Strengthening Language Programs ACTL10
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Learn how language programs can take advantage of the many free, open access global collaboratives and educational resources to give all our teachers and students the ability to work with rich, authentic content, to support interactive global connections, to foster international perspectives and to prepare our students to live, learn and work in our globally-connected world.
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- 1. Strengthening Language Programs Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mendhak/3569675580/ Through Open Resources & Global Collaboratives Barbara Lindsey, University of Connecticut ACTFL 2010
- 2. Framework for 21st Century Learning Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://goo.gl/2RTPy
- 3. Framework for 21st Century Learning
- 4. Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/2049233526/ Physical distances are no longer barriers to learning and sharing information about different cultures, languages, and traditions. Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://goo.gl/WNBG6
- 5. Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/noticelj/2878326718/ Internet technologies have bridged the geographic distance that separate global communities, raising the importance of developing the skills needed for communicating and collaborating with people from different countries. Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://goo.gl/WNBG6
- 6. Students, therefore, need opportunities to take advantage of the communications and collaboration tools available in today’s wired classrooms to engage in projects and dialogue with their international peers. Just as students can deepen their knowledge when teamed with their peers in the classroom, students can both broaden their perspective and enrich their understanding of the world through relationships with their international counterparts. Making this connection will be vital to navigating the global marketplace. Partnership for 21st Century Skills http://goo.gl/WNBG6
- 7. Start -Up - To the Cloud - Windows 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRrbLA7rss&feature=channel
- 8. Focus on basics cuts foreign language back The Wichita Eagle http://goo.gl/nreT0
- 9. Focus on basics cuts foreign language back The Wichita Eagle http://goo.gl/nreT0 Strapped Schools Ax Foreign Languages Journal Sentinel http://goo.gl/T9lu9
- 10. Focus on basics cuts foreign language back The Wichita Eagle http://goo.gl/nreT0 Strapped Schools Ax Foreign Languages Journal Sentinel http://goo.gl/T9lu9 UAlbany language cuts spark petition Times Union http://goo.gl/LYrpc
- 12. Why are you here?
- 13. Open Resources
- 22. What do the following all have in common? MIT OpenCourseWare WhiteHouse.gov Al Jazeera Nine Inch Nails Wikipedia Google The Public Library of Science
- 28. How could you use these?
- 33. Host Your Own Webinar: http://www.learncentral.org
- 34. Global Collaboratives Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/calamity_photography/4745146362/
- 41. Around the World with 80 Schools-Helsinki http://vimeo.com/11338198
- 45. What connections could your students make?
- 47. 370 sessions from 62 Countries 63 Keynotes 219 Volunteer Moderators for 446 hours of sessions
- 49. So how did you find all this great stuff?
- 50. So how did you find all this great stuff? And how can I, too?
- 52. http://www.classroom20.com/ over 50,000 members!
- 65. How can you model globally- connected, lifelong learning?
- 66. Resources not cited inline Academic Earth: http://academicearth.org/ Barbara Lindsey’s bookmarks: http://www.diigo.com/user/ lindseybp/actfl10 Coverdell World Wise Schools: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/ Merlot: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm MIT OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm OpenCourseWare Consortium: http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ World Digital Library: http://www.wdl.org/en/ Find me at: Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lindseybp Blogs: http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com http://www.worldatways.com (with Kevin Gaugler) Email: lindseybp AT gmail DOT com
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