Infonews n°215 du 16/05/2004

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Les inscriptions pour Cyber-langues 2004 sont en ligne.
Inscrivez-vous et rencontrons nous à Orléans en aout!!!!!
Discover some of the films in the Cannes Festival, some sites to
celebrate Flag Day (or discover how it came to be what it is), then some
handicrafts and certificates for the youngest and some posters to download.
have a nice week!
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Cyber-Langues 2004 : les inscriptions sont ouvertes!
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In the News
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Cannes Festival
Some Films in English
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Flag Day
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Activities
A teaching unit
The history
About the flag
Pages of links
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Resources for Primary School
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Build kites (Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, May 14th)
Make Didgeridoos
Reward them with a certificate
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Resources for Secondary School
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Posters to download

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Cyber-Langues 2004 : les inscriptions sont ouvertes!
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Vous vous intéressez à l'usage des TICE dans l'enseignement des langues, et
vous aimeriez rencontrer des collègues avec qui partager vos découvertes,
projets, succès ou préoccupations.
Venez nous rencontrer et participer à la cinquième édition du colloque
Cyber-Langues qui se déroulera
à Orléans
les 24, 25 et 26 août 2004
sur le thème "Apprentissage des langues et intégration raisonnée des TIC".
Cette manifestation regroupe chaque année enseignants, formateurs,
chercheurs, producteurs d'outils multimédia, qui souhaitent échanger autour
de pratiques concrètes.

Vous aussi, vous y avez votre place....et ce sera l'occasion de se
rencontrer!!!!!

Pour en savoir plus sur ces rencontres, vous inscrire et participer, allez
sur:
http://cyberlangues.online.fr
ou écrivez à cyberlangues@online.fr

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In the News
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Cannes Festival
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the official site
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/
under "vidéo" see the trailers of the films, plus press conferences and
interviews of the actors and directors (not all in English, and no transcript)
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/video/index.php?langue=6002
Virgin's site about the festival (with news and a guide to stay in Nice)
http://www.cannesguide.com/

Some Films in English
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- Fahrenheit 9/11 (USA)
Directed by Michael Moore
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361596/
- Shrek 2 (USA)
Directed by Andrew Adamson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/
- The Ladykillers (USA)
Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335245/
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (UK)
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0352520/
- Kill Bill — Vol. 2 ((USA)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/
- Troy (USA)
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/

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Flag Day
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June 14 is Flag Day! This year, it marks the 225th birthday of the US Flag!

Activities
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Poems, songs and various activities
http://www.childfun.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16
a webquest
http://www2.lhric.org/kat/flag.htm

A teaching unit
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here is a teaching unit about Flag Day including a text, vocabulary,
compprehension exercises, and ideas for follow up discussions. Your
students from second year of secondary school upwards will discover Betsy
Ross and the history of the American flag:
http://ilc2.doshisha.ac.jp/users/kkitao/library/student/reading/holidays/flag.htm

The history
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The official page (very patriotic, with the pledge, too):
http://www.flagday.org/
The History of Flag Day
http://www.usflag.org/flag.day.html
from the US embassy in Germany
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/government-flag.htm
from the US embassy in Sweden
http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/flagday.html

About the flag
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Lots of links to learn the flag regulation, how to display and fold it,
etc. http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/flagday.htm
flag etiquette
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html

Pages of links
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http://paloweb.com/Society/Holidays/Flag_Day/
from Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/flagday/
from HolidayZone
http://www.theholidayzone.com/flag/index.html

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Build kites (Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, May 14th)
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Learn all about pattern, repetition, shape, and design with these special
kites--great for an end-of-school year art project with your upper
elementary students.
http://www.dhc.net/%7eartgeek/carpkite.html
Another site with a more general step by step explanation of how to build a
kite
http://rivalpro.net/~craftykid/useful/kite.shtml

Make Didgeridoos
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You can also choose to combine artwork and music with English and a study
of Australian culture with this site where you learn how to make a
didgeridoo from PVC pipes.
http://www.kinderart.com/multic/didgeridoo.shtml

Reward them with a certificate
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Many of your students deserve awards and recognition at the end of the
school year. Find an online tool here to create your own awards, complete
with borders and graphics.
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/certificates/
http://www.kidbibs.com/awards/card.htm

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Resources for Secondary School
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Posters to download
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NASA has designed a page where you can download some wonderful posters in
color, together with .pdf pages with ideas of how to use them in class.
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlnasa/pictures/poster.html
If you have a color printer, you can chose:
- to print those posters as large as you can and decorate your classroom
with it.
- to print transparencies and work on them with a whole class.
- to make folders for your students, and have them work autonomously on
them individually, in pairs or in teams. They will then present their work
to the class orally, or you can organise activities of picture description
with the students sitting back to back and trying to guess what the other's
picture looks like.
Thanks to Claude Covo Farchi who pointed at the address on eTeachNet.

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