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You know, the one about school letting out? I was certainly aware when I was a classroom teacher that districts in other parts of the U.S. as well as other countries followed different school calendars. I marveled at the fact that many states in the southern U.S. started in early
Teaching adults in China isn’t very different from teaching students in U.S. public schools in one respect at least: In both contexts, it’s wise not to talk about politics. Arriving in China less than a year after the Tiananmen Square massacre, I was intensely curious about what people in the
Patriots’ Day is a state holiday in Massachusetts. Nowadays, the holiday is celebrated on the third Monday in April and marks the beginning of a week-long school vacation. But I never managed to go and see the reenactment of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, commemorating the battles fought there
Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.E. B. WhiteRead more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/writing.html?SPvm=1&vm=l The next #ELLEdTech Twitter chat is tomorrow at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific, 11pm UTC. Hosted by Laurah from Tools for Teachers by Laurah J and me, April’s topic is Using Technology for Teaching Writing
I felt like an over-scheduled student this past weekend! As I wrote last time, I was involved with a big family reunion. While it’s been really cool to meet relatives from my extended family whom I’d never known even existed, all the togetherness has meant I have had very little
Eight weeks with no break other than weekends is a long time! Teaching straight through from the last week of February to the middle of April was always the most exhausting time of the school year for me. In Massachusetts, there are week-long vacations in February and April but nothing
Let’s travel to a part of the world that has not yet been spotlighted in my continuing series about education in other countries! Susan from Shared Teaching is an American who teaches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). She offers a comprehensive look at the education system in that country
I’m so happy I have a time machine! No, not the one I created for my end of year world history product but a real Time Machine that came with my MacBook Pro computer. You see, my hard drive failed last week. (Note to self: Don’t accidentally knock it off
Is Google evil or just everywhere? I remember when the company introduced its search engine. Up until then, I had used Yahoo, or Yahooligans with my younger students. AskJeeves was also great because kids could just type a regular question into the search bar and not worry about using key
What’s the difference between a solstice and an equinox and, um, tell me again: Why are there seasons? Something to do with the Earth’s rotation…or is it the Earth’s revolution…? And hemispheres – that has something to do with it, too, right? The ProblemTypically, I taught about the seasons in
Educational technology and English Language Learners can be a match made in heaven or it might seem an unfathomable chasm for students and theirteachers. There are lots and lots of apps and software available for teaching ELLs but there are also lots of ELLs who don’t have access to computers
English Language Learners and technology: A natural fit or a bridge too far? Some would say using technology to teach English makes perfect sense. With all the websites and programs available, there’s bound to be something that meets every student’s needs. Others might say that ELLs don’t have the same
