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
WordCamp(Ed) in DC: The Rev(olution) Speaks. This past weekend I had the good fortune of attending the first ever WordCamp(Ed) in DC ... a meetup, and… Posted on: November 27, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 2 Comments
Moving … and staying put. For much of the last three weeks, this comic has been my life: mooching free wireless (thank you, jrodie, whoever… Posted on: August 23, 2008 By: Ryan Brazell With: 8 Comments
You just gotta want it. I was talking with a student who works in our center on Friday and he reported that he had slept… Posted on: May 4, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
Calling all K-12 language teachers (a.k.a. one of the hardest teaching jobs out there): Please share your stories! Prior to coming to my current job in higher ed and language learning technology, I taught in a grade school.… Posted on: March 26, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 4 Comments
The Name Game I am taking a poll (and writing a paper) so please help me out and leave your answers in the… Posted on: March 10, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 57 Comments
State of the art language learning: if this is you, we can help. At the same time of the Xerox club (see below), Sister Joan Schmitt was teaching French in the Holy Family… Posted on: March 9, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
Student-centered learning using technology…circa 1970 We are snowed in here, unable to go anywhere, so I am reading my students blogs and watching their explorations… Posted on: March 8, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 3 Comments
The kindness of strangers: Meet Kroonos.com I was just checking my students' blogs before calling it a night and discovered this extraordinary exchange between my student… Posted on: March 3, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 0 Comments
Twitter as news feed: more amazing connections with strangers This week we have changed gears slightly in my class and have moved from "Secuestro Express" and the kidnappings in… Posted on: March 2, 2008 By: bsawhill With: 8 Comments
