertainment when you are bored or have too much free time. In fact, these coloring sheets are very useful when camping or traveling. Therefore, you can just take them with you wherever you go.
Google Spreadsheets script that can help you manage the flow of Google Drive files that students share with you. Will create folders for you for as many course sections as you need.
How might we promote the same interaction among students using Twitter for classroom and learning?
Since Twitter is considered to be a social networking website, one aspect of this study looked at dialogue that transpired between followers to show evidence of collaborative conversations rather than unidirectional sharing of information.
Survey results show that nine out of ten of the respondents were able to give concrete examples of collaboration that occurred with fellow Twitter users.
These examples included ideas such as creating units, sharing of resources, students collaborating on projects between classrooms, exchanging professional materials and readings, writing book chapters, and even co-presenting at conferences.
beyond 140-character messages. That teachers moved discussions to forums that allow for deeper discussion and expansion of ideas is encouraging; Twitter does not seem to be a place to collaborate in depth, but rather to make those initial connections - a "jumping off" point.
how using Twitter has benefited them professionally. Four unique themes emerged from their responses:
Access to resources
Supportive relationships
Increased leadership capacity
Development of a professional vision
practical resources and ideas as a benefit.
opportunities for them to take leadership roles in developing professional development, organizing conferences, publishing, and grant writing.
This research study provides new insight into how teachers use social networking sites such as Twitter for professional purposes.
backchan.nl is tool for involving audiences in presentations by letting them suggest questions and vote on each other's questions. backchan.nl is intended for conference or event organizers who want a new way to solicit questions from the audience and make better use of question and answer time.
An innovative approach to studying kanji that organizes kanji by usefulness, teaches radicals, explains nuances between synonyms, and employs mnemonics.
Enhancing French skills is a website for intermediate learners of French. It includes authentic language videos from French websites, as well as interviews of French speakers on cultural topics. Videos and activities are organized into five broad themes and tagged by communicative language function with links into Tex's French Grammar for specific grammar explanations and interactive exercises. Each theme includes a pdf of suggested classroom activities and homework.