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Title: Electronic Village Online: Classroom-based Research for Professional Development
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From http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708587/What%20is%20EVO
The Electronic Village Online (EVO) is a set of online discussions and workshops that takes place every year from mid-January to mid-February, under the auspices of TESOL's CALL Interest Section.
The 2018 EVO on Classroom-based research for professional development will be the final event of the International Festival of Teacher-research in ELT (2017–18). Registration will start on 1st January 2018, with participants first going to a 'While-waiting warm-up page' (not yet open), before Week 1 activities begin on 14th January. EVO activities last until the end of Week 5 on 17th February. There may also be some final presentations by participants online in March. Participation will be absolutely free.
This EVO Project, led by a team of volunteer teacher educators and supported by several teacher associations, will provide a hands-on introduction to inquiry-based teacher development, especially (though not exclusively) for teachers working in difficult circumstances (large classes, low-resource classrooms, etc.). The five-week workshop will take participants through different stages of teacher-research, engaging them in practical activities to gradually build their confidence in teacher-research.
For more details on how you can participate, go to http://classroombasedresearch.weebly.com/evo2018.html
Source: EVO
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Title: Travel to Havana with ACTFL and EF
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From https://landing.eftours.com/actflplp
Havana: Art, Education, and Daily Life
July 9-15, 2018
Experience Havana, Cuba’s capital city, like a local. From its community centers to art studios, surround yourself in Havana’s culture with the people who call the city home. Each interaction will give you a firsthand understanding of Habaneros’ daily lives.
Learn more at https://landing.eftours.com/actflplp
Source: ACTFL
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Title: International Sign Language Dictionary of Astronomical Terms
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Sign the Stars Anywhere on Earth with the First International Astronomy Dictionary for Deaf Communities
The encyclopedic list includes more than 40 space terms ranging from the Moon to exoplanet
By Mika McKinnon
December 11, 2017
It’s been a long time coming, but the international deaf community is finally getting a comparative dictionary to help translate astronomical terms, Mike Wall reports for Space.com.
Organized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the encyclopedic dictionary adds on to previous efforts—including existing 300-term dictionaries in English, French, and Spanish, and projects like Scotland’s impressive 2013 effort to develop signs to describe the solar system.
While the new international dictionary includes just 47 terms, the resource has compiled the signs in multiple languages, including German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese and Polish.
Read the full article at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sign-stars-anywhere-earth-international-astronomy-sign-language-dictionary-180967488/
Access the dictionary at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bVaZVIx9tFzH6KFo0GPqlzkWwXwXR8Ye_Yr0kwQ2b2w/edit#gid=0
Source: Smithsonian
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Title: Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Video: Learn All About Ethiopia!
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Eighteen (18) American teachers collaborated this past summer to produce a highly informative and entertaining video about Ethiopia thanks to their experiences abroad through the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program.
The video opens with the teachers' contribution to the five question challenge, a world-wide internet curriculum phenomenon, and then features discoveries from their experiences learning about the Wolaita culture. Curriculum units will accompany each section of the video so that teachers can focus on areas that interest them and can adapt them for K-12 settings.
The video is available at https://youtu.be/klYl6MUYmuc
Source: IFLE
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Title: QFI and MEOC Educator Book Grant Program
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From http://www.qfi.org/programs/arabic-language-and-culture/qfi-meoc-educator-book-grant-program/
Qatar Foundation International (QFI), in partnership with the Middle East Outreach Council (MEOC), is pleased to offer its Educator Book Program which will provide K-12 educators with the opportunity to obtain up to three classroom sets of books recognized by the Middle East Book Awards. The Middle East Book Awards, sponsored by MEOC, recognize outstanding books that contribute to a more meaningful understanding of the Middle East on an annual basis.
Grant applications will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year and are open to K-12 educators in public and public charter schools.
For more details go to http://www.qfi.org/programs/arabic-language-and-culture/qfi-meoc-educator-book-grant-program/
Source: Qatar Foundation International
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Title: Syria Photo Guide
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Learn about the culture and history of Syria with Daniel Demeter's collection of photos, available on this website: http://www.syriaphotoguide.com/home/
Source: Syria Photo Guide
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Title: US Census Begins Counting Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu, and Bengali Speakers
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The US census is finally counting how many people speak Tamil, Punjabi, Telugu, and Bengali
by Preeti Varathan and Dan Kopf
December 10, 2017
As of last week, the US Census Bureau is taking stock of just how many people in the US speak Tamil—along with Punjabi, Telugu, and Bengali.
Historically, the way the US census tracked South Asians was messy and often inaccurate—not tracking them at all or confusing them for white. But their ranks in the US have been growing.
...Not including English, Bengali is the most-spoken language in India after Hindi, and is the main language of Bangladesh. Telugu and Tamil are among the most popular languages in south India. Globally, Tamil is spoken by over 70 million people, though in the US, only 250,000 or so people speak it. While Punjabi is most popular in Pakistan, globally, it’s almost as widely spoken as Italian.
Read the full article at https://qz.com/1151854/the-us-census-bureau-is-finally-tracking-tamil-punjabi-telugu-and-bengali-speakers/
Source: Quartz
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Title: Article about Bonsai
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From http://www.wochikochi.jp/
From the Japan Foundation's Wochi Kochi Magazine, here is an English-language article about bonsai: autumn exhibits and different types of bonsai.
Available at http://www.wochikochi.jp/english/serialessay/2017/09/vol-8-the-joys-of-viewing-bonsai-in-autumn.php
Source: Wochi Kochi Magazine
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Title: Sean's Russia Blog
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From the SEELANGS listserv:
The Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce that Sean’s Russia Blog (seansrussiablog.org) has become a major addition to the center's resources and electronic presence. Hosted by Sean Guillory, Digital Scholarship Curator at REES, Sean's Russia Blog is an invaluable web source that features interviews with writers, filmmakers, academics, and policy figures from Russia, the US, and elsewhere. It joins such US web resources as NYU Jordan Center’s All the Russias blog (jordanrussiacenter.org/all-the-russias), David Johnson’s Johnson’s Russia List (russialist.org) at GWU’s Elliott School, or Maxim Trudolyubov’s The Russia File (wilsoncenter.org/blogs/the-russia-file) at Kennan Institute (Wilson Center). Sean's Russia Blog provides hour-long interviews that have ranged from Russian LGBTQ and New Left Activism to The Early Russian Empire and Reforging Roma into New Soviet Gypsies. Subscribers will find something for any vector of curiosity: interested in Russian Punk Rock? The Stillbirth of the Soviet Internet? The Political Life of Vodka? Gangs in Russia? To subscribe, search Sean’s Russia Blog in your favorite podcast app or go directly to seansrussiablog.org.
Condee, N. [SEELANGS] Sean's Russia Blog sponsored by Pitt's Center for Russian and East European Studies. SEELANGS listserv (SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, 15 Dec 2017).
Source: SEELANGS
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Title: The Local Germany Answers "Strange" Questions about Germany
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In this English-language article, read answers to some surprising questions, ranging from "What is the name of the goddess lying on the Brandenburg gate?" to "How deep is the Rhine river?"
The article is available at https://www.thelocal.de/20171213/10-strange-questions-that-brought-people-onto-our-website
Source: The Local Germany
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