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Cultura
One World Classroom_Multicultural Classroom
Good site with interactive features to learn about students from around the world
Miscositas.com
Teacher Resource
Bridges to Understanding
Engaging students in cross-cultural understanding through video
Chocolate Webquest
Good links and ideas for learning about chocolate
Indigenous Cultures_Cultural Survival
Maya, Inca, and other native groups. Promoting cultural survival
Mayan culture
Los Mayas- Site from Mexico about the Mayans
Once TV Network: Interactive, videos, games for children to learn about the Mayans.
Mayas- Webquest
Literature, Math, Science, Culture and other facets of Mayan culture
Los mayas
Sp teacher's website
Mayan Kids
Learn all about Mayan culture, ancient and modern
Mayan Kids Blog
Click away to learn even more about Mayan culture
Mayan Calendar
Dec. 21, 2012 explained
Videos about Guatemala
Maya Exploration Center
Podcasts about Mesoamerica
Jungle podcasts from diff. Mayan places in Central Amer
PBS_Nova_Mayans
Mayan calendar
Explanation with video
Maya Exploration Center
Research, tours, jungle podcasts. added March 2009
Online Mayan exhibits
On-line resources about Mayans
Maya photos and info- BarbaraMcKenzie site
Mayas
Webquest for students. Scroll down for Mayan links_09
Aztec & Maya
Lesson ideas for elementary
Mayan Archaeological sites
Coba, Yucatan
Photos of Coba
Cenotes
Underground water pits- Yucatan sinkholes
Uxmal, Yucatan
MEC_Links to many things Mayan
Mayan Links_II
Foundation_Advancement Mesoamerican Studies
Mesoamerica
Amateur- excellent links to Mesoamerican sites
Maya Adventure!
Science Museum of Minnesota
Maya Art
Photographic records
Mayans for students
Greenwich Public Schools Virtual Library
Mayan Ball Game
Traditional Hispanic Games
Anacleta Games Site
Traditional Children's Games, Songs and Rhymes
Games from Spain
Traditional Children's Games
Mama Lisa's World
Mulitcultural Links, many activities for children
Juegos Infantiles
Games and Rules - Wikipedia
Cartas Españolas
Naipes
Sitio de Argentina
Native Americans of Maine / U.S.
Games of Native Americans
Native American Games & Toys
North American Indigenous Games
Wabanaki Maine
Traditional Games of the Wabanaki
Games of North American Native Americans
Northern North America, includes Maine.
List of Native American traditional games
Commercial site but has good list
Traditional Games, Toys, Puzzles
Eastern Woodland Native Americans
Children's Songs in Spanish
El patio de mi casa
Traditional Children's interactive song. from BBC Primary Spanish website
Los baleros (Ball and Cup games)
Balero_History and Description
Written in Spanish
Foto de un balero mexicano
Las Fallas
Official website of Las Fallas
from Valencia, España
Fallas
Visit Spain tourist site
Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos Blog
All about the Dia de los Muertos in Mexico & good Youtube video about the holiday
Amazonas
BBC on-line special report about the Amazon- May 2008
Oaxaca, Mexico, Cultural
Oaxaca, Mexico
Learn Spanish through a virtual trip to Oaxaca.
Foods - Ñam Ñam
Chocolate
All about chocolate in Oaxaca, Mexico.
El Dia de los Ninos
El Dia de los Ninos Official website
Learn about International Children's Day
Música
Music Videos
Music Videos and lessons in Spanish
Música
Music videos/ lessons in Spanish
Spain- Music videos
Practice your listening comprehension
Canciones populares de España
Traditional Songs
Music for children_ Spanish
Includes lyrics/scores. Some authentic
Grammys Latino
Gloria Estefan- Artista del Año 2008
Learn Spanish on-line
Spanish tutorials
Teach yourself or review. Interactive exercises.
Spanish podcasts, listening practice on-line
Learn Spanish in Cyberspace
Site from Spain that has links to ELE pages. (Learn Spanish)
Stories, Games, Math & Other
Children's interactive site
Oye1
British site for students. Games/ interactive practice
Prensa Libre para alumnos
Guatemala City newspaper - student edition. Colorful, good print outs
Language Learning on-line
On-line Spanish Television
Univision. com
U.S. Spanish Television network.
rtve.es -- TV & Radio on-line from Spain
Popular Spanish site
Galavision TV
Another Spanish TV network
ESPN Sports in Spanish
ESPN's Spanish web site
Canal Plus, a TV network from Spain
Links to & descriptions of their Spanish language programming
Reading in Spanish
Laminas to read and/or print
Lots of subjects. Short readings
Reading is Fundamental in Spanish
Games, songs and fun activities
Stories_Songs on-line
Hundreds of childrens' stories and songs
SP for Kids- Video, games...
Links to movies, games, digital books
Hispanic Surf.com - Many interactive sites
BBC Cbeebies
TV and on-line activities for children to learn Spanish
Games_Educational Games in Spanish
Student research sites in Spanish
Picture Encyclopedia
Spanish graphics_Soccer teams, flags, animals, lots of pix.
Learning Spanish Blogs
Georgia Spanish Prof
Listen to music, up-to-date cultural links...
Vocabulario
Quizlet.com
Play Sra. Dana's learning games, create games. Speed Racer is fun.
Elma Eagles.Spanish 1 website
On-line practice of basic Spanish
Animales
Animales del Río Amazonas
Cognates_ Animal names
La Familia
La Familia
Family vocabulary practice. Watch videos and read about famous Spanish families. A good challenge for 8th graders.
Foods vocabulary
How quickly can you fill the grocery cart?
Timed game: Foods vocab practice
Verbos
Verbs and more!
Spanish grammar on-line: Good resource from Bowdoin College
Enrichment
Expressions in ENG, SP, FR
Tinlingual listing of common everyday expressions. Fun to read.
Hispanicsurf.com
Hispanic sites for children, like Disney Latino
Teacher Resources
Todoele.net
Excellent site from Spain. Resources for Spanish teachers. Culturally authentic
NPUniv Spanish Dept
Spanish Teacher resources
Links by FL teacher
Links for FR / SP and other languages
uni.edu/becker site
Univ Iowa Languages
Resources on-line
UK Yahoo FL Group
Wiki for Spanish teachers
Extensive resource links
Interactive Children's Stories on-line
Northumberland site, New Zealand. Fantastic site for all subject areas.
ACTFL Webwatch: Monthly updates for on-line resources
ACTFL Resource Links for Language Educators, updated often.
Crossword Puzzle maker
Foreign Language Advocacy
Importance of knowing a 2nd language
National Capital Language Resource Center
Professional Resources for Foreign Language Teachers. Washington, D.C.
School of Languages,Cultures, and World Affairs
The College of Charleston. Good source of links and information
Language Spanish
For FR and SP Teachers- Thematic units, lesson ideas. Free and/or purchase
Howard Gardner on education in 2008
Student and Teacher Cyberguidess
On-line guides to Latino Literature and Culture
Teacher resource
from Greece, NY. Extensive list of links
Education World
Foreign Language resouces
World Language Resources for Teachers K-12
FLES
CAL_FLES site for teachers
FLES links / ideas /lessons
Seeds_Spanish Lessons
Excellent!
Blog_Elem Spanish
Good links!
World Language Resource Centers
Teacher resources
Technology Uses in Classroom
Using audio technology
Audio recording / Podcasts in Language Class
Digital Wish Organization
Make a wish list for tech equipment. Also, search lesson plan archive for technology-related teaching ideas
4teachers.org
Teaching with Technology
Cluster maps
Add a map to your website
Web 2.0: Ideas
oculture.com
YouTube "The Machine is Us- Anthropologist, Web 2.0 guru
An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
Lecture by Dr. Michael Wesch, Summer 2008
Free Technology for Teachers
Blog with updates about new uses for tech in education
Where to buy traditional games
Cartas españolas
FL Standards
Standards from UK
Interesting perspective. More ideas for standards.
World Language standards for all 50 states
Alaska's WL Standards
ACTFL 5 C's
Video about ACTFL's FL standards & other
Wyoming Dept of Ed
Search for languages; extensive resources
Other Spanish teacher web sites
Clase de espanol AP
House vocab, conversation ideas
Maestra Stacy's Website
A Spanish teacher's site
Links to Spanish resource sites for teachers
Dec. 2008
Good resources for teachers
Sra. Brownell's webpage
Foreign Language Resources -Jefferson County
SP, FR, GER, and other languages- links
Sra. Marcin's Spanish webpage
Good links
Learn Spanish on-line
Extensive links- Vocab games, interactive_myhq
Lesson Plans and Units
The Alma Project
Rich resource of cultural lessons. Includes objectives, plans, rubrics, background information.
Backward Design
Good description of Backward Design Models and how to create.
World Language Lesson Plans
Collection of websites
Backward Design & Digital Literacy
Grant Wiggins_author Backward Design
Lesson planning and Backward Design
Links to other Backward Design sites
Thematic Units_Michigan
by Language Teachers, good ideas
FL Lesson units on-line
NCLRC
FL Rubrics & Assessments
For Lang Assessments
Ideas for assessments
Kathy Schrock's Rubrics
Assessments Guides and Ideas
Rubrics_ Alternative types
National Capital Language Resource Center
Rubrics_ types
Rubrics from California
Assessment and rubrics for second lang learning
from Smithtown, N.Y.
Rubistar
Create original or search for rubrics
Project Based Learning: Information, lesson ideas and rubrics
Create checklists for projects (Either in Eng or SP)
Eric Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Sedl.org
Simple-to-use rubrics for FL classes
Roobrix.com
Rubric point value converter
Tools for Educators
Tools for Educators website
Create bingo cards, game boards, dice and other cool stuff
Language Resources for teachers
Mostly ESL but can adapt to other languages
Information Gap Activities
PDF- download ideas for Info Gap
Wordle.net
Create cool word clouds. Interesting way to learn vocabulary
Teaching FL Workshop
WGBH_Extensive, practical ideas & theories
Language Study_Teaching Ideas
Lessons, blogs..FL teaching
Rethinking Schools
Their links to web resources- General education
FL Instruction Around the World
UK FL Teach site
Excellent!
Intercultural Lessons
Blog about world cultures & languages
Center for Languages / Linguistics
Southhampton, U.K. Also has good links at bottom of homepage.
Canadian Assoc. of Second Language Teacher
Home page: Good resources & Links
Blogs_Learn Spanish
Spanish podcast
Intermediate to Advanced Spanish
Language Lab Bog, College of Languages, Culture and World Affairs
Listening Practice On-line Spanish Video
Short video segments to practice listening
Glencoe Textbooks- Free listening activities- Video and Audio
Target Stores Celebrate Diversity
Watch videos of famous Latinos in Spanish
Listening practice
Listening practice for all levels. Extensive site and all free! Univ. of Texas
Radio on-line
More than 600 links to Spanish radio on-line. Good listening practice!
Once TV- Mexico
Children's programs from Mexico's Once-TV channel
Audiria.com
Learn Spanish via podcasts. Updated often
Hispanic Surf
Guide to Hispanic internet sites
Games
Spanish Games to play on-line
The Piñata Game
Play the Piñata Memory Game to practice Spanish words. Earn some candy.
Educational Games in Spanish, French, Gallego...
Spanish on-line games
Hundreds of Spanish games...educational
Web 2.0
Alice Barr's wiki page
Web 2.0
Jim Moulton's site
Web 2.0
Classroom Web 2.0
Teacher Blog for Web 2.0 uses
Web 2.0 Teachers
Lesson ideas for web 2.0. Menu on left is extensive!
Web 2.0 United Kingdom
Web 2.0 Education Project Asia
2010 resource. Has good links
Web 2.0 Ideas
NNELL Web 2.0 ideas
Links to current articles
World Languages and Cultures in Maine
Map of Languages Spoken in Maine
Based on most recent U.S. Census
National Board Certification
NBPTS WSU _BLog with videotaping
ACTFL Performance Guidelines for K-12 Learners
PedagogyFL_Theory
LanguageShaping_Lessons_08
National Board Office
ACTFL_Monthlylinks Online for Foreign Language Educators
AppleLearning_NBC video with commentary
Log_on_N'tl Board
NCLRC newsletter_Great ideas! May 2008
N'tl Bd teacher using tech in lessons
National Capital Language Resource Center
NBPTS Florida
Excellent Resources!
Second Language Acquistion
Good
Writing Hints for NBPTS
Read this! Good tips
Creating WL Assessments
Second Language Assessments
Read!
ACTFL Assessment Guides
Portfolio Assessment Guide
Self-Tutorial for Standards Based assessment
Essentials of WL Teaching_ ACTFL
Arizona_ Weekly Podcasts about N'tl Board process.
Good hints!
Writing tips for NBPTS
NBPTS_Entry 4- Guidelines
N'tl Board suggestions for Entry 4
Organizing Instruction & Planning
US Dept of Ed guides
Suggestions from past candidates
Suggestions
Tips and Advice for Writing
NBPTS hints_Jeff Briggs_Subpage
Excellent advice / Comprehensive links to resources
Blog ProTeacher
Message Bd for candidates
Countries - Spanish-speaking
Mexico
Mexico Desconocido
Fiestas & Cultural info. Updated often
Commercial Resources_ Language instruction
Teacher-created lessons and music
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