The Deskless Classroom

This is a post that I want to write because these incidents happened.  There are a lot of other incidents that don't necessarily ris...

Backstory:   Shortly before the grapefruit knee I decided to get knee surgery after 2 years of PT, tons of doctor's appointm...

Targeted vs Non-Targeted Input:  Our little slice of language teaching is finding itself divided over these terms.  There seems to be WAAAY ...

OK, I never wrote part one.  Here is the abbreviated version:  My first experience learning a less commonly taught language with diffe...

In my house, summer is a verb. To summer means... Sitting on the front porch at sunset drinking chilled white wine (or jalapeño ma...

Some thoughts on lessons about empathy, diverse perspectives, and critical thinking: Otros zapatos, otros ojos (other shoes, other eyes) ...

Part 1: Philosophy and Derivation of my Plans Teaching empathy, diverse perspectives, and critical thinking...in the target language. ...

Quick post between meetings because something REALLY COOL just happened: Several of my Spanish 2 kids had to leave for a cross country mee...

Today, after yesterday's frustrations, I sat down with two of my most motivated, unafraid-to fail at anything classes and asked: What d...

My gut reaction is YES!  Especially those who are "high" academically.  And I'll tell you why: I have a class of "faster...

I think that the past two weeks have seen me hit some kind of magic flow. I wish I knew why everything is working so well, but for now, let...

NPR has been airing a special about specialists' tools, and it got me thinking about the tools that I use to do my job. Having only one...

Thorns: last night after school I had 3 pins that were holding some wrist ligaments together removed. It was an outpatient, fairly minor p...