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AnonymousAs I mentioned in class today, there is a good website for getting penpals using e-mail. It has participants from more than 190 countries-- they claim more than 4 million teachers/students are part of their program. Another great feature is that they offer instant translation (don't know if it's babblefish or what) . They offer chat rooms, discussion boards and projects too. They also give you teacher suggestions on how to incorporate the epals into your curriculum. I'm going to use this site this year --now that I finally got the internet in my classroom.
Enjoy, Emily
AnonymousThis web site is useful for keeping up-to-date with current news on Asia. It also has maps to let you know where the article is taking place.
http://http://www.msnbc.com/news/pacrim_front.asp
Caryn
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AnonymousThis site allows students to interact on line with maps. Great site for a computer lab session.
Caryn
http://http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_asia.htm[Edit by="ctruong-kelly on Aug 12, 12:54:37 PM"][/Edit]
AnonymousI enjoy using this site with my students after a lesson on Chinese calligraphy. They think it's pretty neat to have a Chinese name.
http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
Caryn
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AnonymousThis is also a fun site to get the students writing Chinese. It teaches students the strokes of Chinese characters without the teacher having to do them in front of the class. This site works well because students can go at their own pace.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/ealc/chinese/newweb/character_page.html
Caryn[Edit by="ctruong-kelly on Aug 12, 1:04:33 PM"][/Edit]
AnonymousThis site shows diifferent symbols often used in Chinese literature or art. Along with the symbols, there is a short decription of its meaning.
http://mrkellysclass.net/asian_studies_6th_grade%20folder/ancient_chinese_symbolism.htm
Caryn
AnonymousI'm brooding. Just can't get over the demographic data. This averages 6+ hours per day (not COUNTING email) spent with some abstraction of reality. Yeah, I realize that, with multi-tasking, some of the media use is simultaneous, and, maybe, with the decline of family rituals, kids access media while eating. Still, one wonders how they find time for, say, the mall, not to mention the other amusements they stereotypiclly indulge in. LOU
Anonymoushttp://thegateway.orgSponsered by a Department of Education and run by a consortium of educators and librarians, this is a huge collection of educational databases from federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial sources. It includes lesson plans, primary sources, and unit plans, and even indexes parts of ERIC Clearinghouse. When, by browsing or searching, you find a web site, it will be clearly described by a HUMAN. You can then reach the site by clicking on the title or you can opt for “more info.” CLICK THIS at least on your first few searches. You will connect to meta-data (picture the electronic version of a library card). Information provided includes a description of the resource, all the broad and narrow academic subjects and grade levels for which it is appropriate and a list of “keywords” which are roughly equivalent to topics. You can search by any combination of academic subjects, (Science) and narrower subjects (Science –Careers), and grade level/s. Additionally, you can type in two search words or phrases (linked by ‘and”, “or”, or “not”) and specify which part of the meta-data should be searched (title, description, or keyword). If this is sounding too hard, just go do it. I’d start by browsing subjects and keywords. Lou
AnonymousI can't believe how much I miss being in the workshop! However, found an incomplete online website, but could be an interesting resource for you. See the UCLA Folklore & Mythology program's Archives (formerly a separate program from which I received a Master's degree) now part of World Arts & Cultures.
Go to: http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/folklore/archives/
They've got a number of resources accessible online (how to make Mochi, for example, or an article on doodles and another on graffiti) but also have links to other online resources (Korean folklore archives), Journals, books, etc.
Anonymoushttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/asianhistory1.html
The above website provides general background information on Asian-Pacific Heritage Month celebrated in May. It gives a history and timeline of Asian-Pacific immigration into the US, Asian American enclaves, almanac links, history of tea and chopsticks, etc.
This website would be helpful for elementary teachers when teaching their students about Asian-Pacific Heritage Month much like Black History Month. Perhaps liberal arts teachers can use it to supply their students with background information when studying Asian American works from the late 19th and early 20th century to get a better understanding of the history of the time.
AnonymousThis site is a great resource if you plan on teaching mythology. It is a site like Encarta except it focuses primarily on mythology. It is broken down into mythology, folklore, bestiary, heroes, image gallery with many pictures of god/esses, genealogy of god/esses, and area related to mythology. This would be a great site for the teacher as well as students who want to learn more about mythology.[Edit by="jchung on Aug 29, 5:21:35 PM"][/Edit]
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clay dubeHi Folks,
Jessica's right about the usefulness of http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/MyKEIZE.HTML for teaching about Japanese myths.
One thing to keep in mind about recommending sites that you find via about.com is that you can provide the actual URL which is shorter and cleaner than the one you get via about.com. How can one do this? Simply look at the upper left of the window and click on the "turn off this top frame" link.
with
http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/MyKEIZE.HTML
And there's another benefit as well -- you won't subject your colleagues and friends to about.com pop-up windows.
smiling,
clay
AnonymousThis is great site if you want a good listing of Asian god/desses. The site has Buddhist, Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Shinto, Siberian, South-Asia, and Center-West Asia god/desses.
Perhaps one could assign each student a god/dess and have them do a report on him/her and present the god/dess' characteristics and specialities.
A downfall of the site is that it does not go into great depth on each of the god/desses. But it does provide a good list of them.
Anonymoushttp://www.jeffhouse.addr.com/mythology/creationmyths.htm
I actually used this site in my lesson plan assignment for this class. It is site you must look at and incorporate into your lesson plans if you plan on doing creation myths.
It breaks creation myths down into categories. I never even thought of creation myths having categories.
AnonymousClay,
Once again you are the fountain of wisdom. I'm often at a loss over those unwieldy web addresses. I'm going to try about.com to get the "short form" on some of my favorites that have to go from computer to computer or that I have to write down.
😛