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Educational technology in Germany - in German

Online learning for vocabulary. Many languages.

Flickr Commons is a collection of institutions around the world that make media content available on Flickr. The content is in the public domain or Creative Commons permission to use is given by the institution--so it's all easy for educators and students to legally use.

This is from the Oakland Schools Nov 2012 Information Center Newsletter, by Judy Hauser: CultureGrams Do you know that you have free access to CultureGrams? All Michigan citizens have access to commercial resources and databases provided through MeL - the Michigan Electronic Library - via the Library of Michigan. CultureGrams from ProQuest is a resource that schools have used for years in all grades starting in upper elementary. And now… it is available to all educators, students and parents via MeL. To access CultureGrams go to: http://mel.org and click on "MeL Databases." Scroll down and click on "CultureGrams." At the top of the page and in the large boxes on the page you will see World Edition, 2 States Edition, Kid's Edition and Provinces Edition. If, for example, you click on the States Edition and click on any state on the map you have many choices for information.Everything from current information to history to recipes is included. This is a great resource for students to use when researching a state, province, country or culture.

Paper, articles and research

Two classrooms use SKYPE to try to identify each other's location using 20 questions.

Educational and cultural content about the Arab world using 24 hour channel streaming. Downloadable app.

Nihongokyoiku Tsushin provides Japanese-language teachers with information on teaching materials, teaching ideas for the classroom, current topics in Japan, the situation of Japanese-language education both in Japan and abroad, and more.

World Language standards

Series of lessons for learning Japanese at Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced levels with free account.

Rubrics made using templates.