Student ResourcesCulture
El Gancho (Online Spanish Magazine) General Reference Wordreference (Online dictionary) Lingro (The "coolest dictionary known to hombre") Powerschool (Online grades) Edmodo (Forum for sharing & posting assignments) BBC Spanish Language & News Learn Spanish on your own!Duolinguo (Language learning) Lingua.ly (Language learning) Anki (digital flashcards) Mango Premier (Watch movies to learn language - Only in public libraries) Forvo (Pronunciation) Just for Fun! Free Rice (Play games and help fight world hunger) Picasso Head (Make your own Picasso-like art) Texting in Spanish (Learn Spanish text language) Música El alfabeto (March to the Spanish Alphabet) ¿Puedo ir al baño? (Check out more from Sr. Wooly) Conjugations Back (AR verbs practice) Central American Countries & Capitals (A catchy way to remember the countries and capitals) Pronunciation Tongue Twisters from around the world Vocabulary & Grammar Review Quia (Games, flashcards, quizzes) Quizlet (Make your own flashcards) Study Spanish (Grammar, vocab practice) Spanish Flashcards (Lots of vocab practice) Realidades (Our textbook) Conjuguemos (Games, grammar, vocab practice) Language Guide (Pronunciation practice) Why learn Spanish? The Benefits of Failing at French (New York Times)How to Practice Pronunciation (The Telegraph) The Bilingual Mind (Time Magazine) Why Bilinguals are Smarter (New York Times) In Praise of Multilingualism (SmartBlog on Education) |
Teacher ResourcesAuthentic Materials
Spanish Authentic Resources Beeline TV TV4All BBC Languages Blogs & Wikis worth checking out El mundo de Birch (A Spanish teacher's wiki) Cool Tools for Schools (Wiki with lots of tech resources) Free Tech for Teachers (Blog with great tech ideas) Collaboration & Bookmarking Diigo (Online tutorial for Diigo) Culture Cultura (Culture & Language Exchange Program) LANIC (Latin American Network Information Center--Great site for any information about Latin American Countries) Veinte Mundos (Online magazine and resource site for the 20 countries that speak Spanish) Hispanic Culture Online CIA World Factbook Language exchange My Language Exchange (Best for intermediate level and above. Teachers can seek exchange opportunities for their classes) Mixxer (Language exchange site which uses Skype and blogging for communication. Teachers can set up exchanges) ePals Busuu (Language learning with a social networking emphasis) Live Mocha (Language learning with a social networking emphasis) Language Learning Busuu (Language learning with a social networking emphasis) Live Mocha (Language learning with a social networking emphasis) Zambombazo (An explosion of language & culture) Online communities for teachers Webheads (Communities of Practice) Moodle (Click on Community-->Forums-->List of all courses-->Moodle for Language Teaching) FLTeach MERLOT Teachers.net Yahoo Groups Professional ACTFL Standards ISTE NETS Standards Edutopia Linguafolio AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese) Project/Presentations Blabberize (Voice record and make pictures talk) Story Jumper (Make your own story book) Voice Thread (Voice record your presentation) Prezi (Creative presentation tool) Jing (Take & record screen shots) Make Belief Comics Wordle (Word clouds) Reading Mis Cositas Teaching with Technology Language Learning & Technology (Online journal & Emerging Technologies column) EDUCAUSE (7 Things You Should Know About…) Virtual Field Trips Global Trek by Scholastic Panoramas from around the world |