Do as I say…. not as I present. I have been flipping in and out of webstreams of two conferences that had the good sense to be Ustreamed… Posted on: August 14, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
The U of Maine System: Languages are essential, even if they are underenrolled The past couple of weeks I have been off the grid and in the Maine woods, living without electricity, on… Posted on: July 24, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Ending the semester, lessons learned (Part 2) Lesson # 2: It's not about you: actually, it's always been about them I believe that before you apply any… Posted on: June 23, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Ending the semester, lessons learned (Part 1) … (of what will be many) I am laying far too wide awake here in timezone limbo in my hotel room at the nmc conference (with… Posted on: June 12, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
Midterm assessment: My turn APRIL 2, 2009: When we last checked in with the adventures of HISP 205-09 I had received their anonymous informal… Posted on: May 12, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
What we did in class today February 20, 2009: On Fridays, my students in HISP 205 have decided that we should play games...games that stimulate thinking… Posted on: February 20, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 4 Comments
Welcome to the free fall February 1, 2009:I have spent the day crafting a document that ended up being less of a step by step… Posted on: February 1, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Struggling with the Syllabus with thanks to Pisces Dreamer for the permission to use this Flickr picJanuary 31, 2009: It's the Saturday night before… Posted on: January 31, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 5 Comments
Learning to let go: the elusive "a-hah!" moment http://new.oberlin.edu/ My place of employment has begun a new marketing campaign in which people from our community are invited to… Posted on: December 11, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Innovation and Language Education in the Academy: A Contradiction in Terms? [NOTE: On October 17th, I was supposed to gve the opening keynote at the MWALLT conference at Case Western Reserve… Posted on: December 9, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments