10 great ideas from Ditch That Textbook

10 great ideas from Ditch That Textbook

MINT Thema

Student polling (with pie chart results)

Revisiting TPRS

Next year,starting with new books, I am thinking about more TPRS. Here are some things to check out during the summer. Here's a community (for a fee)

Vocaroo

Use Vocaroo - online voice recorder - for student practice and projects.

Recap

I was intrigued by this app after reading the following testimonial: After using Recap with students for assessments, for providing their feedback to me about what they liked and did not like about class, and more, I could see that they were comfortable being able to speak freely, in their own space. I like being able to ask questions, provide different prompts, give feedback, and receive the daily reel that Recap compiles, to make reviewing it an easy process. https://letsrecap.com/ I plan to work Recap into my lessons this week.

Five Shot Sequence

Interesting idea for German 3 with ipads?

Nine Ways to Improve Classroom Discussion

Nine Ways to Improve Classroom Discussion 1. More focus/less time 2. Prethink the Hook 3. Pause 4. Have note takers 5. Talk less or not at all 6. End with something definitive 7. Refer back to the discussion at times 8. Invite students to introduce a topic 9. Discuss the discussion with what worked and what didn't

Learn Something

What a cool list of websites to help you learn!

More Apps

Nine Free Apps to Teach You German

Digital Tools for Building Vocabulary

Vocabulary is the key to language, so some of these tools may come in useful for the FL classroom. Digital Tools for Building Vocabulary.

Smarter German

I've been impressed with this podcast so far. It is available on YouTube. Check it out. Smarter German The first segment has a great song for learning the case articles. Here is a good starting point: Udemy.

Quizz

Quizz is a game, similar to Kahoot but the best difference is that it shows both the questions and answers on the student's personal device.

Online Learning Games

Here is a list of the best Online Learning Games.

Five-Minute Film Festival

If you need some lifting of the spirits at this time of year, click HERE.

Testing Season is Upon Us

17 things to do while monitoring a test. You're Welcome.

Zaption

Use videos in conjunction with questions, pictures, group projects. Looks very interesting - Zaption

German Club Event Ad

Maybe something a little more eyecatching than Publisher - Poster My Wall

Brock it!

Seen on the #tlap twitter feed. Motivational Coaching is as much work as the work itself.

The 4 Properties of Powerful Teachers

Great article reminding us of the basics of good teaching!

AudioPal Widget

AudioPal Widget: Come and create your very own AudioPal widget.