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I have selected a digital magazine issued by the Office of the Spanish Ministry of Education in the USA and Canada. This yearly magazine gathers lessons, units and projects around a different cultural topic carried out by Spanish teachers in immersion or foreign languages programs in America or other places outside of Spain. These issues don't have a strictly academic tone but they are actually more like real experiences carried out in real classrooms that can be borrowed or inspired by other educators. The magazine guidelines require a very specific format with objectives, level, materials, etc. to describe the experiences.

This is a practice-oriented publication that's a bit more casual in tone and practical in content than its scholarly counterparts, while still rigorous in the quality of information it offers. We will feature articles, interviews with notable folks in the field of language teaching and learning, reviews of software, materials, and books, and more!

A lot of great ideas and a nice way to stay informed and to, at the same time, feel connected with a network of language educators who are addressing the same challenges and concerns.

SpatialChat looks so fun! I'll be curious about pricing, and appropriateness and safety for high schoolers.

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"Explore the latest in education technology tips and tools, in-depth reporting and trends for K-12 educators and administrators."

"The digital age has opened classrooms up to a figurative stack of magazines that's virtually unlimited, searchable and easily usable. "

District Administration magazine

Lucy Norris and Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme explain how teachers can help language students get on top of their own learning by using mobile phones.

Photobucket is the most important site on the Internet that hardly anybody understands. Unpretentiously, it has built an essential service that didn't need to shout out for attention, the way MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Flickr, or other related sites have. Yet it's built an audience of 38 million members, a figure now growing more than 80,000 per day.

how to develop programming for the mobile crowd - without special tools or technology. Formats, design considerations, aspect ratio and template

Jon- I totally agree that we should still make them read Vonnegut and can't use new culture/brain learning styles as excuses- how to reconcile the new ways students are and our teaching styles is where we need to research more so we can implement instructional practices that meet them where they are at and get them to the place we need them to be.

In my district, we are always being asked to connect our language teaching to other disciplines. Using Smartphone to do so is smart. However, not all of my students have these devices. They can definitely share a device. I like how this article is geared toward adult learners who can't or don't have time to attend physical classes. The App allows them to access this knowledge anywhere anytime. Thanks Akiko.

I love the statement about the importance of Math Literacy--YES!!!!

Podcasts on Education-Social Emotional Learning, Mindfulness, character education-- For healthy classrooms and teachers. Images and topics that can be useful in the WL Classroom.

I really like the phrase "instrumental empathy" -- I think it's something great to strive for in our classrooms and to integrate into our lessons.

Expand the ways you use Google Classrooms, or personal Google accounts.

Mentioned in Edutopia article - "With a native speaker in your ear, you can study a language and be transported at a time when we all need an escape."

All of these influencers have websites and/or are active on social media - creating information/directions/blogs/videos/posts for teachers about technology. Pick your favorite and dig in!