Lingo Hut

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Foreign Language | Posted on May 2, 2013

Lingo Hut is a place for online learning of foreign languages.

DuoLingo

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Foreign Language | Posted on January 7, 2013

Duolingo – Learn a Foreign Language Online – for free!

40 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Blogs, Foreign Language, Lesson Planning, Professional Development | Posted on April 26, 2012

 

40 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners is a helpful post on the “TWEEN TEACHER” blog.  Many of these strategies work equally well with other struggling learners.

Learn a Language

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language | Posted on March 23, 2011

learn a language  Learn A Language is a free site where students or educators can practice common vocabulary or phrases of seven (eight if you count English) different languages:  Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, German, or Russian.

Projects to Connect Students Globally

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Blogs, Current Events/News, Foreign Language, Math Resources, Odds and Ends, Online Projects, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources | Posted on February 10, 2011

integrating tech

 

 If you have been itching to try your hand at coordinating a global learning project in your classroom, this blog and links are a great place to start.  The possibilities are endless and can tie in to all subject areas. 

Thanks to Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom Blog for this list.

http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/02/10/my-journey-with-global-collaboration/

http://www.globalschoolnet.org/

http://www.iearn.org.au/

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/penpals/

http://www.epals.com

http://www.ozprojects.edu.au

Want to Learn Spanish?

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Foreign Language | Posted on July 22, 2010

Spain

  These links will take you to sites where you can learn Spanish online (for the most part free – although some do require you to sign-up and provide an email address). 

 

SpanishPrograms.com

“Curso de Español” (www.learn-spanish-online.de)

Study Spanish.com

Spanish Speak 7.Com

LiveMocha.com:

Word Steps – Learn Another Language a Few Words at a Time

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, English Language Learners, Foreign Language, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on June 2, 2010

wordsteps

 

Word Steps is a free program where you can learn foreign language vocabulary a few words each day.  You create an account so that you can store your settings.  They claim:

Invest 15 minutes a day visiting us 3 times a week, and you will learn a minimum of 240 new foreign words in a month and at least 3,000 words in a year.
How much is that?
  • By knowing only 3,000 foreign words, you would know 85% of all the words used in books of that language.
  • By knowing only 2,000 foreign words, you would understand 95% of all the words used by native speakers in their everyday life.

Project Explorer – Global Learning for Students

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Lesson Planning, Promethean Resources, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies Resources | Posted on April 21, 2010

project explorer

 

 

 

 

Project Explorer.Org

The mission of Project Explorere is to provide a global cultural experience through film and multimedia materials aimed at fostering the next generation of global citizens.  Founded in 2003 by Jenny M Buccos, ProjectExplorer.org is a nonprofit organization (501c3) that produces free, online global travel series. Designed for family and classroom, ProjectExplorer.org provides students with access to peoples and places they may never have seen or knew existed.

Curriculum Bits

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Math Resources, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on August 8, 2009

geometry

 

Curriculum Bits is a UK site, but it has some interesting links.  From the web site….

Established in 2006, Curriculumbits.com offer free online access to a growing range of interactive multimedia elearning resources. The online resource library contains games, quizzes, animations and videos in a variety of subjects. Resources have been produced according to key stage 3 and 4 of the UK National Curriculum for students aged 11 to 16. All resources are produced by elearning multimedia specialists in collaboration with every day teaching staff as a direct solution to their classroom requirements.

Slangman’s World Language Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Odds and Ends, Reading/Language Arts | Posted on August 1, 2009

Slangman\’s World web site

Slangman’s World, currently airing on the American Forces Network (AFN) in 175 countries, introduces young children to foreign languages and cultures through music, animation, and magic. Slangman, the show’s host, is a fun-loving wizard and inventor who lives in a house high on a cloud. His best friend, Wordy, is a young language dictionary on a quest to fill up his pages with words from around the world so he can earn his place in the Great Hall of Books.

The purpose of Slangman’s World is not just to teach children a few words in a new language, but to inspire them to want to learn more about the people, languages, and cultures around the world. Fun is the key. Slangman’s World is a feast for the senses, giving children more to discover every time they watch it.

“The limits of my language are the limits of my world.”
–Ludwig Wittgenstein

Global Projects for Student Collaboration

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on July 19, 2009

Guide to Global Collaborations

Looking for Global Projects for your Students

From Larry Ferlazzo’s blog comes these two sites on finding global projects for your students.

 

The Story Place Web Site (Charlotte Library System)

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Reading/Language Arts, Special Education, Technology | Posted on July 18, 2009

The Story Place Web Site (in both English and Spanish)

Children and their parents have for years enjoyed attending storytimes, checking out books and participating in a number of other educational, entertaining and participatory programs at the various locations of The Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. StoryPlace, an interactive web site, came about to provide children with the virtual experience of going to the library and participating in the same types of activities the library offers. In the summer of 1999, a team of Children’s Librarians and Specialists got together with in-house web developers to begin development on this exciting site. In the Spring of 2000, StoryPlace premiered with its first section, the Pre-School Library, completed.

StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and Elementary Library. We welcome comments and suggestions to make StoryPlace the children’s virtual library to check out!

Whyzz Web Site — Answering Kids’ Questions

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Art, Early Learning, Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Health/Fitness, Math Resources, Music, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on July 10, 2009

Whyzz web site that answers kids questions…

This web site allows students to ask questions and receive an answer.  It also allows contributions from the participants. 

whyzz is the place where parents with curious young children can find and contribute kid-ready information about how the world works!  You can use whyzz on your mobile device or on your desktop in any one of the three following ways:

Use the whyzz Search Bar to look for the article that answers your curious child’s question! whyzz articles are designed to be concise, creative, reliable, and written in terms that your kids can understand.

Browse whyzz to see the broad range of what we have to offer! Children’s questions can be endless, so whyzz covers a large variety of topics and categories.

You can also use your mobile device to explore whyzz Fun Stuff when you’re stuck in line at the DMV or end up in congested traffic. There are games, stories, and activities to help further your child’s learning when you suddenly find yourself stuck in a jam!

 
 

Babel Nation Free Foreign Language Learning Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language | Posted on July 9, 2009

Babel Nation Web Site

Welcome to “BabelNation.com”, the outstanding new online-service, which offers online language courses in Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese completely free of charges. Whether you want to travel the world, strengthen your language skills for business purposes or just learn a language for the fun of it, “BabelNation.com” will offer you free interactive online language courses.

Thinkfinity

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Art, Early Learning, Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Health/Fitness, Math Resources, Music, Professional Development, Reading/Language Arts, Science Resources, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on July 4, 2009

Thinkfinity Training Opportunities Web Site

Thinkfinity Web Site

Thinkfinity had a wonderful session at NECC with actor Eric Close and blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer demonstrated how bringing adventure into the classroom stimulates learning.  I have talked about this site before, but you have to see it now.  The amount of resources for classroom teachers is vast and well laid out, and the best part is it is all free!  Share in the comments session how you are using these resouces in your classrooms.

iEarn Web Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Reading/Language Arts, Social Studies Resources, Technology | Posted on July 4, 2009

iearn Web Site

What is iEARN?

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization made up of over 25,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 125 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.

Since 1988, iEARN has pioneered on-line school linkages to enable students to engage in meaningful educational projects with peers in their countries and around the world.

iEARN is:

  • an inclusive and culturally diverse community
  • a safe and structured environment in which young people can communicate
  • an opportunity to apply knowledge in service-learning projects
  • a community of educators and learners making a difference as part of the educational process

Speak Like a Spaniard Web Site

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Posted by jenmalonetn | Posted in Educational Resources, Foreign Language, Odds and Ends, Professional Development | Posted on June 23, 2009

http://www.likeaspaniard.com/

For those interested in learning a little Spanish or increasing your Spanish vocabulary, check out this great web site.  This is the post from May 8th on the topic of debt:   In English we say we’re “up to our neck in debt”.  In Spanish one might describe oneself as “hocked up to the shirt”, as in “empeñado hasta la camisa”.

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