Free Italian Language Resources

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I went to a Catholic Primary School on Friday and mentioned my list of Japanese language resources, so the Italian Language teacher remarked where was her list?

oh brother - it looks like I have to search for all the languages taught in schools here in WA.

So here's my list so far - as always if you know of any others please let me know.

Italian 4 U About 6 games to use on computers or on your IWB

Italian online Quiz based interactives

BBC - Italian - A range of resources for teaching and learning including sound bites, comics and more.

Italian Sites for Children - A list of stories, sound files and dictionaries - nice bunch of resources.


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Japanese Language IWB resources

For some reason I have been approached by a couple of Japanese language teachers independantly looking for IWB resources and games for Japanese language classes. So I had a look around and I've found a few out there. If you know of anymore please let me know.

http://lrnj.com/ - slime forest adventure. A RPG style game – free for the first 100 or so Kanji

http://www.learn-hiragana-katakana.com/ - A great site with a bunch of interactive flash programs to help with the basics.

http://www.japteach.com/ - from Queensland with some free worksheets that can be used at”backgrounds” for IWB’s like eBeam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/japanese/ - The BBC introductory site.

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/index.html - A great primary site for begiining japanese. The Games section have a few flash based games that work well on interactive whiteboards.

http://www.tjf.or.jp/clicknippon/en/index.html - This website provides information for both those interested in Japan and those involved in Japanese language education. There are plenty of materials that can be used for Japanese language and social studies, as well as education in international understanding.

http://minnanokyozai.jp/kyozai/home/en/render.do - A resource website for Japanese teachers. Resources are mainly for remixing into either paper based or IWB use.

http://www.thomsonlearning.com.au/secondary/lote/obento/deluxe/student/About%20the%20course.html - The companion website to the Obento Deluxe books for Secondary Students. Interactivea are available for each chapter.

http://www.nihongomemo.com/resources.htm - A range of printout and templates for IWB's

http://www.ajalt.org/sj/com/com_index.html - Survival Japanese.


Additional one I have found post post.

Eco Zoo - Thanks to Free Technology For Teachers for this one. A bilingual site (English / Japanese) for environmental awareness - Fantastic 3D visuals with this one, and a nice sound track as well.

Two new ones from other bloggers

I've written about Wordle before - this is slightly different and rather than being just Art - Wordsift adds visuals, context and a thesaurus -

The other website is for all those who need to convert a file quickly and without downloading software...

Zamzar will convert documents, video, images and sound to just about any format you need and email you the results - up to 1G files.

This is great when you are behind a firewall or you just can't download and install other programs - DET I'm looking at you.

This is great for teacher tube, teacherstv and of course youtube - a great work around when you are blocked at school.

Wordle

I'm going to have to write about "Wordle" - as my boss reckons it's the ultimate summariser. Feed it texts and it gives you a visual representation of the frequency and importance of each word in the text. You have to see a wordle to appreciate it.

This is an online tool, but it would be fantastic in a classroom - put a chapter of a book into it and see if the kids can predict the story - or get them to make up a story based on the wordle.

You could also use it to help kids with distilling the main ideas. It is also a great "art" activity - student can use public domain text from project Gutenberg to create art from poems and prose.

Very cool you will be looking for a whole bunch of text to put into the Wordle cruncher.

Language and Maths activities for your IWB

With NAPLAN coming up soon there are teachers looking for the edge so they can give their kids that extra oomph in the tests.


Spellingcity
If you are using spelling lists and an IWB this is perfect. Simply put your wordlist into the home pages and it automatically makes 11 different flash spelling games from your list - saves on a whole lot of work. You can also do it to automate your spelling tests as it says the word and puts it in a sentence. There are also a whole bunch of premade lists.

You need to online for this gem.

2+2
This is a downloadable program for lower school maths. With over 20 different activities (many that you can do with your IWB) 2+2 math for kids is a program aimed to help children's education in the area of basic mathematical skills.