Using the Flip Cam

Well, here’s my first attempt at using the Flip Cam I bought myself last week as a present.   I decided to make a movie of my students!  I wish I could say I that I did it all in just a few minutes…but, I can’t.  Putting the movie together and adding background music was [...]

Forgetfulness – Billy Collins Animated Poetry

This clip which I borrowed from TEFL Clips is recommended as a conversation prompt for adult students. The website gives a lesson plan which includes vocabulary words and phrases pulled from the poem. The video poem lends itself to many possible extension activities which could include student performance or graphic renditions of comparable poems for [...]

Sesame Street Turns 40. YouTube Helps Us Remember…

Many of us have grown up with Sesame Street.  Others of us remember Sesame Street as an educational partner in rearing our children that on more than one occasion babysat while we attempted to get other things done or to just take a breath and enjoy the show with our babies.  Whether here in the [...]

The Pig of Happiness

Things We Say Wrong