Strengthening Language Programs

Through Open Resources & Global CollaborativesBarbara Lindsey, University of Connecticut

ACTFL 2010

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Framework for 21st Century LearningPartnership for 21st Century Skills

http://goo.gl/2RTPy

Framework for 21st Century Learning

Physical distances are no longer barriers to learning and sharing information about different cultures, languages, and traditions.

Partnership for 21st Century Skillshttp://goo.gl/WNBG6

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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.

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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 enr ich 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 Skillshttp://goo.gl/WNBG6

Start -Up - To the Cloud - Windows 7http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRrbLA7rss&feature=channel

Focus on basics cuts foreign language backThe Wichita Eaglehttp://goo.gl/nreT0

Focus on basics cuts foreign language backThe Wichita Eaglehttp://goo.gl/nreT0

Strapped Schools Ax Foreign LanguagesJournal Sentinel

http://goo.gl/T9lu9

UAlbany language cuts spark petitionTimes Union

http://goo.gl/LYrpc

Focus on basics cuts foreign language backThe Wichita Eaglehttp://goo.gl/nreT0

Strapped Schools Ax Foreign LanguagesJournal Sentinel

http://goo.gl/T9lu9

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Why are you here?

Open Resources

http://www.moma.org/learn/teachers/online

MOMA

http://www.archive.org/details/oldfrenchfairyta00sgrich

Internet Arcive

http://www.openculture.com/

http://www.openculture.com/2010/11/rimbaud_a_life_in_slideshow.html

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/aboutus_demos.html

http://www.bne.es/es/Colecciones/Cervantes/Quijoteinteractivo/index.html

Interactive Don Quixotehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOiWQL9eVfk

http://www.youtube.com/elquijote

What do the following all have in common?

WhiteHouse.gov

Nine Inch Nails

Al Jazeera

Wikipedia

The Public Library of Science

Google

MIT OpenCourseWare

http://creativecommons.org/videos/wanna-work-together

http://lingro.com

http://www.worldatways.com/2008/12/08/screencasts-of-lingro/

http://www.worldatways.com/2008/12/08/screencasts-of-lingro/

How could you use these?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live

http://apps.facebook.com/whitehouselive/

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Host Your Own Webinar: http://www.learncentral.org

Global Collaboratives

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Turkish Students

http://lunchboxproject.wikispaces.com/message/view/Turkey/4894039

http://lunchboxproject.wikispaces.com/Turkey

http://lunchboxproject.wikispaces.com/Translations

http://www.slideshare.net/technolote/whats-in-your-lunch-box?src=embed

Around the World with 80 Schools-Helsinkihttp://vimeo.com/11338198

http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com/w/page/11008318/FrontPage

http://blogs.skype.com/classroom-pre-register/

http://www.flatclassroomproject.net/index.html

What connections could your students make?

http://www.globaleducationconference.com

370 sessions from 62 Countries63 Keynotes

219 Volunteer Moderators for 446 hours of sessions

http://k12onlineconference.org/

So how did you find all this great stuff?

So how did you find all this great stuff?

And how can I, too?

ACTFL Online Community http://community.actfl.org/ACTFL/ACTFL/Home/

http://www.classroom20.com/ over 50,000 members!

http://www.classroom20.com/groups

http://www.aula20.com/

Twitter

http://twitter.com

http://twitter.com/#!/tonitheisen

http://twitter.com/#!/Astro_Jose

http://twitter.com/#!/list/verified/world-leaders

http://www.wizenedcrone.com/2010/11/storybird-for-linguists-final.html

http://storybird.com/

http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/

How can you model globally-connected, lifelong learning?

Resources not cited inlineAcademic Earth: http://academicearth.org/Barbara Lindsey’s bookmarks: http://www.diigo.com/user/lindseybp/actfl10Coverdell World Wise Schools: http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/Merlot: http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htmMIT OpenCourseWare: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmOpenCourseWare Consortium: http://www.ocwconsortium.org/World Digital Library: http://www.wdl.org/en/

Find me at:Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lindseybpBlogs: http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com http://www.worldatways.com (with Kevin Gaugler)Email: lindseybp AT gmail DOT com

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