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toc Gina Lidzbarski Italian Teacher Hamden High School @http://ginaedt532.blogspot.com/ glidzbarski@hamden.org



Microgrant Vote
 Hi everyone! I recently applied for an educational grant. The top 5 recipients with the most votes will receive $200 as well as a choice between a Flip Video camera or iPod nano with video to be used in school. It would really mean a lot to me to have your vote and support! Please take a moment and go to this link www.weareteachers.com/web/21st_century/microgrant Then search for my name Gina Lidzbarski. Next to my name click on "vote for me". You'll need to confirm your vote with your name and email address. Thank you!

Google Docs Presentation - Distance Learning
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Voicethread Activity
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Web2.0 Awards Page
There were so many great ideas to choose from the Web 2. Awards page. I looked under the many categories to find something I knew my students will connect with and that is consistent with what we are studying. When I came across the food category I thought it was perfect for our foods unit in my 3 classes. I clicked on [|www.urbanspoon.com] and as I browsed around I realized that you could search by location and type of cuisine. This will work perfectly with our field trip to Café Amici in Hamden. As a closure activity after our field trip I will have them go to this website and post a blog with the prompts I give them. As extra credit, I will have them post a blog about a restaurant of their choice in Hamden, which doesn’t have to be in Italian. I believe this will add a personal touch to the overall field trip experience and they can view each other’s blog messages from other classes. The only issue I foresee is that our computers block a lot of travel and blogging sites for security reasons. This is something I will not be able to do in the language lab but they will have to complete this at home on their own.

There was also a travel site I came across [|www.kayak.com] I thought what a great way to get the students interested in traveling to Italy and a little reality check on determining how much it costs. They can search for a Mediterranean cruise or a guided tour of Italy and decide when and where they would like to go.

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My PodCast
@http://glidzbarski.podbean.com/mf/web/abckqf/wikipod.mp3

Classtools.net
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