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Communion

Domine,

confunde et converte

tempum et spacium

in substantiam unam,

inferus solem, coelim et lunam.

Ivan Petryshyn

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on December 12, 2009 at 6:28am — No Comments

Oral Latin and Comprehensible Input

One reason I have poured so much energy into my Latinum projects, is that I believe that large amounts of exposure to the language are needed - more hours than can be supplied in a classroom setting - to acquire fluency. Also, our students nowadays are more inclined to listen to an audiobook or a soundtrack, than to read.

I would not necessarily recommend that Latinum materials be used in the classroom - they are not specifically designed for this,(although some materials might be… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on December 9, 2009 at 7:05am — No Comments

Underwood now on the podcast

I have decided to release Underwood's Medical Latin course as a free offering, via podcast: I am just in the final stages of uploading it, it should be completed in an hour or so.

http://latinformedicalstudents.mypodcast.com/index.html

The DVD of the course with all the mp3's and the pdf files can also be obtained from… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on December 8, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Why Latin teaching has to change.

"Today, every laptop with an internet connection contains more information than the Great Library of Alexandria. At its peak, that library contained 700,000 books, until the Christian Emperor Theodosius I ordered it burned down in 39AD; today, Google Books has over seven million – and that's before you count everything else online. In 1941, Jorge Luis Borges wrote a short story imagining a "total library" containing all written information. Seventy years later, it exists." Johann Hari,… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on December 8, 2009 at 5:13am — 1 Comment

VEXATIO

SI DICUNT: "NON SCIIS", CUM SCIIS VALIDO

"DOCTORUM NON ES, NON VOLEO ELOQUERE CUM TIBI"

"NON VOLEMUS TIBI HIC"

"ES NIHILIM"

"SENEX ES"

"IACES", ET TU NON IACES

"PAURERUM ES"

"EXERCIS MALO", SED EXERCIS VALIDO

"STULTUM ES"

"MORAM VITAM MEAM ES"

"PLAGIAS", SED TU NON ESTUM FACES

"REPIS", ET TU NON REPIS

"ABE!"

"NON SOLVIS", SED TU… Continue

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on December 6, 2009 at 7:44am — No Comments

Finding a Cheap way to produce CD and DVD Latin

I have been very unhappy with the CD service provided by LULU and by Amazon's createspace - the charges were just way too high.

I have now found a company that lets me produce CD's and DVD's at a price even a schoolpupil can afford - $2 -

and postage in the USA is very low, and international standard airmail is reasonable. ($4)

I have so far put online my Corderius CD, which contains 50 odd… Continue

Added by Latinum Institute on November 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

TACITURNITAS

et tacet

vates,

et femina

tacet,

et tacet

amicus,

et tacet

fictus,

et doctorus

tacet,

facet,

equid eum placet,

et tacet

natus,

et tacet

vagus,

aget,

ita ut fagus,

et aether tacet,

et tacet

veritas...

meritat

solo solum:

non sciunt… Continue

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on November 24, 2009 at 1:59pm — No Comments

Terence Awards for Excellence in Classics Student Filmmaking: Call for Submissions

I am pleased to announce the second annual Terence Awards. These cash awards and prizes will be given to those junior high, high school, and university students whose videos convey Classics in a way that is informative, entertaining, or both. Please read on for details:

Prizes

Cash prizes and free books will be awarded to the winning filmmaker or team in the following categories:

1 Best Picture, Junior Prize (junior high, high school, or homeschool student(s)… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on October 30, 2009 at 12:49pm — 1 Comment

TIBI GRATIS AGO

DOMINE,

TIBI GRATIS AGO,

SCIIS OMNIA.

TACEO ET NON VAGIO-

PLUVIS FLEAT

CUM SILENTIO

NOMINAT,

SINE VERBIS BEAT.

IVAN PETRYSHYN CHICAGO, IL

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on October 30, 2009 at 10:06am — No Comments

connecting ancient with modern

It is fascinating to connect Roman civilization with modern ideas. Comparing the Government health care in Rome with modern Dental Plans or comparing entrance into the amphitheater with a Super Bowl Ticket all help students to connect ancient practices with modern… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on October 29, 2009 at 2:19pm — No Comments

Technology at Texas Classical Association, October 23-24, 2009, University of Texas - Austin

The Texas Classical Association (TCA) annual meeting was held at the AT&T Conference Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on October 23-24, 2009. With over 90 delegates, it was the best-attended TCA in the history of the organization, and featured one presentation on the 23rd and eleven on the 24th. Read the full program here. Three presentations dealt specifically with classroom technologies for Classics, and one… Continue

Added by Andrew Reinhard on October 27, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

$125,000 Salary for Master Middle School Teachers

Earn a $125,000 salary and join a team of master teachers at The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School, recently featured on the front page of the New York Times: (http://www.tepcharter.org/nytimes.php).

TEP is a new 480-student 5th through 8th grade middle school in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. Applications are currently being accepted for teaching positions in Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Music,… Continue

Added by tepcharter on October 26, 2009 at 11:37am — No Comments

NEMUS MUNDI, FABULA POETICA

nemus mundi tacet.

non audet, non vedet, non volet.

memoria nemi imbecila est.

non veneratur est memoria nemi mundi, non abitat ibi,

sed tibi

salutum porgo,

corrogo

perlas verbi

scripsi super follia

nemi mundi:

tacet et cantat silva sapientiam,

mandat inteligentiam

hominis probis,

urbs et orbis

proficiant,

atque… Continue

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on October 20, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Latinum Store

New Latinum Store - Audio CD's and DVD's priced from $2.00

A growing selection of audio resources for Latin - both Classical and Neo-Latin, will be available here.

Prices are set low enough that a student can purchase several titles.

Added by Latinum Institute on October 17, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Exercitatio relaxationis

Exercitationem relaxationis vultis mecum facere?

Sumite igitur parvum spatium ad animum et corpum vestrum relaxandum.

Claudite oculos et audite tantum vocem meam et… Continue

Added by santi on October 8, 2009 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Seeking students for an online game-method Latin 1 pilot

I'm doing some very early work on developing an online Latin 1 that uses the game-method I'm pioneering in Operation KTHMA, the role-playing Greek historians course. The central idea will be to use a role-playing game-story, with its established (and addictive) model of progression, as a metaphor for inherently engaging and interactive progress in the Latin skills of reading, writing, speaking, and… Continue

Added by Roger Travis on October 7, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

An even more useful toy

Get a Voki now!

The avator from oddcast will commence play unprompted. This makes it impossible to use more than one iteration on one webpage, as they all start to talk at the same time. However, the avatar from voki has a play button.

Added by Latinum Institute on October 4, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Definitionis Dominum

Dominum reget, quod vives,

loquis et scribis!

stultus non potet scire Dominum projectos.

agere debes recte.

Ivan Petryshyn

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on October 3, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

CONTRA SUPRACALEFACTIEM /IOCUST/

AD NOBILITIS/
1. quisque quid fumat, debet mulctur esse;
2. quisque quisquilias disperget, debet mulctur esse et quisquilias cogere;
3. quaeque officina qui contaminat ariam, debet claudetur esse;
4. mundus et purus debet totum esse, ariam, aquam, vias, urbim et hominum ipsum.
SCRIPSIT : Ivan Petryshyn USA

Added by Ivan Petryshyn on September 29, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

We are planning a trip next summer to Italy. My dad had Heart surgery a few years ago. He has had several stints and we are not sure if he will be able to make the trip. I wondered if there might be …

We are planning a trip next summer to Italy. My dad had Heart surgery a few years ago. He has had several stints and we are not sure if he will be able to make the trip. I wondered if there might be some sort of Short term medical policy that might be purchased to guard against any unforeseen… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on September 20, 2009 at 8:03pm — No Comments