I have been making videos with Adobe Spark with photos I just happened to have. Those have GOT to be getting boring, kitties and puppies or no. I want to entice more students to engage with this extra practice, and how better to do it than with their peers and THEMSELVES?
I knew Duolingo would be the winner in my Google Classroom poll, but a surprisingly close second was the option with a choice of Duolingo or Señor Wooly PLUS an optional daily video/reading. (No one, literally NO ONE picked “optional daily reading” by itself. Go fig.) Ultimately, since we’re officially Read more…
At my last school, I had this theory that my students could keep up their Spanish for the 12 months between level 1 and 2 by following me on Instagram. The good news is that the kids at my new school generally only have to go like 3 months between Read more…
I’m ready for my next trip to Peru! I mean, I don’t have anything packed yet, and I’m reasonably sure where my passport is. But I’ve got everything ready to go to store and sort the photos and videos I will take while I’m down there! And that’s what really matters, Read more…
Sra. Birch inspired me to post a top 10 list for songs I’m using in Spanish class these days. While I’m not doing coros as I have in the past, we will be doing some musical starters along the way. (Plus I plan to play these on an endless loop so Read more…
Just flew back from Mexico, and boy are my arms tired! Must be from holding up my phone for all of those pictures and videos I took. Before I went to Peru on a Sister Cities exchange trip last year, I started a new Instagram account to document as much as Read more…
My Peru collection is complete! I have 300 photos, and I now have 300 posts on PBL in the TL! To celebrate, I would like to share not only my photos, which I have collected in this gallery for your viewing/selection pleasure, but also some ideas for how they might be Read more…
I took my son to visit his abuelos in Mexico for the first time last June. Now every single time he gets an assignment to write about somewhere he went, it’s Mexico. Well, really, it was that way all through kindergarten before he went, too. So what’s the perspective behind this practice? Read more…
In case you haven’t seen it, my guide to becoming a 21st Century world language teacher is THE SINGLE MOST POPULAR THING I HAVE EVER POSTED. I collected resources from a lot of the big brains around our little Twitter PLN for this page. It’s not a “post” per se, but Read more…
The objectives and activities for the day must always be neatly markered on my classroom whiteboard for students and principal to see. Wouldn’t it be great if I could put that same information online without having to retype everything I just wrote out in pretty colors? Couldn’t I just take Read more…