This week we have changed gears slightly in my class and have moved from “Secuestro Express” and the kidnappings in Venezuela to “María llena de gracia” and the story of women who act as “mulas” and transport drugs from Colombia to the United States.
With each class and each topic we address, the lines between [...]

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Week four of my Spanish conversation class has just finished. I am teaching 2X a week vs 3X a week…my hope was that we would have more time on task if we met for an hour and 15 minutes (vs 3X a week @ 50 minutes). The class meets at night. [...]

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Dry Erase Planning

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(foto courtesy of VCom3D)
Catching up on reading part 2: Read about this innovation in the paper last week and am intrigued… To address the US military’s critical shortage of translators in Iraq, VCom 3D out of Florida has been contracted to create a suite of tools for our soldiers in Iraq that, using a video [...]

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The holidays are upon us which in my house usually means long hours “boca arriba” on the couch… reading, listening to music, catching up on sleep. I am lucky in that my college has a winter shutdown period (to save on energy costs) and we are all forced to stay home for about 10 [...]

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