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Title: Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication
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From http://www.classicslibrarians.org/
The Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication — also known as the Classics Librarians’ Forum — brings together librarians and researchers interested in classical studies, in order to promote timely exchange of information and ideas. Members also collaborate on projects of mutual concern.
Active Projects:
• Building Instructional Support for Classics Research and Teaching
• This initiative, which began in 2015, aims to foster collaboration on the development of shared resources for library instruction in research skills and digital scholarship and pedagogy. Collaborators from FCLSC and the Digital Classicists Association are developing a LibGuide page.
• Best Practices for Open Access Monographs’ Visibility
• In 2014, FCLSC members participated in a round table discussion, “Open Access Books: The Problem of Visibility.” The conversation yielded a call for a list of best practices for publishers and libraries.
• Open Greek and Latin Project
• FCLSC members are developing a plan to build an open corpus of Classical Greek and Latin in collaboration with Greg Crane, the Editor-in-Chief of Perseus and the Humboldt Professor of Computer Science at the University of Leipzig, and Lenny Muellner, Director of IT and Publications at the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Learn more on the Forum website: http://www.classicslibrarians.org/
Source: Forum for Classics, Libraries, and Scholarly Communication
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Title: Exhibition: Rodin: The Human Experience
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From http://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/rodin-the-human-experience/
The Portland Art Museum is pleased to present Rodin: The Human Experience—Selections from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collections, an exhibition of 52 bronzes by the groundbreaking French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The exhibition, which opens January 21 and runs through April 16, is being staged in Portland to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the artist’s death.
For full details about the exhibition go to http://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/rodin-the-human-experience/
Source: Portland Art Museum
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Title: Spanish Infographics by Pictoline
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Jenny at Spanish Playground writes, “Pictoline has an excellent selection of Spanish infographics. This Mexican-based news outlet presents information with engaging visual design and concise language. In addition to being lots of fun, these Spanish infographics are an excellent resource for language classes.”
See some great examples of Pictoline content and get ideas for using infographs in your Spanish classes at http://www.spanishplayground.net/spanish-infographics-pictoline/
Source: Spanish Playground
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Title: 20 Ideas for Spanish Club
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From http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com
Here are 20 ideas for activities that you can do with an extracurricular Spanish Club: http://www.secondaryspanishspace.com/2017/01/what-to-do-with-spanish-club-20-fun.html
Source: Secondary Spanish Space
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Title: Teacher-Authored Activities for Spanish Heritage Students
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The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning has just published teacher-authored lessons for use with Spanish heritage language students. They are all Creative Commons licensed and available on the classroom activities page of their heritage Spanish website at https://heritagespanish.coerll.utexas.edu/resources/activities/
Source: COERLL
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Title: ELL Friendly Anchor Charts
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From http://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com
ESL Professional Development Specialist Valentina Gonzalez writes about anchor charts: the visual materials that teachers post around their rooms to reinforce content and remind students of how to apply skills. She writes, “For English learners, anchor charts can pose big problems. Not only can they be overwhelming wallpaper, they can be confusing due to the amount of words. They can cause more confusion than assistance. Here's how we can make sure that our anchor charts serve our English learners and all students and are all not a waste of space and time.”
Read the full post at http://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com/blog/ell-friendly-anchor-charts
Source: English Language Learners
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Title: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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If your English learners struggle with English slang, especially in older literature, here’s some good news: Green’s Dictionary of Slang, which covers 500 years of English slang, is now available online at https://greensdictofslang.com/.
Read more about this resource at https://greensdictofslang.com/about/ and http://www.openculture.com/2017/01/the-largest-historical-dictionary-of-english-slang-now-free-online.html
Source: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Title: Memo: Supporting English Learners and Treating Bilingualism as an Asset
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In a December 20 memo, Kenji Hakuta and Ray Pecheone write, “The nation’s economic and civic future depends on the success of its students who are “English Learners” (ELs), mostly immigrants and children of immigrants. … Attention to these students has moved from periphery to the center as their numbers have increased—about one in ten students are ELs and one in five come from homes where another language is spoken. They are also more widely distributed across the nation, with rapid growth in states not commonly considered points of immigrant entry such as Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Without appropriate educational supports, ELs are less likely than their peers to succeed in school and are more likely to drop out.”
Their recommendations include the following:
• Develop policy that further promotes the integration of English learning and academic content in instruction, assessment, and accountability.
• Transform Title III into a national language policy that promotes bilingualism and recognizes that bilingualism is an individual and societal asset.
• Require any new innovations to proceed only with consideration of ELs from the start, not as an afterthought. Provide incentives, guidance, and capacity building for states to fully include such opportunities for ELs in a proactive manner.
• Expand the National Professional Development program within Title III to build national teacher capacity to support this work.
• Convene a policy summit and commission a policy brief for stakeholders to look at EL classification and definition procedures across states, and to move beyond the EL label to differentiate the needs of subgroups and individuals.
Read the memo at https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2016/12/20/supporting-english-learners-and-treating-bilingualism-as-an-asset/
Source: Brookings Institution
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Title: Five Things Teachers Can Do to Improve Learning for ELLs in the New Year
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Here are five strategies that you can use to help English language learns in the new year, tied to a specific and measurable goal and an explanation of its importance: http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/five-things-teachers-can-do-improve-learning-ells-new-year
Source: Colorín Colorado
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Title: Decreasing Anxiety on Assessments
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From https://marishawkins.wordpress.com
Teacher Maris Hawkins writes about what she does to decrease her students’ anxiety around assessments: “Overall, I have noticed that with a switch to proficiency based grading, my students are able to show what they can do instead of getting caught up with what they do not know. This has significantly decreased anxiety.” Read her other points in her blog post: https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/how-i-try-to-decrease-anxiety-on-assessments/
Source: Maris Hawkins
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