Zambombazo!- Great Resource for Spanish Teachers

I just spent a lot of time navigating Zachary Jone's blog  that you can check out here:
http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/
All I can say is... wow.
This blog has everything a beginning Spanish teacher could think of. There are specific examples of activities for units around current themes. For example there are activities centering around Halloween, since that is coming up this week. Also, there are links to possible purchases that teachers would want to make, like a book that when students conjugate the verb right, it makes a picture. He also has a ton of different tabs that link to music, videos, comics, art, internet resources, etc.

I think the strongest part of this blog is the resources that he provides for fellow Spanish teachers. This blog provides an excellent source for finding funny videos or comics in Spanish for our students. For example he has a comic that shows the difference between Castanyada and Halloween. After he provides the comic, he also analyzes it, and gives possible activities to use after the students have read it. He also provides more links to videos that will share more information about Castanyada. This is an excellent resource because not only is he providing a cool comic to show in class, but he also gives examples of how you can use it in a lesson. This is a great blog, to get fun activities to use for students.

Also, there is a tab that features possible units for the Spanish classroom. The units are divided into thematic and grammatical units. Under each division there are a ton of different topics that gives possible activities for each unit. For example if you click on the "El Tiempo" unit, it gives possible activities for students to do centered around learning about weather. Then below that it gives possible related units to weather. If that is not enough helpful information, he also provides links to possible units that you may be interested in. This is an extremely helpful portion of his blog because it gives a jumping off point for teachers to be able to look at his themes and activities he would do along with them.

Overall, I think that Zachary's blog is something to aspire to. He has so many awesome resources on his page and he plans really cool relevant lessons. I will definitely use his blog for inspiration for my future lessons. He provides a lot of examples of YouTube videos that you can use in the classroom, which is really helpful because it is hard to find appropriate videos. I think every Spanish teacher should keep his blog in mind because if nothing else it can help spark a new idea for a fun activity.