Online Bargain Basement takes on Global Awareness

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• The “all things gifted” page• 1150+ pages = Overwhelming• Site-wide search on every page!

• Not supported by advertising or grants• Affiliates programs• Click on Shop Hoagies’ Page before you shop• www.hoagiesgifted.org/shop.htm

• Also visit Facebook / LinkedIn / Twitter pages• www.facebook.com/HoagiesGifted • www.linkedin.com/pub/carolyn-k/0/a46/317 • @HoagiesGifted

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page

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• Google Translate• translate.google.com

• Google Maps• Plus the Moon, and now Mars!• maps.google.com

• Google Earth• Street view tours of cities around the world• www.google.com/earth

Tools for Global Awareness

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• Your DVD collection!• Click on the language option before you view, and watch

Harry Potter, Disney movies and more in French, Spanish, and other languages!

• Skype• www.skype.com

• Facetime• www.apple.com/mac/facetime

Tools for Global Awareness

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• Comprehensive 6-unit package• Each unit in introductory, intermediate, advanced levels

• Early childhood, primary & secondary• Understanding Giftedness• Identification of Gifted Students• Social and Emotional Development • Underachievement• Curriculum Differentiation• Developing Programmes and Provisions

Gifted Education Professional Development Package

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• GONE!

• Sort of…• Front page listing modules…

• web.archive.org/web/20110721224933/http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/school_education/publications_resources/profiles/Gifted_Education_Professional_Development_Package.htm

• Individual modules for download• foi.deewr.gov.au/collections/gifted-education-professional-developmen

t-package

• Working on acquisition for Hoagies’ Gifted Page…

Gifted Education Professional Development Package

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• "Deutsch Aktuell“ German 1, 2, & 3 textbook series• Includes all program videos, all listening activities, and the

entire workbook• You only need to purchase the textbooks• Internet Resource Center for the EMC/Paradigm Publishing• irc.emcp.com/ircfiles/DeutschAktuell6e

World Languages: German

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• Audio, video and games, including the alphabet, phrases, vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, activities and tests• Secondary level: 40 languages including French,

Spanish, Greek, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese and 33 more• Primary level: French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese• www.bbc.co.uk/languages

BBC Languages

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• High school, college and adult• 52 half-hour video programs• Use bookfinder.com or eBay for low-cost materials

Learner.org

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• French in Action• Language-immersion method is presented within a

humorous teleplay with native speakers of all ages and backgrounds

• learner.org/resources/series83.html • Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish

• Telenovela, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students with native speakers

• Introduces cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico

• learner.org/resources/series75.html

Learner.org

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• Foreign language courses including• Chinese I - VI• German I – IV• Spanish I – IV• Portuguese I – II

• Foreign literature courses including• International Women's Voices• Introduction to European and Latin American Fiction• East Asian Cultures: From Zen to Pop• Lots more!

• ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures

MIT OpenCourseWare Languages & Literature

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• French I and II• Free for independent learners

• $50 for academic certification• oli.cmu.edu/learn-with-oli/see-our-free-open-courses

Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative

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• Beginning and Intermediate Chinese; Basic German; Russian Essentials• www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/opencourseware

University of Cambridge Language Center

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• Native Languages of the Americas: Preserving and Promoting American Indian Languages• www.native-languages.org

• The Center for American Indian Languages at the University of Utah• www.cail.utah.edu/?pageId=1633

Native American

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• Online resources for learning more than 115 languages…• Czech• Hebrew• Norwegian • Tibetan• Dozens and dozens more!

• www.word2word.com/course.html

Word2Word

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• 38 Languages and more!• Beginner, intermediate and advanced levels• Video dialog, grammar, vocabulary, reading, role playing,

and writing• Selected by Save the Children as the preferred language

learning solution for staff!• livemocha.com

LiveMocha

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• BBC World Service • BBC News in 27 different languages!

• From Arabic to Pashto, Chinese to Vietnamese, plus lots more• www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/languages

Foreign Language News

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• MIT Foreign Language News and Newspapers• Dozens of countries, in 8 languages including…

• Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish

• libguides.mit.edu/flnewspapers

• Language Quest International Newspapers• Hundreds of papers from almost 60 countries!• languagequest.com/utilities/foreign-newspapers.php

Foreign Language Newspapers

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• YouTube playlist of foreign language cartoons• www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6A2425C097BB0C98

• Disney stories• Search YouTube for Disney {story or character}• "The Three Little Pigs" in Italian…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwHYh4S1OiY

Children’s TV Shows and Cartoons

Preview FIRST to assure no tampering

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• Bookbox animated stories• Subtitled in the language – see the words as you hear them!• Search YouTube for Bookbox {language}• Italian… www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGO6d1c8C0c

Children’s TV Shows and Cartoons

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• Kids learn about Japan from kids!• History, legends, government• Manga, spooky stories, • Hi-tech, education, sports• Languages, local specialties• Site available in English, French, German, Spanish, Korean,

Arabic, and Chinese… in addition to Japanese!• web-japan.org/kidsweb

Culture: Kids Web Japan

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• ePals• Safely Connect With Classrooms Around the

World for Collaborative, Project-Based Learning

• Select by language and age• Just ePals or so much more! • Collaborative projects provided• www.epals.com

PenPals in other countries…

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• Google Science Fair• Compete against students around the world• www.google.com/intl/en/events/sciencefair

International Contests

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• Kiva Micro Loans• Empower people around the world with a $25 loan

• www.kiva.org

Social projects – International

Choose a borrower

Make a loan

Get repaid

Repeat!

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• Light up a Life• Purchase solar lights for rural Peruvians• computers4communities.org/Html/Beta/index.html

Social projects – International

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• Origami Salami and Folding for Good• To get the word out about the awesomeness of STEM as

seen through artful origami in a format in which students could achieve real school credit, and in a way that would make learners want to know more about STEM…

• www.origamisalami.com

• Music To My Ears• Volunteer organization where middle and high school

children teach musical instrument lessons to elementary school age children…

• www.musictomyearshanover.org

Social Projects – U.S.

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• Free online college courses, available to EVERYONE• Started with Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Class in

October 2011 • Over 100,000 enrolled!

• Most courses are for “lifelong learners”• Some now offering reasonably priced proctored exams and

completion certification!

MOOC - Massive Open Online Courses

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• Udacity• Partnered with Amara to offer courses in almost any

language!• www.udacity.com

• Coursera• Hosts ~200 free courses from 33 of the world's best

universities, including Princeton, Stanford, Penn, Michigan, Caltech, Duke, Illinois, Washington and others

• www.coursera.org • edX

• Includes MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas• www.edx.org

MOOCs

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• British National Curriculum• www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curric

ulum

• Swedish National Curriculum• www.escandinavo.com/index.php?option=com_content&vi

ew=category&layout=blog&id=99&Itemid=177&lang=en

• Australian National Curriculum• www.australiancurriculum.edu.au

International Curricula

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• Finnish National Curriculum • www.oph.fi/english/sources_of_information/core_curricula

_and_qualification_requirements/basic_education

• Ugandan National Curriculum • www.ncdc.go.ug

• National Curriculum of Bangladesh• With FREE downloadable textbooks • www.nctb.gov.bd

National Curricula

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• Online Bargain Basement: Free High School Courses• Collected for use by victims of Hurricane Katrina

• Online Bargain Basement Returns: Free K-12 Enrichment• Expanded offerings for gifted kids of all ages

• Bargain Basement: Professional Development• Online resources for teachers

• www.HoagiesGifted.org/online_hs.htm

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