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Personalizing the Path to Proficiency

SHARING MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND IDEAS ON TEACHING LANGUAGES IN A COMPREHENSIBLE, ENGAGING, CULTURALLY RELEVANT WAY.

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Have you Clip Chatted yet?

by Noemí Rodríguez | Feb 20, 2019

My world language friends, it is TIME to try the technique: Clip Chat (MovieTalk) if you haven't yet! Last week, I had the opportunity to work with teachers from Southern New Jersey, as approximately sixty World Language teachers came together on a Friday. The fact...

Culture is my Daily Catalyst!

by Noemí Rodríguez | Jan 16, 2019

A few months ago I had the opportunity to teach Spanish III and we began with the unit, "Stories of the Past, Dreams of the Future". It was wonderful to return to the classroom and below I share my journey with this common Level III unit. The unit's communicative...

10th grader For The Day

by Noemí Rodríguez | Jan 31, 2017

My Monday began in a new fashion, where I found myself curious about how my day would be. There were no meetings to attend, lesson plans to review or phone calls to make. Today was new and quite different because I was going to school to shadow a 10th grade student...

#becausewecan Reflections

by Noemí Rodríguez | Jun 21, 2016

Over the past few weeks, I have been reflecting quite often about teacher empowerment and leadership. I think about the dedicated individuals who serve our students each day and the growth amongst those who are willing to share and learn with others. We do, what we...

GIFs for Output!

by Noemí Rodríguez | Mar 22, 2016

Once again, a colleague shared with me an amazing, free website that made me jump up and down with techie excitement! GIF or Graphic Interchange Format are short, video files that have been compressed and are usually quite entertaining. http://giphy.com For creative...

Using @canva!

by Noemí Rodríguez | Jan 19, 2016

I always love coming across technology tools that make my life easier! 😉 Recently, thanks to a colleague, I was introduced to canva.com. Similar to glogster but better! I created a few flyers/posters for upcoming workshops but the possibilities are endless for world...