November 10, 2015

I’m going out of Delhi for the next five days sans computer so I will check back in with you guys next week.

Carrie Anderson has a really good question: Hello Ben, I am still getting up the nerve to implement CI instruction in my middle school Spanish classes in Montana. This is my first year at new school, 4th year teaching. I really want to switch to CI but I am nervous for two reasons: one, is

John Piazza’s comment this morning needs multiple and frequent responses. Yes, we share video, primers, comments, strategies, but we seem to drop the ball when it comes to sharing those annoying documents about how we plan and our objectives and all that junk that administrators want. To stop that error of omission, I suggest that

In a comment today, talking to Laurie, John Piazza said this: Thank you for bringing up the new reality that many of us are facing, namely evidence of backwards planning, daily posted SWBAT (Students Will Be Able To) and specific agenda. In short, marching along to a specific scope and sequence, and nothing spontaneous. But