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Resource Packets for Teachers: Many Global Topics Available - 7 views

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shared by globalclassroom on 10 Jan 11 - Cached
  • globalclassroom on 10 Jan 11
     
    Free PDF documents from the World Affairs Council (Seattle) containing loads of links for teachers; packets available on many different global issues and regions/countries; content is mainly for grades 6-12, but also may be useful for elementary classrooms (especially 2010-11 packets) as well as college level.
Lucy Gray

Mystery Skype - Who Could it Be? | Mr. Avery's Classroom Blog - 5 views

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shared by Lucy Gray on 17 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 17 Jun 11
     
    Great use of Skype and student roles in problem-solving!
Lucy Gray

Bilingual babies' vocabulary linked to early brain differentiation - 3 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...110829070559.htm

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shared by Lucy Gray on 04 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • Kuhl's previous studies show that between 8 and 10 months of age, monolingual babies become increasingly able to distinguish speech sounds of their native language, while at the same time their ability to distinguish sounds from a foreign language declines.
  • almost nothing is known about how bilingual babies do this for two languages. Knowing how experience sculpts the brain will tell us something that goes way beyond language development.
  • the bilingual brain remains flexible to languages for a longer period of time, possibly because bilingual infants are exposed to a greater variety of speech sounds at home.
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  • This difference in development suggests that the bilingual babies "may have a different timetable for neurally committing to a language" compared with monolingual babies
  • "When the brain is exposed to two languages rather than only one, the most adaptive response is to stay open longer before showing the perceptual narrowing that monolingual infants typically show at the end of the first year of life," Garcia-Sierra said.
  • the size of the bilingual children's vocabulary was associated with the strength of their brain responses in discriminating languages at 10-12 months of age.
  • The researchers say the best way for children to learn a second language is through social interactions and daily exposure to the language.
Mike Nall

Photosynth - Use your camera to stitch the world. - 1 views

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shared by Mike Nall on 10 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Mike Nall on 09 Apr 11
     
    extraordinary
Lucy Gray

Consolidating Diigo Groups - 5 views

Because the name of the Global Education Collaborative is changing to the Global Education Conference social network, we are consolidating the two Diigo groups used previously. This group will stay...

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