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[|Teaching and Learning Spanish]
 * Site Description- This site is an invaluable resource with an unbelievable amount of websites that would be helpful for Spanish teachers. The author is Karen, a photographer from the Southeast United States who has great experience with the Spanish language and is teaching it to her own children.
 * Resources Description- The resources on this page are divided into Spanish websites for teachers and parents, Spanish websites for children, and Spanish websites for adult language learners. Also, throughout her posts, Karen links to all kinds of different Spanish language learning resources. A list of other blogs available for learning Spanish is also supplied.
 * Usage- With all of these resources available, one might think that the blog would be overwhelming, but Karen has laid this out in a way that is very user-friendly. The resources are categorized well, there is an area to search the blog by keyword, and there is a list of labels available towards the to help you jump to a specific topic. Also, the posts on the site really give good instruction on how to use some of the resources provided.
 * Rating-
 * Content - 5 stars!
 * Speed - 5 stars!
 * Ease of Read - 4 stars
 * Navigation - 4 stars

[|Pensamientos - Teaching Spanish]
 * SIte Description - This site is organized as a collection of different curricular activities with links to resources that are useful in a Spanish language classroom. The author is Marcy, a middle and high school Spanish teacher in Connecticut who has been blogging since 2006.
 * Resources Description - There are many different links to cultural websites and websites that are authentic in Spanish language for use in the classroom.
 * Usage - There seems to be a lot going on on the sides of the blog which may get a reader distracted. Other than that, the resource links are all categorized on a separate page so that you may quickly find what you are looking for.
 * Rating -
 * Content - 4 stars
 * Speed - 5 stars!
 * Ease of read - 3.5 stars
 * Navigation - 4 stars