The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and the University of Wisconsin are pleased to announce the opening of a Resource Center for French teachers in Madison.
A collaborative effort of the Embassy and UW-Madison, FRANCE SYNERGIES is based on the belief that speaking a foreign language and opening up to other cultures are indispensable tools for future generations to understand the diverse and global world they live in, and to achieve success in it. The Center promotes educational and cultural relationships with France, encourages use of the best pedagogical practices, and disseminates innovative curricular models and material for the teaching of French.
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FRANCE SYNERGIES publishes SYNERGIES FLE, an e-journal on all aspects of the teaching of French as a foreign language and a space for exchanges between teachers and teachers-in-training. Contributions of all formats and sizes are welcome either in French or in English. The journal is particularly interested in exploring the potential of electronic publication in the promotion of French language education. The first issue will be released in Spring 2005. To make a contribution, visit [link removed].
FRANCE SYNERGIES organizes pedagogical forums to help teachers of French create ready-to-use material and thematic units for their classes. For information on the next sessions or to register, visit [link removed].
FRANCE SYNERGIES has setup a Hotline for High School students (K11-12) seeking information about France, French at the University of Wisconsin, studying in France, French Universities, French language certifications, internships in France, etc., or students involved in major classroom projects on France or French culture. For information on how to use the Hotline, visit [link removed].
Spread the word about FRANCE SYNERGIES, inform your colleagues, teachers, principals, administrators, etc., so all can benefit from the Center. And do not hesitate to contact us.
Nicolas Gachon Director
France Synergies – The French Resource Center @ UW-Madison Department of French and Italian | UW-Madison 618 Van Hise Hall | 1220 Linden Drive | Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 265-6239 | Fax: (608) 265-3892
Help the Baldwin Wallace College Research Team and take part in a simple, easy ten question survey for a major world-wide research study on teacher retention.
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Click on the Survey Section and proceed to take the online survey. Our goal with this research study is to find answers as to why teachers stay in education for more than twenty years.
Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thank You.
Looking for Montessori trained teachers for all levels (0- 3,3-6,6-9) to teach at an international Montessori school in Beijing, China. Immediate openings. We offer competitive salary and benefits.
Looking for Montessori trained teachers for all levels (0- 3,3-6,6-9) to teach at an international Montessori school in Beijing, China. Immediate openings. We offer competitive salary and benefits.
Hello, My name is Kristen I live outside of Niagara Falls NY and I am helping my daughter's 3rd grade teacher organize a project. I am in need of willing participants. The project will consist of each participating class to make 16 paper gingerbread men, depicting facts about the area or state that you live in. I will include a link at the end of this email to a site that I got this idea from. This shows examples of gingerbread men they had received while doing a similar project. Then those 16 will be sent out, one to each of the participating schools from all around the country. This will teach the students many different skills including geography, map skills, writing and social studies. A bulletin board can be made with a map and when the gingerbread men are received, a map marker can be placed from that school. We will need 17 schools to participate, since you wouldn't send one to your own school. The students can brainstorm, research, and create the gingerbread men individually or as a group. If you are interested all I will need from you is your school address, and your name, so that I can give a list of class names to all participants. If you are not interested, please share this idea with another third grade teacher. I would like to get this project started right after Thanksgiving, so that the gingerbread men can be mailed out by December 10th. If you are interested please email me back by November 12th. This will allow for other classes to be contacted if you cannot participate. Here is the link to the similar project to give you a better idea. [link removed]
If you are a K-12 teacher in the United States, you are invited to participate in a study titled “Teacher Perception of Technology Integration in the Workplace: A National Study.” If you teach in a teacher education program, please feel free to forward this invitation to any graduates that you think might be interested in participating in this study. If you already filled out the survey, thanks for your assistance and please dismiss this message.
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of the study is to investigate teachers’ perceptions of technology integration in the workplace as it relates to their self-confidence in computer use, their preparation in formal and informal technology courses in teacher education programs from which they have graduated, and administrative and technical support in their workplace.
Benefits: The findings could be used by teacher educators to revise technology courses and by K-12 school administrators to reconsider necessary support of technology integration for teachers’ practices. The benefits to you in participating in the study are receiving a copy of a summary of the study results.
Procedures to be Followed: You as a teacher are invited to participate in the study by completing a web-based survey. You will also be asked about your willingness to participate in a possible telephone interview. You do not have to agree to being interviewed in order to complete the survey.
If interviewed, you will be asked more detailed questions about your opinion on the type of experiences you had regarding technology integration during your teacher preparation program, whether you feel that you were adequately prepared, how you have used technology in your classroom, and your perception of the administrative and technical support that you have at your school.
Duration: The survey will take approximately 20 minutes of your time. The interview, if conducted, will take approximately 30 minutes.
Risks: There are no risks in participating in this study beyond those experienced in everyday life.
Compensation: There is no compensation for participating in this study.
Voluntary Participation/Alternative: Your participation in this project is voluntary. You have the right to withdraw at any time. You do not have to answer any questions you do not want to answer. The alternative is not to participate.
Statement of Confidentiality: Your responses will be confidential to ensure that they cannot be linked to you personally. Any personal information you provide that is linked to your name will be held in strict confidence when the data are presented in a written report.
Right to Ask Questions: If you have any questions, now or later, you may contact us at the numbers below. If you have any questions about your rights as a human subject, please contact the University of South Dakota Institutional Review Board at 605-677-6184.
Please assist us in our research and complete the survey by going to [link removed].
Thank you for considering participation in our survey.
Tzu-Yi Hsu Co-Project Director Technology for Education & Training University of South Dakota Phone: 605-677-8889 Email: [email removed]
Susan Santo Co-Project Director Technology for Education & Training University of South Dakota Phone: 605-677-5489 Email: [email removed]
,...... did you hear the one about: IOWA ~~ Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn. Iowa: Just east of Omaha. Iowa: It's easy to spell. Dumb Iowa Laws; Kisses may last for no more than five minutes. One-armed piano players must perform for free. A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public. It is a violation of the law to sell or distribute drugs or narcotics without having first obtained the appropriate Iowa drug tax stamp. Dubuque ; Any hotel in the city limits must have a water bucket and a hitching post in front of the building. Indianola ; The "Ice Cream Man" and his truck are banned. Fort Madison ; The fire department is required to practice fire fighting for fifteen minutes before attending a fire. Marshalltown ; Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants Ottumwa ; Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know. ....... and from [link removed].
If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because it's the coldest or hottest spot in the nation, you might live in Iowa.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Iowa.
If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Iowa.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, & they don't work there, you might live in Iowa.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Iowa.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Iowa.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Iowa.
If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Iowa.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Iowan WHEN: 1. "Vacation" means going east or west on I-80 for the weekend... or going to Adventureland. 2. You measure distance in hours. 3. You know several people who have hit a deer - more than once. 4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day... and back again. 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching. 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). 7. You see people wear bib overalls to funerals. 8. You carry jumper cables in your car... and your girlfriend knows how to use them. 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. 11. You know all 5 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, road construction & DAMN HOT! 12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. 13. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 14. Down South to you means Missouri. 15. East to you means Illinois. 16. A brat is something you eat. 17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed. 18. You go out to a tail gate party every Saturday. 19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors because your fire works melted. 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 21. You find -20 degrees F "a little chilly." 22. You've never met any celebrities. 23. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway. 24. You've seen all the biggest bands... ten years after they were popular. 25. Your school classes were canceled because of cold. 26. Your school classes were canceled because of heat. 27. You've ridden the school bus for an hour each way. 28. You think ethanol makes your truck "run a lot better." 29. You know what's knee-high by the Fourth of July. 30. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks. 31. You install security lights on your house and garage - and leave both unlocked. 32. You see a car running in the parking lot at the store with no one in it no matter what time of the year. 33. You end your sentences with an unnecessary preposition. Example: "Where's my coat at?" ............. plus 100+ more!!! Check out the site. ........ and more; Anyone you want can be found at either the Dairy Queen or the Feed Store.
You see at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town.
The football coach suggested that you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
Directions are given using "the" stoplight as a reference.
The city council meets at the coffee shop.
Your "letter jacket" was worn after your 19th birthday.
You decide to walk somewhere for exercise and 5 people pull over and ask if you need a ride.
Your teachers call you by your older siblings' names.
Your teachers remember when they taught your parents.
The closest Taco Bell or Burger King is at least 30 miles away. So is the closest shopping mall. .................. e'nuff. .
THE 2005 JOINT ASSEMBLY, a partnership between AGU, SEG, NABS and SPD/AAS, is being held 23—27 May 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Program Committee is developing a Union-wide science program that will cover topics in all areas of geophysical sciences. With a reputation as one of the country's hottest spots for music, food, and nightlife, New Orleans is an exciting venue for the Joint Assembly.
Session Call for Abstracts ED06 : An Analysis of the Impact of Education Reform from "A Nation at Risk" to "No Child Left Behind" on science education
Abstract Submission Guidelines. $ Full submission guidelines can be found on the AGU Web site on the 2005 Joint Assembly page, [link removed]
$ It is the responsibility of the author to make certain the abstract is received at AGU headquarters by the abstract deadline, February 10, 2005. Authors must not rely on conveners to submit abstracts on their behalf.
$ Abstracts must be submitted in English.
$ Abstracts should be proofread carefully prior to submission. No changes or corrections will be made to abstracts by AGU Staff, including the order of authors. Abstracts received are considered final copy.
$ Authors must preview electronic abstracts before submitting to AGU.
$ Abstracts submitted by mail can only contain text. Graphics or figures may only be included in electronic submissions, as part of the URL option.
$ Abstracts must be accompanied by submission fees. The abstract submission fee is nonrefundable, even if the paper is later withdrawn.
$ Abstracts will not be accepted by fax or email. You must mail your abstract or submit it electronically through the website submission according to the appropriate deadline.
$ Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is an AGU member in good standing or a nonmember whose abstract submission is sponsored by an AGU member in good standing OR a member of a co-sponsoring society. The appropriate AGU or cosponsor membership number (self or sponsor) must be provided with the abstract submission.
$ Submission of an abstract carries with it the obligation to present the paper in the mode of presentation and on the day and time assigned by the Program Committee. You are NOT guaranteed an oral talk, nor are you guaranteed a specific day of the week. The Program Committee makes all final scheduling decisions. Once scheduled, presentations may not be rescheduled.
$ All accepted abstracts will be published in a supplement to Eos. Submission of an abstract for the meeting is presumed to carry with it permission for AGU to reproduce the abstract in a supplement to Eos, on the CD-ROM, on the AGU Web site, in meeting programs, and in reports related to the meeting. It is also presumed to permit the free copying of the abstract. Although Eos is a copyrighted publication, authors are not required to transfer copyrights for abstracts submitted to meetings. Copyright, where it exists, will be reserved by the authors.
Deadlines and schedule: 3 February Postal Mail Abstract Deadline 10 February Abstract Deadline Electronic Submissions; No later than 2359 UT. 26 March Program Summary Available on AGU Website
1 April Acceptance letters and session chair letters mailed.
20 April Pre-Registration Deadline Housing deadline 26 April Abstract volume mails with Eos 23-27-May Joint Assembly 05 in New Orleans
Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues [faculty, staff, administrators], doctoral students, and others, who may have an interest in submitting an abstract for the consideration of conference presentation.
I am going to be traveling back through the area where I attended grade school, and I would like to look up my first grade teacher from many moons ago. Her name is Jean Lehrman, and she taught first grade at Emery Elementary back in 1976. I would love to get in touch with her. The year 2004 brought with it much tragedy and it has clarified to me that I need to get into contact with people who impacted me the most. Mrs. Lehrman was one of them, and I would like a chance to tell her thank you. If anyone out there can get me in touch with her, I would greatly appreciate it. I assume she has since retired, and I think she probably still lives somewhere in the area.
I'm in my 40's and want to get an Elementary teaching certificate for the State of South Dakota. I currently have a double major in psych./soc. and have been a social worker for Child Protection Services. I'm wondering if the Western Governors University elementary degree is acceptable for the State of South Dakota or would they not accept this? It is a 18 month program over the internet for individuals who have a degree. Is there going to be a need for elementary teachers in two years around the Huron, Mitchell, Madison, Howard area? Thanks for any information you can provide for me. Linetta
Hi everybody, i'm a Spanish teacher and i would like to know what do i need to be able to work at a School there, i am planing on moving to Sioux Falls but i still have no job. If you could help me and give me information about the sistem there i would thank you for ever!! Thanks!!! have a nice day!
On 1/26/05, Alba B. wrote: > Hi everybody, i'm a Spanish teacher and i would like to > know what do i need to be able to work at a School there, > i am planing on moving to Sioux Falls but i still have no > job. > If you could help me and give me information about the > sistem there i would thank you for ever!! > Thanks!!! have a nice day!
,...... did you hear the one about: IOWA ~~ Iowa: We Do
Amazing Things With Corn.
Iowa: Just east of Omaha.
Iowa: It's easy to spell.
Dumb Iowa Laws;
Kisses may last for no more than five minutes. One-armed
piano players must perform for free. A man with a moustache
may never kiss a woman in publi...See More