Archive for the ‘Foreign Languages’ Category

FREE – Internet Public Library

11th November 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Public internet library for students, teachers and researchers
Grades: Upper school students, teachers, administration, research, college, universities
What’s Internet Public Library?
If you’re looking for a trusted research source, consider the Internet Public Library. Since 1995, IPL.org has provided vetted resources for students, teachers, librarians, and academia. It is a public learning technology service [...]

FREE: How to Use Adobe Products in Schools

9th November 2009 by LisaHill 4 Comments

Subject Matter: Adobe Digital School Collection, Using Technology in School classrooms, Media Technology, Marketing, Story Telling
Grades: K-12
Adobe Offers More Than Great Software
Every day, new media products come online providing students and teachers different tools to excel. When paper and pencils were introduced, these tools were a breakthrough in technology. Now, today’s schools incorporate [...]

FREE: New York Times Learning Network

29th October 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: New York Times Daily Lessons For Teachers and Students
Grades: Middle School & Up
Offering Current Events, Articles, Photos & Videos As Lessons
The New York Times offers free educational material using current news.
“Our mission is to offer rich and imaginative materials for teaching and learning using New York Times content.”

Adobe: New Digital School Collection K-12

28th September 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Updated K-12 Digital School Collection
Adobe offers great curriculum support for students, teachers and administrative staff. Not only does Adobe provide lessons on how to use their products, the company supports teachers, parents and students by providing actual lesson plans, activities and projects that can be incorporated into classroom curriculum.
Adobe just updated their Digital School [...]

FREE – YakItToMe!: Text to Speech

21st August 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Downloading Text Docs to be converted into Speech
Grades: Middle School to College, Businesses, NonProfit Organizations
Keep It Simple
I like it when readers let me know about different websites. If you need a site that converts text to speech, and it’s free, give YakItToMe! a visit.

FREE – SpanishDict.com

15th August 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Learning Spanish
Grades: Upper Elementary & Up, Business
Learning Spanish The Fun Way
When I need to to interpret a word in a different language, I probably do what everyone else does – type in “Spanish to English”, or vice-versa in Google. And what pops up are various generic conversion websites – pretty plain, and sometimes [...]

Early Start Mandarin Chinese

11th June 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Learning Mandarin Chinese, Foreign Language
Grades: Preschoolers to Elementary
Learning Mandarin With Bao Bei
Nî hâo Bao Bèi! (Hello Treasure!) Xiè Xiè! (Thank you!) Slip in the Early Start Mandarin Chinese DVD, and young children can begin learning Chinese with Bao Bei the panda puppet.

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