This is my first full year teaching high school Spanish. The last time I taught Spanish, it was the fall semester. We did the celebrations for La Tomatina and Día de los Muertos. Because I’ve never taught Spanish in the spring, I’m learning new celebrations that we can add to our culture studies. This year, … Read more
Summer is almost over. How did this happen? I blinked, and the weeks of hubby at home and getting to sleep in are rapidly approaching their end. I had many goals for this summer. We were going to do activities weekly. My kids were going to have less screen time. We were going to bond … Read more
Every year in November, I try to post on Facebook a daily expression of my thankfulness. This year, I’ve decided to go one step further and blog daily with these thankful posts. Considering how overwhelmed I’ve been lately, I thought this series would do one of two things. First, it would force me to write … Read more
It has been my pleasure to teach online since 2008. I got the lucky call in March of that year, and since then I’ve experienced so much “good stuff” by way of teaching online. I’ve become a better teacher because of the processes my organization has in place, and I’ve learned so much about Web … Read more
It’s no secret that all my life, I’ve wanted to be a teacher. I tortured my younger brother and made him play school with me. I set up my dolls and teddy bears and created worksheets for them. Then, I filled in those worksheets and graded them (yes, I even made some of my teddy … Read more
I quit teaching in the face-to-face high school classroom in April of 2011. It dawned on me the other day that I’ll finish up FOUR years of being at home with my kids this coming summer, and that I’ve missed an entire class (freshman to senior) of students at the high school. The only reason … Read more
Even though I teach online, I know there are many ways to use Web 2.0 tools in the face-to-face (f2f) classroom. It hasn’t been that long since I was a f2f teacher and finding new and fun ways to get my students to produce material for assessments and projects. When I went out for maternity … Read more