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LanguageGuide.org is an online language learning resource available in numerous languages ranging from English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Turkish, Arabic, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, to Korean. This illustrated vocabulary guide contains sound-integrated exercises at three levels -- beginner, intermediate, and advanced, and allows for independent practice at the learner's own pace. These practice exercises are appropriate for elementary and middle school students and this resource would be well suited on a teacher webpage. Thematic topics vary by language but generally include numbers, parts of the body, clothing, food, animals, weather, home, and school. There is an option menu on each screen for listening, speaking, and reading practice, as well as a quiz for students to check their comprehension. Some languages also feature a Grammar and Readings section for more advanced learners.

Performance Assessment rubric for students from Jefferson County Public Schools in KY. Can be used for student reference to guide their goals and understanding.

Food Lunchbox Project is a collaborative page used by schools and teachers to exchange photos of and comments about typical school lunches. Useful for units on food, health, culture.

This site/blog has lots of ideas for differentiation.  

This blog is run by two Louisville KY teachers of Spanish and is full of great ideas: "tech, hands-on, culture, activities by the 3 modes" to name a few. Open for teachers to post as well.

20 uses for Wordle in the classroom or out of class. Useful for a variety of purposes and a variety of ages. Wordle also used in a study for analyzing student writing samples, to show overused words and suggest broadening vocabulary.

Cute and creative voice recording program available on iTunes or online. Allows you to edit the sound of a 30 second voice recording by raising pitch of the voice, lowering it, changing accents, etc. Embeddable in your website, creates a URL and can be emailed to teachers, tweet, and more. Fun! Could be used for any voice recording needs, oral assessments, etc. Any age group, any lesson topic.

Comprehensible Input Classroom - blog with links, ideas, activities, curriculum plans, etc. for teacher ideas. Can be used by teacher to add depth and interest to curriculum planning and lesson steps.

Compiliation of cloze transcripts for foreign language commercials. Can be used for lesson plans to enhance listening skills

Google doc of authentic resources for Spanish language teachers. Can be used for lesson planning needing some authentic links.

My Food Plate graphics, lesson plans, etc. from USDA in Spanish and English. Good for lessons on food, health and nutrition.

An online Web 2.0 tool for creating and sharing student and teacher created books. Great for the world languages classroom.

Ursula - I had Storybird as one of the choices my students could use for creating a children's story. They loved it.

This is a nice site for the beginning language learner. The students have the opportunity to explore the states, politics, sports and more. A great component of the site is that the students can read the information and can have the info read to him/her

Highly engaging websites that teacher in form of song and games. Interest especially for middle and high school students.