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Melanie Milburn

Language Learning with Livemocha | Learn a Language Online - Free! - 0 views

www.livemocha.com

web2.0 languages

shared by Melanie Milburn on 16 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Melanie Milburn on 16 Feb 09
     
    Social Language Learning
L Butler

Argentina People - 0 views

www.argentour.com/...argentina_people.php

argentina culture

shared by L Butler on 04 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Unlike the people in other areas of Hispanic America, Argentines are mostly of European origin.
  • Between the 1850s and 1940, more than 3.5 million immigrants arrived in Argentina, about 45 percent of them from Italy and 32 percent from Spain. Prior to the 1960s, substantial numbers also came from Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, Wales, the middle East, and Japan. Spanish is the official language and is spoken universally, but a number of Argentines also speak English, Italian, German, French, or Native American languages (Guarani, Quechua, Mapuche, etc.). Despite the mix of ancestries and languages, Argentines are fiercely nationalistic.
  • Approximately 90 percent of the population is nominally Roman Catholic.
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  • They place a premium on not offending.
  • Argentines can express their concern for others with gauchadas, Gaucho-like acts of generosity, such as going out of one's way to help someone else solve a problem.
  • Argentines place a high value on individuality. One of the most vibrant symbols of the past which is supposed to represent the national character is the Gaucho -that near-mythical legendary historical plainsman who is independent, brave, athletic, a bold warrior, loyal, and generous. The Gaucho is the idealized version of a complex historical figure who has become etched into the Argentine consciousness.
  • Argentines are generally well informed about politics and economic policies, and they take great interest and pride in discussing them.
Mrs Huber

Congress for Kids: [Constitution]: Introduction to the Constitution - 0 views

www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm

government socialstudies

shared by Mrs Huber on 27 May 10 - Cached
  • Mrs Huber on 27 May 10
     
    US Gov't info- very inclusive site in easy to understand language
Vw Prof

Shambles: Design Technology - 0 views

www.shambles.net/...DesignTec

web2.0 education links reference design

shared by Vw Prof on 15 Feb 09 - Cached
  •   Design Technology Add a linkTop of page Introductory Skills for GCSE http://www.teachnetuk.org.uk/projects-des-tech.htm Introductory Skills for GCSE This is a course of six lessons, establishing a basic knowledge of equipment, media, product analysis, presentation and drawing techniques for GCSE Graphics Products and Product Design. The (UK) Open Universitys OpenLearn http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The (UK) Open University's OpenLearn Welcome to The Open University's OpenLearn website - free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world. You are in the LearningSpace where Open University learning materials are freely available for you to study in your own time, away from any formal teaching environment. Visit the LabSpace to share and reuse educational resources. Download some learning materials, adapt to your needs: translate, shorten, extend, add examples... and then of course, place it back for others to benefit! | Arts and History | Business and Management | Education | Health and Lifestyle | IT and Computing | Mathematics and Statistics | Modern Languages | Science and Nature | Society | Study Skills | Technology | TakeItApart http://www.takeitapart.net/ TakeItApart TakeItApart.net is all about, well, taking things apart. This site is a resource to be used by anyone who wishes to see -- for any reason -- how to take apart certain electronic devices. We will try to post a new dissection as often as time permits. We must recommend against, of course, the dismantling of electronic devices. (Doing so could damage them or void their warranties.) Virtual Machine Shop Lesson Plans http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html Virtual Machine Shop Milling Machines | Engine Lathes | Cutting Tools | CNC/CAM | Measurement | Engineering |
  • The (UK) Open Universitys OpenLearn http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The (UK) Open University's OpenLearn Welcome to The Open University's OpenLearn website - free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world. You are in the LearningSpace where Open University learning materials are freely available for you to study in your own time, away from any formal teaching environment. Visit the LabSpace to share and reuse educational resources. Download some learning materials, adapt to your needs: translate, shorten, extend, add examples... and then of course, place it back for others to benefit! | Arts and History | Business and Management | Education | Health and Lifestyle | IT and Computing | Mathematics and Statistics | Modern Languages | Science and Nature | Society | Study Skills | Technology |
  • Mechanisms, strucutures 3D drawing http://www.animatedworksheets.co.uk Site dedicated to visual understanding of difficult concepts. These animated web pages will help pupils to understand the concepts of mechanisms and perspective drawing in an easy to understand format.
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  • Virtual Machine Shop Lesson Plans http://www.jjjtrain.com/vms/library.html Virtual Machine Shop Milling Machines | Engine Lathes | Cutting Tools | CNC/CAM | Measurement | Engineering |
  • Internet Mechanical Engineer http://www.eevl.ac.uk/vts/mechanical/index.htm The Internet is a rich source of information and resources for students, lecturers, researchers and professionals. This tutorial covers the key information skills for the Internet environment. Learn how to use the Internet to help with your coursework, literature searching, teaching or research. Mechanical Engineering | Design & Technology | Careers
  • Vw Prof on 15 Feb 09
     
    This is an online listing of all sorts of references and is focused on educational links for countries in South East Asia. This is the design technology page. Updates are posted to Twitter.
Eric Sweitzer

Interactives - 0 views

www.learner.org/interactives

math

shared by Eric Sweitzer on 12 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Eric Sweitzer on 12 Feb 09
     
    This site provides teachers and learners with strategies, content, and activities that can improve student skills in math, science, language arts, and history.
Brianne Williamson

Wordle - Frequently Asked Questions - 0 views

www.wordle.net/faq

shared by Brianne Williamson on 30 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The images you create with Wordle are yours to use in any way you choose. You may print T-Shirts, business cards, brochures, what have you.
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      Brianne Williamson on 30 Apr 12
       
      Use for a Language Arts LiveLesson follow-up activity.
Brianne Williamson

plasq.com - 0 views

plasq.com/education

shared by Brianne Williamson on 30 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Comics provide narrative experiences for students just beginning to read and for students acquiring a new language. Students follow story beginnings and endings, plot, characters, time and setting, sequencing without needing sophisticated word decoding skills. Images support the text and give students significant contextual clues to word meaning. Comics act as a scaffold to student understanding. 
Mrs Huber

Bill of Rights for Kids - 0 views

www.buzzle.com/...bill-of-rights-for-kids.html

Constitution social_studies bill of rights education

shared by Mrs Huber on 27 May 10 - Cached
  • Bill of Rights for Kids to Understand Following are the ten amendments that are in the Bill of Rights:
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      Mrs Huber on 27 May 10
       
      I like that this is in kid friendly language.
  • Mrs Huber on 27 May 10
     
    Bill of Rights
despina houck

Papel Picado/cut paper - 0 views

www.internationalfolkart.org/...papelpicado.html

Spanish decorations

shared by despina houck on 15 Feb 09 - Cached
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      despina houck on 15 Feb 09
       
      See pgs. 226 and 240 in your textbook.
  • Papel picado literally means 'punched' or 'perforated' paper. This traditional cut paper folk art is found throughout Mexico and the former colonies of Spain as well as in the folk traditions of many other countries.
  • In Mexico the art has reached a pinnacle of expression and is present at every major holiday in the form of brightly colored strings of cut tissue paper banners strung under the portals of homes and across the narrow streets of colonial villages
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  • They are also present at all national holidays such as the "Days of the Dead", the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Christmas, and Independence Day.
  • The Mexican art of paper-cutting is a marvelous synthesis of European, Asian, and Pre-Columbian artistic traditions.
  • When the Spaniards arrived in Mexico there was already a tradition of paper making that was called amatl in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. The native peoples of Mexico produced a type of paper by mashing the pulp of the bark of fig and mulberry trees between rocks. Once dry the paper was then cut with knives made from obsidian. The paper cuts made from amatl were primarily of a ceremonial nature and included images of the numerous Aztec gods and goddesses, a practice that was discouraged by their Christian conquerors. Among the Spanish, the word amatl became amate. Today amate continues to be used in Mexico where one can occasionally find copies of codices and books as well as reproductions of the ancient deities.
  • Although the methods and tools have not changed much during the ages, papel picado continues to evolve as a living folk tradition in Mexico. Much of the papel picado available in today's folk art market comes from the village of San Salvador Huixcolotla, Puebla, which lies southeast of Mexico City. The tradition of paper-cutting is preserved in the talleres, small family workshops of two rival artisans' families, the Vivancos and the Rojas, who maintain a spirit of fierce competition and pride in the art.
  • The traditional process of making papel picado banners begins by drawing a design which becomes the patron or pattern. The pattern is then placed over multiple layers of tissue paper which rest on a thick layer of lead. The artisan then cuts through multiple layers of paper using a mallet to pound finely sharpened chisels of varying sizes and shapes through the paper and into the sheet of lead.
  • The process of transforming sheets of tissue from a design to a completed paper cut can take 30 or more hours.
  • despina houck on 15 Feb 09
     
    Cut paper decortations
L Butler

Spanish Language & Culture | Home - 1 views

www.colby.edu/SLC

spanish culture grammar

shared by L Butler on 05 Aug 11 - Cached
  • Ofrendas Experience "Offerings" for The Day of the Dead through a song, an essay of images, an interview, and activities.
  • ¿dónde jugarán los niños? A guided reading of Maná's song, tú commands, future tense, present subjunctive, and past participles.
Julie Zimmerman

The Best Sites For Learning About The World's Different Cultures - 0 views

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/...-the-worlds-different-cultures

web2.0 websites culture geography

shared by Julie Zimmerman on 07 Aug 11 - Cached
  • learn about the geography, data, languages, and holidays of different countries around the world.
  • Julie Zimmerman on 07 Aug 11
     
    website/blog highlighting sites for learning about different cultures, huge database (non-searchable) in list form
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