Last week, in my public speaking class with 10th graders, I worked on how to create diagrams for presentations. For this class, I needed students to understand what a diagram was and learn about the different types, so they could plan one and design one- in the same class! I had a 70 minute class, […]
In-Class Flip: Duplicated Sequenced Stations Read More »
I’ve been working on in-class flips since I first heard the term in January this year. I had taken an Electronic Village Online – EVO course (free, BTW) on flipped learning and completely fell in love with the idea as soon as I heard what it was about. To clarify, an in-class flip is a
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In this post I want to share some of the things I did to provide and receive feedback in my class this year, which I consider work well and are worth giving them a try. If you have other ways you provide or receive feedback. Please, do share!
Feedback – best practices Read More »
In my previous post, I wrote about what my students had to say regarding their learning and what they consider they needed to improve for next year. In ths post I will reflect on what they liked about the class, what they consider I should improve and what last words they had for me. What
Teaching reflections about this year Read More »
On the verge of finishing the school year, I find it necessary and important to ask my students for feedback on my classes and their learning. It’s the only way I know first hand what my students think of me and my teaching. With this in mind, I assigned a class reflection activity in which
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This month I read “Everyday” by David Levithan for the monthly book club I lead. In the book discussion, everyone agreed it was a beautifully written book. In my case, I concluded that ‘A’ was my type of person; a person who sees the world the way that I do and someone I would love
Favorite excerpts from “Everyday” by David Levithan Read More »
This year I taught 7th grade literature and there was a lot of writing to be done. This was followed, of course, by a lot of grading. So I started out by grading students’ work using the proofreading symbols the languages department had been using; and even though I had previously used similar symbols, I
Providing written feedback through color-coding Read More »
Here is a summary of my favorite technology oriented sessions. Practice-oriented session: “Making instructional videos: The Technology, Planning and On-Camera Delivery” I attended a session on making instructional videos by Jennifer Lebedev and Vicki Hollet. I immediately recognized Jennifer’s face (from her youtube videos, which I’ve used in my teaching), and learned about Vicki Hollet’s
TESOL 2016 highlights (Part 3 – using & teaching with technology) Read More »
While at the TESOL convention, I also attended sessions regarding pronunciation teaching. I was delighted to see research being carried out in this field. However, I wish there were more studies on teacher training, which I did not see this year. Moreover, the following are some sessions I attended that are worth mentioning: Research-oriented session:
TESOL HIGHLIGHTS (Part 2 – Pronunciation) Read More »
This year I had the opportunity not only to attend the TESOL 2016 convention in Baltimore, but also to present. In a future post I will make my presentation accessible, but in the meantime, I’d like to mention the highlights of the different workshops and presentations I went to as well as the people I
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