Friday, July 20, 2012

On Line Resources for Studying Classics

Newest 

Latin Dictionaries
On-Line
Whitaker's Words On-Line
Latin Lexicon
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aids (Notre Dame)
Perseus L & S Latin Dictionary
LATdict
Neolatin Dictionary New (Modern) Latin Dictionary (definitions in Latin)
Glossa Lewis & Short On-line 


Downloadable 
Whitaker's Words For Download 
Latin Dictionary App on iTunes
Latin Dictionaries for Mobile Devices

Online Courses
Advanced Latin (a free online course in Advanced Medieval Latin, learn the Latin of Kings!!)
Linney's Latin (a free online introductory Latin course using an old textbook, but with downloadable grammar lessons in mp3 format)

Drills, E-Quizzes, and Other Practice Aids
http://www.latintests.net

Latin Texts (Books, Essays, Poetry, etc.)
Perseus Greek and Roman Collections texts, translations, other resources
Bibliotheca Augustana Latina (chrono) Chronological list of texts
Bibliotheca Augustana Latina (alpha) Alphabetical list of texts
The Latin Library  

Reading Aids/Environments
Perseus Linked Text of Caesar's Civil War
Vinciator
NoDictionaries interlinear definitions
Lector Latinus (PC program, a free Latin library and reading environment with dictionary and grammar)

Auxilia (Aids)
Wikitionary LatinTranslation notes, declensions, conjugations 
Aids at Bibliotheca Augustana
Declensions. Conjugations, and Other Grammar Aids

Audio
Classical (Greek and Roman) Podcasts Podcasts/Sound files for Greek/Latin
Poeta Ex Machina machine reads Latin poetry
Nunc Loquamur Recorded Modern Latin Conversations
Linney's Latin (a free online introductory Latin course using an old textbook, but with downloadable grammar lessons in mp3 format)

Video Songs
Goofy Song to Remember all 5 Declensions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLwcxlIYcSw
Three Songs for First Three Declensions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxekxDcW8c
Come on, baby, do the first declension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQw149v5Cho
Rap Your Demonstratives (Hic, Haec, Hoc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u9OPl5yQ5w
Present Tense Verb Endings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ILGAtxl1pd0
Present Tense Endings and Conjugated Verbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWt13FwigCk


Et Cetera
Latin Crosswords
Aenigmata Latine Latin riddles/puzzles
Latin Manga
Skyrim Menus in Latin! Drop this file in the Data folder in your main Skyrim folder.
Scratch Latin Role Playing Game (play a gladiator)

Social Groups/News  
Schola (The Latin Facebook)
VROMA
Ephemeris Latin World News

Culture  
Roman Board Games  
Roman Calendar  Today's Date in Roman Style
Tempus Romanum computes time where you are and lists the Roman hora or vigilia
Roman Chariot Racing

Friday, July 13, 2012

Latin Recorded Minilessons


!!!NEWEST!!! (NOVISSIMA)

Recitation of the beginning of Caesar's Gallic Wars
http://www.screencast.com/t/mH3cI5schB0e

PAST LESSONS

BASICS
Pronouncing Latin

Pronunciation Words 1 http://youtu.be/Bqualyd2ZDI
Pronunciation Words 2 http://youtu.be/wmZ3gILCoyo
Pronunciation Words 3 http://youtu.be/hJDsFNBkmFk
Pronunciation Diphthongs http://youtu.be/VKWBaZ3Br0o

Recitation of the beginning of Caesar's Gallic Wars
http://www.screencast.com/t/mH3cI5schB0e  Battle of Latin vs. English (a comparison and introduction)

LATINvsENGLISH
LATINvsENGLISH2
LATINvsENGLISH3
LATINvsENGLISH4

Common Mistakes in Learning Latin

3 http://www.screencast.com/t/taUHqtu7d

NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Declensions and Declining Latin Nouns
Lesson1
1st Declension
2nd m. Declension
2nd n. Declension
Lesson 2
3rd m./f. Declension
3rd n. Declension
3rd i-stem Declension
Lesson 3
4th m./f. Declension
4th n. Declension
5th Declension

Nominative Case Overview

Accusative Case Overview

accusative1
accusative2
accusative3
accusative4

Ablative Case Overview

ablative1
ablative2
ablative3
ablative4


How to Decline Adjectives

Adjective Declensions Part 1
Adjective Declensions Part2
Declining Noun-Adjective Pairs

VERBS

Basics of Conjugating and Translating Active and Passive Verbs

Present and Imperfect Active and Passive Indicative
Conjugation1
Conjugation2
Conjugation3
Conjugation4

Future Active and Passive Indicative Verbs

future_tense1
future_tense2
future_tense3

Perfect Active System Indicative Verbs
perfect active system 1
perfect active system 2
perfect active system 3
perfect active system 4


Perfect Passive System Indicative Verbs
Perfect Passive System 1
Perfect Passive System 2
Perfect Passive System 3

Practicing Latin Translation Skills

Using Perseus to help you build up translation skills

Using Vinciator to help you build up translation skills 
 http://www.screencast.com/t/j6FTxxpFeb


Using Lector Latinus for Grammar and Vocabulary Review
 http://www.screencast.com/t/GC09WTukUGO
 http://www.screencast.com/t/2xb2l5EKCSDr
 http://www.screencast.com/t/6wdePQye1Cx
Download here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jrywczo53rdt3li/LL_1.0.1_Installer.exe

English to Latin

Set of lessons on translating English to Latin-  I discuss strategies and resources and step through several example sentences to show you how.



Technical Recorded Minilessons


!!!Newest!!!


Some helpful videos by Ms. Berman:
 
How to set your scheduler: http://screencast.com/t/ZUw28mFYgzqQ
 
How to submit an assignment: http://screencast.com/t/kvgeJY1C
 
How to use the discussion board: http://screencast.com/t/dQdd3bvTo5
 
How to log in to Aventa:
 
How to find your first assignment:
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Blackboard 9.1 Features- My Overview

Viewing Feedback on Graded Assignments

Submitting Assignments


Intro to My Grades

Intro to Downloading OpenOffice FREE productivity suite

Intro OpenOffice Writer, Saving File Types, Adding Pictures in Text