The language of your youth is very lively, dynamic, sometimes short-lived and unpredictable. Therefore, today many pupils struggle with the acquisition of the German language. Although, correct spelling is considered as very prestigious, most of our students consider spelling instructions often as boring and formal. The modern way of life with Computers, tables and other mobile devices are offering new possibilities to face this problematic area and support our youth. Modern media devices are highly attractive for children and widely used. Digital Media is determining our lives and the aim should be gaining more expertise in using them and the advantages it offers. So, how can we use the possibilities of the digital age for improving the orthographic competences of our children? To find a way the project IDeRBlog – acronym of German: “Individuell Differenziert Rechtschreiben mit Blogs”, which means translated “Individually differentiated spelling with blogs” – has been started. In the framework of the project we created a platform for pupils of German speaking countries between the ages of eight and twelve. There the children can freely write, correct and publish their text in a blog. In addition, numerous online and offline exercises as well as worksheets are offered. The aim of this article is to present die possibilities of combining a platform for orthographic analysis and the offer of additional Open Educational Resources to individually exercise the problematic areas identified by the platform. The working process with the platform is shown as well as the offerings of Open Educational Resources as addition to train orthographic skills. Furthermore, the concept introduces the idea of OER to the broader audience, namely the teachers, students and parents.
SLIDES: https://www.slideshare.net/mebner/orthography-training-with-iderblog-an-open-educational-resources-practice
