Weaving the Web Into Your Curriculum No Experience Necessary! CLTA, 2000 Carol H. Reitan

Today we will:

learn about the WWW and how to use Netscape

• CCSF Language Lab Choose the WWW links for the language you teach.

consider what the WWW offers language teachers

• Cross-platform 24/7 ACCESS to information and to authentic documents from throughout the world.
• The Internet's potential for interactivity and communication with speakers of the target language are two other big advantages for language teachers. Interactive drills on the web can take drill out of the classroom freeing up time for communicative activites. Communication with target language speakers allows our students to use the language in a more meaningful way.

see examples of how our colleagues have used these resources

Sample Assignments and Lesson Plans

• Web Exercises to Accompany Allons-y These exercises were made to go with each chapter of the first year French text used at CCSF. French only.
• Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes from Lewis Johnson of the CLTA. See the web lessons made by our colleagues at the Summer Seminars at UCSB and CSU San Bernardino. Lots of great activities and ideas. Lesson plans for ESL/EFL, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Philipino, and Spanish.
• C.B. Putnams'Home Page Foreign Language Teaching Using the Internet. This is the page to come back to later. Includes an online course for using the Internet in K-12 FL. Lesson plans for French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Detailed plans for the "virtual trip" lesson.
• Foreign Language Lesson Plans and Resources for Teachers Here's another one to come back to later. Many useful lesson plans and activities. Links to lesson plans for Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
• Web Activities for any Language by Lauren Rosen. This is the site we'll use as a starting point for making our own web lessons. For any and all languages!

make our own web assignment

Useful Links

• CityNet Now also known as Excite Travel
• Favorite Teacher URLs from the CLTA. French, German, Spanish only.
• Index of On-line Dictionaries 600 on-line dictionaries in 150 different languages
• Internet Radio Directory Listen to news, music, cultural programs, and more. At this site you can find links to radio stations from 52 different countries.You'll need RealPlayer .
• International Internet TV Directory Watch news and other programs from around the world. You'll need RealPlayer .
• International WebCam Directory See pictures of destinations world wide in real time.
• Maps! See this great resource from the University of Texas:Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection
• Media Links Online Media Directory - Newspapers from throughout the world.
• Sounds of the World's Animals Find out what animals say in the language you are learning!
• Subway Navigator
• The Universal Currency Converter
• Web66: International School Website Registry
• Yahoo! WeatherWorld Weather Reports in English. Or get them in the language you teach. Some examples are:Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish.
• Yahoo! Scroll down to the bottom of the page and choose a language. You'll find links in the target language categorized by topic.
• Making International Characters on a PC or a Mac