Infonews n°146 du 24/02/2002

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Dear colleagues,
Today, a new version of Infonews, with my comments in English.You are
now over 520 English teachers to read Infonews, and some members from
Germany, the Netherlands or Canada will find it easier to read it all in
English. If it is an inconvenience to any of you, please let me know!
This week, you'll find : first some news from the Winter Olympics,
then some resources for primary schools, including the very interesting
Renault security contest and a correspondence with Australia. Then, an
article presenting Pawnshops, interactive websites about the Grand Canyon,
addresses about "Lord of the Rings", and websites for secondary school
teachers. Then you'll discover Video and audio resources to buy, how to
make the best of BBC programs, freebies from the British Embassy in France,
and the last call for communication for Cyber-Langues 2002.
Have a nice week!
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Winter Olympics
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Sarah Hughes glides to Gold
New York Times Learning Network
How Performance-Enhancing Drugs Work ( What's New at HowStuffWorks, 02/18/02)
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Resources for Primary School
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*Road Safety for All
Postcards around Australia Project
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Cultural facts
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How Pawnshops Work (What's New at HowStuffWorks, 01/21/02)
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Grand Canyon
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interactive trip (Josiane Laval)
site du National Park Service (Phil benz)
Virtual Tour (from Barbara Dieu)
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Lord of the Rings
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Resources for secondary school
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Fashion (from Evelyne Vittoz)
*Jürgen Wagner's links
A colleague's website (from Annie Gwynn)
*The Beatles (by Annie Gwynn)
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Videos and audio resources to buy
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*Burg Medien
CNDP
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On TV
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BBC World and Prime programmes
Vos droits (fromJ.M.Dumont)
other sites (fromJ.M.Dumont)
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projects
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European School Reporters (from J.M.Dumont)
My Europe (from European SchoolNet)
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Freebies
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From the British Embassy in Paris
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Appel à Communication
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Cyber-Langues : dernier appel à communication

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Winter Olympics
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Sarah Hughes glides to Gold
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http://www.newsday.com/ny-skate0223.story?coll=ny-top-headlines
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/story/0,6260,212423,00.html
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/oly_skating020222.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49652-2002Feb21.html
http://chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0202220415feb22.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed

New York Times Learning Network
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http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/2002olympics/index.html
you will find there links and texts about heroes and legends, and teen
champions.

How Performance-Enhancing Drugs Work ( What's New at HowStuffWorks, 02/18/02)
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/athletic-drug-test.htm
It's Olympic time again, and performance-enhancing drugs are
back in the news. Find out what types of drugs athletes use,
what their side effects are and how they're tested for.
[ A site you can use in upper secondary school to explore from a technical
and clinical point of view the drugs the athletes use in competition. You
can work with the biology or gym teacher, or encourage the pupils to work
on their own on the subject, and make a presentation to the class. Un site
utile dans le cadre des TPE en lycée.]

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Resources for Primary School
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*Road Safety for All
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A competition for primary school children (aged 7 to 11). It is offered in
English, French and German so you can use both your native language and
English.
http://www.safety-for-all.com/competition_2001/instructions/index.htm
In each section, you'll find worksheets to download. They can be used in
primary school or in lower secondary. You'll find easy questionnaires with
questions like : "how do you go to school?" (by bus, on rollers?).
Germany is not one of the countries taking part in the competition, but
Switzerland is, so there is also a version in german at:
www.sicherheit-fuer-alle.ch
And if you decide to take part, and your project is chosen, you will be
invited to the finale in Disneyland Paris, in June 2002!
On the website, you can also find games, which are easy and visual and can
be a good starting point for a discussion:
http://www.safety-for-all.com/kids/index.htm

Postcards around Australia Project
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Students participating in Postcards Around Australia will travel
around all Australian states, visiting one coastal town/region and
one outback town/region on their virtual trip. They will send an
electronic postcard from each of the 14 locations to their email partner.
http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/postcards/index.html
[Register, and receive virtual postards from all over Australia. An
opportunity for your pupils to communicate with australian students of
their age, preferably on a one to one basis, and to explore Australia
(English and geography)]

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Cultural facts
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How Pawnshops Work (What's New at HowStuffWorks, 01/21/02)
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/pawnshop.htm
If you're looking for a fast loan or a TV for next-to-nothing,
the pawnshop's the place to go. Learn all about the rules and
practices of pawnbroking!
[ for upper secondary school. A special cultural fact the pupils have
certainly never considered....]

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Grand Canyon
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interactive trip (Josiane Laval)
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http://deil.lang.uiuc.edu/travelsim/gc.html
The students have a budget, and they have to make choices of
transportation, lodgings and activities. On their way, they can see
pictures or videos of a raft trip on Colorado River (note: the address has
changed, it is now : http://www.oars.com/htdocs/grandcanyon/ ). They have
to read and understand english, and they have fun at the same time!
Josiane Laval has tried this with her students in a vocation school. She said :
" It all went fine : everyone, including the quickest and the weakest, have
enjoyed it and worked very well. I had prepared a worksheet for them to
keep track of their choices, so that we could discuss it in class later.
One of them insisted on sending the postcard to his girlfriend instead of
me. I was allowed to read it, and i accepted. He was so happy!
It was thrilling to see they feel sorry because they couldn't afford to
travel by plane or book in the luxurious hotel.....Some of them even
insisted on coming back to the computer room after the lesson : "I haven't
had time to go to the rafting site. I have to do it this time!"

site du National Park Service (Phil benz)
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www.nps.gov
On this website, you will find links to all National parks. For each,
you'll have infos about how to get there, what to see, the accomodations
and the activities. You can easily build a webquest similar to the one above.
For Grand Canyon national park, see:
http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm

Virtual Tour (from Barbara Dieu)
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for a virtual tour of the grand canyon, visit
http://members.tripod.com/USAConnection/Williams/Williams.htm
You will see photos of our students going down ( a 9 hour walk, Bright
Angel Trail, Indian Garden ) in 1998, and a text of general presentation.

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Lord of the Rings
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LORD OF THE RINGS
http://www.surfnetkids.com/lordoftherings.htm
The New York Times: The Tolkien Archives
http://www.nytimes.com/specials/advertising/movies/tolkien/
J.R.R. Tolkien in Oxford
http://www.jrrtolkien.org.uk/
Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Site
http://www.lordoftherings.net/
National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngbeyond
The Tolkien Trail
http://www.tolkientrail.com/

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Resources for secondary school
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Fashion (from Evelyne Vittoz)
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download for free a 40 page brochure about fashion in Britain.
https://www.informationfrombritain.com/PDF/94/Fashion_40pp.pdf
This document is a useful complement to the Fashion Designer List in
Infonews n°145:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/archives/145.htm

*Jürgen Wagner's links
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http://www.wagner-juergen.de/englisch
take time and visit this precious page of links! Some titles are in German,
but the explanations are in English. You will find useful links for
exchanges (Austausch), for business English (BTS tertiaires), links to
sites about London, Canada, Australia and Ireland, and for listening
compréhension, literature, poetry, politics.....have a look for yourself
and keep it bookmarked!

A colleague's website (from Annie Gwynn)
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http://www.pumpkinandcompany.com
this nice new website offers links to many interesting places. Note
especially her links towards websites of educational games for children,
where pupils from lower secondary school can play and learn english from
school or from home. Some parts are still under construction....come back
regularly to see the features!

*The Beatles (by Annie Gwynn)
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The Beatles v1.2 is a collection of lyrics of the legendary rock-group The
Beatles. This collection is composed basing on the freely distributed texts
and MIDI sequences of their songs.
This program was written to help the people who are interested in The
Beatles's lyrics. The program is intended for both the Beatles fans and for
all people who want to acquaint themselves with The Beatles' works download
it at :
http://www.binary-insight.com/eng/download/

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Videos and audio resources to buy
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*Burg Medien
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http://www.burg-verlag.de
this German website offers many videos that we like to use in class
(classics, Shakespeare, and films like "the green line" or "brave new
World"....) . there are also audio recording of interviews and books (Harry
potter), and some cdroms. I discovered "Citizen of the world". You can
write and receive a free demo cd!
contact : Wolfgang Meissner <w.m.meissner@t-online.de>

CNDP
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http://www.cndp.fr/base-video/resultats.asp?id=33&type=2
On this page, you will find videos produced by the CNDP. Note the tape
"Focus" which offers news reports and commercials specially prepared for
class use, with a booklet explaining how to present them and ready made
worksheets. I have been using the report about the homeless (with "another
Day in paradise by Phil Collins) every year since 1989!

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On TV
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BBC World and Prime programmes
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We are now allowed to use BBC World and BBC Prime in our classes. In
the programs for Monday 25/02/2002, I selected for you on BBC Prime (the
times are CET, central eastern time, ours...)
03:00/03:50 Mary Shelley and Frankenstein (upper secondary
level or above)
04:00/04:30 human networks in New York (upper secondary level
or above)
06:30/07:00 Muzzy in Gondoland (english teaching serie for primary
school)
07:35/07:45 Moddy (Oui-Oui) ( cartoon for primary school)
08:30/09:15 and 14.30/15.15 Ready Steady Cook ( pour école hotelières)
13:30/14:30 Bergerac (the serie with Tom Nettle as a Jersey
detective)
16:20/16:45 Blue Peter (for primary and lower secondary school,
children magazine)
If you want to know more and access the whole programs several weeks in
advance, register on:
http://listes.educnet.education.fr/wws/info/bbc
(clic on "s'abonner" at the end of the page, and send the message blank.
You must have an official address to register, mentioning the name of your
educational organisation. If you have problems, send me a message.).

Vos droits (fromJ.M.Dumont)
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http://www.educnet.education.fr/langues/dossier/bbc.htm
in French. On the Ministry site, the details of the convention with BBC,
what you are officially allowed to do with the recordings.

other sites (fromJ.M.Dumont)
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what's on BBC Prime today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/TV/bbcprime.html
what's on BBC Prime this week:
http://tv.wip.wanadoo.fr/index_chaine.html?c=36
(select the day and the time at the top of the grid)
various programs available on the cable:
http://tv.wip.wanadoo.fr/chaine_alpha.html
from Telesat 60 : how to chose your satellite
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/telesat/
what you can do in class:
www.bbcexperimentation.fr.fm
[ very useful informations and reflexions. You will find technical advices
which will help you make the best of those programs, and interesting ideas
and examples to implement them in class.]

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projects
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European School Reporters (from J.M.Dumont)
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BBC Wales is going to highlight ‘European School Reporters’ (ESR) a Virtual
School Activity. Its main goal is to encourage pupils to get to know Europe
better. They will exchange and organise information internationally - just
like real journalists. Don’t miss this opportunity and register now:
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/community/ask_esr.cfm

My Europe (from European SchoolNet)
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We are building a new “myEUROPE gallery” for your projects. We invite you
to promote yours by sending a project summary, its URL and some
illustrations. The first featured project is ‘Eurotales’, please take a
look:
http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/myeurope/content.cfm?lang=en&ov=12044

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Freebies
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From the British Embassy in Paris
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http://www.amb-grandebretagne.fr/uk_today/index.jsp?folder_id=5&folder_id_parent=3
you will find many documents to download. You can also order posters and
brochures and just pay for the postage.

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Appel à Communication
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Cyber-Langues : dernier appel à communication
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[ this call for participation is in french because French is the language
of the meeting. If you want to submit a communication, it has to be in french.]

Bientôt prendra fin la phase "appel à communication" pour laisser place à la
phase de "pré-inscription" au cours de laquelle vous pourrez manifester
votre désir d'être parmi nous pour cette nouvelle édition des rencontres
CYBER-LANGUES.
En attendant si vous vous intéressez à l'intégration des TICE à
l'enseignement des langues, si vous souhaitez présenter, diffuser ou
simplement venir nous montrer votre travail, vos réalisations, n'hésitez pas
à compléter le formulaire en ligne à l'adresse suivante
http://cyberlangues.online.fr
Venez partager avec nous vos expérimentations, votre connaissance du
terrain. Ensemble nous échangerons sur nos pratiques (mise en oeuvre
concrètes dans nos classes), notre formation (reçue ou souhaitée...
n'oubliez pas que nous mettons en place, cette année, des "ateliers : main à
la pâte"), nos conditions de travail (l'environnement technique dans lequel
nous évoluons...)
Vous qui êtes engagés dans la voie des pratiques pédagogiques visant à
intégrer les TICE pour l'enseignement/apprentissage des langues,
rejoignez-nous et participez à la réflexion que nous menons au sein de
l'association CYBER-LANGUES.

Pour l'équipe du Bureau de Cyber-Langues,
Domingo Bayon Lopez, <domingobl@wanadoo.fr>
Coordonnateur Cyber-Langues 2002
http://cyberlangues.online.fr

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