A decade ago, there was a lot more collaboration in the blogging world. Or maybe there still is, but I'm just missing out somehow - I definitely blog alone these days. I miss those days, as what I wanted to share out with the…

Technology, 21st century teaching and learning, #edtech, engaging students by letting them use the device that seems almost parasitically attached to their hands... had enough yet? Well, those who know me know that I *DO* in fa…

I'm so excited to be participating in February's fabulous blog hop, a monthly event dreamed up by fellow Canadian edublogger Shelley Gray at Teaching in the Early Years .  Here's my "bright idea" which r…

Well, it came and went...quick as lightning. The fall conference put on by the OMLTA each year in a different Ontarian community is just a single day, so it's a great single hit of PD and teaching energy. This year, the conf…

I'm so pleased to be hosting a blog hop with some of my favourite Middle and Secondary School teacher bloggers right before back to school (at least in most places here in Ontario and New York state). There, I've said i…

Do you have a bingo game (or sets of games) in your classroom somewhere?  Well you ought to... they're great for indoor recess, snowdays, reviewing numbers, vocabulary or other concepts.  My Bright Idea as we head back t…

Happy Mother's Day! Hello to all my Teaching FSL fans and followers. I've recently been inspired to make French music a more regular routine in my classroom. La Chanson de Dimanche has been born!  (post originally writ…

I recently had a request to blog more about a variety of games for the French as a second language classroom. If you're pretty familiar with my blog & the types of activities I like to do, then these first few options wil…

I’m a middle-school Core French teacher in Ontario, Canada who loves teaching French to tweens/adolescents and collaborating with both like-minded and dissimilar colleagues. I believe in life-long learning and continuous improve…