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Posted onAugust 11, 2021September 24, 2021 activities, canada, Canva, collaborative PowerPoints, featured, grammar, hybrid learning, PowerPoint, remote learning, Zoom, Zoom breakout rooms

Collaborative Slides and PowerPoints: A Primer

I recently had the honor of presenting at NYSAFLT‘s Summer Institute on collaborative slides and PowerPoints, a topic I have been covering a lot lately […] Read More

Posted onMay 29, 2021July 26, 2021 activities, collaborative PowerPoints, community building, featured, grammar, hybrid learning, PowerPoint, remote learning, Zoom

Collaborative PowerPoints Part IV: Building Community and Gender-Inclusive Language

This is my fourth post about using collaborative PowerPoints in class. Click here to read all the posts in this series. In this post I’ll […] Read More

Posted onDecember 13, 2020July 26, 2021 activities, Canva, collaborative PowerPoints, hybrid learning, PowerPoint, remote learning, Zoom, Zoom breakout rooms

Collaborative PowerPoints Part II: More Ideas!

This is my second post about using collaborative PowerPoints in class.  Click here to read my first post, where I discuss the basics of how […] Read More

Posted onNovember 17, 2020 activities, Canva, cuisine, culture, national french week, virtual taste test, Zoom, Zoom breakout rooms

National French Week: A Virtual Culinary Experience

National French Week looked a little bit different this year than it normally looks.  Click here for a glimpse of how I’ve celebrated the occasion […] Read More

Posted onNovember 1, 2020 activities, Canva, hybrid learning, remote learning, Socrative, Zoom, Zoom breakout rooms

Establishing Norms in a Hybrid Setting

Last fall I blogged about my experience establishing norms with my students (click here to read about it).  The idea came from a blog post […] Read More

Posted onOctober 17, 2020July 26, 2021 activities, collaborative PowerPoints, edtech, hybrid learning, PowerPoint, remote learning, Zoom, Zoom breakout rooms

Harness the Power of Collaborative Slides!

Here’s a video I made explaining how I’ve been using PowerPoint this year to encourage collaboration and interaction among students.  By the way, I had […] Read More

Posted onMay 30, 2020 activities, edtech, remote learning

The End of the School Year 2020

This is my third post on remote learning.  Click here to browse my other posts about remote learning.  I know for some of you, your […] Read More

Posted onApril 9, 2020 activities, Canva, edtech, games, gimkit, kahoot, remote learning, video

These Are Trying Times!

The last time I posted on this blog was in February, before the novel coronavirus became a global pandemic, shutting down schools, businesses, and other […] Read More

Posted onDecember 13, 2019 activities

The French Corner 2019 Recap

Well, 2019 is coming to a close, and at the end of the year I usually reflect on what new things I tried and what […] Read More

Posted onDecember 6, 2019 activities, applications, reading, Socrative, writing

5 Uses for Socrative

Full disclosure:  Socrative did not pay me anything to write this article, in fact they did not even ask me to write this article!  I […] Read More

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