Words and Music

Wrote an entertaining piece about words and their possible relationships to music. Click here to read the post on my Mozart Effect blog.

My classes were so boring I almost left

Two classes I taught today were so boring I wanted to leave. Usually I’m running around the classroom, doing crazy things, and making sure that the students are having fun while they learn. However, I’m teaching for a month at a new school and I just haven’t clicked yet with the students.

YouTube is very popular with the students. Since YouTube has some nice content for teaching as does TeacherTube, I thought it might be a good idea to use some of these videos in class. Media resonates with these students.

I need to teach phrasal verbs. I like the following video. It gets the job done and I think my students will enjoy the tone of the presenter.

Some of my students need to learn how to write an essay. Here’s a useful YouTube video that will also exercise my students’ listening abilities.

I’m also teaching To Kill a Mockingbird for a Masters Class. Here are some videos from TeacherTube.

• To Kill A Mockingbird Scottboro Boys
• Book Talk