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Verb Tree

I came across this unusual verb tree in a text online.

Added by Latinum Institute on June 9, 2009 at 6:23am — No Comments

Historia magistra vitae: History is the teacher of life. Workshops for Elementary/Middle School Teachers in Pittsburgh, PA

Click here to view a flyer about the events in Pittsburgh.

ad for summer events pittsburgh 09.pdf EXCELLENCE THROUGH CLASSICS (a standing committee of THE AMERICAN CLASSICAL LEAGUE) is proud to announce A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS at the elementary and middle school levels:

Historia magistra vitae: History is the teacher of life. Making Classical Connections Across the Curriculum in… Continue

Added by Zee Ann Poerio on June 7, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Why social networks like this one are vital for the Classics.

Increasing population density, rather than boosts in human brain power, appears to have catalysed the emergence of modern human behaviour, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal Science. "Ironically, our finding that successful innovation depends less on how smart you are than how connected you are seems as relevant today as it was 90,000 years ago."

What relevance does this have for our subject area? We are now, as… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on June 5, 2009 at 4:05am — 1 Comment

Little Children Learning Latin

Little Children Learning Latin. – Latin comes to life online with the Tar Heel Reader.

A new wave of publishing is currently sweeping the Latin world – but these are not high works of literature, Vergil and Cicero, but beginning illustrated children’s readers, with titles like “Colours” and “ Who is that over there?”.

The surge has been made possible by a new interactive website, called the Tar Heel Reader, developed by Gary Bishop , at the University of North Carolina, in… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on June 2, 2009 at 6:17am — No Comments

Schola at 999

The number of members on Schola has now reached the magic 999.
Who will be the thousandth member to sign up?
Since coming online in February 2008, Schola has grown rapidly, with a very international membership. Schola is the main hub to join, if you are looking for people to write to in Latin, or just want to hang out in a cool Latin place online.

Added by Latinum Institute on May 27, 2009 at 6:41am — No Comments

Latin in LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online)

Over the past couple months, I've managed to convince several of my Connecticut latin-teaching colleagues to play "The Lord of the Rings Online" (LOTRO) with me, partly as an adjunct to the Living Epic and Gaming Homer courses I started teaching in January (cf. my blog, Living Epic and the Video Games and Human Values Initiative; UConn also did a fun little… Continue

Added by Roger Travis on May 25, 2009 at 8:47am — 1 Comment

Latin spellcheck with Word 2007

http://www.drouizig.org/col/en/index.html

Is anyone using this thing with Word 2007? I am (on Windows XP, if it makes a difference) and I can't seem to get the Latin language setting to stick during typing; it always reverts back to the language of my default input locale. At this point I'm not even sure whether this is Word playing up or whether the spellchecker wasn't designed to allow for as-you-type checking.

Anyone have any experiences to share?

Added by Raphaela on May 19, 2009 at 5:24am — 11 Comments

Learning in a Virtual Clasroom

Learning in Virtual Classroom by Nellie Deutsch

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 18, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

non potunt

non potunt velere
veritatim,
volunt, sed non potunt:
et notat
dies-
spacium captat ventum calumniae,
non sumus alumnios,
facunt quod potunt facere,
laborant pro iacere.
Ivan Petryshyn USA Chicago

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on May 17, 2009 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Tar Heel Reader

Here is the current list of books that have been made in the past week or so:

Everyone is encouraged to have a go at writing at least ONE book. The idea is to copy the format of children's beginning literacy books in general. They can be very simple and repetitive, following a simple formula - kids love this stuff.

We don't have many books like this for Latin, and we need them desperately.

I used Laura Gibb's De Leone very successfully on the interactive whiteboard at… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on May 15, 2009 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Latinum - one year of Stats

Latinum has now been online for over two years. I started collecting visitor statistics exactly one year ago. 62 000 unique visitors have viewed the site in the past 12 months, resulting in the map you see below: Downloads average 260 000 episodes per month. Total episode downloads since the site went online: 4,106,446

The Adler Course is now all recorded - if I were to do it again, it would be better,… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on May 5, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

A Full-time Teacher's Transition to Teaching 2.0

Juggling Blindfolded While Walking a Tight Rope: A Full-time Teacher's by Nellie Deutsch

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 3, 2009 at 7:42pm — No Comments

King in the Sky

This is a short poem I wrote recently about Icarus.

The first line is a translation of a fragment of Sappho, but the rest is by me:

I've written very little poetry, so I welcome feedback, and any other title suggestions.

Thanks, Eva

King in the Sky

I did not know that I could touch the sky

I never dreamed that I could fly

You gave me wings so I could soar

But my endless desire, it wanted more

I ignored all of your breathless… Continue

Added by Evamarie on May 1, 2009 at 8:19am — No Comments

Summer Webinar Series from Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

Omnes,

Starting in June, Latin teachers teach Latin teachers online in Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher's second annual, weekly series of online seminars. We have some exciting new sessions this year on Vergil, Catullus, Cicero, etymology, Roman culture, and Latin 2.0, not to mention two sessions from Milena Minkova and Terence Tunberg including a Virtual Conventiculum! Returning favorites Rose Williams and Anna Andresian will reprise their popular sessions from 2008.

Whether… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on April 20, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Latinum's French Cousin

I have started to record Henri Ollendorff's Cours de Latin. This is the French version of Adler's text, which I use on Latinum. It is a much shorter text. The new course has its own podcast site http://coursdelatin.mypodcast.com

After I have completed the French version, I would like to do a German one...

It is REALLY hard to keep my Latin pronunciation on the ball when I am reading in French along with the Latin. English and Latin are so much easier to use side by side.

Added by Latinum Institute on April 14, 2009 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Integrating Technology with Google, Videos, and Social Book Marking

Integrating Technology with Google, Videos, and Social Book Marking by Nellie Deutsch

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Added by Mark Cruthers on April 3, 2009 at 11:09am — No Comments

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis

Integrating Technology into the Classroom Using Moodle and Wikis by Nellie Deutsch

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Added by Mark Cruthers on March 24, 2009 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Visit SCHOLA

Visit… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on March 24, 2009 at 7:16pm — No Comments

Latinum - where the listeners are

Latinum has now reached 4 million audio file downloads, with thousands of regular users of the site.

For the last 8 months, I have been keeping tabs on where individuals using Latinum are coming from: Here is the breakdown - for those interested in targeting Latin resources, advertising, and sales, etc, these figures are doubtless very interesting. I just find them surprising.

United States (US) 22,585

United Kingdom (GB) 5,240

Canada (CA) 1,726

Germany (DE)… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on March 18, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Dialectical Bootstraping

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Averaging the responses provided from a group increases accuracy by canceling out a number of errors made across the board (such as over- and under-estimating the answer).

What happens when we are on our own? What if there is no one else around to consult with before making a judgment - how can we be confident that we are giving a good answer? Psychologists Stefan M. Herzog and Ralph Hertwig from the University of Basel wanted to know if individuals could come up with… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on March 15, 2009 at 5:24am — No Comments