Section 1: Group Assignments

MW PPT & MM Sci Lesson PDF.pdf

 TDC Group 4 Newsletter.pdf

Melissa's Picks!: 

http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=115

2.  Melissa Winfield:  Here's a list of chat lingo commonly used by students.  They use these acronyms in chat rooms and on cell phones!

Note: For these little things called "emoticons"  Often the idea is to turn your head sideways, and it makes a picture on a lot of the smiley faces.  ;-) for example where the ; (semi-colon) are the eyes, the - is the nose, and the ) is the mouth. Also, you see some people use the hyphen (-) to show the nose, while others will show the same expression without the nose.  Example:  ;-)   and   ;)   signify the same thing.

 

Michael Martinez

 Michael Martinez  >  National Association for Bilingual Education

http://www.nabe.org/

  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

This is the Podcasting software I started using.  Audacity has interesting features you should take a look at.  Enhance students’ learning.  Have them record!

http://www.starfall.com/ 

This is a site I use with my ELLs (English Language Learners) so they can learn English.  The audience is for K-3.  It is an excellent online Literacy Resource.  Most importantly, it is ALL FREE.  Please look and spread the word about this site.  My students love it!

http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/international/bylanguage/spanish.html

This is a great site to learn how to make all the special Accents, Symbols & Foreign Scripts in the Spanish Language.

Below you will see some examples.  This is a must learn, especially if you teach Spanish like myself. 

http://spanish.typeit.org/

This site will help you practice using the special characters from other langauges, not just Spanish. 

 The for those that need an intro to Smartboard.  Watch this video link.  I incorporated this video into my group PPT on Chapter 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8P-sv9dOu8

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

The above link is a free online multilingual dictionary.  My focus is on Spanish, but it will allow you to translate English with other langauges too and vice versa.

African

Danish

Dutch

Finnish

French

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese

Latin

Norwegian

Portugese

Russian

Spanish

Swahili

Swedish

http://www.spanishdict.com/

If you want to translate a simple statement in Spanish, then this is the site your looking for.  I personally don't use it since I am a fluent native Spanish-Speaker.  I recommend this for TEACHERS that have English Language Learners in their classrooms and NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPANISH FAMILIES.  Try it, parents will appreciate it.  This is a NECESSARY Tool for MONOlingual Educators.

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 BARBI'S PICKS!

Barbi Neumann-Marty: Technical Assistance Center on School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

www.pbis.org

Barbi Neumann-Marty

This is about Teachers' Professional Development in Technology-Pedagogy Intergration http://www2.unescobkk.org/education/ict/v2_2/info.asp?id=14237

Barbi Neumann-Marty

This article explains how the world wide web can be easy, fun, rewarding, and highly productive for classroom instruction.  Provides examples and step by step instructions. 

www.newhorizons.org

Barbi Neumann-Marty

wiki ppt.ppt 

Check out this PPT. 

Technology and Literacy

Literacy Matters provides you with up-to-date and practical information about why and how to use technology tools as an integral part of reading and writing instruction. The information is divided into three sub-sections:

Writing

Reading

Communicating

http://www.literacymatters.org/tech/intro.htm

Technology empowers students to access, manipulate, evaluate, and communicate information effectively. It should be used meaningfully by students to do real work. Technology is helpful in promoting student learning by addressing a variety of learning styles, providing thought provoking challenges, and encouraging higher level thinking. It offers students presentation options which engage the learner as well as the intended audience.

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Shannon's Pick's:

Shannon Jackson: Education World

http://www.educationworld.com/foreign_lang/classroom/spanish.shtml

 www.carolhurst.com

This website consists of k-12 Children's Literature Books. The site is also noteworthy in Education. It provides teachers with objectives for classroom use and a collection of recommended books and activities on specific subject topics, different topics within curriculum areas, themes, and professional topics.

www.instaspanish.com

A video magazine teaching Spanish through videos of native speakers, music and more. Short capitulos(chapters) videos for students to work on readings at their own pace(Beginner to Advanced students). The chapters short readings, vocabulary, audio worksheets to listen to see what students have learned. It also provides quizzes, and tests for material to be learned within each chapter.

www.earlyadvantage.com

This site provides what is called Muzzy The World which is a division site that offers ways to teach children many different languages.

www.edhelper.com

The website provides different units of Spanish topics for Beginner to Advanced students. There are also various activities using the language as well.

   www.spanishpod.com  This site provides an opportunity to learn the Spanish language at your own pace. There are hundreds of lessons and several thousand conversations. You can sign up to become a member as well.

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Amy's Picks

1.)  www.coolmath4kids.com

 This website can be used by students, parents, and teachers.  It has so many fun learning games for students to use.  Teachers can give students free time on the computer in their classroom and tell them which parts of the website they can use so that it is still fun yet corresponds to the math lesson for that week or the unit plan.  Parents can also use it as a summer program for their child, and students love to use it because it's so much fun!

2.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfJETK3am1M

This video gives teachers a better understanding of why using a blog in their classroom is useful and why the students enjoy using it so much.  It also gives great ideas on how to use blogs in classroom activities and projects.  The video comes straight from the students themselves and the different uses of a blog they like the best.

3.)  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/using_quest.htm

WebQuests can be a great tool to use in your classroom, but many teachers aren't sure exactly how to use them, which one to pick, and which website to use to find one.  There are so many choices out there, and this website helps teachers narrow their choices and shows teachers how to successfully use the WebQuest in their classroom.

4.)  http://www.knowwheretheygo.org

This is a great place for parents and teachers.  It is important to teach children about safety on the internet and this is a helpful website to ensure children aren't going places they shouldn't be.  We all know what kind of dangers there are on the internet and we should be keeping an eye on our students and we should be giving information to parents so they can keep and eye on their child at home as well. 

5.)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FiZ-JufeS0&feature=related

Cyberbullying is happening more and more in and out of classrooms because children can never get away from it.  It makes it harder for the student to detatch themselves from the bullying since it can occur on the internet where it can be made public.  Many children and young adults have lost their lives because of the intense cyberbullying that has occured.  Teachers need to make sure students do not do this and students need to be informed of the consequences it may have.  Parents should also be educated on the topic so they can watch for the signs that their child is being bullied and know how to help. 

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