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
We've been nominated! How lovely... LLU just found out it has been nominated as one of the top 100 Language Blogs of 2009… Posted on: June 23, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 1 Comment
Ending the semester, lessons learned (Part 3) Lesson #3: Marc Prensky got it all wrong Marc Prensky's famous and yet false binary that says our students are… Posted on: June 23, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 3 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
The return of the podcast: LLU #24 After waaaaaaay too many months on hiatus (yes, that would be MY fault), we are finally podcasting again! This past… Posted on: May 12, 2009 By: Ryan Brazell With: 2 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
Planning for HISP205-09… in Second Life January 3, 2009: Before we broke for the Winter Break, I was lucky enough to converse with language and technology… Posted on: January 3, 2009 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Being thankful for the people with whom you get to work/play I have been in the same job, as Director of a Language Learning Center, for 10+ years. In that time… Posted on: November 27, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Flowgram It's been while... You might be wondering whether this blog is dead or if the recession has made its mark… Posted on: November 14, 2008 By: Felix Kronenberg With: 0 Comments