Infonews n°161 du 21/09/2002

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" la une" this week, International Vegeterian Day, and International
Car Fee Day. In the news, the scandal about A levels in Britain. Some
resources for all levels, and from the teaching practice point of view:
'Ideas' a new book to read and use, some useful advices from the states,
and two reports about new teaching practice (including le cartable
interactif!). Then a website to make your own online interactive exercises,
and a special report about a very efficient discussion list: e-teach.
I wish you all a very nice week!
amicalement,
Christine Reymond
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A la une
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October 1st : International Vegetarian Day
September 22nd : International Car Free Day
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In the news
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A levels scandal in England (from Dominique Simonet on ET)
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resources for secondary school
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extreme sciences (from anne Pinel on e-teach)
Movies in the Classroom (from BRAINS September 20)
Once Upon a Time (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
Survival Experts (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
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Resources for Primary school
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September Coloring Calendar (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
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Teaching Practice
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Un collégien, un ordinateur portable
"Ideas" from Speakeasy publications, Nathan
Duhs and Don'ts for Today's Teachers ( from Education News Headlines Vol. 1
Issue 25)
eWatch results (from Barbara Dieu on cyber-langues)
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Internet Tools
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Spellmaster (from Darren Rigby on eteach)
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Special Report
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E-teach : A French-based discussion list (from its moderators)
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A la une
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October 1st : International Vegetarian Day
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http://www.hknet.org.nz/VegeFacts-links.html
This page from a Hare Krishna website offer an interesting text and some
useful links on the subject.
Note: there is a mistake in the way the links to the same website have been
entered: when you click on it, they automatically write twice
http://www.hknet.org.nz and then your browser can't find the page. Just
erase this part and it works... (You can also copy and paste the addresses)
Some of the links have a strong religious content, so just skip them and
stick to the extrernal links like:
- Time Magazine, which offers a full page of articles:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020715/index.html
- 101 reasons why i'm a vegetarian:
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/101reas2001.htm
- a beginner's guide to vegetarianism
http://people.qualcomm.com/sriharid/info/vegetarianism/veg.html
- About.com page of links to recipes and websites:
http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?terms=vegetarianism
- recipes:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
- famous vegetarians ( a list of names...)
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Veg-famouspeople-page.htm
- an interesting table of physiological comparison between meat eater and
non eat-eater
http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-health-meatless-diet-page.htm
[ man has no claws, so he shouldn't eat meat.....to be discissed in class!!!!)

September 22nd : International Car Free Day
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some of your students may have hear of this day today in the news, or even
experienced it in their home town. Here are some links to "car free day" in
the world:
Ireland: http://www.irish-energy.ie/setframe.asp?sec=services&page=main6e
Dublin:
http://www.dublinbus.ie/news_centre/special_offers.asp?action=view&news_id=132
Toronto: http://www.carfreeday.ca/toronto2001.php (see the poster)
Europe: http://www.22september.org/ (also available in French)

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In the news
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A levels scandal in England (from Dominique Simonet on ET)
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"The exams watchdog is investigating persistent complaints from head
teachers that this year's A-level results were "fixed" to stop grades
ballooning. "
2 articles to read:
http://www.sociology.org.uk/observer.htm ( presents the problem)
http://education.guardian.co.uk/alevels2002/story/0,12321,794499,00.html
(and "related articles")

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resources for secondary school
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extreme sciences (from anne Pinel on e-teach)
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better than the Guiness book of records to make lower secondary school
students use superlatives.
http://www.extremescience.com/earthsciport.htm

Movies in the Classroom (from BRAINS September 20)
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<http://www.classbrain.com/artmovies/publish/
You already know that kids are addicted to movies, so use it to your
advantage. Visit the new Movies in the Classroom section from
ClassBrain! You'll find lesson plans, additional learning materials, and a
complete breakdown of each movie selected for its valuable content. Choose by
subject, studio, or read the posted reviews. Explore everything from Ants to
Albert Einstein.
[ an interesting site to work from the movies]

Once Upon a Time (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson279.shtml
Fables, fairy tales, folktales, legends, myths, and tall tales -- six literary
genres that engage student interest -- can be used in the classroom to inspire
creative thinking and writing. This week, Education World offers five lessons
to introduce students to the literary genres -- and to their own imagination!
Included: Graphic organizers, student work sheets, more!

Survival Experts (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson032.shtml
Students take on the role of survival experts as they research and produce
brochures or guides to educate others about what to do in the event of a
natural disaster.
[ to complete a unit around heros or behaviour in exteme situations.]

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Resources for Primary school
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September Coloring Calendar (from Education_World_Lessons_Newsletter)
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http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/calendar/sept02.shtml
Students fill in the numbers and color the picture. For additional ideas for
using the calendar, don't miss Twenty-Five Ideas for Using the Coloring
Calendar
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson272.shtml
[ un calendrier, et des activités autour, quotidiennes et origniales, pour
vivre l'anglais au jour le jour.]

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Teaching Practice
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Un collégien, un ordinateur portable
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le point sur cette opération innovante ( cartable interactif) dans les
Landes, sur un site très complet et bien fait:
http://www.landesinteractives.net/journal/index.php

"Ideas" from Speakeasy publications, Nathan
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Speakeasy just published a book and a website for crosscurricular
activities for lower secondary school students (itinéraires de découverte).
This is the kind of resource you should find in all school library (CDI)
and resource centre. See:
http://www.speakeasy-mag.com/ideas
On the website, you will find an order form to get the book, and soon a
teacher's guide.
In the book, you will find lots of exciting documents, like cartoons,
photos and drawings and easy articles in English to study three themes:
- The legend of King Arthur in English, French and History
- Citizens of Europe in English, Spanish, German, civics, history and geography
- Water in English, sciences, history and geography
Each theme is dealt with in a very visual way, and with a choice of
vocabulary corresponding to the age group (12-15). The book offers also
many links to online resources for further studies.
And you can find those links on the website, so that you just have to click
on them to directly go there!
(note that in the address given on p11, there is a / instead of a - : so
read :
http://www.speakeasy-mag.com/ideas
and not : www.speakeasy/mag.com/ideas )
The part about "Citizens of Europe" in excellent, and can be used in many
projets: it suggests questionnaires to send to correspondents in other
European countries and how to exploit them in class.

Duhs and Don'ts for Today's Teachers ( from Education News Headlines Vol. 1
Issue 25)
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This week's Starr Points column:
* Duhs and Don'ts for Today's Teachers
Should you raise the bar or lower your standards?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues344.shtml
[ an interesting newsarticle to reflect on your standards.]

eWatch results (from Barbara Dieu on cyber-langues)
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http://www.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/fr/practices_/content.cfm?ov=15854&lang=fr
in french on Euroepan Union Network :
Etudes pour l’avenir : Que peut-on apprendre des méthodes pédagogiques ?
Interesting survey and analysis of the results.

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Internet Tools
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Spellmaster (from Darren Rigby on eteach)
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Create your own Flash 5 Vocabulary Training Aids Online (FREE)
Introducing our new range of vocabulary games.
http://www.spellmaster.com/
With this interactive online software, you can create your own interactive
exercises for free, and put them online on a website or locally on a
machine or an intranet.

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E-teach : A French-based discussion list (from its moderators)
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E-teach: A French-based discussion list open to anyone with a professional
interest in the teaching of English at all levels.

It addresses topics and questions relating to the experience of English
teachers who wish to share their practices and pool their resources through
informal exchanges.

The development of ICT as applied to languages is of special interest to
most members. E-teach could be said to be a mine of information in that
respect. Indeed it explains the birth of Cyber-langues the annual meeting
of language teachers . A friendly informal reunion of a few members of
e-teach, keen on adding the new dimension afforded by the new technologies
to their pedagogy, evolved into an impressive gathering of world-wide
language teachers.

E-teach is strictly independent from any institution whatsoever.
Members: 350
Traffic: 120-150 posts per week
Posting: through the web or via e-mail
Membership: subject to teaching related activity and identity.

A web interface is provided with the following features:

-Info on the list
-Subscribe/un-subscribe button

http://www.listes.educnet.education.fr/wws/info/e-teach

The members can access:

-Archives which can be searched using keywords to find messages of interest
to them through a search engine)
-Posting to the list
-Posts from the list
-Documents: a section where personal or collaborative work can be uploaded
and downloaded for the benefit of all the members.
Worksheets, lesson plans, assessment guides, favourite links, classroom
posters, book-quests, etc. Worth visiting.

A click on e-teach-request@listes.educnet.education.fr will put you through
to the helpful co-moderators of the list:
Clau Hepburn Claude Covo-Farchi Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn Lucy Georges (who
founded the list in 1998)

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