Seminar on Bilingual Education (Oviedo, Asturias)

"Seminario regional de apoyo a la enseñanza bilingüe" organised by the CPR in Oviedo. Thanks to Gilberto for a wonderful tour of the town and to Gregorio for his CD full of useful resources and information :)

Holland 2008

Oxford Teacher Development Day in Utrecht :)
Fantastic, participative teachers and great venue.

Here are some websites from the ICT talk that might come in handy:

- Tutorial on how to start a BLOG (click on blog)
- Starting a blog using BLOGGER
- Headway web link worksheets with WEBQUESTS
- Cross-curricular WEQUESTS (and others)
- Business and ICT CARTOONS
- Powerpoints and slide shows from SLIDESHARE
- Tutorial for Windows MOVIE MAKER

Hungary 2008

Unforgettable trip to Hungary. Talks on Canadian Culture in Visegrád and Veszprém. Visits to Budapest, Szentendre and Lake Balaton. Many thanks to IATEFL Hungary, the Canadian Embassy, the University of Veszprém and Dorottya Szabo.
Watch the VIDEO of the trip (click on video)

Russia 2008

Wonderful trip doing teacher training sessions in Voronezh, Rostov-On-Don, Krasnodar, Volgograd and Astrakhan :)

Talks and Workshops 2008

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• CEP Sevilla - Course in Sevilla Este at CP Maestro José Fuente - "CLIL and TIC for French Classes" - December 2008
  
• CEP Manacor, CEP Inca (Palma de Mallorca) - "English for Preschool" (Storytelling, Songs, Assessment, Games) - November 2008
  
• SERBIA - "Storytelling", "Classroom Management", "Assessment" - October 2008
  
• CEP Sevilla - "ICT and CLIL for Young Learners" - October 2008
  
• CPR Oviedo - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "CLIL in 1st cycle" "CLIL in 1st ESO" - September 2008
• SERBIA - "Discovering Grammar", "Developing Reading and Listening", "Integrated Skills" - August 2008
  
• TURKEY (Istanbul, Ankara) "An Incredible English Year" - August 2008
  
• SAFA SUMMER SCHOOL (Ubeda) 30 hour course for infant and primary school teachers - July 2008
  
• CPR Palma de Mallorca - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "Classroom Language and Management for CLIL", "ICT and Audio visual material for CLIL", "Games and Pairwork for CLIL" - June 2008
  
• SWITZERLAND (Aarau) - "Meeting Our Needs Using Project" - June 2008
  
• CICA (Gijon) - "Canada - The Great Unknown" - May 2008
  
• CPR Oviedo - Regional Seminar on Bilingual Education - "Practial Activities for CLIL", "Fun and Games in CLIL" - May 2008
• OUP Spain - Galicia (Santiago, Ourense) - "Making the Most of Stories" - April 2008
  
• HOLLAND - Utrecht - "Hand in Hand: ICT and ELT", "Getting them Going with Grammar Games" - OUP - April 2008
  
• OUP Spain - Madrid - "Surprisingly Easy Cross-Curricular Activities" - April 2008
  
• HUNGARY (Visegrad; Veszprem) - "Catching Up on Canadian Culture" - April 2008 (in conjunction with IATEFL Hungary, The Canadian Embassy and the University of Veszprem)
  
• RUSSIA (Voroneh, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, Astrahan) -"Ready to Read", "Trouble with Teens?", "Exam Success" - OUP/Reload - March 2008
• SLOVENIA (Maribor; Bled) -"Great Minds DON'T Think Alike" (Differentiated Instruction in Secondary) - OUP - March 2008
• CEP Castilleja de la Cuesta - "CLIL in Secondary" (January - February 2008) (team taught with Robert Quinn)
  
• CEP Sevilla - "The Cat's got Their Tongue: Oral Communication in Bachillerato" (January - February 2008)

Slovenia (March 2008)

Teacher training in Maribor and Bled :) Lovely walks through Ljubjana.

Powerskips on the Beach

Learning to jump using powerskips :)
See VIDEO

CLIL Material

CLIL Materials - Materiales de plurilingüismo Material from the the CEP de Seville website (handouts , powerpoints, ideas and suggestions). See: "Materiales" y "Materiales para CLIL (II)" by Nina :)

Some Useful Links (CLIL, English lessons etc.)

• Science Explorations (online activities from Scholastic)
  
• Geography (online map games --- Alienz Map Game and Geographic Continent Map Game both fun)
  
• History (interactive games and worksheets that can be downloaded)
• Graphic Organisers (a huge variety of different graphic organisers)
  
• Physical Education (warm ups, games and activities for PE classes)
  
• Music (hands-on activities for music class)
  
• Technology (machines and mechanisms)
  
• English (past tense irregular 'speed word' online game)
  

I hope these help :)

Powerskips and bike riding last weekend

See video on POWERSKIPS
See video on the BIKE RIDE

LinkedIn (Click here) and MATSDA

My profile on Linked In

and information on the MATSDA (The Materials Development Associaton) website.

Article: CLIL in the Primary Classroom

The future is CLIL and this article shows us some practical ways to incorporate the approach into young learner classes.
Published in NEW STANDPOINTS magazine (published by Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
(January 2008 - ISBN: 1744-5582)

Rollerblading the 1/2 Marathon in Seville (CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO)

Articles by Nina Lauder

• "Ready Made Resources for CLIL Classes", Práticas en Educación Bilingüe Plurilingue, No. 1, Sept. 2009 http://www.practicaseneducacion.org/
  
• "Up the Sleeve Activities for Young Learners", The Teacher Magazine, Poland, May 2009 www.teacher.pl
  
• "An Interview with Nina Lauder" (by Dolores Malic), IATEFL Slovenia Newsletter, Summer Issue 2009
  
• "All Year English", Modern Teacher Magazine, Issue 18.1, January 2009 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)
  
• "Christmas Fun" and interview, Newletter: Movaian and Silesian Association of Teachers of English, autumn 2008.
  
• "CLIL with Children", English Teaching Professional, Issue 57, July 2008 (Keyways Publishing Ltd.)

• "Ways Teachers Can Use Computers", ELTA/British Council Newsletter, June 2008.

• "Spring Fever: Content Based Activities for Springtime", The ETAS Journal, Volume 25, No. 2, Spring 2008 (ETAS: English Teachers Association Switzerland)
  

• "CLIL in the Primary Classroom", New Standpoints, January 2008 (Mary Glasgow Magazines/Scholastic)
• "CEFR in Primary" (Common European Framework of Reference); Oxford Teachers Club (online) (August 2007)
  
• "Ten 5-Minute Activities to Keep Young ESL/EFL Learners on Their Toes"; Internet TESL Journal; Vol. XIII, No. 8 (August 2007) SEE: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Lauder-ForYoungLearners.html
  
• "CLIL in the Classroom", Oxford Primary Magazine (April 2007)
• "To CLIL or not to CLIL", CETA Magazine (April 2007)
• "Clarifying CLIL", Oxford Teacher's Club (January 2007) SEE: http://www.oup.com/elt/teachersclub/articles/clarifying_clil?cc=global
  
• “Breaking Down Barriers”, APAC Quarterly Magazine (October 2006)
• “Fun and Easy Halloween Activities”, Oxford Primary Magazine (September 2006)
• “Intercultural Activities for the Primary Classroom”, TEAM Magazine, Tenerife SEE:http://teacanarias.org/team2/team2_42_lauder.pdf
• “Content Based Christmas”, Richmond Times (December 2005)
• “Starting Off on the Right Foot”, Richmond Times (September 2005)
• “Breaking Down Barriers”, Richmond Times (Mayo 2005)
• “Christmas Activities for Primary”, Richmond Times (December 2004)
• “Keeping Them on Their Toes”, Richmond Times (September 2004)
• “Puppets in Primary”, Richmond Times (April 2004)
• "Great Games for Primary", Richmond Times (September 2003)
• "Surviving the First Days of Primary", It's for Teachers, No. 5 (March 2003)

Learning to powerskip...continued

Press play button to see me bouncing along :)

Christmas is Coming (click on pages to open link)

Colouring pages for Young Learners
How to say Happy Christmas in different languages
Christmas Songs (lyrics and music)
Christmas Crafts
Online Christmas Games

VideoJug (CLICK HERE to see experiment)

Go to the education section on Video Jug (www.videojug.com) and find a seletion of short clips on history, science, physics etc. For example, find out how to suck an egg into a bottle watching:

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-suck-an-egg-into-a-bottle

OUP DAY in BELGRADE
November 10th, 2007
(Tom Hutchinson, Clive Oxenden, Michael Swan)

ELTA magazine (Serbia) - Interview CLICK HERE

Scroll down to:
A Day in Life of… Nina Lauder by Maja Hadžić
Nina Lauder talks about her "falling into" the teaching profession only to find out there's nothing more she could want.

More links...this time, for CLIL

History worksheets on the ROMANS (BBC)

Earth Science - go to Chapter resources - Worksheets on earthquakes, the solar system etc. (McGraw-Hill)

Map and compass activities for Physical Education or Geography

Article by Bill Bowler in New Standpoints Magazine ("The Rise and Rise of CLIL")