Fascinating interview of Michael Horn (co-founder of a non-profit innovation think tank) and Vibhu Mittal (CEO of Edmodo) on the impact of social learning networks such as Edmodo on the classroom. Some topics covered: blended learning, privacy and student data, collaboration between teachers and between students, personalized learning.

An alphabetical list of suggestions for the novices in the group (myself included).

100 quick seed ideas to create FL activities in any language. Some use social media, some we have all probably tried.

100 quick seed ideas to create FL activities in any language. Some use social media, some we have all probably tried.

Very helpful for those who are still getting to know ACTFL standards. Includes short, non-jargony descriptions for studnts, and linked PDFs with various skills/tasks that they can check off for monitoring of their own progress in the interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive modes.

ACTFL's Language Educator is looking for responses to some questions, including Tech use. Perhaps we have something to offer...?

Interesting article on tips for using social media in the language classroom--definitely relevant to this week.

A subset of blogs on Edutopia dealing solely with issues/activities/debates about the world languages classroom. This site provides thoughtful blogs on everything from technology, to methodological debates, to specific activities, all centered on world languages.