Everything ESL

Everything ESL has ideas on making the new comers in your school feel welcome. This site also includes lesson plans and other ideas. Those of you who are experts in this field please take a look and let me know if it is a site worth keeping in our list.

ELL Information - ORTESOL

Please visit the ORTESOL web site (http://www.ortesol.org) for information about the following:

Job opportunities: Several institutions are hiring for this summer and next fall. Check the Job Bank: http://www.ortesol.org/jobbank.htm

Call for articles for the May issue of the ORTESOL Newsletter. Please contact Rene Pearson: rpearson@pdx.edu Deadline is May 6.

Call for papers: The ORTESOL Journal is accepting full-length articles (2,500 to 5,000 words) and shorter articles (500 words) for this year's volume. For more information, go to: http://www.ortesol.org/journal-cfp.htm

Free TESOL memberships. More information on page 3 of the Winter 2005 ORTESOL Newsletter: http://www.ortesol.org/news/index.htm (The password is: ortnews)

ESL Awareness Week is the last week of April:
http://www.ortesol.org/eslawareness.htm

The annual fall conference is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5. It will be held in Portland at St. Mary's Academy.

Google Scholar Search

This is a beta (new and not quite perfect) version of a search engine for us! Search through journal articles, abstracts and other scholarly literature at http://scholar.google.com/

Technology Presentation

Summary of the Tech Presentation:
Boo's Links: beepforsheep.blogspot.com
Drew's Links: www.mrhinds.com
Dan's Phone: Treo 650
Quick... Wink... What phone do you have? We will fix this next week!

Book Recommendation

A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

Lizi's Stats!!! She's ALIVE!!

Bib Name Age M/F City State Country Ctz *
14288 Aguilar-Nelson, Lizi P. 36 F Salem OR USA
Checkpoints 5k 10k 15k 20k Half 25k 30k 35k 40k
0:27:34 0:55:12 1:23:50 1:54:20 2:01:07 2:28:19 3:04:31 3:44:52 4:29:26
Finish Pace Projected Time Official Time Net Time Overall Gender Division
0:10:58 5:02:56 4:47:30 15291 5615 3319

You can look her up here...

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www.ode.state.or.us - Oregon Department of Education Main Web Page

School Profile

School Finance Page has other profiles and searches you can perform.