Category Archives: RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

ESCOLA OBERTA: Les PDI a Xtec

A l’apartat Escola Oberta d’Xtec, hi trobareu a partir d’ara un nou apartat amb un recull d’activitats per a PDI. Així ho defineixen ells:

La pissarra digital interactiva està resultant una eina molt útil en la tasca diària a l’aula. No hi ha dubte que és un avantatge respecte als recursos que hem fet servir fins ara, el seu ús és molt senzill i intuïtiu, l’èxit està gairebé assegurat. En aquest espai podeu trobar informacions i recursos útils per a la PDI. Feu servir el correu per fer-nos arribar els vostres suggeriments, informacions i recursos que cregueu que s’han d’incloure.

Defining a 21st Century Education

Acoording to the people from Web 2.0 Guru,

All Education leaders need to read this!!

from:  http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/site/c.lvIXIiN0JwE/b.5056861/k.BDD0/Home.htm


EXTRACT:

Between 2002 and 2007, cell phones displaced landline telephones as the technology Americans say would be hardest to give up. Not only that, in just half a decade cell phones and the Internet both unseated the second most indispensable technology in 2002—the television. According to the researchers who published those findings, the numbers signaled an abrupt change not just in how but where people are accessing information: An astonishing 62 percent of Americans said they use mobile technology to access
digital data and tools “on the go” outside of their homes and workplaces.

British Council’s LearnEnglish Kids site

The LearnEnglish Kids site from British Council has changed. Now it has a new layout and it looks great!

See how they define it: Welcome to new LearnEnglish Kids! All your favourite games, songs, stories and activities are here. You can search for your favourites, or have a look at the new Explore section and find out where everything is.

Become a member and you can add comments to the site, and make your own cool character!


CLIL Competences Grid. CLIL Cascade Network

The following is and abstract of the great CLIL Competence Grid you can find at CLIL Cascade Network website.

The Teacher Competences Grid is a tool for reflecting on and guiding professional development for future and currently in-service CLIL teachers. It is not a list of pre-service requirements for CLIL teachers but represents a skills set to be aimed at in CLIL.



CLIL across contexts: A scaffolding framework for CLIL teacher education

CLIL across contexts: A scaffolding framework for teacher education is a three-year SOCRATES-COMENIUS 2.1 project which aims at proposing a model for teacher education based on classroom observation and relevant research in selected areas of bilingual education and learning in general. It has also generated local actions in the different countries where academics, teacher educators and CLIL teachers have worked together towards identifying crucial aspects of effective teaching and learning.

http://clil.uni.lu/CLIL/Home.html

Primary Curriculum Box by CUP

Ready-made photocopiable lessons for Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) or bilingual education programmes. Photocopiable lessons designed to widen your pupils’ knowledge of the world outside the classroom. Ideal for giving your English classes a cross-curricular element, or as support material for Content Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) or bilingual education programmes. Topics covered include art and drama, literacy, maths, science and the environment.