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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.

11. Ability to Accept Terms of Use You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in these Terms of Use, and to abide by and comply with these Terms of Use. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Wetoku Website is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Wetoku Website. There are lots of other great web sites for you. Talk to your parents about what sites are appropriate for you.

"The Phone Project series is a comprehensive resource for locating level and topic appropriate phone conversations. Value-added lesson plans and support materials provide beneficial tools for classroom use or self-study." Available for Arabic and Spanish dialects.

'German for Hire' gives middle and high school teachers the opportunity to invite German university students into their classrooms to give youth-oriented presentations on different topics in modern German life and culture. These ambassadors will provide an authentic and interactive classroom session in German language, history or social studies classes. Students will be able to discuss current events and experience German history first hand through a personal encounter. They can connect with their German guests through their shared excitement for films, music, and sports. Any school in the United States is eligible to participate.

Intriguing site which transports users to places all over the world with a Google StreetMap mashup. Good for speaking or writing prompts for students.

Resources for teachers of young learners. All of the resources are designed to be versatile and useful in many K-6 classrooms. I have free , and other activities all ready for printing. for download: I have over 1800 words depicted in flashcards. There are 100+ sets covering 60+ themes and I'm adding to them regularly.

From Netspeak: "To write in a foreign language is a difficult task, even for an experienced author. Problems include choosing the right word or preposition in a given context, finding a wording which is commonly used, and avoiding the use of grammatical forms which reflect the author's native language. The Netspeak Web service assists authors to overcome these issues by using the World Wide Web as a source of common language. The service can be queried with short text phrases to determine their customariness on the Web. Wildcard characters can be added to the query to search for variations and synonyms of the query phrase, which will be returned as ranked list with respect to their occurence frequency on the Web."

A Spanish, German, or French magazine for students. Too advanced for elementary, but perhaps appropriate for secondary??

Spanish, culture, media, videos, listening, comprehension, reading on a variety of topics

With the free German courses from Deutsche Welle, you can choose the learning style that suits you best: e-learning at the computer, with short videos, audio courses or podcasts, or with texts and worksheets you can print out. Select from courses for beginners, intermediate learners, and advanced learners. German language teachers are welcome to use our multimedia material in their lessons. The Course Finder helps you choose the best format for each level.

Larry Ferlazzo's "Best Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month"

Center for Applied Linguistics site for resources - programs, workshops, articles, digests, books

Great instructor resources for a variety of topics. Textbook independent using authentic materials.Suited for upper level high school Spanish classes.

Searchable database of photos licensed for school use through Creative Commons.

Podcasts in Spanish on a variety of topics. Good for listening activities for Level 3 + courses.

Lots of Spanish video for the little ones.

Online learning for vocabulary. Many languages.

simple songs for young children learning Spanish

Application for learning the American Sign Language alphabet for the iPad. $1.99 fee.

Readers for beginning students of Chinese