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December 15, 2015
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Best of 2015! Top 5 Posts of the Year: Number 3 (Key Tech ‘Bits’)

As I count down the ‘Best of…’ this year it strikes me that the top posts – like our teaching practice – reflects a combination of the old and new. The top post drew on a classic game, and the … Continue reading

September 19, 2015
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Three “Small But Vital” Tech Bits for My Language Classroom

There are lots of technology ‘tools’ and ‘apps’ out there to make our teaching lives easier – and enrich the learning experience for our students. As I was uploading a file to my Evernote yesterday I thought about 3 ‘tech’ … Continue reading

August 18, 2014
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Lose The Word “Chapter” – Gain a World…Freeing Yourself Up to “Change”

  It started with my Evernote daybook – I was editing and reviewing my classes and I thought “Why do I have units by ‘chapter’ and not theme?” Indeed – why? If you’re already here, and this is long gone … Continue reading

January 4, 2014
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Evernote – A Teacher Learns from a Year in the Cloud

Last year I spent time converting my ‘teaching life’ to the cloud. My aim was to increase my ability to access class information and improve the way(s) that I record what goes on in the room. I posted throughout the … Continue reading

June 20, 2013
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Printing Out My Evernote Daybook…My Solution…

I know –  all that effort to be “paperless” and in the cloud as it were. But I still like to have a copy for me – a hard copy. Call me old fashioned but if anything went wrong in … Continue reading

June 11, 2013
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My Year With Evernote Experiment Take-Aways…

It’s been 10 months since I started my journey with Evernote.  In September it was my goal to document my units/lessons as I went along and, hopefully, end up with my courses ‘consolidated’ in one location. I chose to use … Continue reading

March 19, 2013
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A Year with Evernote – Update #3

This post is an update on my year-long experiment using Evernote as my personal organization program. 9 months into my Evernote experiment and, as I look back I have learned a lot. As I noted before it took a while … Continue reading

December 19, 2012
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Documenting Learning – Mine Not Theirs!

There is a lot written about documenting student learning. How do we capture what happens as they acquire knowledge? But these days there is another person who is learning in the room – me. With a new focus on authentic … Continue reading

December 4, 2012
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Evernote “Growing Pains”..the journey of an newbie to on-line organizing continues…

This is an occasional update as I endeavor to use Evernote for my teaching this year… I am into my 4th month as an Evernote-r and the journey has not been without its ‘fits and starts’ as I adapt to … Continue reading

November 14, 2012
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From “Learning To” to “Loving” the Phone in Class

Last spring I wrote about “Learning to Love the Phone” in my Japanese MFL class. It has been a journey for me from banned item to ubiquitous tool. As I wrote before I have a simple rule. It is out … Continue reading

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