What I learned at school today

I love twitter. I always learn so much. Today I learned something from  @ LouisSulek via  @ sylviaduckworth.   Louis Sulek  was kind enough to post instructions on how to easily type accents. This is something I thought I had a handle on but  I just discovered that I have been doing things the hard way when it comes to typing accents in my french documents. I usually use alt keys or the French keyboard setting on my computer but I just learned that you can type both English and French texts using the same keyboard. It is called the United States- International keyboard. Sounds good? Well here is what I leaned. Here are instructions for doing it in Windows 7: So first you need to add the United States- International Keyboard to your computer. 1) Go to start. 2) Control Panel 3) Region and Language 4) Keyboard and Languages 5)Change keyboards.... 6) Add 7)Under the English (United States) section find: United States International and select the

It is spring break here which means I have some spare time to catch-up on some professional development and reading. I thought I would take a minute and blog about a few of my favorite places to find ideas, resources and inspiration. So today’s blog is called: Places I am learning from this Spring Break. Twitter: www.twitter.com Twitter offers quick bites of pro-d without too much stress. The trick is to find great educators and follow them, then read what they have to say. Join in on the conversation by following hashtags that apply to you.  I personally love #edchat #frimm #kinderchat  and #langchat.  When I find someone who interests me I then follow them. Some of my favorite education tweeps are: @2learn2   @web20classroom   @WeAreTeachers   @Fr_Immersion98 @sylviaduckworth @MmeVeilleux Check out  http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html for a great list of education hashtags. New to Twitter? Check this out:  http://edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-twi

In a French Immersion classroom I think reading aloud is vital to help students learn the flow, feel and rhythm of language. They also help students get beyond decoding and deciphering to feeling and hearing the stories. So for World Read-aloud Day (well the day after actually) I decided to look at ways I can get more read-alouds in my day. My favorite lesson of the day ended up being about reading with expression. The kids had fun and so did I .  I learned playing with reading is as much fun as reading sometimes.  I read them the story: Sortez de mon livre! by  Nick Bland.  When I started reading I read with no expression at all. The students looked at me strangely but Mme often does strange things so they waited. Then, I read the next few lines with expression. I asked students what the difference was between the two and which they liked best. They all agreed they liked the second way best. They had great ideas about how it was different.  My favorite was th