One of last year’s more memorable Spanish 1 lessons involved blindfolding students and making them touch slimy things. We are preparing for a bake sale so we can ship the supplies we collected for La Laja in Colombia (hopefully, along with some video cameras to share messages between our students Read more…
This means I’m going to have to keep up with grading. I have set up a gradebook with Engrade for all 5 of my classes this year. I have entered the vast majority of titles for assignments given so far this year. I have entered, oh, maybe half of the Read more…
I cannot handle a class of 25 freshmen after 1:00. OK, 22 freshmen and a couple of sophomores and juniors. I haven’t had a class over 22 in over 3 years so, yes, I’m spoiled. And to pile all of those kids I’ve never met into one class at the Read more…
I did finally finish the Spanish versions of the infograph syllabus, if you are interested. I have also uploaded them to their respective Google Sites pages, and sent out links to said pages on Edmodo (posting them also on the, frankly, obsolete “official” Schoolfusion sites, where appropriate) So first, zee Read more…
I did it! I made an infograph syllabus! Granted, it’s only for English 1, which means I have 3 more to make before Thursday for all of my Spanish classes. But I did it! And I think it will go faster from here on out. @ejyoung67 inspired me, even if Read more…
First of all, if I do teach Cortázar, it would almost certainly be limited to Spanish 3. Secondly, if I do teach Cortázar, I would probably not teach the story I was assigned for my grad class: I’d so much rather sink my teeth into my favorite story by Sr. Julio: “Axolotl.” Read more…
When you want to assign students a glog creating project through GlosterEDU, here are my suggestions for making it easier: Always assign the project using GlogsterEDU’s “assign project” option. This way you can easily see who has completed the assignment who has not, and you can post grades and comments Read more…
We’ve skyped with 2nd graders in Arizona and are preparing to skype with high schoolers in South Dakota. Spanish II has skyped my ex-mother-in-law in Mexico, and years ago we brought all the Spanish classes together to skype a high school buddy on Fulbright in Argentina. Oh yeah, and Read more…
Spanish I: Clothing Notes on clipart of different outfits Magazine collage of at least 20 words from list Voicethread commenting on famous músicos latinos’ outfits Random outfit interviews with flip cameras Scavenger hunt on Zara’s website Journal on outfits by weather Event invitations with clothing suggestions Interview/voicethread reflection Quiz (left) Read more…
Our school believes in e-portfolios and student-led conferences, but a successful approach has been just beyond our reach the past several years. So we’re 1) planning on bribing parents to come to parent night with hot dogs, and 2) switching to GlogsterEDU for our e-portfolio platform. And since I led Read more…