Why CLIL is Education for the 21st century - David Marsh

Symbaloo sobre CLIL

Si seguís habitualmente nuestros blogs, habréis advertido el protagonismo que durante el curso hemos concedido a una herramienta de recopilación de favoritos como Symbaloo, a la hora de presentaros y agruparos algunos enlaces de interés sobre diversos temas.. Aquí tenéis la oportunidad de conocer una parrilla  o webmix donde se agrupan recursos relacionados con CLIL. Os animamos a conocer esta herramienta y a aprovechar sus múltiples posibilidades. ¿Por qué no echarle un vistazo si tenéis tiempo y ganas durante las vacaciones? Seguro que os encanta. Hablamos por experiencia propia.

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/clilresources

Oferta de cursos sobre didáctica del inglés para el próximo trimestre

Os recordamos que están abiertos a la inscripción, incluso en fechas vacacionales, Internet no cierra, algunos cursos relacionados con la lengua inglesa:

- Curso 14EL51EI027 - Didáctica del inglés en edades tempranas con Juan Rubio como profesor. Qué decir de una nueva edición dirigida al profesorado de infantil sobre metodología en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de inglés en esta etapa. No os la perdáis.

- Curso 14EL51IN084 - An Interactive Course: English Language in classroom. Una oferta original del CEFIRE de Elda con hablantes nativos, principalmente orientado a educación primaria, que os permitirá mejorar el uso del inglés en la interacción en el aula de forma divertida.

Ambos cursos se imparten en inglés.

Podéis consultar detalles e inscribiros en http://mestreacasa.gva.es/web/cefireelda/inscripcio

BodyMaps

Are you interested in helping your students improve their knowledge about the anatomy of human body in a revolutionary new way? We are convinced that you will find this tool extremely useful. 

BodyMaps is an interactive visual search tool that will allow them to explore the human body in 3D. It allows users to mouse over body areas to learn more, look inside different layers of the body and rotate to get a full 360 degree view. It also offers relevant and useful health information. It is indeed a great resource for students, teachers and health educators. 

http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/

 

Scientific Animations (Harvard University)

Live Sciences Outreach at Harvard University provides these flash animations based upon storyboards created by participants in a Summer Workshop for High School Teachers.

Topics covered include Biodiversity, Physiology, Microbiology, Regenerative Biology, Evolution, Neurobiology, Immunology and the Biology of Cancer.

http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations.htm

The Wordsmyth Illustrated Learner’s Dictionary (WILD)

The Wordsmyth Illustrated Learner’sDictionary (WILD) is Wordsmyth’s newest and most exciting and interactive dictionary. It is geared toward children in Grades K to 3 as well as to young English Language Learners. The beta version of WILD is now available for exploration at http://kids.wordsmyth.net/wild/

The Dictionary consists of three sections or environments. All of them are linked with each other so that a user may at any time navigate from one to another:

- The World is made up of places, or "settings," that you can explore. You can find different places. When you move your mouse around a setting, you can see the words that are labeled inside it.

- The Book shows you all of the words in WILD from A to Z, along with part of each word's dictionary entry.

- The Collections include a wide range of categories and subcategories, such as plants, parts of plants, animals, mammals, invertebrates, parts of the human body, actions of the body, foods, colors, and shapes... Included in the Collections is also a collection called Maps through which children can access an interactive map of the world.

Teachers and students will also find WILD's activities (What is it?, Where is it?, Scavenger Hunt and Where can you find these?) very useful. 

UsingEnglish.com

UsingEnglish.com is a general English language site, specialising in ESL (English as a Second Language) .

Since the beginning of 2002 it provides a wide range of resources (quizzes, tests, reference, articles, handouts, lesson plans, forums...) for learners and teachers using different varieties of English.

Their free membership gives members additional on-site content which is unavailable to non-members.

http://www.usingenglish.com/

Computer Lab Favorites (Scholastic)

Quick, compelling one-session activities you need to incorporate interactive learning and technology into your curriculum. 

Each activity requires no prep and can be completed in 15-30 minutes. There are more than 50 activities on Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science and Spanish.

You can find them at: 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/index.htm

ESL Games World

This site is dedicated to helping teachers by providing ESL games for classrooms, PowerPoint games and templates, printable board games, interactive games, games for ESL kids and adults, grammar, vocabulary and reading games...

Their free ESL games include: Snakes and Ladders, Hangman, Spelling games, Wheel of Fortune, TV Games (Betting Game), Mazes, Memory Games, Matching exercises, Sequencing exercises, Picture Quizzes and more.

Three levels of action are proposed:

• Easy. Beginner/ Elementary
• Medium. Pre-intermediate
• High. Intermediate/ Advanced

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/

10 Pinboards on ESL

Pinterest, as you may know, is a pinboard-style photo-sharing website. Pinterest users can upload, save, sort and manage images, known as pins, and other media content through collections known as pinboards. Pinboards on many different topics are easily available including educational resources. 

Here you have some really good stuff on ESL:

https://www.pinterest.com/adaptivelearnin/esl/

https://www.pinterest.com/destinydayzee/esl-teaching/

https://www.pinterest.com/becky_canter/classroom-esl/

https://www.pinterest.com/roselink/esl-activities/

https://www.pinterest.com/eslkidsgames/

https://www.pinterest.com/KatMarieCox/teaching-esl/

https://www.pinterest.com/heatherelira/esl-ideas/

https://www.pinterest.com/kayla_briseno/teaching-esl/

https://www.pinterest.com/monicalea319/esl/

https://www.pinterest.com/ei98srl/esl-elementary-teachers/

Rewordify

Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension and vocabulary development software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, helps them learn words in new ways, and helps teachers create high-interest learning materials from any English text passage.

The site does not display ads and does not collect any personal information, for a distraction-free, school-safe learning environment.

The site lets users:

• quickly learn what difficult passages mean
• use any high-interest material as a source of learning, for better motivation and engagement
• browse the Web in a powerful new way, for better comprehension with fewer distractions
• customize how the site works and displays words, for personal control over learning
• instantly read—and learn from—rewordified versions of a huge library of classic literature
• use on-screen flash cards and quizzes from any high-interest text to further reinforce learning

(Source Rewordify)

YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/RewordifyDotCom

Universal Children's Day

Universal Children Day is celebrated on 20 November every year with the purpose of promoting International togetherness and awareness among children . This day is observed to promote the objectives outlined in the Charter and for the welfare of children. On November 20, 1959 the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The United Nations also adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child on November 20, 1989.

Here you have some resources in English for your students:

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/u/universalchildrensday.asp

http://www.crin.org/

http://www.sccyp.org.uk/rights/picture

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

http://www.voicesofyouth.org/

http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/

http://www.amnesty.org/en/children

http://acei.org/acei-news/universal-childrens-day.html

[Imagen: Service national du RÉCIT à l'éducation préscolaire]

World Geography Games

This website features more than twenty geography games. The quizzes include questions about identification of countries, regions, metropolitan areas, mountains and oceans, among other topics.

Students can earn points for each correct answer and the system also tracks how many attempts they make.

The games are available in several languages (Spanish, English, French and Dutch)

http://world-geography-games.com/

Kid Activities

KidActivities.net has more than 335 categories (with over 6000 pages) loaded with funny activities for children, ideas, tips, articles, training topics, and inspiration for childcare professionals, teachers and parents. 

Just visit http://www.kidactivities.net/. You will find lots of interesting resources in English.

Writefix

This site by Enda Toumey, an Irish teacher who has been teaching for about 27 years in Ireland, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, is a fantastic open resource aimed at people who are learning English and taking the IELTS or TOEFL exams. 

It is divided into several parts:

1. How to write Argument and Opinion IELTS essays and lots of example essays;
2. Writing about Graphs and other essays (Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect);
3. Speaking for IELTS Speaking and PET Speaking tests; and
4. Your IELTS essays! A place for you to upload your IELTS essays and help other people with their writing.

Lots of other links and activities are provided.

http://writefix.com/
You can also visite its YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/mrwritefix

Little Miss Kindergarten on Pinterest

Little Miss Kindergarten is a pinner who has a large selection of boards on all things related to kindergarten. Don't miss out on loads of useful ideas and activities. They are amazing.

http://www.pinterest.com/lmkindergarten/

Convocatòria d'estades formatives d'immersió lingüística (anglés) en territori nacional

Esta convocatòria per al professorat amb destinació en centres sostinguts amb fons públics té com a objectiu completar la formació del Pla de Competència Comunicativa en Anglés, 2013. S'adreça fonamentalment al professorat que a les últimes convocatòries de cursos de Competència Comunicativa en Anglés ha sigut apte en el nivell equivalent al B2 o està en possessió del títol oficial B2 i que està proposat en el Projecte Lingüístic de Centre per a vehicular una àrea, matèria o mòdul en llengua anglesa.

El període d'inscripció serà des del dia 5 de novembre fins el dia 13 de novembre, ambdós inclosos. Pots accedir a la inscripció mitjançant el següent enllaç.

La llista provisional de persones admeses i no admeses es farà pública en la web a partir del dia 14 de novembre de 2013.

A fi de poder participar en els cursos cal confirmar l'assistència, incloses les persones en espera, per a la qual cosa s'obrirà un període fins al dia 18 de novembre. La llista definitiva de participants en els cursos d'immersió s'elaborarà basant-se en les confirmacions. La no-confirmació implicarà la pèrdua de lloc en el curs.

S'obrirà un període de 5 dies naturals, comptadors des de la publicació de la llista provisional, perquè les persones excloses puguen presentar al·legacions exclusivament a través del formulari electrònic que s'habilitarà a l'efecte. No s'atendran reclamacions per correu electrònic. En tot cas, només es prendrà en consideració la documentació justificativa al·legada durant el termini de presentació de sol·licituds.

La llista definitiva de persones admeses i no admeses es farà pública en la web del Servici de Formació del Professorat a partir del dia 20 de novembre de 2013. Si després d'haver confirmat l'assistència al curs, no s'hi pot assistir, cal RENUNCIAR.

Dates:

• Del 22/11 al 29/11 a Los Nogales
• Del 22/11 al 29/11 a Coto del Valle
• Del 22/11 al 29/11 a Villa Engracia
• Del 29/11 al 06/12 a Los Nogales
• Del 29/11 al 06/12 a Coto del Valle
• Del 29/11 al 06/12 a Villa Engracia
• Del 6/12 al 13/12 a Los Nogales
• Del 17/01 al 24/01 a Coto del Valle
• Del 24/01 al 31/01 a Los Nogales
• Del 24/01 al 31/01 a Coto del Valle

Més informació: http://preview.diverbo.es:8080/es/profesores/ingles/generalitatvalenciana

Phrasalstein. Una aplicación terrorífica sobre phrasal verbs

Después de crear una maravillosa aplicación sobre phrasal verbs, reseñada en nuestro blog, desde Cambridge University Press nos vuelven a proponer una nueva versión muy propia para estos días: Phrasalstein.

Permite, al igual que la anterior, ver las definiciones y contextos de uso de los phrasal verbs o practicar sobre ellos mediante un test de múltiple opción. En este caso, en las animaciones que representan estos verbos, utiliza personajes de terror, el doctor Phrasalstein y un conjunto de monstruos, vampiros y brujas.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.org.cambridge.phrasalstein

https://itunes.apple.com/hk/app/phrasalstein/id722736985?mt=8

Let's Have Fun With English

The aim of this collection of resources on EFL is to provide information and resources to help teachers inside and outside the classroom. 

Its developer, Mrs. Haquet, teaches English in France. She likes creating games and activities for her students that we can find useful for ours. They include interactive books, sites, PowerPoint presentations, projects, videos, vocabulary (HotPotatoes exercises)...

http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/

Linguapress Free Online English Grammar

"The Linguapress English grammar provides an overview of the main points of English grammar, clearly explained, with plenty of  examples. These pages are designed for students in the higher grades of secondary education or high school, and in universities and other forms of higher education. Though originally aimed at non-native speakers of English, this is also an invaluable resource for English-speaking students wishing to comprehend the syntax and workings of their own language".

Source and resource: http://linguapress.com/grammar/.