Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Teaching gem from the blog "Confesiones y Realidades"

I came upon this lesson while searching for writing ideas to use with my upper level Spanish kids and I want to share it.  It is one of many fantastic ideas by Anne H posted on her teaching blog and she gets all the credit!   She created a lesson from a series of pictures taken by Tim Dodd of an veteran of the war in Afghanistan named Taylor Morris. What a powerful series of pictures! with so many great learning opportunities for the students.
There are so many other great ideas in this blog as well.  I have added a link and it is now one of my favorites! 

Confesiones y Realidades: Una Historia Fotográfica del Amor y Valor: Several weeks back I was looking for a story in pictures as a reference for my AP students to do an oral presentation, and I came across the...

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Pinterest - My Technology Board

I love, love, love Pinterest for collecting teaching ideas! It can be a bit overwhelming though so I am trying to figure out a way to organize my pins so that I don't forget what I have.  I want to make it a "usable collection" rather than just a "collection".  This is a link to my board on Technology. 

http://pinterest.com/carmenstark/tech-ideas/

Hope you find it helpful!