National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) • M.Ed. Spanish • M.Sal. ELE • Teaching with comprehensible input to facilitate language acquisition.
Joined February 2014
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Laura Devlin retweeted
La @usal y @CursosInt_USAL ofrecen🌟becas🌟para cursos presenciales en Salamanca:
🔸1 semana en verano
🔸lengua, cultura y actualización didáctica
🔸varias fechas disponibles
🔸matrícula abierta hasta agotar plazas.
ℹ️ Info y solicitud: bit.ly/4a2HO3F
#LearnSpanish
Laura Devlin retweeted
¡Ojo a esto! Un total de 233 municipios de Salamanca están obligados a tomar medidas por el alto riesgo que supone el gas radón, considerado por la OMS como uno de los principales causantes del cáncer de pulmón
lagacetadesalamanca.es/salam…
And coming soon: la «Guía panhispánica de lenguaje claro y accesible».
Ya disponibles en edición digital el «Libro de estilo de la Justicia», el «Diccionario del estudiante», la «Gramática básica», la «Ortografía básica», «El buen uso del español» y el «Libro de estilo de la lengua española». Consulte estas obras aquí: ow.ly/VOKB50TIGF9.
Héctor Ruiz Martín (@hruizmartin) reminds us we don't just want students to pass tests; we want students to learn & we want that learning to last so it can be employed in other situations. Six learning strategies for learning that lasts. (Video en español)
youtube.com/live/LMmuKOU4paY
Desciframos con Héctor Ruiz, investigador y divulgador científico, cómo aprendemos.
Descubrimos qué acciones y circunstancias ayudan a que los esfuerzos invertidos en aprender resulten más fructíferos.
youtube.com/watch?v=LMmuKOU4…
@FundacEdelvives #LEQQ
To participate in a virtual public hearing on Aug 28 regarding NJ teacher evaluation process, you must first register by Aug 26 at 5:00 PM. Even if you won't be available to attend hearing on Aug 28, the task force still welcomes your written testimony.
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Fact-checking opportunity for students in grades 8-12. "Strong consideration given to teens who speak and write Spanish fluently." Application deadline: July 8. #heritagelang #medialiteracy
My middle school students will sometimes say they speak "American" when they really mean English. We then discuss the difference between language and nationality, as well as the difference between nationality and ethnicity. Distinctions that matter.
#langchat #wlteachers
Opinion: When former President Donald Trump misuses the terms ‘ethnicity’ and ‘nationality’ – a linguistic error subtly reinforced by stories that don’t note the distinction – he expresses a common microaggression, deciding who is and is not American. poynter.org/commentary/2024/…
Separar la ortografía del resto de habilidades: "Si queremos que nuestro estudiante mejore al mismo tiempo su gramática, sintaxis, planificación y, además, ortografía, muy probablemente no conseguiremos mejorar ningún aspecto."
bbc.com/mundo/articles/c3gg9…
Laura Devlin retweeted
New from @Rushthewriter: Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) is set to open a new private school in his district in 2025 and its future financial backing will depend on taxpayer-funded private school tuition vouchers he helped vote into law.
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Neologismo: ¿Alguna vez has gepeteado? Muchos profesores gepetean, pero yo no soy gepetera/gepetista.
El verbo «gepetear» es un neologismo válido que se emplea en ocasiones con el sentido de utilizar la aplicación ChatGPT. #recoFundéu
fundeu.es/recomendacion/gepe…
ALT #recoFundéu: «gepetear», neologismo válido
Laura Devlin retweeted
We're thrilled to announce the release of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2024, marking a giant leap in language assessment standards! Thank you to our wonderful members and staff for their invaluable contributions! Check out the full press release at: bit.ly/3xlV7L5
ALT "ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2024: Now Available!"
"In future, all children should have languages and tech literacy, not only those who can afford it." ~ Aseel, 22, Palestinian living in Jordan
#FutureGirlsWant #CSW68
Girls in crisis settings are nearly 2.5 times more likely to be out of school than those living in countries not in crisis. Decision-makers must invest in quality education that promotes #GenderEquality #CSW68
Laura Devlin retweeted
Do you want to see a world where girls have equal access to decision-making spaces, a world where girls have equal access to education, a world where girls can access SRHR services services? For more on the #FutureGirlsWant, see here 👇
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Many shows "model antisocial behaviors during the first three-quarters of the episode before finally modeling prosocial behaviors at the end. This may inadvertently teach the wrong message, because children tend to focus on the behaviors modeled for the majority of the program."
Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Arthur’ and other children’s TV theconversation.com/making-t…
"El aprendizaje activo se suele malinterpretar como 'aprender haciendo', es decir, que es necesario estar físicamente activo ... pero en realidad nos referimos a estar activo cognitivamente;... estás tratando de entender y de dar significado semántico a lo que estás aprendiendo."
Ni estilos de aprendizaje, ni música para estudiar, ni "aprender haciendo": 44 mitos que siempre has creído ciertos sobre el aprendizaje y que conviene desmentir o matizar: una entrevista con @hruizmartin, autor de 'Edumitos'. Por @Nacho_Meneses elpais.com/economia/formacio…
Laura Devlin retweeted
Important reminder from former @UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on #EducationDay
ALT Quote from Kofi Annan: "Education is, quite simply, peacebuilding by another name"