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Technology in the classroom

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Http://bubbl.us – for online graphic organizer/charts you can create as you go (brainstorming with students)

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/spanish/ -- list of graphic organizers in Spanish – lots of different styles—suitable for all ages

(Take “spanish/” off the end to get the same examples in English)

Need ideas on how to use technology in your classroom?

CREATIVE HOMEWORK IDEAS

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/

-- for creating puzzles

http://site.ecfs.org/cano/stories/storyReader$307 – a Spanish teacher’s extensive list of sources for grammar, reading, culture, etc.

http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Languages -- a PLETHORA of sources for teaching/learning MANY different languages

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/flang.htm -- ideas for using the Internet in your classes

http://www.wacona.com/digicam/digicam.html -- ideas for using a digital camera in your classroom

http://clta.net/lessons/ -- lots of internet activities for foreign language classes

http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~ylou/4507/WebQuest2001-3/Beatrizladowebquest/valencia.html -- an example of a Spanish webquest

RUBRICS FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING GROUPS

http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/educators/tools/eval/coop_rubric.html

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml

READING PRACTICE

www.onlinenewspapers.com – a source of actual online newspapers from around the world

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Index.htm -- different examples of graphic organizers for teaching reading and/or writing

PRE-MADE PPTS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS -- some game templates, some ready-made stories and lessons

Http://campus.northpark .edu /spanish /pp /slideshows .htm

Http://tpduggan .tripod.com/powerp .html

Http://pwidergren .net/PPT/cuentos /cuentos .htm

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

LESSON-PLAN IDEAS

www.vickiblackwell.com – an elementary teacher with lots of technology help and ideas for activities

www.readwritethink.org – a great source of many interactive and communicate activities not specifically intended for language students, but VERY applicable. I use lots of them.

www.teach-nology.com/teachers -- source of lesson plan ideas for using technology in any class. Many are applicable to languages.

LISTENING PRACTICE

http://www.research .att .com/ ~ttsweb /tts / demo.php -- an AT&T service demo. You can type and/or copy and paste text, and it will read it back to you in your language of choice.