John Piazza sent this from San Francisco, the City-Where-Changes-Often-Start-in-America: Ben, My administrators just handed us the chart that is shown at the below link, and said that we were going to spend some time talking about it this school year. It is from an organization whose focus is on what they call social and emotional […]
Rarely, but it happens, people who try to comment are blocked by a 404 error, whatever that is. Send such comments to me and I will post them as articles. Here is one to Aree from Michele Rhodes, as she addresses Aree’s lovely new teaching environment in Atlanta: My recommendation would be to select a
This is from skip: Hey Ben, Do you remember earlier this summer people were writing in about their HUGE classes and asking for ideas and I said that Blaine said that classes of 40-50 were not only good but preferable? I spent a while looking for that thread but I couldn’t find it… I wanted
Chris reports in on his day. It included one classic rude comment from a kid about Pobre Ana. If that wasn’t enough, he found out from a student something that the high school expects in the way of articulation. In my opinion, there is nothing quite as crappy as a middle school CI teacher having to send
Since Anne has now switched schools and is teaching French (in the classroom right next to our own Laura Avila!), she is looking for readers. Any suggestions from French teachers? Hi Ben, Can you ask the PLC to recommend readers for French? There is nothing here, and I don’t know how to teach out of
Aree (in Atlanta) in this post sings the common song of many teachers who try to get CI going in environments that depend on the textbook. We really need to come back with some strong advice on this one. Everybody needs to step up with an answer bc this affects so many of us, esp.
Here is our Denver Public Schools WL Coordinator Diana Noonan interviewing the French 2 kids in the East High videos (links below) published last year by DPS on SchoolTube. Luckily, I have releases from every student on film so I can publish it here. This was in the spring of 2011: http://vimeo.com/48665148 Here is a link
As I read this post, the phrase came into my mind, “This is revolutionary.” – Many people have been providing so much helpful information about their preparations, and I wanted to add my own contribution to this important conversation. I have honestly not taken the time to peruse much of this great discussion (see below for why),
Jim Tripp needs our advice: Ben, I need some advice. I have a class of 3 Spanish three students. I have found how hard it can be to sustain compelling CI with such a small group, especially for 90 minutes! So I’m not even going to try that. (Plus, I will have half hour visits
This is the final article on Spinning PQA. When we give up any idea of establishing meaning, defining words, telling a story that resembles a script, or even of teaching, then we have arrived at the threshold of a new world, at a new experience in teaching. Those things, the three steps, are necessary, but they aren’t
One of the founders of TPRS is Joe Neilson. Few know that. They think it’s all Blaine, but that is not true. Joe teaches at Salpointe High in Tuscon, AZ and is a master AP Spanish teacher. The thing is that he has been laying low for years. The last time I saw him was
Here is an insight into why we want these bios. We have read a lot from Dave since he joined us recently, but now we get to know where he is and stuff like that: I suppose I am one of those new, unknown, faces on here who has been posting without first introducing myself
