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Bob Terry's Language Instruction-Related Links
http://www.richmond.edu/~terry/tech.htm
Articles, materials, and helpful hints for standards-based language instruction and assessment that address different teaching and learning styles and the use of technology.

Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org
Information on a variety of language-related issues including research, teacher education, design and development of instructional materials, program evaluation, assessment, and policy analysis.

Creating Rubrics: Tools You Can Use
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
This article includes numerous links to ready-made rubrics and rubric construction sites.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/resources/update.html
A wealth of information, including a Directory of K-12 Foreign Language Assessment Instruments and Resources.

Fairfax Country Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/
Offers a variety of resources for various languages including information on rubrics and ideas on how to convert rubric scores into points or grades.

FL Teach (Foreign Language Teaching Forum)
http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/
Includes a lengthy list of Web resources for LOTE teachers, general and by language.

Game-O-Matic Wizards
http://clear.msu.edu/dennie/matic/
Allows you to create language learning and practice activities without having to learn programming with a suite of templates that create Web-based activities based on your input.

Graphic Organizers
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html
Free printable graphic organizers such as fact charts, character charts, T-charts, and Venn diagrams.

International Association for Language Learning Technology
http://iall.net/
A professional organization that provides leadership in the development, integration, evaluation, and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture.

Instructional Intranet of Chicago Public Schools
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html
This website offers guidelines for step-by-step construction of rubrics, as well as a bank of rubrics.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Assessment & Rubric Information
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Offers many links to readymade rubrics.

Language Learning and Technology
http://llt.msu.edu/
An online, refereed journal for second and foreign language educators.

National FLES Institute
http://www.gladys-c-lipton.org/
An advocate for foreign language instruction in elementary schools that provides information on all types of FLES programs around the country and answers questions on FLES-related issues. Services and resources include on-site workshops and a promotion/advocacy kit.

National Foreign Language Resource Centers
http://www.sedl.org/loteced/lotelinks/lrcs.html
These 12 Title VI Language Resource Centers supported by the U.S. Department of Education provide professional services, educator development, and material resources.

Portfolio Assessment in the Foreign Language Classroom
http://www.nclrc.org/teaching_materials/assessment/portfolio_assm_guide.html
Interactive tutorials covering planning, identification of resources and content, organization of materials, rubric development, etc. Includes links to ready-to-use resources such as checklists, inventories, worksheets, and sample lessons.

Rubric Builder
http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3
This website is a free service of the Landmark Project that enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the World Wide Web.

Rubrics for Web Lessons
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/weblessons.htm
Information on software, books, and sites linking to scores of example rubrics in a wide range of content areas.

Rubrics.com
http://www.rubrics.com
Information and easy-to-use rubric software.

Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Links to sites for creating rubrics for project-based-learning activities.

SEDL's Technology Assistance Program LOTE page
http://www.southcentralrtec.org/cgi-bin/mysql/talon2004.cgi?location=search&show_category=Bilingual,+ESL,+%26+Foreign+Language&browse=yes
Includes links to language-specific web sites and resources.

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