Animoto - Barcelona meets Birmingham
I've Animotoed the photos from last week - the Civic Reception, lunch at Chez Jules and our night out at The Jamhouse.
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Monday, 30 November 2009
Barcelona meets Birmingham
Last week was a whirlwind of activity as 8 educators from Barcelona visited Birmingham as part of a Comenius Reggio project linking Birmingham Local Authority, Newman College, Dorrington Primary and Whitehouse Common Primary with El Consorci, a part of Barcelona University that works with Newman, CEIP Els Pins and CEIP Barrufet.
Here are the visitors (plus Rona Heald from the LA, and me!) at the Civic Reception with the Lord Mayor of Birmingham and the Lady Mayoress.
More news about the project to follow when I've fully recovered!!
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Seasonal activities - Bham ELL LSG
On Tuesday I took part in an LSG entitled Seasonal Activities at the Martineau Centre in Birmingham.
As promised, here is my story El pequeño petirrojo, and the translation into French Le petit rouge gorge
El Pequeño petirrojo
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El Pequeño petirrojo flashcards
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Le Petit Rouge Gorge
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Here's a previous presentation about Christmas activities that you might find useful as well.
Ideas for Christmas in MFL classroom
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Spanish online course for teachers.
Received an exciting email from the Consejería de Educación today about courses for teachers of Spanish.
Spanish online courses for teachers
Dates: January / May 2010
Spanish Ab Initio
This course runs for 60 hours over a 20 week period and will give you the skills you need to be able to speak and understand simple Spanish in everyday situations. The course is designed to give maximum flexibility. Teachers will have unlimited 24/7 access to the on-line material for the duration of the course to do their weekly work and to assess their progress by checking the answers and by doing the self-evaluation tests. Aimed at primary school teachers with no knowledge of Spanish that intend to teach Spanish next school year. Places available: 100
Elementary Spanish
This course runs for 60 hours over a 20 week period and will help you improve your command of the Spanish language. Teachers will have unlimited access to the on-line material for the duration of the course to do their weekly work and to assess their progress. It includes 9 online tutorials. Designed for primary and secondary school teachers with little knowledge of Spanish that are already teaching Spanish or intend to do so the next school year. Your level of Spanish will be determined by Instituto Cervantes. Tutors: From Instituto Cervantes in London and Manchester Places available: 120What's most amazing is the cost - £10 for ab initio ; £20 for elementary!
If you're interested, you can get more details on the website of the Consejería where you can also download a PDF advertisement and application form. Closing date is 11th December - and it's first come, first served so, get your skates on!!
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Surviving the Primary Language Classroom
One week on from the Language Show at Kensington Olympia, here's my presentation entitled
SURVIVING THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE CLASSROOM. Not a title I would necessarily chosen as, to me, it implies that teaching languages is some sort of ordeal which is, for most of us, far from the truth.
I hope you enjoy the Slidecast - complete with kids and noisy neighbours. And if you want to listen whilst shopping, there's the podcast of my talk on Lisibo talks!
A couple of things I skipped;
Firstly, a great tip for PLL is making links via something like eTwinning - http://etwinning.net - find out more here and check out my Slidecast here.
Secondly, I mentioned Oscar Stringer's animation workshops but didn't explicitly mention his upcoming workshop in London on 13th November -
And don't forget that you can download forms for ICanAnimate and Hue HD webcam from his site.This one-day course will give you the opportunity to gain knowledge and hands on experience using the latest software and hardware. Use the course as an opportunity to get to know your own equipment, bring laptops and cameras with you if you wish.
You will learn tips and tricks for getting great results quickly in the classroom, ideas to take back and use with your class as well as teaching resources designed to kick start animation projects.
For: Teachers in KS 1,2, 3 and 4 (ICT coordinators, Art and Media Studies Teachers.)Cost: £130.00 + VAT Includes a CD of your work with teacher’s resources and lunch.
Times: 9.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.
All enquiries to Oscar Stringer, Tel: 07974 764 849 or Email oscar@animationforeducation.co.uk.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me!
¡Feliz cumpleaños Sesame Street!
Sessame Street is 40 this year as Google reminded us yesterday when the Wallace and Gromit 20th birthday mast head was replaced with one celebrating Sesame Street. Today it's Oscar the Grouch!
So, in honour of Sesame Street's birthday, here's a very catchy song from Mexico about fruit and healthy eating.
¡Qué os disfrutéis!
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