Infonews n°201 du 07/12/2003 

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"A la Une" this week, discover some surprising inventions, and
tomorrow's kitchen, from Time magazine and Time for Kids, then some
addresses for Christmas, some for primary school students, including songs
and rhymes to listen to, and crafts to make. For secondary school students,
find resources to use the news in class, a site about dogs, one about
Franklin, another with lyrics and the history of Negro spirituals, a site
about how to start a research paper, and resources to teach economics, then
a database of still pictures and moving images ( mainly archive of ads),
and two sites about Faulkner. At the end of this letter, learn about Hot
Pot 6 in the "tool" section, and read several articles about teaching
practice, with tips useful at all levels and with all type of students.
Have a nice week!
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A la Une : Inventions 2003
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Inventions 2003 from Time For Kids
- Texts (short and varied)
- Teacher's guide
- Reproducibles
Tomorrow's Kitchen from Time magazine
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Christmas
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Resources for Primary School
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Christmas Crafts
Beadie Buddies (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, December 5th)
Nursery Rhymes
Songs for primary school students
Resources from colleagues
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Resources for Secondary School
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Sites to See: Current Events ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
Dogs (PBS Teacher Previews: December 7-14)
The Electric Ben Franklin ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
Negrospirituals.com ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
Research 101 ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
Teaching K-12 Economics (The Scout Report -- December 5)
19th Century Advertising History (The Scout Report -- December 5)
Internet Archive: Moving Images Archive (The Scout Report -- December 5)
Two on Faulkner (The Scout Report -- December 5)
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Internet Tools
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Hot Pot 6
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Teaching Practice
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# 5 of ESP World
Voice of Experience: Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats! ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
Fact, Fiction, or Opinion? Evaluating Online Information ( from EdWorld
Vol. 7/48)
All the Classroom's a Stage! ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
Reading, Writing... And Moral Intelligence ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)

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A la Une : Inventions 2003
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Inventions 2003 from Time For Kids
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The excellent magazine "Time For Kids" is not available overseas, but we
can find lots of useful documents online:
Texts (short and varied)
- for lower intermediate students
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/ns/article/0,17585,544260,00.html
- for intermediate students
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/wr/article/0,17585,544242,00.html

Teacher's guide
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2003F/031121NS.pdf

Reproducibles (to work from the texts and pictures in the first two above
addresses):
- Invention timeline
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2003F/031121NS1.pdf
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2003F/031121WR1.pdf
- invention match up
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2003F/031121NS2.pdf
- fill in the chart about new inventions
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/class/pdfs/2003F/031121WR2.pdf
- date these inventions which changed our way to communicate
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/teachers/pdfs/2003S/030502WR1.pdf

Tomorrow's Kitchen from Time magazine
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Read the text:
http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200310/kitchen_story.html
See a photo report (each photo with a five line comment)
http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200310/photo1.html
see the coolest innovations in kitchen tech
http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200310/product1.html
and discover the Google Gourmet
http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200310/story.html
[ Whirlpool seems to be their main partner there, and most really
innovative devices are not yet scheduled for sale, but it provides us with
dreams for Christmas....;) ]

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Christmas
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You can find lots of sites about Christmas on the page I made for my
students, or on the pages of some other e-teachers:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/christmas1.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/annie.gwynn/festivals.htm#Christmas
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/pedagogi/anglais/civi/christmas.html

Here are some addresses I found in various newsletters:
http://www.christmas.com/worldview/
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/links.html
http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/children/younglearners_elt_celebrate.htm
http://www.realchristmastrees.org/ (including the White House Tree)

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Resources for Primary School
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Christmas Crafts
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with paint and cloth pegs, make some nice Christmas tree ornaments:
http://kinderart.com/seasons/reindeer.shtml
stained glass ornaments (at least it looks as if it were!)
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/sglass.html
and for many other ideas of Christmas craft, choose from:
http://kinderart.com/seasons/dec.shtml#christmas
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_xmas.html

Beadie Buddies (from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, December 5th)
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http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/beadies.html
Beadie Buddies make fun keychains, backpack decorations, mobiles,
necklaces, and ornaments at Christmas time. You can use one to decorate a
gift you're giving, instead of a bow!

Nursery Rhymes
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listen to over 50 rhymes, read by natives:
http://www.ac-orleans-tours.fr/anglais/default.htm

Songs for primary school students
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songs to read and hear, and how to use them in class
http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/children/songs_teaching_children.htm
http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/children/moresongs_teaching_children.htm

Resources from colleagues
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see those two sites for some more resources for primary school
http://fpeyrissat.free.fr/formation/elve/accueil%20elve.htm
http://missionlangues.scola.ac-paris.fr/anepasmanquer.htm

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Resources for Secondary School
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Sites to See: Current Events ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/sites/sites011.shtml
Current event Web sites keep users up to date on the top stories of the
day, offer information that students might not be aware of, and provide
teachers with instructional materials for classroom. The current events Web
sites below are some of the best!

Dogs (PBS Teacher Previews: December 7-14)
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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/dogs/
"Discover just how amazing our canine companions can be, meet some dogs who
do everything
from rescuing skiers to herding sheep and find out what you need to know
before getting a dog of your own."
[ videos, transcripts, real life stories : for students from lower
secondary school upward.]

The Electric Ben Franklin ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
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"The remarkable Benjamin Franklin, a printer by trade, a scientist by fame,
and a man of action by all accounts, continues to shape American thinking
and action. The Independence Hall Association has commissioned and
assembled resources for you to explore the diversity that was Benjamin
Franklin." Features biographical information, images, a timeline, articles,
activities, interactive features (including panoramic views of historical
buildings), quotes, and related links.
http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/

Negrospirituals.com ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
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This site presents a brief narrative of the development of spirituals sung
by blacks in the United States along with information about singers, songs,
and composers. It includes a searchable and browsable list of songs with
lyrics. Also includes related links.
http://www.negrospirituals.com/

Research 101 ([LIIWEEK] December 4)
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This resource is "an interactive online tutorial for students wanting an
introduction to research skills. The tutorial covers the basics, including
how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to
select, search for, find, and evaluate information sources." While some of
the information is specific to the University of Washington Libraries, this
nationally-recognized tutorial
has global utility. From John Holmes of the UW Libraries.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/uwill/research101/
[ excellent site pour lancer des TPE!!!!]

Teaching K-12 Economics (The Scout Report -- December 5)
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http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/K-12/home.cfm
"Sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for Economic
Education (and part of the Economic Education Web), this website offers a
panoply of resources for educators who may be looking for materials that
will assist them in the teaching of basic and intermediate economic
principles. Teachers can peruse sections that offer dozens of classroom
activities and lesson plans, complete with information about both their
relationship to state and national educational standards and grade
appropriateness. The economic concepts section offers some guidance as to
which ideas are most appropriate for various grade levels, including
scarcity, profit, supply, factors of production, and many others. Another
helpful section identifies important projects that teach principles of
economics through utilization of the Internet, something that will be of
great use to those classroom that actively employ computers as an
instructional tool [KMG]"

19th Century Advertising History (The Scout Report -- December 5)
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http://advertising.harpweek.com/
"During the 19th century, one of the most consistently popular American
periodicals was Harper's Weekly, an illustrated paper whose circulation was
well in excess of over 100,000 on a regular basis. This fine site
highlights some of the many creative and inventive advertisements that were
prominently displayed in the periodical during the 19th and early 20th
centuries. The project was the brainchild of John Adler, a longtime history
buff, who came across a complete set of the periodical for the period from
1857 to 1916. On the site visitors can browse through advertisements for
appliances, insurance, foreign travel, farm land, and various medicinal
potions. The selection of ads includes one for "pain paint," which begins
with a brief doggerel that includes a mention of the impeachment of
President Andrew Johnson in 1868. [KMG]"

Internet Archive: Moving Images Archive (The Scout Report -- December 5)
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http://www.archive.org/movies/movies.php
"Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been crawling the web and caching
various incarnations of thousands of websites for a variety of reasons, not
the least among them the fact that this great archive offers a valuable
perspective on the history of the Internet. While most people are content to
look at old versions of various websites, the creative people at the
Internet Archive have also created this wonderful Moving Images Archive
which contains thousands of various educational films, television
commercials, and a number of other visual materials. The best part is that
viewers can add their comments about the films after watching them. Of
course, visitors can perform keyword searches within the Archive or view
lists of the most popular films located here. One rather amusing film is
the social hygiene educational adventure titled Are You Popular? (from
1947), which shows examples of proper and improper dating etiquette and how
to be courteous to one's parents. [KMG]"

Two on Faulkner (The Scout Report -- December 5)
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Center for Faulkner Studies
http://www6.semo.edu/cfs/
William Faulkner Reads [RealOnePlayer]
http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/080294_harp_ITH.html
"Even four decades after his death, the monumental legacy of William
Faulkner to American letters remains of great importance, and there are a
number of websites that commemorate his life and work through various
events, conferences, and publications about various aspects of Faulkneria.
One such entity is the Center for Faulkner Studies at Southeast Missouri
State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Established in 1989 under the
direction of Robert Hamblin, the core of the Center's holdings consists of
the Brodsky Collection, which itself contains over 2000 pages of manuscript
materials and more than 3000 letters. Visitors to the site can search the
contents of the Brodsky Collection and search a rather novel area called
(appropriately) Faulkneria. Here visitors will find the online archives of
the Teaching Faulkner newsletter, some of his most famous quotes, and
recent so-called sightings of Faulkner, as referenced in film and
television. The second site leads to a site where visitors can listen to
Faulkner read excerpts from "As I Lay Dying," "The Old Man," and his much
lauded 1949 Nobel Prize acceptance speech. [KMG]"

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Internet Tools
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Hot Pot 6
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Discover the new features in the last version of the most commonly used
exercise maker. And it is still free!
In French:
http://www.discip.crdp.ac-caen.fr/anglais/index.htm
in English (and to download)
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/

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Teaching Practice
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# 5 of ESP World
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Our friend Jean Claude Viel informs us that issue # 5 of ESP World (which
describes itself as " a free periodical Web-based journal and forum for
teachers, teacher trainers and researchers in the field of English for
Specific Purposes" is now online with the following articles:
- 1 Galina Kavaliauskiene: Role of self -correction in learning ESP
- 2 Anita Hegedus : Modality in English and Hungarian Drug Information Leaflets
- 3 Jaroslaw Krajka : English for Specific Purposes on the World Wide Web -
a proposal for a Web-based coursebook supplement
- 4 Lyudmila Kuznetsova : Projects Developing ESP Students' Writing Skills
- 5 Gavin Melles : Critical thinking in ESL for postgraduate engineers:
negotiating a discipline
- 6 Jesús García Laborda : Travel and Tourism Students' Needs in
Valencia (Spain): Meeting their Professional Requirements in the ESP Classroom
http://www.esp-world.info/articles_5/issue_5.html
[ don't miss those interesting texts and experimentations about English
teaching from colleagues living in other parts of Europe....]

Voice of Experience: Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats! ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice102.shtml
"Want to move your students' thinking from the predictable to the profound?
Educator Brenda Dyck describes a powerful thinking tool that will help
students approach problem solving in innovative ways."

Fact, Fiction, or Opinion? Evaluating Online Information ( from EdWorld
Vol. 7/48)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr194.shtml
"The Internet is a rich source of information -- and a prolific dispenser
of misinformation. Help your students learn to tell the difference!"
[ and the site includes site evaluation tools!]

All the Classroom's a Stage! ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr226.shtml
"Drama enthusiasts say "the play's the thing" to motivate young students in
the classroom. Introducing plays to your students can increase their
reading skills, give them a sense of self-esteem they've never known
before, and expose them to some of the greatest literature in the language.
This week, Education World offers a comprehensive list of drama resources
you can use now!"

Reading, Writing... And Moral Intelligence ( from EdWorld Vol. 7/48)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/chat/chat055.shtml
Disturbed by what she sees as a growing indifference to right and wrong
among young people, educational consultant and author Michele Borba writes
and lectures about the need to teach youngsters the seven virtues of "moral
intelligence." A few minutes of daily re-enforcement, Borba says, can help
build children's moral skills.

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