http://www.epnweb.org/player.php?podshow=http://media.libsyn.com/media/spanishbookworld/Lesson01-Free-Podcast-SpanishPodcastsForBeginners.mp3&podcast=SpanishPodcasts for Beginners&program=Lesson 1 – Free Spanish Podcast for Beginners – 18 minutes
From the Education Podcast Network. Retrieved October 26, 2007.
I would use this Podcast to reinforce vocabulary and grammar and to provide authentic pronunciation with opportunities for practice. It could be available whenever students have free time, or if they have finished an assignment they [...]
Entries from October 2007
6-B-3 Blog Response
October 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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6-A-1 Using Flickr in the classroom
October 25th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Paco CT
(October 25, 2007) Rojo que te quiero
Paco CT’s photos. Retrieved October 25, 2007, from http://www.flickr.com/photos/paco_calvino/
You can use Flickr in the classroom to reinforce vocabulary. In this example of the house you can use nouns or adjectives. In Spanish noun/adjective gender agreement is a fundamental part of grammar.
You can also use Flickr for [...]
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6-A-2
October 24th, 2007 · 7 Comments
6-A-2
I teach Spanish at a
Pittsburgh city school.
Pittsburgh is a rather provincial place. National trends seem to take a long time to make their impact in
Pittsburgh. Although we are a large city, we have a miniscule Hispanic population. This is beginning to change. There are some Hispanic markets opening up and there are a very few [...]
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Wikis in the Classroom
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I am looking for wikis that are applicable for teaching Spanish at the level I am working with. I have found some that contain parts of what I am looking for, and I am encouraged at the volume out there.
Communication and time are two real constraints when working with others on projects on the Web. My partner [...]
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Social Bookmarking
October 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Plan for Spanish Language Department
At present we have no cohesive plan for communicating web sites / blogs that would be of interest to everyone. We communicate haphazardly, posting website information in emails to each other. This does not give us an opportunity to work together or to research together potential topics of interest. If we [...]
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How to use RSS
October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I am just becoming familiar with this so I can only speak for myself right now but I have been searching the web and there is a wealth of information and web sites that are devoted to Spanish instruction. When I sort through these I will be able to find a number of them with [...]
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Blog Project Inspiration
October 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments
http://thomtomstuffs.blogspot.com/
I am really impressed by how complete and complex this 11 year old student’s blog is. He talked about a lot of personal issues and personal thoughts that seem to be way beyond the norm for an 11 year old. I have a lot of 11 year old students and I believe that quite a few [...]
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My thoughts about the Read/Write Web
October 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments
This is going to be a great format for communicating with educators and who knows who else around the world. It is going to present an opportunity for me to talk about what I am doing and ask for ideas about what other teachers are doing, so that we can share notes and adapt and develop [...]
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Bienvenidos a todos!
October 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Welcome to Edublogs.org. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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