CULTURAL AGENDA _ July -August 2010
New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project
The New America Foundation's Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) today released a new background & analysis webpage, "Federal Programs for K-12 Teachers," which describes and provides funding information for all 15 federal programs that support teacher development and training initiatives. This comprehensive resource is particularly important given the recent focus on teacher quality and distribution through federal initiatives like Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation and the Obama administration's proposal to consolidate existing teacher initiatives into several larger programs.
These federal teacher programs, which account for $3.9 billion in spending in 2010 (5.9 percent of the Department of Education's discretionary budget), provide either formula or competitive grants to local education agencies, states, institutions of higher education, and partnerships with non-profits, or grants or loan forgiveness directly to teachers.
You can view FEBP's new Federal Programs for K-12 Teachers page here.
For more information, please contact Emilie Deans at deans@newamerica.net. About the New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.
These federal teacher programs, which account for $3.9 billion in spending in 2010 (5.9 percent of the Department of Education's discretionary budget), provide either formula or competitive grants to local education agencies, states, institutions of higher education, and partnerships with non-profits, or grants or loan forgiveness directly to teachers.
You can view FEBP's new Federal Programs for K-12 Teachers page here.
For more information, please contact Emilie Deans at deans@newamerica.net. About the New America Foundation
The New America Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States.
The Tournées Festival - The new season 2010/2011 is here !
Presentation:
The Tournées Festival is a program of FACE which aims to bring contemporary French Cinéma to American college and university campuses. The program distributes over $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals. Now in its 15th year, The Tournées Festival has partnered with more than 300 universities, making it possible for more than 450,000 students to discover French-language films.
We are pleased to offer a wide variety of films that represent the best of contemporary French cinema. The films span generational and geographic borders, offer a range of genres and subjects, and showcase innovations in both style and storytelling. There are films by first-time directors alongside those from respected and revered fixtures in French cinema.
Please note that we have made changes to the program requirements. We will no longer provide hard copies of the postcards to promote your festival. We will provide promotional posters instead, and you will find on our website templates for an email blast, flyer, and postcard that can be downloaded and personalized for your festival. Program participants are required to use these in order to receive the grant (see “Eligibility and Guidelines” for details).
DEADLINE: October 1, 2010 for a spring program.
The Tournées Festival is made possible with the generous support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Grand Marnier Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation and highbrow entertainment.
We hope you will be inspired by the selection of films, and we look forward to receiving your application.
The Application Process
We have two application deadlines:
- June 30 of any given year for those who wish to program films in the fall semester, and
- October 1 of any given year for those scheduling their films for the spring semester.
For more information please visit the Eligibiliy & Application Procedures page.
PDF version of the Tournées Festival Book
More information here
The Tournées Festival is a program of FACE which aims to bring contemporary French Cinéma to American college and university campuses. The program distributes over $200,000 in grants annually to encourage schools to begin their own self-sustaining French film festivals. Now in its 15th year, The Tournées Festival has partnered with more than 300 universities, making it possible for more than 450,000 students to discover French-language films.
We are pleased to offer a wide variety of films that represent the best of contemporary French cinema. The films span generational and geographic borders, offer a range of genres and subjects, and showcase innovations in both style and storytelling. There are films by first-time directors alongside those from respected and revered fixtures in French cinema.
Please note that we have made changes to the program requirements. We will no longer provide hard copies of the postcards to promote your festival. We will provide promotional posters instead, and you will find on our website templates for an email blast, flyer, and postcard that can be downloaded and personalized for your festival. Program participants are required to use these in order to receive the grant (see “Eligibility and Guidelines” for details).
DEADLINE: October 1, 2010 for a spring program.
The Tournées Festival is made possible with the generous support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Grand Marnier Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation and highbrow entertainment.
We hope you will be inspired by the selection of films, and we look forward to receiving your application.
The Application Process
We have two application deadlines:
- June 30 of any given year for those who wish to program films in the fall semester, and
- October 1 of any given year for those scheduling their films for the spring semester.
For more information please visit the Eligibiliy & Application Procedures page.
PDF version of the Tournées Festival Book
More information here
TV5 Monde launchs new Iphone app to learn French
TV5Monde launchs an educational iPhone application as part of its global media multiplatform strategy.
The world's only international Francophone general-interest channel has been setting its sights stateside with a series of new initiatives. TV5Monde launched a VOD portal on New Orleans cable system Cox last week and plans to air a new program focusing on Francophone events within the U.S. within the coming months.
TV5Monde's first iPhone application "7 Jours sur la Planete" (7 days on the planet) is initially aimed at English language speakers, but the network will soon be adding German, Spanish and Japanese to its menu languages.
The iPhone app enables users to learn about 30 words directly related to the international week's news and is updated every Saturday.
A basic version of TV5Monde's new iPhone app will be available free of charge, and the full version for 3.99 euros ($5.49) and just 2.39 euros ($3.29) during a promotional launch through March 31.
You can download the full version here and the free trial version here.
The world's only international Francophone general-interest channel has been setting its sights stateside with a series of new initiatives. TV5Monde launched a VOD portal on New Orleans cable system Cox last week and plans to air a new program focusing on Francophone events within the U.S. within the coming months.
TV5Monde's first iPhone application "7 Jours sur la Planete" (7 days on the planet) is initially aimed at English language speakers, but the network will soon be adding German, Spanish and Japanese to its menu languages.
The iPhone app enables users to learn about 30 words directly related to the international week's news and is updated every Saturday.
A basic version of TV5Monde's new iPhone app will be available free of charge, and the full version for 3.99 euros ($5.49) and just 2.39 euros ($3.29) during a promotional launch through March 31.
You can download the full version here and the free trial version here.
Learn French with Language and Lyrics CDs
"Il Fait Beau" is a 10 CD set which simulates the feeling of a Broadway Style musical written in beginning level French. You learn while listening to a romantic and thrilling story, while the songs and music help you use both sides of your brain. You learn twice as fast! Be sure to bring home a copy and experience a new language while enjoying the original music of Kyle Dillingham.
Sign up at www.languageandlyrics.com for your FREE “7 Daily Secrets To Learning French Fast”.
Sign up at www.languageandlyrics.com for your FREE “7 Daily Secrets To Learning French Fast”.
Field trip with lesson plans
The internationally acclaimed French artist, Bernar Venet brings 15 monumental sculptures in eight locations throughout scenic Hermann Park, Houston.
This could be a fantastic cultural field trip for your students!
You can now download the lesson plans for your visit by clicking here.
More about the exhition on TFAA website...
Visit the official website : www.bernarvenet.com
This could be a fantastic cultural field trip for your students!
You can now download the lesson plans for your visit by clicking here.
More about the exhition on TFAA website...
Visit the official website : www.bernarvenet.com
FORUM "The World Speaks French"
Download promotional items on http://www.theworldspeaksfrench.org/
And visit and share on the forum : http://facecouncil.org/fhlpworld/index.php
And visit and share on the forum : http://facecouncil.org/fhlpworld/index.php
Revue du CIEP
La Revue internationale d'éducation, edited by the International Center of Pedagogical Studies (CIEP), is a review that specializes in worldwide education. The CIEP publishes three French-language editions each year, for professionals in the fields of education, universities, and research. It aims to enrich the reflection on education by the analysis of choices made in different countries. Its scientific status allows foreign researchers to include the articles it publishes in the list of their research works.
Upcoming editions:
No. 53: Preschool Education (April 2010)
No. 54: Grades and Honors in Education (September 2010)
No. 55: Training Teachers (December 2010)
Editions published in 2009:
No. 52: One world, one school?
No. 51: A Renewal in Science Teaching
No. 50: In the Classroom: Pedagogical Practices and Cultural Values
To see the review online : http://www.ciep.fr/ries
Upcoming editions:
No. 53: Preschool Education (April 2010)
No. 54: Grades and Honors in Education (September 2010)
No. 55: Training Teachers (December 2010)
Editions published in 2009:
No. 52: One world, one school?
No. 51: A Renewal in Science Teaching
No. 50: In the Classroom: Pedagogical Practices and Cultural Values
To see the review online : http://www.ciep.fr/ries
Resources and useful links to teach French
New CD " French Collection…Deux " by Deborah Boily
Do you wish you had a fresh new way to give your students a love of French? Would you love to liven up your curriculum with easy to use materials all ready to go? Well here is how with the classics of “Chanson Française”
“A French Collection” and “French Collection…Deux”: a two CD set of the most beloved songs by Piaf, Brel, Aznavour, Montand and more. An eBook accompanies the CDs with lyrics and exercises to aide in building vocabulary and understanding grammar. (Additional links, quizzes and fun teaching tools included.)
The CDs are ideal for Conversation Classes too. $50 for the 2 cd set and ebook, which includes tax and postage.
Visit www.thefrenchsinger.com/cd.html
Listen to selections and order your CDs and the eBook. Inquiries can be addressed to dboily@deborahboily.com
“A French Collection” and “French Collection…Deux”: a two CD set of the most beloved songs by Piaf, Brel, Aznavour, Montand and more. An eBook accompanies the CDs with lyrics and exercises to aide in building vocabulary and understanding grammar. (Additional links, quizzes and fun teaching tools included.)
The CDs are ideal for Conversation Classes too. $50 for the 2 cd set and ebook, which includes tax and postage.
Visit www.thefrenchsinger.com/cd.html
Listen to selections and order your CDs and the eBook. Inquiries can be addressed to dboily@deborahboily.com
Teaching French to kids
As demonstrated in a recent study from the European Commission, the learning of a foreign language starts at an earlier age. In primary schools, foreign languages are often taught by generalist teachers, who will find some resources in this file (teachers' notes, youth literature, websites…), some lines of thoughts as well as stories from other teachers.
The two following notes are inspired by the website Primlangues dedicated to the teaching of foreign languages in primary schools in France:
Download the document "Un gâteau au yaourt pour le goûter !"
Download the document "Fêter Noël à la française"