Sunday, December 8, 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Student Project Aids

Here are some ideas for student projects, online posters and such.  Maybe a good break from Glogster :)

Blue Slips - What a cool idea!

The Blue Slip
Thinking creatively, writing, talking about ideas/events - that's the good stuff of education!  I'm going to try it for the next 2 weeks :).  More later.

Friday, November 8, 2013

Slow German

I haven't played around with this for awhile but it was promising the first time I used it. Slow German news and information podcast. The first episode (for absolute beginners) lasts about 5 minutes.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Project Based Learning

Are you brave enough for Project Based Learning? I did it twice. Once with good results, once with less than stellar. Here are some useful tips.
Here's a blog with some useful links.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Writing Prompts

Here is a good website for AP writing prompts (but yes, they need to be translated).

Monday, September 30, 2013

Pictolang

Picture matching game with vocabulary, divided into subjects. The pictures are very authentic (at least in German)and the vocabulary is spot on. Pictolang

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Educate

Great source for lesson plans - Educate.org! Found a cool on-line game that students can play - Spent.

Friday, September 6, 2013

Online Games for Language Learning

You can create online games with Eduplay. I did a crossword puzzle made by another German teacher. It was fun because it had a timer.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Online Dictionary

Wordreference.com  gives not only the definition but phrases.  http://www.linguee.de offers definitions with the words (both English and German) in a contextual reading. http://www.dict.cc is especially good for compound nouns.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

fotobabble.com

Very cool for loading and captioning photos. Good use for German class and there is a blog URL for cutting and pasting.

Friday, August 2, 2013

Bundesländer

Kennen Sie die Bundesländer?
http://europe.hkbu.edu.hk/polshyp/bland/bland3.htm

Thursday, August 1, 2013