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Title: 13 German Pro Athletes Who Are Scoring In The USA
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Are you looking for some bulletin board material? Some up-to-date material to inspire the sports fans in your class? Here is some information about some Germans who are professional athletes in the USA: http://www.buzzfeed.com/germanyinusa/13-german-pro-athletes-who-are-scorring-in-the-usa-fr91
Source: BuzzFeed
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Title: Webinar Series: German Language Advocacy
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From http://www.justaddgerman.org/webinars
Webinar Series: German Language Advocacy
For Teachers, Administrators, and Partners
Throughout 2014
How do you present your existing German language program at events? Learn to use the campaign’s five arguments for why German is a good choice, identify partner organizations, build a network, and present your case effectively to parents, students, and school board members. The Goethe-Institut has commissioned this webinar series to support the growth of German language departments all across the US.
Webinar 1:
Thursday, April 24, 2014, 6–6:40 pm (ET)
Title: Boost Your German Program
Featured: Peter Rosenbaum, Goethe-Institut New York, and Megan Brenn-White, The Brenn-White Group.
Description: The Goethe-Institut shares strategies and advocacy tools to support promotion of your German program, including selected projects and materials such as the Just Add German Teacher Kits. Participants will learn how to effectively market their programs and reach out to potential partners. Followed by Q&A.
REGISTER HERE
Webinar 2:
Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 6–6:40 pm (ET)
Title: It's Our Time: How to Position German Language Instruction for the Global Economy
Featured: Jon Valentine; Director of Foreign Languages, Gwinnett County Public Schools, GA.
Description: More than ever, students and parents understand that advanced-level proficiency in a foreign language is a key competitive advantage for the college and career marketplaces of our increasingly global economy. Learn why studying German, leveraging the support of our partners in the Goethe-Institut and other German cultural organizations, and reaching out to human resource departments in German companies across the United States can position German language study as the fastest route to success in every career.
Webinar 3:
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 4–4:40 pm (ET)
Title: Boost Your German Program
Featured: Peter Rosenbaum, Goethe-Institut New York, and Megan Brenn-White, The Brenn-White Group.
Description: The Goethe-Institut shares strategies and advocacy tools to support promotion of your German program, including selected projects and materials such as the Just Add German Teacher Kits. Participants will learn how to effectively market their programs and reach out to potential partners. Followed by Q&A.
Webinar 4:
Saturday, June 7, 2014, 4–4:40 pm (ET)
Title: “Helping Administrators Listen: Tips for Starting, Sustaining and Growing German Programs”
Featured: Sandy Crawford, Housemaster & Administrative Liaison to World Language Department, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, MA
Description: The presentation will help you understand the administrator's perspective and challenges in establishing or retaining a school's German program. The presenter will share the best approaches and arguments that are tailored specifically towards school administrators and that most effectively convey the value of offering German alongside other languages. Followed by Q&A.
For full details and to register go to http://www.justaddgerman.org/webinars
Source: Just Add German
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Title: Pompeii: The Exhibition Comes to Los Angeles
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From http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Exhibits/SpecialExhibits/pompeii/pompeii.php
Pompeii: The Exhibition will open at the California Science Center on May 20, 2014. This dramatic 13,000-square-foot exhibit features over 150 precious artifacts on loan from the Naples National Archaeological Museum, an immersive CGI experience that recreates the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and full body casts of twisted human forms asphyxiated by extreme heat and forever frozen in time.
For more information go to http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Exhibits/SpecialExhibits/pompeii/pompeii.php
Source: Italian Cultural Institute
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Title: Essay: Julius Caesar's Rome
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From http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-julius-caesars-rome-180950262
Explore Julius Caesar's Rome
From his former neighborhood to the place where he met his demise, check out these spots associated with Rome's most famous leader
By Natasha Geiling
March 31, 2014
To tour Caesar's Rome requires imagination. Many of the iconic structures that comes to mind when one thinks of Rome—The Coliseum, the Pantheon, the Baths of Caracalla—hadn't been built when Caesar ruled, and many of the important features of his daily life have long since been buried beneath the growing city. But the archaeological hints that remain transport visitors into the footsteps of one of history's most heralded and controversial figures.
Read on for links and images at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explore-julius-caesars-rome-180950262
Source: Smithsonian.com
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Title: High Quality Videos about Paris
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Here is a website that hosts numerous high-quality videos about Paris: http://www.toutparisenvideo.com
Source: Tout Paris en Vidéo
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Title: Cultural Resources on France’s Official Website
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From http://www.france.fr
Learn all about France, take virtual tours of famous places, learn about great writers, and more on France’s official website available in French, English, and several other languages: http://www.france.fr/index.html
Source: France.fr
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Title: Calendar and Seasons Unit Ideas for Young Learners
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Recently a Ñandutí listserv user asked for ideas for a unit on the calendar and seasons. Read her query and the responses of other listserv users at http://caltalk.cal.org/read/messages?id=58154#58154
Source: Ñandutí
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Title: Top 15 Apps for Spanish Class
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Here are a Chicago Spanish teacher’s favorite 15 apps that his students can use on their iPads: http://spanishplans.org/2014/04/06/top-15-apps
Source: SpanishPlans.org
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Title: Blog Post: Four Ways To Keep Curriculum Relevant
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Whether you use a textbook or not, it can be challenging to keep your curriculum relevant with the latest news about the target culture. Here is a nice blog post with suggestions for how to infuse your curriculum with up-to-date information: http://musicuentos.com/2014/04/relevant
Source: Musicuentos
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Title: Two New ELT Blog Carnivals: Blogging with Students and Teaching with Technology
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From http://www.eflclassroom.com/eltblogcarnival
There have been two recent ELT Blog Carnivals, online sharing events in which bloggers post about pre-selected topics.
Blog Carnival number 39 is Blogging with Students. Read a summary at http://hybrider.edublogs.org/2014/02/04/39th-elt-blog-carnival-blogging-with-students
Blog Carnival number 40 is Ideas for Teaching with Technology. Read a summary at http://www.sylviasenglishonline.org/40th-elt-blog-carnivalideas-for-teaching-with-technology
Learn more about the EFL Blog Carnivals at http://www.eflclassroom.com/eltblogcarnival
Source: ELT Blog Carnival
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