Top 10 Reasons for Technology in World Language Teaching

A short little article on the top 10 reasons for using technology in world language teaching.

http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_in_Foreign_Language

French Resist New Spelling Rules

A coworker of mine shared this link today.  If they change, does that mean we can change too?  How much easier would that make grading papers if you don't have to worry about accents?!?

http://townhall.com/news/world/2011/12/21/french_resist_new_spelling_rules

1st Video Attempt

Here's my first attempt at embedding a video. We're supposed to post video about how technology is changing education and when I was searching for that video, came across this one :)  Hope it works!

 

Le Debut

Here we go, first blog entry of my life!  I'm really excited for 5TTT because this is what I feel like I've been needing as a teacher for a long time- a chance to experience technology through school, but at my own pace.  I hope to gain a much better understanding of how these various tools work, improve my confidence and competence in using them, and learn how to usefully incorporate them in my teaching.