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Every thing you need to know about Creative Commons - including where to find copyright free resources, teaching about copyright and applying it, citing sources, and more.  Perfect for the 600 course

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

good for 605 PLN    What great language teaching resources and pd!

I agree. Thanks Heide.

embed-ible resources for all sorts of visual learning.  One could use some of the data visualizations to show the importance of learning a second or third language.

I like how visual the site is. Other than infographics it incorporates videos and other interactives. I even saw Venn Diagrams. It has a lot to offer to use in the classroom for students and outside the classroom with other teachers or administrators.

This is a great resource for EFL teachers.  The site has the recent news articles delivered in three different levels based on learner ability. The site can be used for additional practice for EFL students or as homework.

Check this out. This website has a plethora of tools for the integration of technology into the classroom. Explore that tabs and find sources and resources regarding technology. Simply too much to mention - go explore there is something for everyone

A website designed for Spanish language teachers. Teaching resources for Spanish class, lesson plans, worksheets, Powerpoint presentations and more free Spanish teaching resources.

Good site with technology integration ideas. 

Good resources for PBL

Here's a list of iPad and iPhone apps for learning Spanish - all are free.

German resources from Nancy Thuleen, Professor at the University of Wisconsin. Great resources include culture, links etc. Explore German 100 and 200 levels

This is a great resource for educational games in French for all levels.

Student friendly rubrics to use in the classroom for all levels.

These rubrics are especially helpful! Thanks! I like the fact that you can edit the rubrics as necessary for what you are doing in your classroom. I used some of them for my students' final presentations in June. Great resource! Not to mention there are other wonderful resources on the site as well

A great resource for German, ESL, French, Spanish and Russian teachers. Download lesson ideas, worksheets and much more

A great resource for teachers of German. Get access to lesson ideas, picutes collections, soudns,information about teaching and pedagogy and much more

Whether you are creating a PBL activity or an IPA, this checklist is a good way of pre-evaluating your efforts.  I also explored other areas of this blog and found some interesting resources that can be used in the WL classroom.  

ThingLink is a web tool that allows groups to comment on with text, audio, video, and to share and/or embed them. This resource has multiple applications in the FL classroom, including visual literacy, information literacy, enhancing communication and collaborative skills. One example activity: upload a map and have students describe various locations on map orally, in video, or text, and then have them comment on/expand upon each others' posts.

This webinar explores the purposes and uses for performance assessment in world language classrooms. Many language instructors and learners want to know the extent to which an assessment can capture how well a student will be able to complete real-life tasks when using the target language (Bachman & Palmer, 1996; Stoynoff & Chapelle, 2005). The webinar will begin with a description of performance assessment, how it aligns with learning and teaching purposes, and its uses for the classroom. Next, we will explore how to integrate performance assessment into language classrooms, including developing tasks and rubrics that will support such activities (Norris et al, 2008). During this part, we will examine one or more typical performance assessment tasks, and we will discuss how to adapt them to your needs. Finally, we will discuss the logistics of performance assessment and brainstorm ways to integrate meaningful performance assessment within the constraints of available resources

This is an excellent resource for finding target language newspapers from around the world.  I would give my students a country and a topic and have them research that topic (ie, the environment).  Or, we could focus on a global topic and compare/contrast how it is being presented in different target-language speaking countries (ie.  North Korea crisis)

Good resource for a project you will have to do in 605