High Tech/Low Tech: Ideas for Every Classroom

Recognizing and Socializing Accomplishments: Feedback to Engage Students in their own Learning

Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on learning and achievement, but this impact can vary, dependent on when…

8 years ago

Building Relationships Using Hi-tech and Low-tech Instruction

Nowadays, it is pretty common that technology plays an important role in the world language classroom. Our guiding resource ACTFL…

8 years ago

Classroom Engagement, Participation and Proficiency

I recently wrote the following in a personal statement of my teaching philosophy: I value a safe and culturally rich…

8 years ago

Students as Teachers…Presentations Taken to the Next Level

Student presentations are commonplace in world language classrooms and have been for a long time. Teachers use them for all…

9 years ago

Is integrating 21st Century skills synonymous with technology?

When we think of 21st Century skills we tend to think that the pedagogy which guides us to incorporate these…

9 years ago

Should we go high or low?: A Few Tips on Using and Choosing Technology Wisely

Let’s start with ACTFL’s position statement on the use of technology as an initial step when deciding to go high…

9 years ago

Making A Solid Case for Realia (2): In Defense of the Handmade

“Only by acquiring skills that bring us into contact with the physical world can we flourish as social individuals.” Matthew…

10 years ago

Making A Solid Case for Realia (1): An Added Dimension

I recently reacquired the suitcase that I lugged around on my very first trip to Paris. The moment I grabbed…

10 years ago

Future Foodies Unite! Fostering 21st Century Skills in the Language Classroom

Using ACTFL’s 21st Century Skills Map as our guide, how can we strengthen the ways we teach recurring cultural themes…

10 years ago

Ideas that Stick

This month marks the one-year anniversary of High Tech/Low Tech: Ideas for Every Classroom. As we look back through the…

10 years ago