Places to get Teaching Ideas and Materials

Keiko Schneider sensei does an amazing job of keeping Japanese teachers in touch with SenseiOnline and her monthly online benkyookai for Japanese teachers. In addition, she has a frequently updated web page with the latest Japan related links. http://www.sabotenweb.com/bookmarks/index.html

The Japan Foundation in LA also has some links to some great sites: http://www.jflalc.org/links/links_ST.html

Classroom Resources

Hopefully, everyone has visited these sites, but this summer might be a good time to really look around at the resources and at the lesson plans shared by colleagues from around the world:

http://www.tjf.or.jp/deai/

http://momiji.jpf.go.jp/kyozai/index.php

http://www.aglance.org/archives/ has over 6,000 photos for teachers to use.

This page has tons of songs with teaching tips.

http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/songs/

Creating a powerful classroom climate for new teachers or if you are just feeling jaded! Great discussion starter!

http://www.japaneseteaching.org/projects/JLTNQ/class_climate/

Your students (and maybe you, too) will love rikai.com http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl

Japanese popular music and television: Who can keep up with current trends? You can try at:

http://www.oricon.co.jp/

http://www.utamap.com/

http://www.nhk.or.jp/popjam/