Category Archives: Web2.0 Technology

Trivia

Posted on December 29, 2014 by SpanishPlans

As other teachers have pointed out, Trivia Crack is the latest craze in app-games. The best part is you can play this game in Spanish. Have students “challenge” each other or create a class tournament. Sure, some of the questions … Continue reading →

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Dropbox

Posted on October 20, 2014 by spanishplans

If you don’t have a dropbox by now, you are missing out. This is essential for any teacher who does work at home. I remember the days of working on something at home, putting it on a travel drive (USB … Continue reading →

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Creating Youtube Listening Comprehension Videos

Posted on October 5, 2013 by spanishplans

Just discovered a cool new site thanks to @placido on twitter. It’s called Blubbr and you can take youtube videos and turn them into trivia “games” by adding questions. Makes videos into great listening activities. And it couldn’t be easier! … Continue reading →

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Using Memes in Spanish

Posted on March 13, 2013 by spanishplans

What’s the most important thing in a foreign language class? To give students comprehensible input and show them the language in context. When you can accomplish this and entertain the kids at the same time to keep their interest, you’ve … Continue reading →

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Educreating Spanish Cooking Videos

Posted on February 28, 2013 by spanishplans

What better input to learn about food and cooking in context than to watch short tutorials on how to make food. The power of Youtube gives us so much access to resources many teachers didn’t have in the past, it … Continue reading →

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Language Lab Activity

Posted on December 2, 2012 by spanishplans

For those of you who have language labs in your building, this post may not be very enlightening. For those of us that teach in a building without such luxuries, we too can incorporate similar assessments and practice with other … Continue reading →

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Univision App

Posted on November 26, 2012 by spanishplans

Univision has several apps available for the iPad including “Univision”, “Noticias” and “Deportes”. I used the regular “Univision” app today and let my students explore different articles that would be of interest to them. I had first year students engaged … Continue reading →

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Doll House iPad App

Posted on November 8, 2012 by spanishplans

If your Foreign Language program has access to iPads, here is an app you need to check out. It is free and is fantastic to use during your Casa unit. It’s called Kids Doll House and it is made by … Continue reading →

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Edmodo Lyrics

Posted on October 21, 2012 by spanishplans

For the past several years, I have used the song, “Nada que Perder” by Mexican rock group Maná as a cloze activity. It is a great song for seeing the structure “tener que + infinitivo” When using songs, I like … Continue reading →

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Edmodo in Spanish

Posted on September 19, 2012 by spanishplans

Edmodo is a educational social media tool. It is just like facebook, but is set up for education so that students can interact with one another on the class page. The teacher can post links, videos, questions, and even quizzes … Continue reading →

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