Picture this: you have 25+ beginner Spanish students in front of you.
All eyes are on you as the first class is about to start. You haven’t even said the first word yet.
You panic and pray for this to …
Remember the old days before classroom technology was a thing?
When I first started teaching Spanish, all I had was a textbook, a handful of transparencies and a few raggedy Spanish-English dictionaries.
Thankfully, the professional development I had at this …
(A tumbleweed rolls past and Western music intensifies)
As language teachers, I am sure we have all had at least one moment like this.
You enter your classroom, put a forced smile on your face and say you are …
Did you know that a year passes 15 microseconds faster on Mount Everest than at sea level?
Or that the strontium atomic clock is the most accurate clock ever built? It can keep time to within a second over 15 …
Do your students love the internet as much as mine ? I’m betting your answer is a solid yes!
Most people today spend more time online than doing anything else except breathing.
What’s more, depending on their age, kids spend …
First words are pretty important. Just ask babies.
Words like “mama” and “dada,” (or, as in the case of my own child, “dog,”) all convey a powerful feeling. Food, fun, affection—the power of such human experiences can last a lifetime.…
Tweens, teens and screens.
They go together like bread, peanut butter and jelly.
I mean, what middle school teacher ever announced a movie day only to receive a chorus of groans?
Probably has never happened in the history of education.…