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Heritage Spanish Resources Created by COERLL at the University of Texas, Austin, this webpage provides resources for teachers and learners regarding Spanish as a heritage language.

[|ICT4LT (Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers)] This well-developed site has learning modules for language teachers about using technology in the classroom for beginning, intermediate, and advanced computer users. Learning modules include topics such as website creation and setting up a language lab. The site also includes well-organized resources for CALL, including bibliographies and lists of software.

[|CALPER (Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research)] This site from Penn State has many resources and materials for second and foreign language teachers. CALPER has a number of resources for technology integration in the language classroom.

[|CARLA (Center for Advanced Research in Language Acquisition)] This site from the University of Minnesota has many resources and materials for second and foreign language teachers, including a section on technology with technology-based lesson plans for foreign language teaching.

[|CLEAR (Center for Language Education And Research at Michigan State University)] This website has several great applications for creating web-based activities for FL learning, all of which are free.

[|Classroom 2.0] This is a social networking site in Ning for educators interested in the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom. The resources and discussions on the site are open to everyone, members and non-members of the network.

[|CULTURA] The CULTURA project is a well-known design for teaching language and culture in tandem. On the webpage you can review the materials and read a description of the project, as well downloading a teacher guide for implementing the methods used in this project.