MFL Show and Tell in Coventry Part 2

As promised earlier in the week, here is a more in-depth post about last weekend’s MFL Show & Tell get together in Coventry. Firstly, I must say a huge thanks to @jjpadvis and @joedale who, together, organised the venue and ‘chaired’ the event for just over 20 people. We began the day by sipping (a [...]

Half Term Top Five

This half term I have been able to get a lot done – not only have I been abroad (to Bilbao – a place very dear to me as I lived there for two years), but I have also had the chance to catch up on lots of paperwork and get to grips with a [...]

TeachMeet NorthWest

This Friday (2nd October)  dozens of us are going to meet at the BBC’s 21st Century Classroom in Salford for TeachMeet NW. I am looking forward to, not only meeting so many colleagues face to face for the first time, but also to doing my first ever presentation. TeachMeets only have 2 types of presentations: [...]

Favourite 5 from Twitter this week

Firstly, I should say how blown away by how many people accessed my last post – 23 Ways to use Worlde in the MFL classroom. Thanks everyone! Glad it was so useful. I have been trying out some of my ideas and have Wordled a few chapters of the literature book that my Year 13′s [...]

23 Ways to use Wordle in the MFL Classroom

And this is what my CV came out with in Wordle. Click on it to enlarge. I have spent the evening thinking quite a bit about this wonderful word cloud tool, and I want to implement it’s use in the classroom now that I will have some more planning time available as exam classes stand [...]

Fun with Wordle

This is a Wordle of my Twitter account, showing what words come up the most for me. And a Wordle of my del.icio.us tags found at http://delicious.com/spanishsam