The conundrum that faces new folks in the field, should I try to fit all the newest research into my classroom?

Tune in to find out!! This week we ramble on about the new teacher vs. research. It also counts for those of us who have been around a while. I actually cite a paper in the episode only to realize that it was the wrong one!! the actual paper that I refer to is:

Rankin & Becker, Does Reading the Research Make a Difference? A Case Study of Teacher Growth in FL GermanThe Modern Language Journal, 90, iii, (2006)

A nice little case study about the topic at hand. I don’t want to spoil the ending so you’ll have to listen to the show!!

As always, the feed for the show is in the right side links or, if you want, you can catch them here.

Also, If you like our theme, stop by Mark Blasco’s site Podcast Themes. (Thanks Mark!)

Scott

I am behind two shows?

Say it ain’t so!!!

Well, the good news is 77 has been up for a while and 78 went up today.

Links at the bottom of this post as always. But here is a bit of a news update.  Between the election in the US and the time change also, the recording of the shows has been a bit on the precarious side. (hope I spelled that correctly, and YEAH New President soon!) We are still shooting for the weekly shows, but lately it has been tough to hit that mark. We are still striving to keep up that pace as much as possible, but we ask for your patience and support while we flounder around a bit.

Truely, Thank you for all your support over the last couple of years. We both really appreciate it. We do have a favor to ask though. We want to start getting a few more interviews, the have been a bit rare lately and we definitely miss doing them. Of course our format for them will probably be a bit different, but hey, progress right?  So, that favor…. Tell us who you want us to try to interview. Go crazy, anybody related to education is fair game. Also, what do you want us to ask?

We’re looking forward to hearing from you, leave us a note in the comments or a voicemail over at MyChingo there on the right or even a video comment!   Thanks for helping out!  Now on to the regular stuff at the bottom of the show posts -S

The YouTube project is going well!

I am trying an experiment with the pacing of the posting of shows…… You believe that right? Of course you do, it wouldn’t be just because I was just slow…..

The short 73 is up!

It is only about 15 minutes and is primarily a sound test as well as a new round up.

I was worried about the levels, but I have been told that the episode is actually safe for headphones.

so enjoy that one!!

Scott