10/30/2012

Refresh your vocabulary


Frankenstorm- noun
a very large and dangerous storm formed by a combination of storms; in particular, a combined storm formed when a hurricane encounters other winter storms
Sandy is forecast to combine with two other storms in the coming days, creating what the weather service has called a “Frankenstorm”.


Exurb - noun
the region just outside the suburbs of a city, usually where middle class or rich people live
The 16 acre ... site is located in Exton, Chester County, a rapidly developing exurb on the outskirts of Philadelphia.

perfervid - adjective
showing extreme and intense emotions
Between ... a trial and an annual look-alike contest, surely Hemingway, a perfervid admirer of 'grace under pressure' would choose the trial.

filler - noun
1
(also dermal filler) a substance injected into the face to remove wrinkles
All three of these fillers are good for treating the laugh lines.
2
in linguistics, a sound or word used to fill a gap in speech
Jill Wagner, a linguist at Temple University in Philadelphia, recently published a study that found filler words to be beneficial.

Gangnam style - noun
a hit single and video featuring the South Korean rapper PSY and his very personal dance style. The video has been very widely imitated, by political leaders among others
A humanoid robot that may someday evolve into a fearless firefighter aboard U.S. Navy warships has become infected with the “Gangnam Style” dancing virus.


Source: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/open-dictionary

10/29/2012

КРЕАТИВНА ШКОЛА 2012/2013


ЗАВОД ЗА УНАПРЕЂИВАЊЕ ОБРАЗОВАЊА И ВАСПИТАЊА
Фабрисова 10, 11000 Београд

у сарадњи са Мајкрософтoм (Мicrosoft)

расписује
НАГРАДНИ КОНКУРС
за основне и средње школе

„КРЕАТИВНА ШКОЛА 2012/2013.“ 

„Креативна школа“ је део Мicrosoft програма „Партнер у учењу“ који се остварује у 115 земаља света. Конкурс „Креативна школа 2012/2013.“ намењен је наставницима и стручним сарадницима у основним и средњим школама у Републици Србији, чији радови представљају примере добре праксе наставе и остваривања образовно-васпитних циљева применом информационих технологија.

Ако сте наставник разредне, предметне наставе или стручни сарадник у основној или средњој школи, примењујете новине у настави и желите да их поделите са колегама, позивамо Вас да пријавите свој рад на Конкурс и тиме допринесете размени примера добре праксе.

Више информација пронађите овде: http://www.kreativnaskola.rs/


8 Milestones in Recorded Sound

A great video for ESL and Music lessons.


10/20/2012

Дванаести вебинар заједнице

Тема: Веб алати за управљање пројектима

Садржаји
Угвејв (Oogwave)
Трело (Trello)

Време: четвртак, 25. октобар 2012. у 20:00 (пожељно пријављивање 15 минута раније)
Трајање: 20.00-21.00
Предавачи:
Биљана Радовић, школски психолог у Гимназији ,,20. октобар'', Бачка Паланка
Марија Јовић, наставник енглеског језика у ОШ ,,Свети Сава'', Баточина


Модератор: Нада Пуртић

Приступ: слободан у конференцијској соби: https://www.bigmarker.com/club_130/room17

Више информација на следећој адреси: http://eduobr.blogspot.com/2012/10/blog-post.html

10/18/2012

SEETA Live Webinar

21 October 2012
TIME: 7:00 p.m. GMT
VENUE: SEETA Teachers’ Open Forum


The Connected Classroom -
Using Technology to Get Our Students Speaking
Summary:

In this talk Russell will present some simple web 2.0 tools that we can use to get our students speaking both in and outside of the class. Web 2.0 offers us tools that students and teachers can use to record themselves speaking and then at a click of a button share the recordings by email or place in Moodle, a blog or a website. This is a great way to set up speaking tasks and activities with your students. Based on work being carried out at the University of Warwick, teachers can learn these tools in minute and make immediate use of his ideas. Russell will explain in the talk why he calls the presentation the "Connected Classroom". Whether you are a technophile or a technophobe this is a talk not to be missed.

Our Speaker’s Bio:
Russell Stannard runs the popular http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/ website that offers free step by step help videos to show teachers how to use technology. The site had over a quarter of a million users in 2011, nearly all ELT teachers. Russell won the British Council ELTons technology award, the Times Higher technology Innovation award and the Univeristy of Westminster award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He writes a regular column in the ET professional called "Webwatcher" and is currenly a lecturer at the University of Warwick where he teaches on the MA in TESOL.


10/16/2012

The English Book Oxford Day 2012

The English Book – Oxford Day, 10. novembar 2012, Sava Centar, Beograd

Poštovani saradnici,

“The English Book” i ove godine u Sava Centru organizuje veliki skup posvećen nastavi engleskog jezika: The English Book – Oxford Day.

Kao i do sada, ovo će biti prilika da se profesori i nastavnici engleskog jezika upoznaju sa najnovijim trendovima i metodologijama u nastavi engleskog jezika, i da sa vodećim stručnjacima u ovoj oblasti, kao i sa svojim kolegama iz drugih škola, porazgovaraju o aktuelnim problemima i mogućnostima unapređenja nastave.

Na skupu će između ostalih govoriti: Ken Wilson, Luke Meddings, Colin Granger, Marisa Constantinides, Tony O’Brien, a skupu će se obratiti i predstavnici Ministarstva prosvete, kao i Filološkog fakulteta u Beogradu.

Datum održavanja: 10. novembar 2012.

Mesto održavanja: Sava Centar, Beograd (Milentija Popovića 9)

Otvaranje skupa: 10:30 časova

Prijavljivanje učesnika i podela materijala: 09:00 – 10:20 časova

Tokom skupa učesnicima će u Sava Centru biće obezbeđeni materijali za rad, ručak, kafa/piće. Nakon skupa učesnici će dobiti sertifikat o učešću na ovom događaju.

Usled ograničenog broja mesta, a u nameri da svim prijavljenim učesnicima obezbedimo ravnopravno prijavljivanje i tretman, prinuđeni smo da i ove godine naplatimo participaciju u troškovima organizacije skupa u ukupnom iznosu od 500 dinara.

Molimo vas da Vašu prijavu dostavite putem e-maila (seminar2012@englishbook.rs) ili faxa (011 31 31 044) do utorka 6. novembra 2012. 

Formular za prijavu možete naći ovde: http://www.englishbook.rs/srp/aktuelnosti_p_233

10/13/2012

Spelling mistakes

Spelling mistakes can ruin lives



10/07/2012

Seminar - Variety as the Spice of ELT

NAZIV SEMINARA: Variety as the Spice of ELT

DATUM I VREME ODRŽAVANJA: 13. oktobar 2012.godine od 10:00 sati

MESTO: Leskovac

KATALOŠKI BROJ: 814

TRAJANJE: jedan dan (8 bodova)

AUTORI: Biljana Pipović, Ivona Ranđelović

Više informacija potražite ovde.

9/27/2012

Hollywood to Serbia - 100 years of cooperation

100 godina saradnje Holivuda i Srbije



Poštovani,

5. oktobra 2012. sa početkom u 18 časova, Američki kutak organizuje program pod nazivom:

Hollywood to Serbia - 100 years of cooperation / 100 godina saradnje Holivuda i Srbije

Specijalni gosti su PAM - orkestar muzičkih robota i predavač : Prof. Kurt Kobl (USA)

Detaljan opis programa je u prilogu.

Očekuje Vas dva sata kvalitetnog programa, posetite nas!

Vaš AC

American Corner Kragujevac
Dr Zorana Djindjica 10/III
34000 Kragujevac
+381 34 300020

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanCornerKragujevac

9/26/2012

The Macmillan Online Conference

The second annual Macmillan Online Conference is designed to bring you all your continuing professional development needs across not two but FOUR afternoons of online seminars - all within the comfort of your own home!

And, it's all FREE!
Following the success of last year’s conference, we’ve invited even more of our authors to speak, securing an all star line up including:
NOVEMBER 5th & 6th - PRIMARY SESSIONS
Viv Lambert: Raising cultural awareness in the primary classroom
Angela Llanas, co-author of many Macmillan series including Bounce and Bounce Now, topic to be confirmed.
Carol Read, author of 500 Activities for the Primary Classroom, Footprints and several children's readers, topic to be confirmed.
And more speakers soon to be confirmed!


THURSDAY 8th NOVEMBER - METHODOLOGY
12.30 - 13.30
Scott Thornbury: Why are we still teaching the wrong grammar the wrong way?

13.45 - 14.45
Adrian Underhill: Pronunciation: The Cinderella of ELT

15.00 - 16.00
Pete Sharma: The TIPping point: new Technologies, new Ideas and new Pedagogies

FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER - ADULT

12.30 - 13.30
Vaughan Jones: author of Inside Out, topic tbc.

13.45 - 14.45
Louis Rogers: How specific should we be?

15.00 - 16.00
Miles Craven: Effective Scaffolding – Two practical techniques

For abstracts and to register please visit the Macmillan Online Conference webpage: CLICK HERE

9/25/2012

Introduction to TKT Essentials

Drage kolege,
TKT essentials seminar u Kragujevcu, subota, 6.10.2012. od 10 do 18h. Prijave do utorka, 2.10.2012. Seminar je bez kotizacije i nosi 6 sati stručnog usavršavanja.
Srdačan pozdrav,
Branka Dečković

9/21/2012

ELEMENTARY BUSINESS ENGLISH COURSE 2012

PONOVO SA VAMA!

I OVE GODINE ĆE BITI ODRŽAN BESPLATAN KURS POČETNOG POSLOVNOG ENGLESKOG JEZIKA ZA ODRASLE U PROSTORIJAMA AMERIČKOG KUTKA U KRAGUJEVCU.

SVI ZAINTERESOVANI KANDIDATI MOGU DOBITI SVOJE PRIJAVE PUTEM MAIL-A: ACKRAGUJEVAC@GMAIL.COM ILI IH LIČNO MOGU POPUNITI U PROSTORIJAMA AMERIČKOG KUTKA (DR ZORANA ĐINĐIĆA 10/III).

PRIJAVLJIVANJE TRAJE OD 20. SEPTEMBRA DO 05. OKTOBRA 2012.

ULAZNI TEST CE BITI ODRŽAN 09.OKTOBRA 2012, TAČNO VREME BIĆE NAKNADNO OBJAVLJENO.

DOĐITE DA SE DRUŽITE, PIŠETE CV-JE, PROPRATNA PISMA, RADITE PREZENTACIJE, POBOLJŠATE VAŠE ORGANIZACIONE I KOMUNIKACIONE SPOSOBNOSTI!

OČEKUJEMO VAS!!

AMERIČKI KUTAK KRAGUJEVAC
DR ZORANA ĐINĐIĆA 10/III
EMAIL: ACKRAGUJEVAC@GMAIL.COM
--
American Corner Kragujevac
Dr Zorana Djindjica 10/III
34000 Kragujevac
+381 34 300020

https://www.facebook.com/AmericanCornerKragujevacwww.ac-kragujevac.net

http://ac-kg.yolasite.com/
Online book catalog

Working hours
7.30 am - 7 pm Monday - Friday

EdWeb Webinars

Supporting Online Learning with Both Synchronous and Asynchronous Tools
Monday, September 24th - 4PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Kirsten Peterson, Project Director, EdTech Leaders Online
Join the community Keys to Successful Online Learning and Community-Building

Building Leadership & Support for Your Mobile Learning Program:
Best Practices & Resources from CoSN's Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative
Thursday, September 27th - 4PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Lucy Gray, Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking's Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative
Join the community Mobile Learning Explorations

Fractions Focus Part 2:
Addition and Subtraction Fraction Operations
Tuesday, October 9th - 4PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Sara Delano Moore, Ph.D., Director of Mathematics and Science at ETA hand2mind
Join the community Implementing Common Core Standards in Math

Fundamentals of Leadership 2.0
Tuesday, October 9th - 5PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Eric Sheninger, Principal, New Milford High School, NJ, and Joe Mazza, Principal and lead learner at Knapp Elementary School, Lansdale, PA
Join the community Leadership 2.0

Quests, Badges & Guild Sites - Am I Really at School?
Thursday, October 11th - 4PM Eastern Time
REGISTER HERE
Presented by Dr. Lisa Dawley, CEO of Go-Go Labs and Co-inventor of 3D GameLab; with Mark Suter, Computer Technology Teacher at Pandora-Gilboa Local Schools
Join the community Game-Based Learning

9/17/2012

ELTA Happy Day

Dear members,


This Autumn, ELTA is having Happy Day membership discount again!


If your membership is about to expire by the end of the year or if you wish to become a new member, you should take advantage of ELTA Happy Day!
Instead of 2000 dinars, teachers will pay 1500 dinars for a full year membership!
Schools and other institutions which pay three full memberships (2000 dinars) will get a fourth membership for free!
Join us in our Happy Day and enjoy all the benefits ELTA membership offers - free monthly newsletter, seminars discounts, IATEFL basic membership discounts, ELTA conference discounts, free SEETA courses and much more!

ONLY for payments made on ELTA Happy Day, September 26!

Don’t miss this opportunity!

Contact your regional ELTA coordinator or visit our website for more info.

Best wishes,

ELTA team

9/16/2012

Вебинар: Одјеци глобалне онлајн конференције

У четвртак, 27. септембра, 2012.
Тема Одјеци глобалне онлајн конференције
Learning 2.0
одржане 23.августа, 2012Садржај
1. Предавање Дејана Бошковића на тему:
Student-directed learning: MicroGlobalScope in the classroom
2.
Модерирање онлајн конференција
- Горан Брковић и МајаДакић-Брковић
Време
четвртак, 27. септембар 2012. у 20.00(пожељно пријављивање 15 минута раније)
Трајање
1 сат
Предавач
Дејан Бошковић, наставник биологије, Основна школа "ИвоАндрић", Београд
Модератори
Горан Брковић, наставник клавира, Музичка школа "Војислав-Лале Стефановић", УжицеМаја Дакић - Брковић, наставник клавира, Музичка школа"Војислав-Лале Стефановић", Ужице
Приступ
слободан у конференцијској соби:https :// www .bigmarker .com /club _130/ room 16
Упутство
Пре укључења у виртуелну конференцијску салу препоручљиво је прочитати упутство да бисте при укључењу лакше користили сервис Биг маркер, на веб-адреси:http :// www .tildee .com /BVRN 5 i
Важна напомена
Потврде о учешћу на вебинару издаје Друштво библиотекара идобијају је сви учесници вебинара који се на конференцију пријаве са својим именом и презименом и чланови су Клубаљубитеља финих вебинара. Саветујемо вам да пре конференције отворите налог на Биг-маркеру, уколико га већ немате, и постанете члан Клуба.

9/14/2012

9/13/2012

Flipping for Sophia


Flipping for Sophia with Bill Nye The Science Guy.

Free event on September 26th. See you there!
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3338344077

O ovoj inovativnoj metodi možete da pročitate više ovde.

9/11/2012

Вебциклопедија билтен број 7-8

Кликнути на слику
Вебциклопедија билтен 7-8
Нови број билтена Вебциклопедије.
http://vebciklopedija.weebly.com/
Пријава за билтен: http://vebciklopedija.weebly.com/104110801083109010771085.html

6th SLanguages Annual Symposium

May I invite you all to attend the...
6th SLanguages Annual Symposium
28-30 September 2012
A free 3-day conference on Language &
Culture in Virtual Worlds held on EduNation in
Second Life.
Themes: Educational Games and Machinima
Main Conference Site: http://avalon-project.ning.com

CONFERENCE DRAFT PROGRAM
http://tinyurl.com/slang12program

CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Languagelab.com + Freie Universität Berlin

CONFERENCE TRAILER
SLanguages is the real adventure from mariusmadrigal on Vimeo.

GOOGLE CONFERENCE CALENDAR
add slanguagesannualsymposium@gmail.com
http://avalon-project.ning.com/page/conf-calendar

EVENT SCHEDULES (Work in progress)
http://avalon-project.ning.com/events

LOCATION
EDUNATION I and III and a temporary conference island
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/125/89/23

LIVESTREAM
All of the sessions will be livestreamed with Adobe
Connect. You do not need an avatar to attend.
http://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl and other rooms
Check out each scheduled event for the stream.

ABOUT SLANGUAGES
http://avalon-project.ning.com/page/about-slanguages