At the Language Dept. we are trying to start using electronic student portfolios. At their teacher’s request, the student will choose a sample of their best work from their language class (this can be extended to other classes as well) in any given year. The portfolio should be available for other teachers to see in future years. [...]
I have been searching for a way to give my students a way to listen to the daily vocabulary at home. During the semester I have tried, with Josh’s considerable help, to devise a delivery system. I thought I was all set but then I found this other website that creates flash cards with sound. [...]
(Written on 2/3/08) I’ve been using computers since they were as big as a bus and we had to feed them punched cards. I started my work life as an Economist doing research on tariffs which required massive numbers of punched cards. It took me a couple of years to punch all the commas in [...]