We can’t forget the beauty of the three locations. What do they provide? First, continuity – they keep the story from getting too wide, too big. The argument against stories that are too big is that, even if CI is happening, it can be overhwhelming and so is best avoided. We want to have stories […]
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I found this old post from 2007. I had shared in that year a lot of emails with a colleague in Martinique who had experienced great success in PQA in a short amount of time with very little direct help. Very new to teaching using comprehension based methods, he nevertheless ended up that day with his students in a
Hi Ben, First, a little background. On Thursday, 15 November, I was in a district workshop focusing on Professional Learning Communities. As part of the push toward PLCs, the district is asking that we develop a common language and a common set of practices. There is also a great deal of talk about “best practices”.
Thanks Carol! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150357451781540&set=a.10150357451686540.340738.63759686539&type=1&ref=nf (I would guess that the average attendance at the tech sessions was six)
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I did make a couple comments on your post today, but I thought I would send you a few other thoughts I had after day two. First, the number of sessions available at the conference that had something to do with technology was astounding! Teachers (not only FL teachers) truly believe that if you use
I did go down there last night but just to hang out. Apparently though during the day there was almost no room to sit or squeeze in at Carol Gaab’s presentation, and I also heard that her table was busy with hoards of people seeking information about CI. Bryce got one of those bad slots,
Our own erudite Kelly provides us with her evaluation and insights from day 1 of ACTFL. I wish this report were longer – maybe it will be tomorrow! Ben, Doubt you were there today. So, ACTFL day one….Carol and Bryce were great! (one other good presentation on brain research, but that’s about it). The thing that
This is to tranfer important comments on the word wall discussion to a category for ease of reference. The idea of translated words on the wall is clearly best as Mark, Jody, Carol, Kristy and Diana all recommend it. Jody where can we get the Connector Word Wall if it is purchasable or do we need
Carol sent this email this morning: In case you want to view photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150353019811540.340191.63759686539&type=3&l=085a7af9d3 Carol Gaab President, TPRS Publishing, Inc. carol@tprstorytelling.com [ed. note: the first photo – that is Kristy Placido on the left and Diana Noonan in the center and behind her is Laura Friesen. Most of the photos are of Mark Mallaney –
Of course we have talked about how freaky it is to be observed, but I have come to an awareness after today that the level of kindness in the heart of the person observing us is a huge factor in how we present our version of this kind of teaching to visitors. Today Kristy Placido
