Wondering where to see manatees near Orlando? Try Blue Spring State Park
While Disney World is Florida’s most popular tourist attraction, there is another famous attraction that Florida is known for…
Visiting the Boise Basque Block
“It should be the next street,” I thought as I checked my map driving through downtown Boise, Idaho. I…
How to get Spanish books for your classroom library
The importance of reading for language acquisition has been rediscovered recently, thanks to CI and Stephen Krashen. Whether you…
The best things to do in New Glarus, WI: America’s Little Switzerland
Are you heading to Wisconsin and wondering what the best things to do in New Glarus are? In my…
How to Become an International School Teacher
Have you ever dreamed about teaching abroad? Wondering how to become a teacher in an international school? Maybe you…
Turks and Caicos: What to do with one day on Grand Turk
Chances are, all you know about Turks and Caicos is that it’s somewhere in the Caribbean. But now you’re…
Writing Spanish books for children in Guatemala on Book Creator
As a teacher, every now and then you do a project or lesson that really resonates with students. An…
What is Lexile and is it important for heritage language learners?
If you’ve used websites like Newsela, you’ve probably seen articles at different reading levels with numbers like 890L. What…
Why we must teach journalism and press freedom
Last year I visited the Newseum in Washington, D.C.; a museum about the news, dedicated to upholding the First…
Travel to Sumatra: An orangutan adventure
My Sumatra travel memory is burnt orange; a color and a smell. From the minute we got off the…