This wrap up represents about .01% of what happened this week. Much was accomplished as the trust grew by day and hourly and with each new friendship. I apologize to the PLC members for no video from the week. In our defense, we were literally so intent on the work that we would have forgotten

In a recent article* I offered those who bought Stepping Stones in 2013 a free ecopy of the 2014 (second) edition of that book. Now at the end of iFLT I have to ask for another few weeks before I send those ebooks out. Why? Because working with everybody in the War Room generated new

We are just developing this coaching model so we need to refine it each day. Here are some of the things that we are learning about this model. By the way, it’s wonderful to finally meet people we have known only through their internet voices. This is a very happy time. 1. The use of

Last June (2013), in preparation for the San Diego iFLT Conference, I tried to slam together a book called Stepping Stones to Stories. I didn’t think much about it – my main goal was to take some of the best ideas from the PLC from 2013, like jGR, and get them out there. Then, since

I am most concerned about the evening arrivals – that’s the biggest hassle – tomorrow so they have priority. I’m thinking of Joe, Annemarie and John. Anyone else arriving in the evening? Also I am getting chill and Kristy and a few others at 10:00 a.m. The afternoon looks weird – John at 1:00, then

A repost from last year that fits in with recent discussion: I believe that all teachers must make their own decisions about how they use CI, but the opposite may also be true, that we should be mindful of the dangers of straying too far from the gold mine, the formula for Coke, that Blaine

I used to think that I wasn’t good enough. It just seemed as if there were so many more talented people around me and so when I tried to do something, like run or play basketball or get good grades, I wasn’t as good as them and so, being a child, I drew the conclusion

The Denver War Room is full but the Chicago War Room has one spot left. Sean and I will be organizing it there. We plan to work later in the day, into the evening perhaps, so that people can get to their sessions during the day. Email me at benslavic@yahoo.com if you want in. Limit is

I was talking with Brian Cass Peck in Detroit and want to put this out there. Since the conference starts on Tuesday I don’t know what is happening on Monday except that I am doing some schlepping from the airport in the a.m. (If you need a ride let me know in the comment fields

This is a modified version of the Afterword to Stepping Stones to Stories: Let’s not mince words. Kids of today have few reasons to believe in themselves. The scene in most schools is still all about competition and testing and dominating and winning and excluding others. But if we learn to teach using comprehensible input

This post originally appeared here five years ago: How could I have believed that Dr. Krashen’s work is anything but the best way on which to base my teaching of language? I spent 24 years teaching AP French Language and Literature using the old way and it totally sucked, but in my defense I had never heard

I need some time to add some of the stuff we have been talking about into Stepping Stones to Stories for the summer conferences as new chapters. I am going to Portland tomorrow. So I will take a break from the blog and see you all in about ten days. It’s good to take a