For much of the last three weeks, this comic has been my life: mooching free wireless (thank you, jrodie, whoever you are) from a neighbor while living out of boxes in my new apartment here in San Francisco. Earlier this summer I accepted a position at UC San Francisco, working in the Center for Instructional [...]
Moving … and staying put.
August 23rd, 2008 · Ryan · 8 Comments ·
Tags: announcements • collaboration • education • pedagogy
Testing out COVERITLIVE, Liveblogging from Digital Stream@CSUMB
March 17th, 2008 · Barbara · No Comments ·
Tags: edublogging • finding balance • incredible connections • learning centers • pedagogy • twitter • whats and whys
State of the art language learning: if this is you, we can help.
March 9th, 2008 · Barbara · 3 Comments ·
At the same time of the Xerox club (see below), Sister Joan Schmitt was teaching French in the Holy Family High School Language Lab. As you can clearly see, it was a compelling, technology-rich, language learning experience.
Please note, if your lab looks like this, please put down the reel to reel immediately and [...]
Tags: education • language learning • learning centers • nuns • pedagogy • students
Learning to ask hard questions in another language
February 28th, 2008 · Barbara · 2 Comments ·
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. [...]
Tags: blogs • classroom tools • edublogging • education • HISP205 • language learning • pedagogy
Fear 2.0, Web 2.0, Life 2.0 & Language Learning: Why “stranger danger” isn’t.
January 8th, 2008 · Barbara · 12 Comments ·
In a few weeks, I will have the pleasure and the privilege of presenting at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), with 4 other women teachers/technologists. I am honored to be a part of this extraordinary group of women, thinkers, and troublemakers (heh heh). The conference title and theme is “Connecting and Reflecting: Preparing [...]
Tags: disruptive technologies • edublogging • education • eli08fear • fear2.0 • incredible connections • pedagogy
