Technology in the Classroom

I was so excited when I found out about autocorrecting Google Forms. They saved me so much time! But then, the same education technology that allowed me to create and use autocorrecting tests and [...]

Will you be teaching online in the fall? Want to make remote teaching easy? Are you tired of juggling a million usernames, passwords, sites, and notifications? Of spending hours converting [...]

What are digital escape rooms and why should you use them in your world language class? I will answer both of those questions in this post.

What do you do when, in the blink of an eye, you have to teach your students remotely and you haven’t been trained to do so? You’re resourceful. You watch video tutorials. Like the ones below. In [...]

In this post, I will show you how to use FlipGrid in your world language class for distance learning.  It’s easy and fun! I will also show you three quick ways to make your PDF and PowerPoint [...]

How many students are in your class?  Twenty-five?  Thirty-six?  The typical teacher-student ratio is 36 to 1.  As a result, students do not get enough speaking practice. Google Voice to the [...]

How to Use Technology to Engage Students:  One way to fight student boredom is to insert technology into your lessons. I used to have this gnawing fear that all the other teachers were using tons [...]

Why use Google Drive Activities? Google Drive activities ensure high student engagement, provide large amounts of visual content, are paperless, glueless, and student driven. Paper interactive [...]

Would you like to learn how to use Kahoot in your classes?  One of the games with the most student participation is Kahoot.  Without exception, students are engaged and enthusiastic about [...]