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Matt writes: "I was introduced to a new twist on an old way of planning lessons this weekend at CUE BOLD, billed as "The Premiere Lesson Design Event for the West Coast." Includes links to 30 lessons and their slide decks. The idea: let's build lessons that utilize technology through the framework of the Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan."

An article by Julie Meloni, published on the Chronicle of Higher Education's (now defunct) "ProfHacker" blog. Meloni offers a quick overview of the distinction between synchronous and asynchronous communication, and suggests ways to make use of both in the classroom.

Unfortunately, this article has been removed. But I like Jennifer's comment: "Just because a tool is new and shiny doesn't mean it will help your students. Careful planning and a sound pedagogical rationale will, though."

ACTFL 2012 presentation How can iPads enrich language acquisition? In this session, results from a 1:1 iPad pilot program in a foreign  language classroom will be analyzed  Lesson plans, activities and assessments will be shared and strategies for applying best practices, even in classrooms without iPads, will be discussed.

"More writing courses than ever are being taught online, and effective online writing instruction requires teachers to communicate deliberately and clearly in order to have productive relationships with their students. In The Online Writing Conference: A Guide for Teachers and Tutors, former chair of the CCCC Committee for Effective Practices in Online Writing Instruction Beth L. Hewett articulates the how and why of one-to-one online writing conference pedagogy. Complete with an instructor's study guide and informed by the principles set forth in the CCCC Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Practices for OWI, her updated text provides examples and transcripts of synchronous and asynchronous instructor-student interaction, targeted lessons, and conferencing action plans that help instructors hone their pedagogical practice, from formatting comments to showing regard for students."

I thought this was an interesting way to look at what students can research/read on their own and what class time should be used for - something to keep in mind as we're planning class!

Created by a secondary school Spanish teacher, this blog is well organized and most of the ideas are adaptable to other languages and other levels. There are at least 3 things here that I plan to try out within the first month of school.

Great resource by Macmillan education with lesson plans, tips, teaching media and much more on teaching ESL. 

I think this Blog is rich with possibility for utilizing social media for the teaching of a second language. Students so much into social media and they also get motivated by change in ideas and activities. The variety of possibilities that this blog offers provides a teacher with a good resource that would work for various language levels.

HCC Conjugations Back Our goal at TeacherTube.com is to provide an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos. Upload your lesson plan videos or watch student video lessons at our website.

Google Search tips - lesson plans for teachers

Lesson plan for student-generated book reviews using Google Docs.

There are only 3 lesson plans here for using Vokis - maybe we can add some more good ones?!

I have just glanced at the information here and plan to come back to explore some of the activities. I wonder if the conversations become disjointed and become difficult to follow?

background articles and a list of lesson plans to deal with cyberbulling

I love this site because it comes complete with lesson plans that focus on reading, writing, listening and speaking. AND...they are always focused on higher order thinking skills.

Always focuses on the 4 language modalities (reading, writing,listening and speaking)

This blog has good resources - some related to tech and some not. I like that the author links to a lot of activity and lesson plans - it's good to have models.

This blog has good resources - some related to tech and some not. I like that the author links to a lot of activity and lesson plans - it's good to have models.

I thought this episode of the 'Cult of Pedagogy' podcast provided a thorough, relatable and succinct description of differences you need to take into account when planning an online course. It was informative, but also comforting. It didn't just talk about all of the things that you MUST DO to be a good teacher online. It also discussed the social needs of teachers and students in this environment.