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Links to sites that create charts, graphs, etc.

"images in Ookaboo are public domain or creative commons and can be used freely for blogs, web sites, schoolwork, publications, and other creative projects."

An interesting article from the Language Educator magazine from Oct 2012. Talks about how to use 90% or more of the target language in the classroom.

Do you know why the link says "Access Denied"? Is it a subscription only site?

You're right, Larissa. I must have copied the link wrong. The article can be accessed here: http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/TLE_pdf/TLE_Oct12_Article.pdf

A blog & resource page devoted to UDL. It has a wealth of useful tech sites that educators can use with their students.

Video that could be used with teachers to trigger discussion about technology

Cindy, can I share it with the class that I will be teaching? I would give credit to your class. Maria

Maria, Of course, all our resources are to share! Creating a network to share is the idea!

Some members of the class were asking about Google Forms. I thought the video and tutorials on the site might give some ideas about how to use Google Forms with students.

I am interested in using this in exchange with a Spanish-speaking country

Is a website which allows you to create a internet scavenger hunt with the advantage of being about to guide the students from website to website. The teacher can annotade each website and students. A great tool especially for younger students. It is free to use. A tutorial is available

I just checked it out and see that it can be a great tool. I really like that you can annotate and direct students' attention on each step of the "web jog". I could see gathering specific sites for students to explore and then have them create something new (Glog, Voicethread, Powtoon) with what they learned. Thanks for the find!

This tool allows the teachers to create formative assessments that can be accessed by the students using their web-enabled device. The tool is free and can be used to create different types of quizzes.

Reading about why we should integrate technology in the classroom and what the benefits to using technology in the classroom are.

Are you inspired to create amazing interactive courses, but don't know how to code? Versal is a simple publishing platform with everything you need. Add text, videos, images, quizzes and interactive learning gadgets and bring your expertise to life.  I could see using this as a means for differentiating instruction within my class, as a means to support learning, and more. 

This website contains ideas and resources not only for mind-mapping but also creating classroom activities and games.

The FLTmag is a practice-oriented online publication dedicated to the field of foreign language technology. Its goal is to provide useful and practical information about technology integration in the classroom such as emerging technologies, interesting books, classroom projects, institutional initiatives, conferences and symposiums and language centers worldwide. Its hoping to become a public forum promoting engaged and productive discussions around burning issues in the field of language technology in the U.S. and beyond Currently there is very few things posted, but I see this as eventually becoming the 'go-to' site 

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making  

An excellent curriculum/resource page for teaching students about copyright. Covers history of copyright; quizzes to see what students know; the concept of fair us; issues with remixing, mashups, and file-sharing. Contains links to further resources.

This one-page document offers a good reminder that we (teachers and students) must cite images found on google images. I gives clear instructions for how to cite in APA.

Through a special agreement with more than 800 newspapers worldwide, the Newseum displays  front pages each day on its website. The front pages are in their original, unedited form.  I could see this being used to compare how different countries report news stories, especially international ones.  No papers from France, yet.  

This is a collaborative workspace for the development of instructional items for the use of MMORPGs, like World of Warcraft, GuildWars2 and others, in a school setting.  Examples of how to incorporate World of WarCraft in school.  Great resources which can be transferred into the WL classroom

This site is a good resource for citing images with varying amounts of information available and provides useful examples with a link to UMUC for APA style citation.

Free PDF download of excerpts from Collier's handbook. Aside from simply creating notebooks and notes on ideas of interest, students (and instructors, too!) can use Evernote features to track to-dos, share folders, even build portfolios. Evernote provides useful tools for helping students stay organized in our fast-paced, digital device-driven world.