2nd Web Resource Review:
Photo Vocab
Spanish Word of the Day
http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab/
I found this website through another site that is created by Spanish teacher extraordinaire, Zachary Jones. Apparently, Señor Jones has multiple websites containing an infinite amount of Spanish teacher tools! Yay!
Ok, so this site is very simple, but very cool. It basically has a daily post (like a blog) that includes an interesting photograph and a new Spanish vocab word to go along with that photo. I really like that it first introduces the word through the context of a short paragraph in Spanish, and THEN if you scroll down it explains what the word is (in English).
This is definitely something that would be appropriate for students in middle school or high school, although I would say that it might be a bit better for students in Spanish II or above if the teacher is going to expect them to struggle through the paragraph at all, simply because it's a whole paragraph of normal Spanish (normal as in not super elementary). This is definitely a site that could be used in school, which is awesome! The first thing I thought was that it would make a really cool daily starter. It could be a part of the routine that students come in to class, the teacher has this site pulled up, students answer a few questions about it quietly on a sheet of paper, or work on translating some sentences from the paragraph. It would also be a neat springboard into using that new vocabulary word in the context of the grammar that is being learned that week. This has clear connections to the content of Spanish, since the whole purpose is to introduce new words in this specific target language. It's also really neat to see how they incorporate culture into these words. For example, this weekend the Day of the Dead is being celebrated in Mexico, so one of the words this weekend was the specific name for a Mexican marigold, the flower that marks the weekends festivities and is used to decorate altars on this special occasion.
The site is not very interactive for students, although they can navigate to see past words, and can click on a little "play" button to hear the word pronounced correctly aloud. The site is not commercial at all. There are no distractions or advertisements. I love how simple the layout is! I think some other pros are that it is simple to read and navigate, that it is so useful and the purpose is so straightforward, and that it has really engaging and cool photos. I also like that it tells where the word comes from, because there is usually a particular cultural connection. I suppose the simplicity could also be a con. I almost wish there was more there! I also wish they gave a few synonyms or related tags or something, maybe that could take you to their other site that has a ton of stuff on it. No sign-up or login in required, and there is no adult supervision required because it was made for students of Spanish.
Great resource!
Photo Vocab
Spanish Word of the Day
http://zachary-jones.com/photovocab/
I found this website through another site that is created by Spanish teacher extraordinaire, Zachary Jones. Apparently, Señor Jones has multiple websites containing an infinite amount of Spanish teacher tools! Yay!
Ok, so this site is very simple, but very cool. It basically has a daily post (like a blog) that includes an interesting photograph and a new Spanish vocab word to go along with that photo. I really like that it first introduces the word through the context of a short paragraph in Spanish, and THEN if you scroll down it explains what the word is (in English).
This is definitely something that would be appropriate for students in middle school or high school, although I would say that it might be a bit better for students in Spanish II or above if the teacher is going to expect them to struggle through the paragraph at all, simply because it's a whole paragraph of normal Spanish (normal as in not super elementary). This is definitely a site that could be used in school, which is awesome! The first thing I thought was that it would make a really cool daily starter. It could be a part of the routine that students come in to class, the teacher has this site pulled up, students answer a few questions about it quietly on a sheet of paper, or work on translating some sentences from the paragraph. It would also be a neat springboard into using that new vocabulary word in the context of the grammar that is being learned that week. This has clear connections to the content of Spanish, since the whole purpose is to introduce new words in this specific target language. It's also really neat to see how they incorporate culture into these words. For example, this weekend the Day of the Dead is being celebrated in Mexico, so one of the words this weekend was the specific name for a Mexican marigold, the flower that marks the weekends festivities and is used to decorate altars on this special occasion.
The site is not very interactive for students, although they can navigate to see past words, and can click on a little "play" button to hear the word pronounced correctly aloud. The site is not commercial at all. There are no distractions or advertisements. I love how simple the layout is! I think some other pros are that it is simple to read and navigate, that it is so useful and the purpose is so straightforward, and that it has really engaging and cool photos. I also like that it tells where the word comes from, because there is usually a particular cultural connection. I suppose the simplicity could also be a con. I almost wish there was more there! I also wish they gave a few synonyms or related tags or something, maybe that could take you to their other site that has a ton of stuff on it. No sign-up or login in required, and there is no adult supervision required because it was made for students of Spanish.
Great resource!
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