If we think that our students are being overly shy or non-communicative, just think that it could be us sitting there – when we ourselves were the same age as our current students – in fear of being called upon to “show up” in class. I don’t know about you, but I was no more ready to sit up and square up […]
Teachers spend a lot of time talking about assessment, going to meetings and workshops, planning testing, gathering data on tests, etc. But it is arbitrary. I have been told by many teachers over the years that they “cook” their grades anyway at the end of the term, depending on if they like the kid and if the kid tries
A big fear is that I will delete a member due to name discrepencies on cards and memberships. If that happens to you please accept my apologies in advance and it is an easy fix if you just email me. Same thing with getting locked out, but that hasn’t happened much lately.
I am very heartened by the group decision to slow down. I haven’t known how. Yesterday in my classes, as I said, I had five very important suggestions for all of us. Ideas that could make us better at this because the devil is always in the details. But what the group has said in
Please note that free memberships will be terminated this weekend. I think of our group as a real PLC where we meet and some talk and some don’t but they don’t leave the room and walk around the halls, which is how I have come to view the free memberships. This PLC started with the
Ben, Our friend from the Ohio Dept. of Ed sent this out to the Ohio Foreign Language Association listserv. I put in bold the important thing I want you to see. Read Jody’s comment below the post to explore why I say there is neither shakin’ nor bakin’ going on in Ohio. Her use of the
In a recent comment here, in response to the “Dream Necklace” post, David Maust wrote this about his experience with a Latin 2 class this year: …another thing I noticed this year with a class I had last year that was really tough, is that this year they have blossomed beyond what I ever would
Got this from Brigitte today: Hi Ben, I was asked to teach a college level intro German course during the summer session, beginning at the end of May. It will be a very intensive course, jamming two semesters worth of beginner level German into a 6 week course that meets 4 times a week for
There were like 12 people over today to see Annick do a learning lab in Mandarin. Some floated over to my classroom toward the end of the day. Reuben Vyn, our second year teacher in DPS who teaches at George Washington High School, was in that group. Reubyn is the only teacher I know in our
With the launch of the new site, I have lowered the monthly cost of membership in the PLC to $4.95/month. If you don’t see that reflected in your next payment statement from PayPal, let me know and I will fix it. Members not currently paying for membership, in the interest of overall fairness, will be asked to do
Those going to either conference this summer please let us know so that we can look forward to seeing you. Just say who you are and which conference you will be attending in a comment field below.
I’m making this comment from Robert into a post to make sure all concerned see it. It takes a village: Hi Ben, I just finished proofreading the English version once again and re-formatted everything into a single document. Can you let the PLC know that anyone who wants to “pilot” or otherwise use the reader
