YouTube Is an Excellent Resource For Latin

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One of the challenges with teaching in today's classroom is making the content dynamic enough, and relevant enough, to reach your students. It is obvious to us who teach - we are passionate about the subject and are used to explaining ourselves and our craft to a skeptical audience. Once our students are hooked, it is a beautiful thing to behold. Yet, how do we incorporate reliable images and … [Read more...]

RomaeTV Is Now LIVE!

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We just added our very own YouTube channel for Romae.org! With such a valuable resource like YouTube, it definitely helps to have access to endless hours of content that can help illustrate what life was like for the ancient Romans. Why not head on over and check it out for yourself? You can follow the link on the primary navigation menu above (marked "RomaeTV") or just click here to take a … [Read more...]

Romae On Facebook

We just created a fan page for Romae.org! If you are on Facebook, why not come on by and show us some love! See Romae's Facebook page. We will be organizing various discussions and events from that portion of our every-growing web presence. So hit us up over there or just look at the bottom right of the site here and become a fan! Also, don't forget that we have a Twitter account and you can … [Read more...]

Teacher Tip: SlideRocket Presentations Could Aid in Teaching Grammar

Let's face it, teaching grammar is not fun for the kids but it is necessary. We can always find fun ways to teach it and help them understand - after all, that is our responsibility! Here is a tool that could help. We all probably use PowerPoint to create various presentations but there is an alternative that has more bells and whistles - but you do have to pay for the service. That said, it is … [Read more...]

Teacher Tip: Google Docs is a Great Way to Create Projects

I know, it's the end of the year and most everyone is wrapping up their coursework but I also wanted to leave you with some ideas for next year. We all love assigning projects, as our students will moan, but the fact of the matter is they are a great way for students to actively learn about a specific topic. I prefer to create group projects where students can teach one another and also learn the … [Read more...]

Latin Interest Survey

I recently created a survey to gauge the interest level in Latin. Anyone can take it, but I am predominantly focusing it on my students at my school. Once I have all the students vote, I will gather the results and post them here for all to see. I will use the data to gauge what I need to improve upon as a teacher as well as where I need to push more of my classroom focus towards. It will be … [Read more...]

Teaching Resource: Animoto

From time to time I will be listing here some resources which could help enhance your lessons in the classroom. One such resource I am looking to make use of is Animoto, which is a website that allows you to upload images and music to make a slideshow of sorts. What use could this have for teachers? Well, it would allow your students to create a project whereby they could create a montage of … [Read more...]

Vicipaedia – Wikipedia in Latin!

I am a little slow, but I recently just discovered an excellent resource that could be used to supplement Latin courses - Vicipaedia! It is Wikipedia completely written in Latin. So, not only can you read it, but your students can also create and edit entries as well. Check it out: Vicipaedia Also, we have a wiki here at Romae.org, but this one is written in English. This, however, gives me an … [Read more...]

Consulta docendo: Twitter and its application to your class

Since I am always searching the internet for the latest trends and developments, I was shocked to discover the immediate practicality of something like Twitter. Twitter is what is referred to as a microblogging site and allows users of the site to update everyone on what they are up to. The site is not just for social networking, however, as companies are using Twitter to augment their customer … [Read more...]

Coming Soon: Social Networking for Latin Teachers and Students

In order to make (and keep!) Romae.org on the cutting edge, and help it keep up with the needs of a growing community of Latin speakers/learners which is gradually getting more and more tech savy, we will be adding a social networking platform to the site. What this means is we will be able to form communication with Latin teachers and students the world over so that we can create a centralized … [Read more...]