RSS feeds

When ever you see that image next to the link of the website on your browser, you can subscribe to that website and you can view the latest headlines in "google reader" for example. This can be a great time saver. As a future German teacher I have found it useful to subscribe to the German news paper:

• Der Spiegel
  
• Die Zeit
• Die Frankfurter Allgemeine

If I ever find an article that I like I can share it and the students that follow me will be able to see the article that I recommend.

Using A Blog in a Classroom

Blogs can be used for many different reasons. Using a blog in your classroom can be very useful. Here are some ideas:

• You can create polls and have students anonymously respond
• Have easy homework assignments such as a one sentence answer to a question
• You can share useful websites with your students
• Explain homework assignments in details
• Have a calendar of when assignments are done
• Post "how to videos"