Word Search: It’s not a dirty word

There seems to me to be some stigma around using the humble word search in your language classes. I think it comes from the challenges and stresses facing the beginning teacher. In the quest to cut down lesson planning and preparation time and reduce their stress...

Going all out with glitter!

Let’s see the New Year out with some glitter! I’m currently in the process of making some mini flash card alphabet letters out of glitter. I’m also going to use them on my virtual interactive white board (IWB) presentations for a variety of projects....

Using portable projectors in the classroom

A few years ago, I bought a small portable projector for use in my public school kindergarten classrooms. I’d been eyeing portable projectors off for quite some time, however, priced at around $500, they’d always been out of my budget. When I found a good...

My classroom technology set-up

  In the next few weeks, I’m going to write about how I use technology in my classroom. I will begin with inexpensive ways to replicate the kinds of technologies major language schools use, for example, Interactive White Boards (IWBs). From there, I will...