Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Curriculum Resources

During a learning cycle with a group of Core French teachers, I was pointed to this website. It has fabulous curriculum resources, especially for French! It includes videos on examples of effective practice in FSL instruction and much more! Browse around and see what you can find!

General website: Click here
French project "On est capable": Click here


Saturday, June 2, 2012

Math Needs a Makeover

For any teacher, tutor, parent, or other people that teach Math, I encourage you to watch this video that is not only funny but extremely truthful and helpful. Pass it on to any Math teachers you may know. 
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

Pinterest in Education

"It’s startling the way that children communicate with their teachers in today’s schools... But does Pinterest have a role to play?  An infographic by OnlineUniversities.com takes a look at just that and comes up with a whole lot of ways that an educator can use Pinterest." (Click here for the link)


I have to say I have not discovered the world of Pinterest just yet but it is on the top of my "Summer To-Do" list... let me know what you think or what peoples' opinions are of this!

Friday, June 1, 2012

5 reasons to raise your children bilingual

Do you have young kids about to go into the school system? You may want to think about putting them in French Immersion - here's 5 reasons why.