IDEAS+-+Resources

Here is a space to share cool resources for native/heritage/world language literacy instruction...

 * ~ Resource ||~ Description ||~ Contact Info / Link ||~ Notes ||
 * [|Recordable Talking "Pen Pal"] || A "pen" that uses micro-dot tech to record and listen to audio. || [|Mantra Lingua]

-Mantra Lingua has partnered with School Specialty - a CPS preferred vendor! || This is a new 4GB version of the older Recorder Pen. Can be purchased with audio-enabled books - but even better...comes with stickers that can be added to any books (including student-authored ones) to make the audio available in any language you want to record. Student's can record their own book in their own voice. || [|Cranium CoRE] || Andy Larson heard about the Festo and contacted me to make sure we knew about this product - if any of you use this please post your thoughts here! ||
 * Cranium CoRE || An online gaming program for groups of kids to compete - using literature-based questions that the teacher builds in an open-book format - including "higher order thinking" questions, program supports any language. || Andy Larson
 * CPS Dept of Libraries wiki - SALSA || S.A.L.S.A. is an acronym for "Spanish Award-winning Literature Seminar for All" - a professional workshop session geared towards showcasing Spanish language titles appropriate for school library and classroom collections, grades PreK-8. ||  ||   ||
 * @http://spanishstepsonline.com/new_store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1 ||  Just ran across this resource - I'm not sure about the quality, but they have stuff available in low incidence languages such as Somali and Hmong:  ||   ||   ||
 * [] || Blog about bilingualism ||  ||   ||
 * [] || List of books for kids about bilingualism - from the blog: Playing by the Book ||  ||   ||