Aida Walqui's Article

A few years back teachers from San Diego had the priviledge of learning new strategies for serving language learners at the West Ed offices in San Fran. It was a dynamic and inspiring week that kicked off a strong and fruitful relationship with Dr. Walqui and her team. Although our learners' needs change and our world becomes more complex, our strategies do not have to. Walqui's work reminds us to focus on creating risk-free collaborative environments, both electronic and in person, that allow our learners to be creative communicators and develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in meaningful contexts.

http://www.tesol.org/docs/default-source/papers-and-briefs/professional-paper-26-march-2014.pdf  

Changes in the Expertise

of ESL Professionals:

Knowledge and Action in

an Era of New Standards March 2014

 

Great for Common Core w/ relevant readings based on news articles with accompanying lesson plans and video clips. The well-designed and easily accessed resource from Brown University provides ideas to design interactive learning experiences based on global issues. Teaching with the News published by The Choices Program, non-profit organization based at Brown University. i.e. Debating U.S. Drones Policy http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn/twtn-drones.php http://www.choices.edu/resources/current.php List of teaching in the news topics/lessons w/ video clips for each such as The Costs of War (Afghanistan) http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn/twtn_cost_of_war.php Oral History and 9-11 –students learn to conduct an interview and collect oral histories http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn/twtn-911-10–year.php

BEYOND THE FIRE introduces the real-life stories of 15 teenagers, now living in the U.S., who have survived war in seven war zones. These stories tell of loss, hope, fear, strength and despair—and most of all, resilience. http://archive.itvs.org/beyondthefire/ Looking for quality film clips to use in Common Core classrooms that inspire social action? Film Resources for Educating the Global Child from Primary Source http://resources.primarysource.org/content.php?pid=55946&sid=409486

Dr. David Loertscher on Learning Commons. Tons of awesome resources! What do you think about changing the name of the Library to Learning Commons? Does it hurt or help the longevity of the concept, profession, or actual virtual or physical space identified with the word "library?" Chime in. http://www.schoollearningcommons.info/

Let's try again. I find some awesome links so I can't help but share... Global Literature (beyond the U.S.) http://www.usbby.org/list_oibl.html for World Literature links. http://resources.primarysource.org/globaleducation

Blog is On Hold

Due to being a new mommy, this blog is "on hold". Thanks so much for viewing. I'll leave it up just in case anybody's linking to it but nothing will be updated for now.

If America Were a Village

If you like this amazing title that makes us look at our United States
communities in a whole new light... Then check out the rest of Citizen Kid's
globally-focused resources at
http://www.kidscanpress.com/US/CitizenKid-C2539.aspx?section=5&series=2.