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Title: Online Map: Odysseus’ Journey
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Here is an interactive map of Odysseus’ journey: http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=4fc9153f4d9248b9bab7011e3950b552&webmap=962ca9da38bf4c5e9439a6acf3dd1b3e#
Read a short review of this resource at http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/12/an-interactive-map-of-odyssey.html#.UrN96I1RaU4
Source: Odysseus' Journey
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Title: French Idioms with Food
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Are you looking for some more resources for a French food unit, or for ways to improve your French students’ comprehension of idioms? Here is a collection of 57 French idiomatic expressions that involve food: http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/cat_french_idioms.php
Source: Chocolate & Zucchini
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Title: Lesson on Non-Verbal Communication in Spain
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Here is a lesson plan with a series of activities and supporting materials dealing with non-verbal communication in Spain: http://www.todoele.net/actividades/Actividad_maint.asp?ActividadesPage=6&Actividad_id=494
Source: TodoELE
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Title: Bartering Simulations in the Spanish Classroom
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An FLTEACH listserv user recently posed this question:
“I would love to do a classroom activity to simulate bartering at an open air market in a Spanish country. I'm looking to create an activity with high language use and real world applications.”
Others quickly chimed in with suggestions on how to carry out such an activity and their own successes and challenges with similar activities. You can read their responses by going to http://listserv.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1401&L=flteach&T=0&F=&S=&P=111624 for the original query. Click on “Next in Topic” to see the responses.
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Carolina TESOL
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Carolina Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Carolina TESOL) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to improve the quality of education for English language learners and to promote effective intercultural communication and understanding. If you live in North or South Carolina and are interested in joining or seeing how you can benefit from the organization’s activities, go to the Carolina TESOL website at http://carolinatesol.shuttlepod.org
Source: Carolina TESOL
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Title: Open for Comment: English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework for California Public Schools
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From http://languagemagazine.com/?p=23642
Californians are being invited to comment on their state’s first framework based on the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.
The English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (ELA/ELD Framework) will provide guidance for implementing the new Common Core State Standards and California’s new English Language Development Standards. According to the California Department of Education (CDE),” the ELA/ELD Framework will help ensure that California’s students graduate with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college and careers. The ELA/ELD Framework will help teachers, publishers, and other educators design instructional materials, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional learning.”
The California State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards for English language arts in 2010, and new English Language Development Standards in 2012. This new ELA/ELD Framework is aligned to those standards. The Board last approved a framework in this area in 2006.
The CDE claims that “the ELA/ELD Framework breaks new ground by providing a blueprint for relating English language development for English learners to the English language arts standards for a cohesive program. The draft framework focuses on the teaching and learning of English literacy and language in the English classroom and includes strategies for extending that focus into all subject areas. It also provides direction to educators to implement the standards in the context of California’s diversity and helps them teach the critical thinking skills students will need for 21st century jobs. The ELA/ELD Framework has two primary audiences: educators and developers/publishers of curriculum programs and materials.”
The public has until February 13, 2014, to review the Framework, available on the CDE’s Public Review and Comment on the ELA/ELD Framework Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/elaeldfrmwrk2014pubrev.asp , where comments can be left via the digital survey or by email. Hard copies of the draft framework may also be reviewed at the 23 Learning Resource Display Centers statewide.
Source: Language Magazine
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Title: Martin Luther King, Jr. Resources
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From http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/12/27/martin-luther-king-jr-resources-2
Martin Luther King Day in 2014 is on Monday, the 20th of January, in the United States.
You might be interested in:
The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/21/the-best-websites-about-martin-luther-king
The Best Resources To Remember Dr. Martin Luther King’s Death (& Life), which focuses on resources specifically related to his assassination - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/04/04/the-best-resources-to-remember-dr-martin-luther-kings-death-life
The Best Sites For Learning About The Martin Luther King Memorial - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/08/22/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-martin-luther-king-memorial
Source: Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
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Title: Flipgrid: Platform for Student Video Responses to Questions
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Flipgrid is a web-based application in which create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Read about its potential use in a second language classroom at http://fltmag.com/flipgrid-2
Visit the Flipgrid website at http://flipgrid.com/info to learn more and try it out.
Source: Flipgrid
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Title: Anagram Warm-up Activity
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From http://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/no-prep-required-anagram-warm-up
Blogger Maris Hawkins writes:
“I love anagrams! They make a great warm-up especially after a long break. You can write a phrase in the target language (like Feliz Año Nuevo) and have students make up as many words as they can. They should not use the three words given; however, they can use as few or as many letters as they can. Once you have given them the allotted time, you can figure out who came up with the most letters and who came up with the longest word. You can use a seasonal phrase or a phrase from their vocabulary list.”
Visit her blog at http://marishawkins.wordpress.com
Source: Maris Hawkins
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Title: Improving Self-Assessment, One LinguaFolio at a Time
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by Mandy Lindgren, Associate Director
CASLS has been working to bring formative assessment into the digital age since 2008. Partnering with the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL) and the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), we developed an online version of the well-researched and well-piloted portfolio system called LinguaFolio.
More than six years later, we’re still working to improve self-assessment and to make LinguaFolio Online an even more friendly portfolio system. We’re excited about our most recent round of improvements, including:
- Revised NCSSFL and ACTFL CanDo statements by the end of 2014
- A simplified sign up process that will give you full access within 48 hours
- A simplified per-student payment system that accepts credit cards, e-checks, and regular paper checks
We hope that these improvements will streamline instructors’ experiences and make the tool even easier to incorporate into the curriculum.
For those with STARTALK programs, 2014 will bring special updates designed to make your job as a program director and instructor a little easier. We’ve simplified the registration process, so you’ll no longer have to deal with those pesky codes. You’ll soon have the ability to:
- Select CanDo statements that are specific to your program
- Enter your own customized, program-specific CanDo statements that match your curriculum template
- More easily review student work, confirm students’ completion of CanDo statements, and access students’ evidence
Plus, your students will have a simplified view showing only the CanDo statements you’ve designed as part of your STARTALK program.
Beginning in 2014, students in STARTALK programs will have a simplified view showing only the CanDo statements included in the program's curriculum template.
We’d love to hear your experiences with self-assessment in general and LinguaFolio Online. We may be able to incorporate your ideas into future improvements. Write to us at info@uoregon.edu, follow us on https://twitter.com/CASLS_nflrc, or like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/casls.nflrc.
Source: Mandy Lindgren, CASLS Associate Director
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