Blog+this

//The last part of our day will be a "Blog This" activity. This activity will be a way to highlight something you learned, something you found, something to share, sharing your thoughts, etc. You will have choices for topics and are encouraged to visit and comment on each other's blogs.//


 * Our Blogs**


 * * [|Josephine]
 * [|Aaron]
 * [|Janna]
 * [|EnMing] || * [|Mei-Ju]
 * [|Yanhong]
 * [|Mei Lian]
 * [|Marcus] || * [|Monica]
 * [|Pei-Yu]
 * [|Elena]
 * [|Xiaonan] || * [|Cherice]
 * [|Cindy]
 * [|Marcia] ||


 * Saturday, June 21, Blog This**

Congratulations on establishing your blog! This will be a thinking and working space for you - you may add to this blog at any time during the institute. Today's choice of topics:

1. The topic of culture is not limited to learning another language. The cultural framework can serve as a tool to understand the perspective, practices, and products of many systems and societies. How can this framework help you in your current position?

2. As language teachers we love language and how it works, however as language teachers, our job is to help students learn to communicate in another language, not just learn the linguistics of another language. How can we use the National Standards to create meaningful, communicative language learning experiences for our students?


 * Sunday, June 22, Blog This**

Today you had time to read and think about Mentoring, Leadership, and Change as well as develop some new ways to find authentic resources and share those with others. Today's choice of topics:

1. Where would you like to see yourself, as a world language professional, making an impact on your colleagues and profession?

2. What new resource did you find today that has you excited? What could you do with that resource? Why should other language teachers know about that resource?


 * Monday, June 23, Blog This**

Today you saw your first demonstration class and had to think about how to approach a novice instructor. We also saw video examples and classroom examples that demonstrated the importance of comprehensible input.

Today's choice of topics:

1. Mentoring is a complex process, one that appears to be easy but in reality it is not. What makes mentoring a challenging professional practice?

2. Teachers need to provide comprehensible input so students can create meaning and produce language, and students need to be active learners in the classroom. What are ways that you stay in the target language (Chinese) and provide comprehensible input in your classroom? What makes staying in Chinese a challenge?


 * Tuesday, June 24, Blog This**

Open Topic. Write a blog post about any world language-related topic you wish.


 * Wednesday, June 25, Blog This**

Today we had just a taste of using authentic materials such as children's literature, a small exploration of creating sound files, and demo lessons.

Today's choice of topics: 1. Given today's exposure to literature and sound file creation, what ideas do you have generating in your thoughts? Where could you go with these ideas? What would you like to develop?

2. Your demo lessons were a brief 7 minutes. What is the power in watching each other teach and discussing our teaching practice? What are the benefits and challenges?


 * Thursday, June 26, Blog This**

Open Topic. You may write about any world language-related topic you wish.


 * Friday, June 27, Blog This**

Today's choice of topics:

1. What have you learned about teaching Chinese from observing and talking with high school students this week?

2. We have talked about many different topics during the institute so far. Has your thinking about any of the topics changed since the institute began? If so, how? If not, why do you think that is the case?


 * Saturday, June 28, Blog This**

No entry required!

Professional Goals and Professional Presence
 * Sunday, June 29, Blog This**

1. Creating a professional presence online can be a powerful advocacy piece. How will you create your professional online presence?

2. We have explored many different technologies over the course of this institute. What technology excites you the most? Why?