Reflections on having our standardized final exam (NYS – FLACS) cancelled: I haven’t always had respect for final exams. Are they a real indicator of mastery in my class? Are they gate keepers? This year, unlike my previous 13 teaching… Continue Reading →
Wow. It has been a tremendous 7 week of remote learning, effort, anxiety, highs and lows. Before I taught virtually I imagined teaching confidently from my computer. I was (almost) excited because I LOVE tech and my kids have a… Continue Reading →
I have ALWAYS wanted to participate in a learning walk since I saw them becoming popular on twitter and read the Cult of Pedagogy article about seeing Each Other Teach (Gonzalez, Jennifer). New to a district, I decided to tread… Continue Reading →
This definition of cultural appropriation was taken from wikipedia: “Cultural appropriation, at times also phrased cultural misappropriation, is the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture. This can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropriate from disadvantaged minority cultures.” I’ve been… Continue Reading →
After this years NYSAFLT I was inspired by two sessions: hyperdocs and stations. I am not in a Google school, and while I feel my highest level of the SAMR model happened with tech coach Annie Almekinder (@aalmekinder) using Gsuite,… Continue Reading →
Last week I had the awesome opportunity to hear Martina Bex. She is an expert in CI (comprehensive input), and sort of a celebrity to us bloggers and twitter users. I learned so much in the session – but one… Continue Reading →
Last weekend I presented a conference called “Hooked! Teaching Like a Pirate in the World Language Classroom”, based on Dave Burgess’ AMAZING book, Teach Like a Pirate (with permission). Are you part of the #TLAP crew? It’s all about creating… Continue Reading →
My Evolution of Teaching the “Family Unit” 2005: First year teaching. Family unit project: make your family tree in Spanish, talk about it to the class. One student stabs the word “padre” with his pencil so much, he rips thru… Continue Reading →
Voice and Choice! For blog reflections, Please pick 1 per 2 chapters for chapters 3-9- that’s a total of 3 blogs. Post your reflection in comments and they can be separate comments or all in one, whichever fits you best: Answer… Continue Reading →
¿Cómo te llamas? No – Really! Right before school started my colleagues Sam and Robin (@sdeckerlote) mentioned giving “Language” names was a topic in the language community. I laughed – “it’s so fun! My students love it – some beg… Continue Reading →
