German

//Post your favorite online German resources and samples of student work here.//

- Take any image, add a mouth to it, record something for it to say, and watch it become a moving conversationalist!


 * [|Spoke German Story (Einstein)]
 * [|German 3 Architect]

- Upload photos, record a message, and share


 * [|Meine familie] - Example in beginning German describing family

[|ID Card Maker] - Great tool for having students create German identity cards that can then be used as the foundation for communicative activities and simulations (Be careful as some of the images in the other tools on this site are not appropriate for classroom use)

- Students can select illustrations from real children's picture book illustrators, then use them to illustrate their own, original stories. Diacritical marks must be cut and pasted in (via Word, for example)
 * German Examples

- Search for images in the TL, then "annotate" them with audio, links, text, or videos

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- Speaking avatars
 * [|German Voki]

- Use this search tool to find people to follow on Twitter)

People to follow:

__**World Language Education**__

tmsaue1 (Thomas Sauer - Kentucky)

Wikispaces- Make your own wiki!
 * [|Curriki - BrowseSearch] - Wiki designed for resource sharing that contains entries from multiple subject areas (365 entries for FL)
 * [|Deutsch 21] - Create curriculum projects across schools
 * Digitale-schule - Create separate pages for small group work to guide students in dividing up project responsibilities, gathering necessary information, and working through the writing process
 * [|Ecce Romani Wiki / German Exchange] - Organize exchange trips
 * Intercultural-it-aus - Converse with students from the target culture and [|discuss cultural perspectives] using chat, discussion forums, or Skype
 * KWR-Deutschwiki - Create galleries of student work that demonstrate the growth of students' language skills
 * NHS German - Post homework calendars

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