A New Age for Language Students, Teachers and Schools
Hello everyone, a few weeks ago I had a great conversation via Skype withLindsay Dow. I wanted to share the transcript from that video here:
Five Most Popular Posts Of The Week
Here’s the latest edition of this every-weekend feature . These are the posts appearing this blog that received the most “hits” in the preceding seven […]
5 Ideas For Using Infographics To Teach Classic Literature
These works can be pretty daunting for students and mere mortals alike. Even with Sparknotes, Thugnotes, and reading Amazon reviews, the classics are tough to […]
As More Schools Use VAM To Evaluate Teachers, Businesses Go In Opposite Direction
I, like many other educators, have been a vocal critic of using Value Added Measurement to evaluate teachers
Classroom Heroes Looks Like a New Tool for Recording Classroom Activities
Classroom Heroes is a new service that seems similar in concept to ClassDojo. Classroom Heroes lets you make a record of your students’ behaviors in […]
Digital Promise Puts Education Research All In One Place
As technology becomes an accepted tool in many classrooms, teachers and administrators are looking for the best ed-tech tools to advance their goals around student […]
Effective Language Learning: Listening and Reading
I want to cover the issue of input-based learning that I have spoken about in two past YouTube videos in Chinese and Japanese. It goes […]
Hubris
Definition exaggerated pride or self-confidence
The Best Resources For Using Primary Sources
I’m not sure that the resources on this list are really the “Best,” but they are the ones that I’ve shared in the past related […]
How to enhance reading comprehension of non-fiction academic texts
In today’s Information Age, we are flooded with unprecedented amounts of written information, which needs to be processed quickly and effectively. In secondary school, English […]