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Matt writes: "I was introduced to a new twist on an old way of planning lessons this weekend at CUE BOLD, billed as "The Premiere Lesson Design Event for the West Coast." Includes links to 30 lessons and their slide decks. The idea: let's build lessons that utilize technology through the framework of the Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan."

How could you take this journalism idea and translate it (no pun intended) to a language class activity?

Three basic tips - what other tips do you have for teaching online?

I have not heard of any of the 9 programs chosen to review - so if they're free, I'll be checking these out "for improving reading and writing in the classroom." They were English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, but could have use for second/world language instruction as well.

"G Suite has recently released two features that allow teachers to meet these criteria and maximize their instructional time: Google Cast for Education and Screencastify."

Some things I hadn't thought about - or looked for - when I design my online courses.

Much of this is F2F, but there some digital suggestions that could be used online or F2F.

Book reviews of this book.

"More writing courses than ever are being taught online, and effective online writing instruction requires teachers to communicate deliberately and clearly in order to have productive relationships with their students. In The Online Writing Conference: A Guide for Teachers and Tutors, former chair of the CCCC Committee for Effective Practices in Online Writing Instruction Beth L. Hewett articulates the how and why of one-to-one online writing conference pedagogy. Complete with an instructor's study guide and informed by the principles set forth in the CCCC Position Statement of Principles and Example Effective Practices for OWI, her updated text provides examples and transcripts of synchronous and asynchronous instructor-student interaction, targeted lessons, and conferencing action plans that help instructors hone their pedagogical practice, from formatting comments to showing regard for students."

"Systematic reviews of literature are studies that strategically search for published research on a specific topic in order to synthesize what is known about the topic. This systematic review describes 157 articles on synchronous online learning (SOL) from thirty-four different countries on instructional setting, content areas, participant demographics, research designs, independent and dependent variables, SOL technologies, and data-collection tools. "

A digital whiteboard - for collaborative brainstorming, diagramming, infographics - what else can you think of? What would this add that you could not do with a Google doc?

Flipped or inverted classroom (IC) models are promising for foreign language instruction in that they appear to promote well‐regarded practices that bridge both sociocultural and cognitive theoretical...

"Getting connected professionally on Twitter was the single most important, most powerful thing I ever did as an educator." - Matt Miller

5 ways with examples to show how tech "can truly improve learning" from Matt

Here's your chance to learn more about working with VoiceThread - free workshops!

"QR Voice is a free tool that allows you to create QR codes that when scanned will play a short audio message."