Comics in the Classroom

Comics are an effective tool for engaging students. Comics also have the ability to meet the needs of students in a variety of learning styles.
The Guardian Teacher Network offers some comic-themed resources, activities and ideas for lessons.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/2012/aug/26/teaching-with-comic-books?CMP=twt_gu

Busy Teacher

BusyTeacher.org is a place where teachers share their printable worksheets (more than 7,000), lesson plans and lesson activities with colleagues for free. 

The resources can be very helpful in preparing your lessons and inspiring new excercises or ideas.

http://busyteacher.org/

Planning the first day of school

Larry Ferlazzo, an English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, shares some free online resources for planning the first day of school. You can find them on his blog.

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2011/08/08/the-best-resources-for-planning-the-first-day-of-school/

Game-Based Learning

Top 20 best blogs that cover gamification/game-based learning. According to Wikipedia, Game-Based Learning (GBL) is a branch of serious games that deals with applications that have defined learning outcomes. Generally they are designed in order to balance the subject matter with the gameplay and the ability of the player to retain and apply said subject matter to the real world.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukschools/archive/2012/08/20/the-20-best-blogs-about-game-based-learning.aspx

Beques d'assistència lingüística en anglés

En el DOCV del 16 d'agost s'ha publicat l'ORDE 54/2012, de 9 d'agost, de la Conselleria d'Educació, Formació i Ocupació, per la qual es convoquen 329 beques per a la realització de pràctiques professionals en matèria d'assistència lingüística en anglés en centres docents dependents de la Generalitat durant l'exercici 2012-2013.

http://www.docv.gva.es/datos/2012/08/16/pdf/2012_8005.pdf

London 2012

Celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics with infographics to learn all about the historic games. 
http://visual.ly/olympic-infographics

Solicitud de intercambio virtual

Desde el SEL hemos recibido el siguiente aviso de una profesora de español norteamericana interesada en un intercambio a través de Internet (correos, Skype, proyectos virtuales, etc.) con profesorado español y grupos de alumnado de entre 13 y 16 años. Ella trabaja en un escuela pública del estado de Florida y su alumnado tiene un nivel básico de español.

Cascade DuSel

Spanish Profesor, Pasco eSchool

cdusel@pasco.k12.fl.us

http://eschool.pasco.k12.fl.us/

Do Coyle on CLIL

II Congreso Internacional de Enseñanza Bilingüe. Ponencia plenaria de Do Coyle.

Links into Languages

This programme has produced a series of free resources for teachers of primary, secondary, and post-16 languages. From CLIL to transition and from alternative accreditation to progression, these materials have been created and tested by groups of practising teachers and others working with languages.

The Links into Languages programme is now closed. Its legacy website offers resources from over 100 LinkedUp projects.

Resource finder:

http://www.linksintolanguages.ac.uk/resources/finder/r=all%7Cs=all%7Ct=all%7Cp=65%7Ck=all

Picture Book Maker (Video by eduTecher.net)

Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning

The Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning (LACLIL) is a peer-reviewed journal focused on CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), multilingualism, interculturalism, and CALL (computer-assisted language learning), throughout Latin America and around the world aimed at teachers, researchers, and educational administrators who are interested in researching, implementing, or improving language-learning approaches, techniques, materials, and policies.

(Source and information: http://journals.sfu.ca/laclil/index.php/LACLIL/index)

Blog: http://laclil.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @lacliljournal

Lingofeeds

Lingofeeds provides a guide to professional English, that is to say, specific English learning materials for professional purposes. Instead of providing general examples of grammar and usage, Lingofeeds materials employ key phrases taken from specific industries. Examples are recorded by native speakers.

http://lingofeeds.com/

Free Flash Resources for Teachers

Free flash resources for teachers by Stewart J.J. Davies: clock, pairs, darts, random chance, bingo, real deal, wheel of fortune, who wants to be a millionaire and other stuff. These resources are given freely to be used and edited. Source code is included for flash developers and may be used to edit games. Games, even if edited are not to be redistributed or sold.

Source and downloading:

http://www.sandfields.co.uk/games/

http://www.npted.org/schools/sandfieldsComp/games/Pages/Game-Downloads.aspx

Online playing: http://www.npted.org/schools/sandfieldsComp/games/Pages/default.aspx

English Grammar Rules. Grammarly Handbook

Free online explanation of grammar rules: grammar, punctuation, mechanics, sentence style and sentence clarity, writing (basics, academic writing, organization, development, revising and editing, research and documentation)

http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/

Also by Grammarly (only free resources):

Dictionary and Thesaurus http://words.grammarly.com/

Grammarly@edu: http://www.grammarly.com/blog/edu/

Grammarly Answers: http://www.grammarly.com/blog/edu/

Power Searching with Google

Power Searching with Google is a free online, community-based course showcasing search techniques and how to use them to solve real, everyday problems. It features:

- Six 50-minute classes.

- Interactive activities to practice new skills.

- Opportunities to connect with others using Google Groups, Google+, and Hangouts on Air.

- Upon passing the post-course assessment, a printable Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you.

Registration is open from June 26, 2012 to July 16, 2012. New classes will become available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday starting on July 10, 2012 and ending on July 19, 2012. Course-related activities will end on July 23, 2012.

Source (information and registration):

http://www.google.com/insidesearch/landing/powersearching.html

Eurobarometer

Attitudes towards mulitlingualism in Spain.

http://ec.europa.eu/languages/documents/eurobarometer/e386-factsheets-es_en.pdf

European and their languages. Special Eurobarometer 386. Report. Publication: June 2012.

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_386_en.pdf

ReadWriteThink

ReadWriteThink (RWT) is a web, the mission of which is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.

Its partners are IRA (International Reading Association, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of reading instruction), NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English, a membership organization dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education) and the Verizon Foundation, Verizon Thinkfinity.

RWT publishes classroom materials (you can explore them by grade), parent and afterschool resources and information, events and guides for professional development.

On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ReadWriteThink.org?ref=ts

Home: http://www.readwritethink.org/

VIII Escuela de Verano de Almagro: La escuela y el bilingüismo. AICLE: ¿realidad o ficción?

Estas Jornadas tienen como objetivo y debatir los diferentes enfoques del aprendizaje integrado de contenidos y lenguas extranjeras (AICLE) en el territorio español, valorar los resultados hasta la fecha y reflexionar sobre sus perspectivas de futuro. Se estructurarán a través de cuatro conferencias plenarias y de ámbitos de estudio desarrollados en paralelo.

 

Las jornadas tendrán lugar en Almagro, del 16 al 18 de julio de 2012, en el Palacio Condes de Valparaíso.

El plazo para las solicitudes terminará el 9 de julio. (Las plazas son limitadas)

El precio de la inscripción (consultar extras incluidos) es de 45 euros.

Ficha de inscripción

Información completa:

http://www.consejogeneralcdl.es/almagro.html

Towards a literacy-friendly CLIL classroom

Domenec Perramon's CLIL Blog

The aim of this blog is to serve as a virtual place where all the teachers involved in the CLIL Program at the IES Domenec Perramon (Arenys de Munt) can find resources for their subjects and can see what their colleagues from other departments are doing. The blog also offers an opportunity to share and post all the ideas, exercises, lessons, etc. related to CLIL.

http://domenecperramonblog.blogspot.fr/