21 octobre 2012

Ça va, ça marche!

OK, si je veux vraiment incorporer mon blog dans la salle de classe, il faut que je l'écris en français, n'est-ce pas? Bon, ben, mes chers élèves/amis!

On écrit un blog pour quelle(s) raison(s)? Pour partager les actualités de ma vie quotidienne? Pour commencer un dialogue avec les autres? Pour offrir un moyen différent d'apprendre le français? Que dites-vous?

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06 octobre 2012

StudyBlue

Bonjour, fanas de StudyBlue! Hello StudyBlue fans. My name is Julie Frye and I teach French to @115 students, grades 8-12. Our school is located about as centrally in Ohio as you can be. We are almost equidistant between Columbus & Cleveland and not even a bad drive to Pittsburgh PA. My first year as a teacher is memorable because I was evaluated just minutes after the World Trade Center towers were demolished on 9/11/01. I have since relocated to Lexington and this year my first group of 8th graders are my graduating seniors. A rite of passage for all of us!

My husband bought me my first iPad in 2010. I immediately started searching for apps that would be useful in the classroom, and 'stumbled into' StudyBlue. THANK GOODNESS! I have since incorporated StudyBlue as an extra credit activity for students (they create and demo), as a pre-reading resource when beginning complex literature, as a study guide for tests and as visual flashcards for new vocabulary.

What I really love is the reaction I get from students when I direct them to StudyBlue and show them not just what I have done for them, but what they can do for themselves.