When I first began teaching, conjugation charts were part of what “I did” because I had learned Spanish grammar in a memorized way. I believed it was vital for students to copy down charts and change verbs from here to there, forward and backwards, practically in...
2014 has begun and New Years Resolutions are all around us! However, have you taken a few minutes to reflect on your “educational” resolution? For this year, I plan to embrace the philosophy of “Why not?” and hope you will as well. Ultimately,...
Today has served as a reflective day after recently finishing a wonderful book titled, Teach like a Pirate by David Burgess. Recommended to me by a fellow educator and after seeing the #tlap buzz on Twitter, I dove into this book and had trouble putting it down during...
It wasn’t too long ago that I would rely on the local newspaper, magazine or flier for the most current & relevant information to my field: education. It seems as if overnight, the dynamics of social media have radically transformed what I read, interpret...
Feedback is essential to the learning process, whether we seek it or we receive it. Learning and teaching are incredibly dependent on feedback. What opportunities do you provide for your students to receive feedback and reflect? And, as an educator, how do you seek...
