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Mars, The Roman God of War
Polyglot Press
Staying Connected to
World Language Teaching Resources
March 22, 2013
Happy
Holidays!
The
month of March is named after Mars, the Roman god of war. The ancient Romans
extended that name to the planet nearest to Earth, because its red coloring
seemed associated with blood — and it is: what makes the surface of Mars appear
red is iron oxide, exactly what gives blood its color. Just a few weeks ago,
NASA's Curiosity rover drilled a hole into the surface of Mars to collect some
powdery samples for analysis.
BRAVO
· YUBELY ZOLKE IS ONE OF TEN
FINALISTS FOR THE UCPS TEACHER OF THE YEAR! Yubely (aka Francy) teaches Spanish in grades 6 – 8 at
East Union Middle. Yubely brought the Spanish for Native Speakers courses to
East Union. She also brought the Spanish 1 for high school credit to EUMS. She
incorporates technology and learning stations in her classroom. Students are
highly engaged and active learners. Her preparation is strong as she moves
seamlessly through many and varied activities each class. She stays in the
target language about 90 percent of the time.
· The QR Craze! Sarah
Wade makes audio practice fun, meaningful and something that students
would listen to over and over. Sarah recorded messages in Vocaroo and printed
and posted the QR codes around her classroom or the Marvin Ridge High interior
campus. Students used their cell phones to scan the QR Code that links directly
to the recorded information. In the latest case, students listened to an audio
file that would state a day, time and order that they would present their
speaking presentations. Students had to then accept the number of that code
that linked them to a given date, time and order. Some opted to be first.
Others looked for QR Codes with audio files that had later dates and times. Try
your own hand at Vocaroo www.vocaroo.com
· Babies? Babies? Who is having
a baby? East Union Spanish teacher, Yubely Zolke, and her
husband are expecting their first child, a daughter in early May. Weddington
Middle Spanish teacher, Kathryn Snearly and her husband are
expecting their first child, a son at the end of May. Best wishes!
Professional
Development
· National Endowment for the Humanities – great summer workshop deadlines have
passed this March. Browse this site and plan to apply next year http://www.neh.gov/divisions/education/summer-programs
· Monday, April 22 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. The next webinar in the World Language
series is scheduled with the virtual space opening 30 minutes prior to
the start for those who want to login and check audio set-up. This
is a DPI Update webinar and all are welcome to participate. To register
for this webinar, please go to https://www4.gotowebinar.com/register/739271351 and complete the registration form.
Connection information and reminders will be sent directly to the email address
that you provide.
· June 20-22, TPRS Workshop with Blaine Ray, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Quality Inn, 440 Griffith Road, 704 525-0747; Enroll toll-free at 888-373-1920
or online at BlaineRayTPRS.com Registration includes 2 books and daily lunch.
· June 24 – 28, 2013 AP French Language and Culture
Training UNC-Charlotte $590 per person Monday – Thursday, 8:00
a.m. – 4:00 p.m.http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Pageflows/InstitutesAndWorkshops/VwDetailEvent.do?eventid=6082
· July 15 – 19 AP Spanish Language and Culture Training UNC-Charlotte $590 per person Monday –
Thursday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/Pageflows/InstitutesAndWorkshops/VwDetailEvent.do?eventid=6280
· Friday, November 22 - Sunday, November 24, 2013, ACTFL National Convention with
Pre-Convention Workshops on Thursday, November 21. This year's ACTFL Convention
will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
DIP Updates
· There are 7 immersion languages in immersion
education in North Carolina (Helga Fasciano).
Educational Updates –
NC and UCPS
· Gov. Pat McCrory signed two
education bills last week, and he chose Union County Public Schools at which to
make the bills, relating to digital technology and education, into law.
· One measure in the bills say
the General Assembly plans to shift funding to digital textbooks and other
instructional materials across the state by 2017. Another bill tells the State
Board of Education to put digital training into teacher licensure standards and
to require similar competency for school administrators.
· One measure in the bills says
the General Assembly plans to shift funding to digital textbooks and
other instructional materials across the state by 2017. The governor added
that in the future, students would not need to carry book bags filled with
books, as all the material they would need would be on a technical instrument
that could fit in a student’s pocket. At the bill signing that took place at
Cuthbertson High School, Dr. Mary Ellis, remarked, “We’ll have about 27,000
machines out next year in grades six through 12.”
· Former UCPS Board of Education
Chairman Dean Arp Jr., who now fills the NC House District 69 seat, remarked, “We’ve
tried to work on some of the digital education initiatives and we have such a
great head start in Union County in what we’re doing. I think these are exactly
in line with the governor’s initiatives. I think he wanted to highlight that.”http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/news/jump.php?news_id=373362
Events
· through April 28, 2013 “Al Norte al Norte: Latino life in
North Carolina,” is currently showing at the NC Museum of History in
Raleigh http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/latino/exhibit.html José Galvez is a Pulitzer
Prize-winning photographer from the barrios of Tucson, Arizona. For over
40 years, Galvez has used black and white film to create a powerful and
unparalleled historical record of the Latino experience in America. He
served as senior photo editor for Americanos, a multi-media
exhibition led by Edward James Olmos. In 2000, he published his first solo
book, Vatos, a collaboration with esteemed poet Luis Alberto Urrea.
Then, in Beloved Land, he and oral historian Patricia Martin
explored the lives of Mexican pioneer ranchers in the American Southwest.
In 2004, Galvez and his family moved to North Carolina to photograph Hispanic
immigration in the South. The growth
of the Latino community in North Carolina has been unprecedented. According to
the 2010 U.S. Census, 8.4 percent of the state’s population is Latino. Just 20
years earlier, this community made up only 1.2 percent of the state’s
population. Admission is free.
Global Themes
o The German NGO /e-politik.de/ e.V. and edeos-
digital education (www.edeos.org/en) just finished their project „Focus Human
Rights“. Within the project, a series of animated Videoclips was
produced, published and distributed throughout the World Wide Web. The series
consists of an overview clip which gives a sound introduction to the subject
and three more specific clips. Each of them deals with one of the three
dimensions of the Human Rights system and various other topics such as Women’s
Rights, NGOs or the history of Human Rights. The clips are licensed as Creative
Commons and can be used and shared for free. Many NGOs, schools and other
institutions use them as educational material. The whole series is available
in five languages. Jan Künzl - Project Manager WissensWerte
- Gaudystr. 2 - 10437 Berlin/ Germany - Tel: 004930/23130075 - Mob:
0049176/20790628 -www.wissenswerte.e-politik.de
o Playlist for the English Versions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZMOWQVegNFRyigaoGg2RTCQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZMOWQVegNFRyigaoGg2RTCQ
o Playlist for the Spanish Versions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZMyCcnoZ7lBSmxwpC0CJqvQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZMyCcnoZ7lBSmxwpC0CJqvQ
o Playlist for the French Versions:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZPsK9nw_oo8I4LceQeZmnCz
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSOknOL7CeZPsK9nw_oo8I4LceQeZmnCz
Technology
· UCPS lists some great tech tools for
teachers at https://techtools.ucps.k12.nc.us/ Included are the minimum age requirements,
etc.
Pedagogy
Shared by Alice Shrader
· Project -Based Learning http://blog.calicospanish.com/2011/05/27/project-based-learning-in-the-world-language-classroom.html
· 108 Ways to Use Word Clouds http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/108-ways-to-use-word-clouds-in-the-classroom-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-2/
· The Leitner System for Studying Vocabulary http://wlteacher.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/studying-and-retaining-vocabulary-the-leitner-system/
French Resources
· TUFS Language Modules(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) – with
four dialects sampled: French, Quebecois, Suisse, Midi Watch a short video
clip, one minute or so, listening options include: with French subtitles, with
English subtitles, with Vocabulary explanations, with notes. Materials are targeted at elementary and junior
high school students. The "Dialogue Module" was released in all 17
languages in December 2003. In April 2006, the "Grammar Module" was
released in 10 languages and the "Vocabulary Module" in 2 languages. http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/modules/fr/index_en.html
Spanish Resources
· Menu – Chilean
Restaurant La pescadería de Walker http://www.youblisher.com/p/348350-Carta-La-Pescaderia/
· El presidente Piñera de
Chile conoció al nuevo papa http://www.gob.cl/destacados/2013/03/19/presidente-pinera-tras-su-encuentro-con-el-papa-francisco-con-una-sonrisa-muy-carinosa-rati.htm
· La
presidenta argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner le pidió al papa Francisco
que interceda en la disputa sobre la soberanía de las Islas Malvinas http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2013/03/18/el-papa-francisco-se-reune-con-la-presidenta-argentina-cristina-fernandez
· Spanish 2 Project – La rutina
diaria http://www.scribd.com/doc/40041433/Rutina-Diaria-Project shared by Alice Shrader.
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