Kids today…
Lately, I have been frustrated. I wonder, have these types of kids always been in my classroom, or is this a troubling new trend? Why can’t some students seem to […]
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Kathleen R
I currently teach Humanities and Language A English to 6-11th graders at an international school in Germany. I hold a Masters in Educational Technology. In my free time I frolic about the landscape with my Germerican Husband and daughter.
Finding Home on Halloween
When living abroad you get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. The norm is to not understand what is being said. If you heard English speakers around you while at the grocery […]
Augmenting My Reality
For weeks a colleague of mine had been bugging me to sign up for this augmented reality workshop. DAQRI was coming to my school to share with us the tools […]
Young Revolutionaries
Last week a friend was over to dinner and I inquired about her teenage years in Czechoslovakia. “So tell us about the Velvet Revolution.” She peered over the lip of […]
The Day They Asked You to Open Your Grade Book
Lately there has been a good deal of discussion at my school about publishing our grade books online. There are some, like myself, who publish their grades online for students […]
A Still United Kingdom
We still have a United Kingdom. For the last month, the talk around the lunch table would usually make its way to the topic of Scottish Independence. An American would […]
What does reality television tells us about culture?
Some may think that because Americans speak English that they must be just like their cousins across the pond. But if you watch the British and American versions of popular […]
The Writing Process
Last week my blogger friend Charlotte Steggz asked me to post about my blog writing process, I agreed. I’m not typically one to join in the bloggy chain games, but […]
A Day Without the Internet
I was prepared for the day. I had my handouts copied. I had my lesson book up on my screen to ensure I knew what classes I was teaching and […]
Will Ferguson bring Freedom?
The sun had gone down and the normal group of protestors gathered in front of the State House that was guarded by a lone British Sentry. The people of Boston […]
Lehrer Werkstatt 