HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, MAPS

TRAVEL AND MORE

TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM

Take a trip with your students to the Louvre

TUTORIALS

Webcam for all parts of the world

Geohive - database for all countries, statistics

National Geographic's Map Machine - Interactive, view and print maps

Ideas for using the digital camera in your classroom

Integrating technology in your classroom

French tutorials on tons of topics

Make your classes more interactive by using technology

No Language Teacher Left Behind

an independent forum and service for teachers of world languages

Tools of the Trade

Try these links for lesson plans and other aids for your classroom. Let us know if you find other sites that could help teachers of world languages.

Good source of information for teaching global historical chronology from Regents exams

The Best of History site has a very interactive, rich source of information

Find out what happened this day in history

HyperHistory is a fantastic site for students to find out just about everything at a certain time in history in whatever country they are studying. Click on people and then click to find out information about that person in histroy. A rich source of who, what, when, where, why

Let students type in their birthday to find out what happened on that day in history

Modern History Sourcebook is a great source of print and multimedia

Stats on every country in the world including, flags, maps, and lots more

Flags, flags, flags

Interactive site for geography of the world

Lonely Planet guide to world travel

Outline maps for classroom use

Vitual Tourist can take you anywhere. Just click and go!

Be at roadside for the Tour de France in this short video

Short video on French history

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Instructions on typing accents by code or by changing your keyboard to international.

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Videoconferencing may be easier than you thought. Learn more at this site.

If you are a new teacher or even a seasoned one and need tips on organization, try this site for ideas.

More tips for classroom management and maintenance.

Don't know RAM from ROM? Check this glossary of technical terms for this and more

PowerPoint Tutorial from Microsoft

Designing a website with Front Page Tutorial from Microsoft

More Tools of the Trade

Eleven tips for classroom management. Very practical, useful information. Check it out.

Get inspired to use more technology in your classroom by reading what one professor did for his students.

Listen to news reports in several languages. Good exercise for students to listen and fill in missing words. Or print the articles for classroom discussion.

Good outline for a webquest in French. If not this one, you may find the method adaptable for your class.

Everything you wanted to know about how to use a search engine effectively!