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Sparking Curiosity to Engage Students in Learning with @MarciaMentor

by erin | Feb 26, 2019 | Collaboration, Lesson Design, Student Projects

What are you curious about? What questions do you have? A Guest Post by Marcia Carrillo Based on the work of @ramusallam These are the questions I was asked after watching a Verizon commercial, in which a bicyclist rides throughout San Francisco and his path is...

Clip Up Chart in the Faculty Meeting

by admin | Feb 23, 2019 | Lesson Design

A tweet by Jon LeFevre indicated that a clip up chart was put up in a faculty meeting. Turns out, no surprise, the adults didn’t like it. So why are we doing this to kids? We utilized a clip chart with ADULTS during our training this morning. Turns out that...

Infographics in Foreign Language Classes with @bjkurtz

by erin | Jan 24, 2019 | Lesson Design, Student Projects

Creating Infographics in Foreign Language Courses A Guest Post by Barbara Kurtz Challenge: I want my students to WANT TO LEARN. I want them to be capable of communicating about a variety of topics in Spanish. They need to learn with an AUTHENTIC AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE....

Project or PBL via @edutopia

by admin | Jan 13, 2019 | Blog Entries, Lesson Design

What is the Difference Between a Project and PBL? On Twitter, Edutopia gave an example of the difference between a project and PBL and provided a video. As I struggle to provide my students with authentic PBL projects I gather resources and information on what PBL is...

Doodling Matters – and it Makes a Difference!

by erin | Nov 27, 2018 | Lesson Design, pedagogy

How To Sketchnote: A Step-By-Step Manual for Teachers and Students by Sylvia Duckworth Reviewed by Erin Whalen The perfect combination of pedagogy and practice, Sylvia’s new book begins with an overview of why doodling is not just okay, it’s beneficial to...

Textbooks Do Not Update for the News

by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | Advanced, Lesson Design

Design Lessons to Include Current Events This morning a teacher in New York texted me excited about finding a website that uses real data to allow people to track the fire spreading each day. This week I was working with a college student using the math program ALEKS....