YouTube CI

Starting with a YouTube video on any topic interesting to the kids has been the subject of Jim’s teaching this past week. It is a significant idea from Nathan. I will start this thread below with some comments by Jim. We can categorize this idea as “YouTube CI”. Jim: If I may give an example

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404 Errors

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

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Large Classes

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

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Grrr

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

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French Readers

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

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Student Interviews

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

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