I missed the memo that Google had added rules to 20 Time, but I’m totally okay with it. In fact, a little additional structure and scaffolding suits me fine. @SECottrell of Musicuentos directed me to the Forbes post linked above with her post on Genius Hour, and I’d like to take Read more…
Good Driving Questions have to be both open-ended and provocative. The trouble in a novice language class, of course, is finding a topic that a novice can handle, a topic that can be broken down into a digestible selection of key words and simple expressions. But more than that, you Read more…
“The lizard’s about to change colors” is all Walter Powell had to say to let his class know he was done playing around. Everyone loved Mr. Powell, but no one wanted to see what would happen if they crossed him. Me, I have never really had that intimidation factor, or Read more…
I was tempted to take a picture of myself gleefully handing off my THIRD National Boards submission box, but I am so unkempt and haggard looking after my non-break-spring-break of finalizing that sucker that I didn’t want to see me with it. And really, I didn’t want to see that Read more…
Page 1 is a perfect review of Spanish 1. It is also a chance to connect literature to each individual student. I hope it can also be the basis for TL conversations about identity and origins. I’d like to spend a day or two on interpreting the page, a couple Read more…
There are a lot of things from Jim’s presentation that I do not think could be found online for the majority of the Spanish-speaking world, i.e. bus/train schedules (though maybe this site will work?). HOWEVER, I believe he has shown me the perfect way to start my Spanish 1 school Read more…