Aside from Cybergerman there are other highly useful WWW sites for K-12 German instruction. These include online lessons, vocabulary lists, professional teaching societies, and additional link libraries on the WWW. This is an ever-expanding list of exceptional German-related websites. If you know of one that you believe deserves mention, please let me know.
- Recipients of the Doktor Faustus Award at Cybergerman©
http://southern.dhs.org/german/faust.htm
- German Studies Trails, by Professor Andreas Lixl-Purcell, UNC-Greensboro
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/NetzUeb.html
- German Internet Lessons, again by Professor Lixl-Purcell.
http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/GIP/german_units/UnitsCover.html
- Materialien für den Deutschunterricht. from Luxemburg.
http://www.al.lu/deutsch/index.html
- Vocabulary Tests
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/
- German for Beginners
http://www.germanfortravellers.com/
- Mining Co. Guide to the German Language
http://german.miningco.com
- Forum Deutsch als Fremdsprache.
http://www.deutsch-als-fremdsprache.de/
- The German Way.
http://www.german-way.com
- National K-12 Foreign Languange Resource Center.
http://www.educ.iastate.edu/nflrc/
- American Association of Teachers of German.
http://www.aatg.org
- ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/OtherResources/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines.htm
- Language Learning & Technology vol 4 num1 May 2000 - Special Issue
The Role of Computer Technology in
Second Language Acquisition
Research (Part 2)
http://llt.msu.edu/
There is a growing online resource dealing with the area of learning and teaching from a cognitive level, that is, from the level that examines where and how memory is processed, stored and retrieved in the human brain. The objective for educators is to transfer this body of knowledge into actual instructional practice, and the following websites very nicely address this challenge.
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Theory
http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/genpurpose.html
- The Effects of Cognition in a Hypermedia Environment
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/mmresearch/Students97/Hsiao
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Development
- The Effects of Cognitive Styles and Learning Strategies in a Hypermedia Environment
- Center for Teaching Excellence, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
- Designing WWW-Based Assignments and Projects
- Constructivism and the 5 E's
- Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, Austin, Texas
Technology in Education: Successful Integration models.
- Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment, in the ERIC Digest, Dec 1995.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed390377.html
- Multimedia Report: Electronic Portfolios tell a Personal Story
http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan97mms/portfol.htm
- Electronic Portfolios, School Reform and Standards
http://transition.alaska.edu/www/portfolios/PBS2.html
- Christopher Columbus High School, Union City, NJ: Huge turnaround in achievement after large-scale tech integration.
http://interactive.wsj.com/public/current/articles/SB878940932742058000.htm
- Longview Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona: Their Virtual Community
http://interactive.wsj.com/public/current/articles/SB878940502458990000.htm
- Language Learning and Technology - Online Journal - Archives of Past Issues
http://llt.msu.edu/backissues.html