The effectiveness of long-term Dual Language programs is quite obvious… See also “The Astounding Effectiveness of Dual Language Education for All“, by Virginia P. Collier and Wayne P. Thomas and “Dual Language Education Can Close The Achievement Gap“, JNCL-NCLIS.
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Because of your kindness…
Obviously, this is not the first time I meet people whose core values and beliefs are far beyond the average. It is not the first time, either, that I have been able to learn and understand that some of the…
HMH ThinkCentral. Math and Science Textbooks… ONLINE!
This is a link to my presentation last Thursday during the “Tech Tools for Tomorrow and the Next Day” PD Day at the Science and Health Resource Center. It was a fantastic opportunity to share and learn from other Austin ISD…
Not exactly “flipping” but almost there…
If you are a strict advocate of the “flipped classroom” model you will probably say that what I am going to tell is not exactly “flipping” anything, and you may be right. However, working with students who may not have…
An SSD drive makes a HUGE difference on your laptop or PC…
Recently, SSD disk drives have become much more affordable than they used to be not so long ago so I decided to test what it would look like on my laptop. Does it make a real difference in performance? Sure!…
Using Seesaw with different kinds of projects…
… and giving students voice and choice.
Let your students show their thinking using Educreations and Seesaw
Many times, making your students “show their work” is one of the challenges you have to face, specially if you work with 2nd graders… So I am trying to find out if using a technology tool can make this thing…
Ordering Numbers
“Ordering Numbers” is a very simple web page designed to practice this skill online with numbers from 0 to 10,000. Once the “game” has been setup (by selecting the numbers and the ascending or descending order), and after clicking the…
DIY Projector Screen and Innovation Station
Some ideas if your classroom does not have a huge Projector Screen or Innovation Station attached to it… 🙂
The Hour of Code is here
Computer Science Education Week starts now. Learn more about it on: https://hourofcode.com/us Hour of Code McBee ES intro