by adminhead | Nov 13, 2020 | French language learning
I teach French to kids and adults. Teaching kids is easy; formulaic. Find a text, teach the content, and pull out reading, writing, speaking, and grammar to help develop their second language. Adults aren’t so simple. Adults are eager to capture the unique...
by adminhead | Nov 10, 2020 | Student empowerment
Last week, I published a little vignette on my poor decision-making skills. The story starts with me in total ignorance of an impending Lord of the Flies moment and ends with a saccharine and original reflection that the rules actually work! It’s nice they...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
In a traditional classroom setting, we as teachers present a new idea to students, and then send them off to grapple with it so that they can reach their own understanding. This student-centered time may look like a collection of voices finding patterns in common...
by adminhead | Nov 1, 2020 | remote learning
It’s a common practice in remote learning to have students put themselves on mute while a teacher presents the lesson. If learners have an idea or question, they un-mute to share, and then reactivate the default setting. Personally, I’m not a fan. In the classroom...
