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dorie conlon

don quijote - 0 views

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spanish study abroad teachers students web resources games

shared by dorie conlon on 23 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Kristen Klin on 23 Jun 10
     
    This is a school where you can pay to study abroad but it has great resources and games for both teachers and students. It even has a joke of the day and songs! Check it out!
Molly Murphy

Scholastic Flashcard Maker - 0 views

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Parents Teachers Students Spanish study skills

shared by Molly Murphy on 23 Jun 10 - Cached
  • denise g on 23 Jun 10
     
    Students can create flashcards with this website.
  • Molly Murphy on 23 Jun 10
     
    Use this to make flashcards and for other study tools
Barbara Lindsey

Kids Connecting With Adults Online by Will Richardson - 0 views

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teachers students parents technology publications

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 24 Dec 09 - Cached
  • As the lead author of the study said, “Kids learn on the Internet in a self-directed way, by looking around for information they are interested in, or connecting with others who can help them. This is a big departure from how they are asked to learn in most schools.”
  • Barbara Lindsey on 24 Dec 09
     
    As the lead author of the study said, "Kids learn on the Internet in a self-directed way, by looking around for information they are interested in, or connecting with others who can help them. This is a big departure from how they are asked to learn in most schools."
Barbara Lindsey

The Global Dimension: Walter Payton High School | Edutopia - 0 views

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for:gaugler studyabroad global language videoconferencing chicago

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 14 May 09 - Cached
  • Barbara Lindsey on 14 May 09
     
    New doors open as these students learn an international perspective reinforced by four years of language study, global video conferences, and travel abroad.
Jan Eklund

OMG! Meiyu Introduces China to American Slang - 2 views

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Chinese Critical Languages Technology

shared by Jan Eklund on 14 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jan Eklund on 14 Feb 12
     
    Excellent (!) PBS story about a young woman who studied Chinese at Middlebury. She is now a YouTube sensation, teaching English to a wide audience in China. A few of her keys to success--excellent language skills, relevant content, and feedback from her students on what they want to learn.
Patty Silvey

Journey to El Yunque - 1 views

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Teachers Students Spanish Lesson Planning Curriculum El Yunque

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  • Patty Silvey on 24 Jun 10
     
    The development of Journey to El Yunque was supported by grants DRL-9908438 from the National Science Foundation to the NASA Classroom of the Future and DRL-0535942 from the National Science Foundation to The Learning Partnership. The development of Journey to El Yunque was also supported by grants #BSR-8811902, DEB-9411973, DEB-OO8538, DEB-0218039 from the National Science Foundation to the Institute of Tropical Ecosystem Studies (IEET), University of Puerto Rico, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITFR) as part of the Long-Term Ecological Research Program in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Additional support was provided by the Forest Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture) and the University of Puerto Rico. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the developer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Might be a good link to place on your teacher page for kids to walk through at home or for one of the long Wednesdays.
Barbara Lindsey

Google For Educators - Maps - 0 views

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teachers tutorial google geography lesson planning

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Students can use Google Maps to learn about specific locations and see what they look like from an aerial view; compare their home streets and neighborhoods with those of distant penpals; and study satellite images superimposed on the maps.
  • With MyMaps, you and your students can create personalized, annotated, customized maps. Whether you're planning a field trip or documenting a famous traveler's journeys, you can embed photos, videos, and descriptive text to make the content come alive. You can also publish, share, and invite others to collaborate on your project.
Patty Silvey

Study Spanish - 1 views

www.studyspanish.com

Spanish Teachers Students Lesson Planning culture audio listening

shared by Patty Silvey on 16 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Patty Silvey on 16 Oct 10
     
    Loads of FREE stuff here. I especially like the "Cultural Notes" section. There are both long and short versions/written in English next to Spanish Some have a native speaker reading the Spanish version. The "Pronunciation" section uses native speakers from throughout the Spanish-speaking countries. Found it from Discovery Education site.
dorie conlon

Making Music Boosts Brain's Language Skills - 0 views

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Publications Advocacy Music Research Parents Teachers Students

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  • dorie conlon on 23 Feb 10
     
    very interesting article from National Geographic - "brain-imaging studies have shown that music activates many diverse parts of the brain, including an overlap in where the brain processes music and language"
Barbara Lindsey

Tech How To: Podcasts | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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podcast teacher students parents advocacy technology tutorial

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 23 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Every week, Paul Bogush’s eighth-grade social studies students in Wallingford, Connecticut, get an opportunity that would be rare in a tech-free classroom. The kids take 20 minutes during lunch to interview career mentors—such as the dean of the Yale University School of Nursing—on the phone, in person, or over Skype. Then they share the interviews with the world in a podcast called Lunchtime Leaders.
Barbara Lindsey

The Tempered Radical: New Opportunities to Connect and Create. . . - 0 views

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technology teachers

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 31 Jan 10 - Cached
  • I've truly embraced digital dialogue because it provides me with the opportunity to be challenged and to grow all at once---and on my own time. The traditional barriers of time and space that prevent teachers from learning from one another are eliminated by technology---and the terms "relationships" and "professional development" are being redefined by new opportunities to connect and create together.
  • Last year, I tried to pass that digital enthusiasm on to the sixth graders of my classroom. Together with peers, my students collaborated on a wiki, recording nearly everything that we learned in my science and social studies class. The collective efforts of 90 motivated kids resulted in nearly 80 pages of content that had been revised and refined almost 400 times.  They also joined an effort to create a classroom podcast program that earned over 20,000 page views from visitors in 125 countries ranging from Bolivia to Burkina Faso. With over 110 posts, our "little adventure" drew recognition from technology experts like Will Richardson and was spotlighted on national resource websites like MiddleWeb. 
  • The children of my classroom grew as digital citizens throughout the year. They learned to see the Internet as a tool for collaboration and communication---rather than simply as a vast online research encyclopedia. They practiced posting on our own digital discussion board, polishing the unique skills that it takes to engage others electronically. They judged the reliability of online resources together, became experts at questioning, grew willing to open their work to review and revision, learned Internet safety practices important for protecting themselves and saw the potential of becoming citizens of an electronic world where content is being created at a blinding pace.
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  • What are we going to do with our wiki and blog at the end of the year?" they asked often. "Can we take it with us to seventh grade and keep recording what we're learning? It would be neat to see what we had at the end of middle school!"
  • Our students will buy and sell from countries across the world and work for international companies. They will manage employees from other cultures, work with people from different continents in joint ventures and solve global problems such as AIDS and avian flu together.
  • But what I've grown to realize is that very few people have really embraced the changing nature of a tomorrow that remains poorly defined. We know that the Internet today is far more powerful than ever before---and have heard about companies that are capitalizing on these changes---but we haven't figured out what that means for us. We're jazzed to have access to information and geeked by interactive content providers, but our digital experiences remain somewhat self-centered.
  • the new National Educational Technology Standards for Students being developed by the International Society for Technology in Education. These standards reflect an increased need to teach children how to use the Internet in new and different ways. Perhaps the most challenging---and important standard---for educators to embrace will this one:Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: A. Interact, collaborate and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. B. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. C. Develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures. D. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.Does that sound like the digital work being done in your classroom, school, district or state?!
  • Together with the Center for International Understanding, North Carolina in the World is developing partnerships based on digital collaboration between schools in North Carolina and nations ranging from China to Mexico. Teachers and students in partnering schools are learning to use Web 2.0 tools like web-conferencing and wikis to connect kids across continents. Not only do these efforts help to build a general knowledge of other countries in our children, they are providing concrete opportunities to use technology in new ways.
    • Barbara Lindsey
      Barbara Lindsey on 31 Jan 10
       
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Kate Krotzer

Language Study and the Brain - 0 views

www.flbrain.org

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  • Kate Krotzer on 24 Aug 11
     
    Teresa Kennedy's site will take you through all you need to know about brain research and world language learning.
Rita Oleksak

Global Horizons Western Massachusetts Constortium for Global Education - 0 views

www.eric.ed.gov/ED424125.pdf

Curriculum Teachers Publications

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  • Rita Oleksak on 24 Aug 11
     
    This directory offers a variety of resources and teaching ideas for addressing global education issues across the school curriculum. The directory was developed by teachers from all grade levels and represents only a fraction of materials available for teaching from a global perspective. The book is divided into sections for elementary, middle, and secondary schools, along with a section on the International Resource Center Collection at the World Affairs Council, Springfield, MA. Suggestions are offered for lesson planning, the use of country case studies, inclusion of literature and other arts in the curriculum, and the use of maps. Each section contains a bibliography related to the specific grade levels. (EH)
Barbara Lindsey

50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom | Smart Teaching - 0 views

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teachers technology wikis collaboration vocabulary

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 31 Aug 09 - Cached
  • sk students to create study guides for a specific part of the unit you’re
  • Make it a class project to collaboratively write a reference book that others can use.
  • Get your class to create a glossary of terms they use and learn about in new units, adding definitions and images.
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  • Encourage students to submit words that they had trouble with, along with a dictionary entry
  • Let your students share their collective information so that everyone gets a better understanding of the subject.
  • Encourage students to draft rules and policies for the classroom.
  • Make it a class project to create an FAQ for your classroom that will help new students and those that will come in years later.
  • Using a wiki platform, students don’t have to worry about web design, so they can focus on content instead.
  • Save links, documents, and quotes related to units or your classroom as a whole
  • Work with other teachers to create lesson plans and track students’ success.
Barbara Lindsey

Digitally Speaking / Social Bookmarking and Annotating - 0 views

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technology teachers students

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Many of today's teachers make a critical mistake when introducing digital tools by assuming that armed with a username and a password, students will automatically find meaningful ways to learn together.  The results can be disastrous.  Motivation wanes when groups using new services fail to meet reasonable standards of performance.  "Why did I bother to plug my students in for this project?" teachers wonder.  "They could have done better work with a piece of paper and a pencil!"
  • With shared annotation services like Diigo, powerful learning depends on much more than understanding the technical details behind adding highlights and comments for other members of a group to see.  Instead, powerful learning depends on the quality of the conversation that develops around the content being studied together.  That means teachers must systematically introduce students to a set of collaborative dialogue behaviors that can be easily implemented online.
  • intellectual philanthropy and collective intelligence
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  • While these early interactions are simplistic processes that by themselves aren't enough to drive meaningful change in teaching and learning, they are essential because they provide team members with low risk opportunities to interact with one another around the topics, materials and instructional practices that should form the foundation of classroom learning experiences.
  • A tagging language is nothing more than a set of categories that all members of a group agree to use when bookmarking websites for shared projects.
  • In Shirky's terms, teams that embrace social bookmarking decrease the "cost" of  group transactions.  No longer do members resist sharing because it's too time consuming or difficult to be valuable. Instead, with a little bit of thought and careful planning, groups can make sharing resources---a key process that all learning teams have to learn to manage---remarkably easy and instant.
  • Imagine the collective power of an army of readers engaged in ongoing conversation about provocative ideas, challenging one another's thought, publicly debating, and polishing personal beliefs.  Imagine the cultural understandings that could develop between readers from opposite sides of the earth sharing thought together.  Imagine the potential for brainstorming global solutions, for holding government agencies accountable, or for gathering feedback from disparate stakeholder groups when reading moves from a "fundamentally private activity" to a "community event."
  • Understanding that there are times when users want their shared reading experiences to be more focused, however, Diigo makes it possible to keep highlights and annotations private or available to members of predetermined and self-selected groups.  For professional learning teams exploring instructional practices or for student research groups exploring content for classroom projects, this provides a measure of targeted exploration between likeminded thinkers.
  • Diigo takes the idea of collective exploration of content one step further by providing groups with the opportunity to create shared discussion forums
Barbara Lindsey

Immersion in other cultures enhances creativity » Moving at the Speed of Crea... - 0 views

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teachers students parents video study abroad immersion creativity research advocacy

shared by Barbara Lindsey on 08 Nov 09 - Cached
  • dorie conlon on 12 Mar 10
     
    Love this video! Great advocacy piece.
Rita Oleksak

TeachUNICEF - - 1 views

www.teachunicef.org

Global education Lesson Planning Curriculum Teachers

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  • Rita Oleksak on 18 Apr 12
     
    TeachUNICEF is a portfolio of free global education resources. Resources cover grades PK-12, are interdisciplinary (social studies, science, math, English/language arts, foreign/world languages), and align with standards. The lesson plans, stories, and multimedia cover topics ranging from the Millennium Development Goals to Water and Sanitation. read more
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