Infonews n°222 du 12/09/2004
America remembers
About the new building
From the Islamic site
Learn English
Fall Scavenger Hunt ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer September 10th)
Printable Maps
Caviar Emptor (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
Didgeridoo Cultural Hub (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
American RadioWorks: Climate of Uncertainty ( from The Scout Report --
September 10)
The Nineteenth Century English Novel ([LII New This Week] September 9)
Freedom machines (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response (from [LII New
This Week] September 9)
Tall Buildings (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
To be a good teacher
Apprentissage - Histoire et tendances actuelles (lu dans Cursus 135)
PBS goes through the reasons which made George.W.Bush become religious and
how this influenced his behavior and his choices.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
PBS is a national, globally objective TV channel, and its Front Line
programs always deal with controversial problems, and invites the audience
to watch the show and then share their thoughts. You can view the programs
online at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/view/
find the transcripts at: ( note that they seem to put online only the
transcript of the last episode)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/etc/tapes.html
and read (and take part in?) the discussion on :
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jesus/talk/
There are even lesson plans and a complete guide to use the show in class
(of course, you have to adapt it to ESL students.)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/jesusfactor/
About the elections, our colleague Sylvie Brod suggests to compare the
contradictory figures on those two sites which offers "
Vote Predictors":
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
http://www.electionprojection.com/
see also this site for teachers (Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Thursday, September
9th)
Presidential Election 2004 from start to finish:
http://www.teachablemoment.org/high/election2.html
How do you create a campaign to become President of the United States? From
fundraising, to primaries, to party conventions, to the general election
campaign and election day, follow the processes involved. Student
discussion questions and activities are included.
America remembers
from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/
from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/worldspecial5/
from the Smithonian
http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/
from ABC
http://abcnews.go.com/Sept11_2004/index.html
from USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2004-09-11-anniversary_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
from Voice of America
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2004-09-11-anniversary_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
on BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3646874.stm
On ITV, short videos from independent producers "which capture timely
and
heartfelt reactions to the tragedy that shook the world."
http://www.itvs.org/9.11/
You can also find interesting this parallel between Pearl Harbour and
September 9/11, with lots of audio files and their transcripts
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/daysofinfamy/
About the new building
and you can chose to use this site about what can be built on this "sacred
ground":
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sacred/
From the Islamic site
An article on Al Jazeera (note that it is just the AFP report)
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/09951F81-6AF1-4262-96A2-B02DE7833485.htm
Scholars of Islam and the Tragedy of September 11th
This Web site "produced through the cooperation of over 50 professors
of Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern Studies from the US and Canada"
includes information about the Islam position on terrorism, strong
statements condemning terrorism, and resources related to hate crimes,
Afghanistan, and more. From the Study of Islam Section at the American
Academy of Religion.
http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm
Learn English
Sylvie Brod recommended this site on eTeachNet for children in primary
school or younger. You can find lots of pages to print and colour, a poetry
competition, lots of songs, stories and poems, plus resources around sports
and the Olympics
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids/
Fall Scavenger Hunt ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer September 10th)
http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/23sep99/teach6.html
Using a four foot piece of string, a magnifying glass, and a printable
student worksheet, students will take their investigations of autumn
outside to find evidence of the season in a microcosm of their larger
world. Find further instructions here.
[ if you plan an outing to discover autumn, here is an idea of a scavenger
hunt in English! And if you just want them to nrecord the thing they see,
hear and smell, use this worksheet:
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/walk.htm ]
Printable Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html
Select the type of map you need: world, country, or region, and customize
your printable maps from National Geographic online by choosing the detail
level and the borders.
Caviar Emptor (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
http://www.caviaremptor.org
Provides background information about this campaign to "stop
international trade of beluga caviar" and "protect and restore all
Caspian
Sea sturgeon." Includes questions and answers about caviar (the eggs taken
from a female sturgeon), a list of sources for American caviar (as an
alternative to imports), recipes, a report on the decline of Caspian Sea
sturgeon, and related materials.
[ for those who are interested in endangered species, see also this site:
http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/sturgeon.shtml
and for those interested in eating, see those caviar recipes (in a tartare,
or on blinis) !
http://www.caviaremptor.org/recipes.html ]
Didgeridoo Cultural Hub (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
http://www.ididj.com.au
In this website, you will find useful topics that shed light on the
complex issues of authenticity and commercial exploitation. We
explain what an authentic didgeridoo is and contrast this with
a souvenir didgeridoo and didgeridoos of non-Indigenous origin."
Includes information on the creation and maintenance of this Australian
musical instrument, images, video clips, audio files,
and playing techniques.
[ If you feel interested, dont miss the
<http://www.ididj.com.au/exhibitions/index.html>exhibition
of didgeridoos!]
American RadioWorks: Climate of Uncertainty ( from The Scout Report -- September
10)
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/climate/
The American Radio Works radio documentary programs have been garnering
acclaim over the past few years, and their latest production is definitely
worth a listen. Created by Daniel Grossman and John Rudolph (and narrated
by Ira Flatow), this one-hour program addresses the effects that global
warming may have on the northern half of the United States over the coming
years and decades.
[ a radio program to listen to with the transcript, and links to study to
topic in depth. For advanced students.]
The Nineteenth Century English Novel ([LII New This Week] September 9)
This companion to a class at Brooklyn College provides an introduction
to the writings of Jane Austen, Emily Bronté, Charles
Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Also features annotated links to related sites. From a
professor at Brooklyn College.
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/
[ for all those who study literature.]
Freedom machines (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
What is assistive technology?
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/freedommachines/special_whatis.html
[ PBS offers a program about how new technology can help disabled people.
This article lists the main techniques. Excellent for technicians and all
students interested in technology.]
A Primer on Disaster Preparedness, Management and Response (from [LII New This
Week] September 9)
http://www.archives.gov/preservation/primer_disaster_preparedness.html
This "handbook presents guidelines for general facilities preparation
and response to a variety of events both natural (storms, floods) and
man-made (hazardous material accidents)" for preserving "books, documents,
and other paper-based materials."
Includes recommendations for cleaning and drying flood-damaged
materials, dealing with mold and mildew, and related topics. From
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
[ for all those who want to study safety.]
Tall Buildings (from [LII New This Week] September 9)
http://moma.org/exhibitions/2004/tallbuildings
This site offers an evaluative look at 25 tall buildings throughout the
world, including the World Trade Center. The buildings are compared and
used to illustrate discussions of skyscraper design issues such as
aerodynamics, structural technologies, skins (the outer surfaces), public
space, green technologies, and circulation and escape routes. From the
Museum of Modern Art, New York.
[ for future architects and builders, very useful also for studying
comparisons.]
To be a good teacher
Library Hot Five #240 offers three interesting sites to reflect on "what
is
a good teachers" and ways to improve your teaching:
What Makes a Good Teacher?
http://www.unicef.org/teachers/teacher/teacher.htm
Children from 50 countries aged 8-12 contributed their opinions in this
article. You can also submit your ideas on the topic.
Attention, Class: 16 Ways to Be a Smarter Teacher
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/53/teaching.html
Good teachers need to be doers. Here are some tips to help teachers to be
more effective in guiding their students.
Setting the Stage for Learning from Teaching
http://www.cftl.org/documents/Darling_Hammond_paper.pdf
Teacher quality: does it matter? Good schools and good teachers really do
make a difference.
Apprentissage - Histoire et tendances actuelles (lu dans Cursus 135)
Les théories de l'apprentissage et leurs applications pratiques en enseignement
http://cursus.cursus.edu/hitcounter.asp?on=coursInt&no=20400
" Le site EduTIC sur l’histoire et les tendances actuelles de
l’apprentissage aborde de façon systématique les théories qui ont et ont eu
cours en éducation et leurs traductions dans les faits et la pratique
éducative aujourd’hui.
L’élaboration des théories successives d’Ebbinghaus, Thorndike, Pavlov,
Watson, Wertheimer, Skinner, Tolman, Piaget, Vygotski, Gagné, Bruner
jusqu’à Moscovici vous amènera à comprendre les choix actuels qui sont fait
en éducation et ceux qui seront à faire à la suite des résultats obtenus.
Vous trouverez nombe d’explications, de références et des ressources
pratiques pour chaque thème abordé. "
http://www2.uqtr.ca/hee/site_1/index.php?no_fiche=966
[ L'université du Québec met en ligne ce manuel complet sur l'histoire des
apprentissages et propose une reflexion en relation avec une récente
réforme qui a eu lieu au Québec. ce document sera un manuel de référence
précieux pour les étudiants et les chercheurs en didactique.]
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