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TitleListservs, Wikis and Blogs for Latin Teachers
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Latin teachers are especially dedicated to sharing resources electronically with their peers. Here are some of their efforts:

Latinteach is a very active listserv. You can subscribe at http://nxport.com/mailman/listinfo/latinteach . There is also an excellent companion website at http://latinteach.com/Site/Welcome.html and an active blog at http://latinteach.blogspot.com

Wikis:
-Latin Best Practices is a wiki where teachers can all jointly work on documents that will make it easier to begin using Latin more actively in their classrooms. Available at http://latinbestpractices.pbwiki.com
-Latin PBwiki is a wiki for the collection of useful things for teaching and learning Latin. Available at http://latin.pbworks.com/w/page/15097700/FrontPage

Blogs:
-The Bestiaria Latina blog is especially useful for using fables in your class: http://bestlatin.blogspot.com and http://millefabulae.blogspot.com
-Take a daily word challenge in which you write a sentence using 5 high-frequency words, learn about today’s Latin word, and more to help you review the basic vocabulary of Latin at the Verbosum blog, http://verbosum.blogspot.com
-AWOL - The Ancient World Online (http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com ) has the following description: “The primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world, but I will also include other kinds of networked information as it comes available.”
-The Latin Lover (http://latinlover-foster.blogspot.com ) is the archive of The Latin Lover with Fr. Reginald Foster, as heard on Vatican Radio
-The classical world and the modern meet at the Rogue Classicism blog: http://rogueclassicism.com

Social Network:
-Schola is an online environment where people can use Latin in a safe atmosphere. Visit and join at http://schola.ning.com
-The VRoma Project is a community of scholars, both teachers and students, who create online resources for teaching about the Latin language and ancient Roman culture. Go to http://www.vroma.org to check it out.
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