Monday, May 11, 2015

Foreign Language Blogs: From Educators to Educators

Carolina Gómez - Fun for Spanish Teachers

http://funforspanishteachers.blogspot.com/

Ms. Gómez has dedicated her life to teaching the Spanish language and decided to share her love and passion via blog so that others may share her life's passion.  Her blog is filled with a myriad of resources, ideas, and games that make learning the Spanish more fun and enjoyable.

Heather Witten - Flipping My Spanish Classroom

http://spanishflippedclass.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Witten's blog is great, up-to-date blog for teachers looking for ideas and resources.  Mrs. Witten is a teacher trainer herself, presenting to her peers ways in which she has found best to teach the Spanish language and has plenty of resources available for the everyone--her students included!

Jeremy Jordan - Reflections of a Spanish Teacher

http://profesoranonimo.blogspot.com/

Mr. Jordan's blog is set up as a personal online journal that everyone can read; he wants to share his thoughts about his teaching methodologies to the public.  In his blog, teachers can read into his personal thoughts and practice, gauging his own personal views of how certain activities worked or didn't work; often times he reflects on new practices in the classroom that are prevalent in the field of applied linguistics.

Michelle Tsivgadellis - The 3am Teacher

http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/

Mrs, Tsivgadellis's blog--and website--is chalk full of information and resources for new age, "down to earth" teachers.  The title of her blog caught my eye as often times I am up in the wee hours of the night looking up information and resources for my own practicum, and her blog is full of resources and ideas for all teachers to use!

Calico Spanish

http://blog.calicospanish.com/

Calico Spanish, which isn't one individual but rather a group of Spanish teachers, work together to create this blog full of great information that is relevant to the current state of fairs in second language teaching.  The blog is full of recent studies and findings to help give Spanish teachers new ideas on how to best effectively teach the language and it comes with the resources to help teachers do so!

Nicholas Provenzano - The Nerdy Teacher

http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/

Mr. Provenzano's blog is dedicated to the integration of technology into the classroom.  In addition to his weekly videos he's recently been posting that include guest speakers on great topics of debate, he also incorporates his own personal reflections of his educational philosophy into his blog, letting his readers not only gather information on technology in the classroom, but he also teaches teachers about both his successes and failures as an educator.

Jürgen Kurtz - Foreign Language Education in the 21st Century

https://juergenkurtz.wordpress.com/

Dr. Kurtz's blog is dedicated to theories and research found in the acquisition of second/foreign languages.  Dr. Kurtz writes about a lot of good material that foreign language educators should be aware about, bringing awareness to areas of second language acquisition that most of us would not think about--he brings us knowledge on current research implications in foreign language teaching.

Emilia Carillo - Foreign Language Begins with T

http://spanish4teachers.org/techblog/

Ms. Carillo's blog is a mixture of information on technology in the classroom and foreign language teacher, but better yet, it's both fused together.  Ms. Carillo offers many examples and practices teachers can use in their foreign language classroom to create authentic, worthwhile lesson plans that technology makes possible.

Joanne Jacobs - Linking and Thinking on Education

http://www.joannejacobs.com/

Ms. Jacobs' blog is anything and everything associated to or related with education.  In her blog, you can find information and knowledge on parent interaction with students, educational rights, technology in education, and anything else related to the field of education.

Cathy Jo Nelson - Cathy Jo Nelson's Personal Thoughts

http://blog.cathyjonelson.com/

Mrs. Nelson's blog is exactly as her blog's title describes; it is the personal insights of a professional teacher.  Mrs. Nelson's blog is different from the rest I have posted here in that instead of focusing on theories, research, information or materials in education or foreign language teacher, her blog is a great "resource" into the life of an educator and what their (our) lives entail.

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