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BLAST Archive - 2011-2012
- Raising the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners (ELLs) Jan 2012
- The latest 21st Century Skills Map has come out, this time for World Languages. It joins the maps for geography, science, social studies, English, and the arts (click here for these). Jan 2012
- NYSUT Fact Sheet 3: Debunking the Myths of English Language Learners: Jan 2012
http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/bulletins_15954.htm
- Fact Sheet on Guidance Regarding Implementing Response to Intervention with English Language Learners: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/bulletins_16382.htm
- Yours, Mine, Ours: English Language Learners (ELLS) in New York State: Jan 2012
- “Fostering Academic Success for ELLs: What do we know?” by Robert Linquanti (WestEd).http://www.wested.org/policy/pubs/fostering/
- Supporting ELLs Through Technology http://www.nysut.org/files/edvoiceIV_ch2.pdf
- Coca-Cola Scholarships Boost Support for Teaching Excellence through National Board Certification Coca-Cola scholarships will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to teachers who have not received financial support from federal or state funds, and have received less than $750 from their school district or locality to cover the fee for board certification. To learn more about the Coca-Cola scholarships, visit www.nbpts.org/scholarships
- ScoopIT http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/scoopIt/index.html
o ScoopIt allows you to grab content from the web and from tweets and create a newsletter/newspaper from it. It is great for project work and very clever the way it works. You choose the topic and the key words and ScoopIT goes off and finds you the stuff and the links and puts it all in a list. You then decide if you want to add it to your newsletter or not. Lots of teachers are using it on the web. Really worth looking at. I think you will be quite surprised by how it works. (Jan 2012)
- PresentMe http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/presentMe/index.html
o I love this tool. Upload your PowerPoint Presentation and then record yourself doing the presentation and even include your webcam. Then anyone can access it on the internet and watch and listen to you presenting. Great for your students to get them practicing their presentations. Great for language teachers as we can get your students to make presentations and practice their language. Amazingly the tool is free too. (Jan 2012)
- Lingro http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/lingro/index.html
o This set of videos has already had about 5000 plays this month!! If you haven't seen this and you are teaching languages then you have to see it to believe it. Choose a website you want to read, place it into Lingro and then the whole site becomes clickable and you can find the meanings of any word on the site with just a click of a button. So if you are reading El Pais or Le Monde or The Times, then you can make any of the text clickable and it will immediately bring up a dictionary and tell you the meaning of the word. It is fabulous and I have been using it all this month. Not only that but it keeps a record of all the words you clicked on and even creates games to practice and work with the words!!! You can choose from a variety of dictionaries too. (Jan 2012)
- MailVu http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/mailVu/index.html -
o One of the most popular tools on my website. This new set of videos goes through the tool in more detail and then explains some of the work I have been doing with this tool. MailVu allows you to send Webcam messages and can be used for lots of different things. It works with just 2 button clicks and one more to send the videos. It is fabulous. In these videos I go into more detail about how I have used the tool and I think it will give you some great ideas. We have been testing them at the University of Warwick this week. (Jan 2012)
- Unpacking the Language of Standards for ELLs, by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/vol7/709-fisher.aspx(Feb 2012)
- Educational Seminars: Exchanges for Teachers and Administrators See: http://www.americancouncils.org/educationalSeminars.php The Educational Seminars Program offers Department of State funded grants for U.S. school teachers and administrators. Exchanges are short term, taking place during the summer, and focus on sharing of best practices and professional development. Current programs are administered with Argentina, Brazil, Greece, India, Italy, Thailand, and Uruguay. (Feb 2012)
- The Italy of Caesar and Vergil: A Workshop for Teachers - July 12-23, 2012 - See: http://vergil.clarku.edu/ and http://vergil.clarku.edu/cumae2.htm (Feb 2012)
- English is Global, so Why Learn Arabic? Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/the-21st-century-education.html?_r=1 Debate: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/29/is-learning-a-language-other-than-english-worthwhile The New York Times Room for Debate website recently featured responses to this essay: English Is Global, So Why Learn Arabic? (Feb 2012)
- Loss of FLAP Funding Halts Foreign Language Assessments Article: http://www.districtadministration.com/article/loss-flap-funding-halts-foreign-language-assessments While in the fourth year of a five-year Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP) federal grant, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) learned in late December that Congress had cut the grant’s final year of funding. (Feb 2012)
- Learner Language: Tools for Teachers Website See: http://www.carla.umn.edu/learnerlanguage/ (Feb 2012)
- Report: Helping Newcomer Students Succeed in Secondary Schools and Beyond by Deborah J. Short & Beverly A. Boyson See: http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/helping-newcomer-students-succeed-in-secondary-schools-and-beyond.html (Feb 2012)
- International Partnership Rubric See: http://asiasociety.org/node/28893 The Asia Society has a rubric for international partnership, with leveled descriptors for students, teachers, and school leaders. (Feb 2012)
- NYS TESOL's 2012 Essay Contest From http://nystesol.org/sig/contest/index.php - SIG Leaders of NYS TESOL host an Annual Student Essay contest on a given theme, typically divided by Grades 4-8, Grades 9-12 and University and Adult. Essays should be received by May 31, 2012
The theme of the 2012 Student Essay Contest is “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
- CASLS Investigates Language Acquisition Questions that Matter to Classroom Teachers http://casls.uoregon.edu/pages/research/tenquestions.php
- ·Have a SIFE student? Visit the BRYCS Web site at www.brycs.org to sign up for the BRYCS Bulletin online. BRYCS is a project of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and is funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.
- Merriam-Webster would like you to know about a new and free mobile app for learners that was just released.
- Colorin Colorado - enewsletter
BLAST Archive - Articles & Online Posts 2010-2011
- A story link Busting a language barrier http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=128942579843364600 (Jan 2011)
- Arizona Subpoena Seeks Researcher's ELL Data Online Education Week article published August 2010
- http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/12/01arizona.h30.html?tkn=SMZFBYWsGpVyPDktvekmD5XZqR+xGsGC+ee5&cmp=clp-edweek(Sept 2010)
- Article: English Language Learners and the Power of Personal Stories Published Online: June 2010 Article by Larry Ferlazzo author of English Language Learners:teaching Strategies that Work http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/english-language-learners-and-the-power-of-personal-stories/(Sept 2010)
- Article: RtI said to pay-off in gains for English Language Learners Published Online: January 22, 2010 A California District Gets Results, and Recognition, Using 'Response to Intervention' Click on link to read article. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/01/22/19rtiells_ep.h29.html?tkn=[UOFIoAUPJV%2FoovSg6zOgKbAyUAK84asc13l (Sept 2010)
- Center for Instruction materials & resources to improve instruction and intervention for ELLs, including exemplary delivery models and professional development for teachers in content and language areas. (Jan 2011)
- Colorin Colorado’s Watch & Learn presents four video modules featuring strategies from secondary ELL classrooms and interviews with experts on ELL best practices. (Jan 2011)
- Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary (Edutopia) (Jan 2011)
- Education Week article about how school counselors and schools are dealing with Formspring, a new form to cyberbully. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/03/30/27formspring.h30.html?tkn=ZYQFTVH0fEsMzc9gVnKZDrxFGIFeoOxE0ruB&cmp=clp-edweek(May 2011)
- Free Technology 4 Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology. Written by Richard Byrne (Nov 2010)
- From Cover to Cover, Language Lessons Come to Life High schoolers’ book delight kindergartners (Jan 2011)
- Google Lit Trips www.googlelittrips.org (Mar 2011)
- Graphic Organizer Templates http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/(Mar 2011)
- http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal is a good start for text to speech support/accommodation. You type a word or a phrase into the box and can hear its pronunciation (by clicking on Say It). This works for multiple languages. You can select speed and the kind of person (male, female, etc.) to say the words. This would be a good resource for ELLs as well as foreign language learners. Try it yourself. It's fun. (May 2011)
- INTRODUCING GRAD TRACKER A newly published report on the second year of The After-School Corporation’s 3-year Expanded Learning Time pilot introduces the Grad Tracker, a tool TASC is developing to measure whether elementary and middle school students are on track to graduate on time from high school. Highlights of the full report include: ** Our analysis of student need, which finds that more than two-thirds of students in schools where TASC is working to implement Expanded Learning Time show early warning signs of dropping out ** A new strategy for benchmarking student results ** A look at how school-community partner teams are using more learning hours to meet students’ needs ** Early lessons learned The Grad Tracker helps us gauge students' progress toward graduation by analyzing three categories of New York City Department of Education student and school data. They include grades and test scores, school attendance and incidence of school suspensions. We encourage you to download the report and send us your feedback. Download the report: http://www.tascorp.org/content/document/detail/3237/(May 2011)
- Language testing rules criticized as unrealistic http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110207/NEWS04/102070339/2275/RSS05 (Mar 2011)
- Learn more about TASC’s ELT pilot: http://www.tascorp.org/section/what_we_do/develop_program_models/elt_nyc(May 2011)
- Memrise: http://www.memrise.com/welcome/ Memrise is a new service designed to help you learn a language. Like a lot of services in the language learning market Memrise offers flashcards for studying words. What makes Memrise more than a flashcard service is that they also offer audio pronunciations of the words and in many cases videos that feature people using the words and or acting the words. For example, in the set of French cards "un baiser" features a video of someone blowing a kiss to the camera.
- National Center on Response to Intervention www.rti4scuccess.org Updated Screening Tools Chart (Nov 2010)
- National Geographic for kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ (Mar 2011)
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html (Mar 2011)
- NY Asks Schools to Avoid Pupil Immigration Statushttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/nyregion/01immig.html?_r=1 (Nov 2010)
- NYS Curriculum & Instruction http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/eblast/ E-Blast now has a RSS feed to register: http://eservices.nysed.gov/vls/feedList.do (May 2011)
- NYSED Curriculum and Instruction October E-Blast: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/eblast/(Nov 2010)
- On-line Glossaries Information http://www.lai.com/glossaries.html(Mar 2011)
- Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilites among English Language Learning Students in Three New York State DistrictsClick below for the archived report. http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=116(Sept 2010)
- Progressive Phonics http://www.progressivephonics.com/ Progressive Phonics is an all-in-one reading program that is easy, fun, and totally FREE---that's right, totally and completely free! (Nov 2010)
- School Moving Update Webinars http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/smu/view/cs_bdef/7 (Nov 2010)
- Science and Teacher Training Are On ELL Chief's Agenda November 12, 2010 by Mary Ann Zehr 'It behooves us to prepare all teachers to work with ELLs,' says Rosalinda Barrera, the new head of English-language acquisition programs for the federal education department. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/12/12stem_ep.h30.html?tkn=QRNF%2B0jq1z%2FCPelam9u0BUkW%2FM%2BqV7PXdCSs∫c=e (Jan 2011)
- Science Grows on Acquiring New Language by Sarah D. Parks – An emerging body of research dispels old myths about language learning and makes a case for multilingualism. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/10/22/09window_ep.h30.html?tkn=OWTFJTs9p8dY9Iqu7uVOUTCitczB0wtxd%2FVA&intc=es (Nov 2010)
- Snag Learning hosts nearly 300 educational films from PBS, National Geographic, Explore, and other reputable documentary producers. Along with each film is a list of discussion questions you can use in your classroom. http://learning.snagfilms.com/ (Jan 2011)
- South St. Paul considers English-Spanish immersion SARAH LEMAGIE, Star Tribune - School leaders in South St. Paul are in the early stages of considering a new language immersion program in which elementary students would learn both English and Spanish. (Jan 2011)
- Storybird http://storybird.com/ allows students to tap into a library of illustrations to create digital books. (Mar 2011)
- Successful Strategies for English Language Learners http://www.districtadministration.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=2686(Mar 2011)
- Teachers’ Domain http://www.teachersdomain.org/ an online repository of free media resources for teachers run by the Boston-based WGBH Educational Foundation, provides multimedia-rich science and social studies curricula infused with literacy lessons. (Mar 2011)
- The David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity in Arts, Sciences and Engineering and Graduate Studies in Arts, Sciences and Engineering at the University of Rochester are pleased to invite your students (Seniors, Class of 2012) to apply for our 2011 Graduate School Visitation Program from September 22-24, 2011. Selected participants will have an opportunity to meet with faculty members in their field, network with graduate students, and learn about the University of Rochester. All participants will be provided with round-trip travel, meals, and housing. Visit the Graduate School Visitation Program website (http://www.rochester.edu/college/kearnscenter/visitationprogrammain.html) for specific eligibility requirements and to learn more about our graduate programs. The application deadline is June 15, 2011. Please feel free to pass this email along to your students and we have attached a flyer for you to post where it will be visible to undergraduate students. (May 2011) APPLY TODAY: Graduate Visitation Program Application (http://www.rochester.edu/college/kearnscenter/visitationprogrammain.html) (May 2011)
- The Digital Age Does Handwriting Still Matter: http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2010/10/04/in-digital-age-does-handwriting-still-matter/?blog_id=13&post_id=12392(Nov 2010)
- The Well Being of Latino Children: July, 2010The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) have coauthored America's Future: Latino Child Well-Being in Numbers and Trends , which provides an overview of Latino children in the US by integrating a range of key factors and outcomes in demography, citizenship, family structure and income, education and language, health, and juvenile justice. http://www.nclr.org/index.php/publications/americas_future_latino_child_well-being_in_numbers_and_trends/ (Sept 2010)
- Toward A More Multicultural Curriculum http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-cultural-curriculum-0303-20110302,0,2967501.story (Mar 2011)
- Useful YouTube Channels for Educators(Jan 2011)
- YES student use iPod touches to improve reading skills http://www.yorknewstimes.com/articles/2010/12/20/news/doc4d0f6393cddf7896778551.txt (May 2011)
These articles & online posts are from OCM BOCES Mid-State RBERN. The intention is to provide a composite of current news and regulatory information rather than an unwieldy stream of forwarded messages. The inclusion of any item in this weekly blast should not be construed as an endorsement of any idea or product; rather, it’s just a collection of timely information to help you sift through all the information you receive in your busy job.
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