We have called the help line repeatedly and have received very little help other that to be told that they are creating a ticket for it. If you do actually talk to someone, they can only write a ticket to escalate the problem. That so far has not produced anything that has been useful.
Our English and Social Studies departments also adopted their books 2 years ago. Pearson set up "Pearson Easy Bridge" so that students would not have to remember several logins. Brilliant idea, if it actually worked. Books disappear on this link, or assignments that I make do not appear even if the book is there. I have lost more teaching time attempting to make assignments appear that I have actually using the assignments. English seems to like their book well enough but Social Studies do not care for theirs either.
In my humble opinion, you should run far and fast from this book. The online organization of teacher resources has been hard to use. Things seem to be buried under several titles and are not obvious. Also, you should note that there are no hard copies of all the teacher resources. Everything has to be printed off.....if you can find it.
My big complaint about the online book is that it does not show page numbers. The kids can only navigate through it by activity number and assignments. This has not worked well in my experience. They have a very hard time finding things if they are not assigned and then the assignments have to show up.
The sales pitch is great. But beware!!!!. We have found this product to be extremely disappointing, underwhelming and falling very short of the great product that was promised us!
One reason that we pu...See MoreWe are still having issues. I had not used the platform for several weeks due to the fact that not all my students could access the assignments. I foolishly thought that maybe something had changed. WRONG!!!!! I had 3 or 4 students in each class unable to see the assignments. If they cannot see it, they cannot do it.
One reason that we purchased this book was to use the listening activities outside of class. This is impossible. I cannot assign a listening activity knowing that some students cannot do their assignment. I am stuck doing listening activities like I did 20 years ago and playing them during class time. The only difference is that I play them on my computer rather than on the CD player.
We are having serious buyer's remorse. We would return this product if possible. Instead, it is the "albatross" around our necks for the next 4 to 5 years.
As pretty as the book is, I cannot recommend it due to the continuing issues that I have had with the online platform.
If the assignment link does not work, it makes a lot of the attraction null and void.
The students have shared that they are still having issues with the other books/classes that use Pearson. RED FLAG WARNING!!!!!
Sra. LahtiI've seen a "little" bit of improvement on the website over the last month or so.... they seem to be on the track to getting their website up to where it should have been, but still not perfect...
Surely there is a better forum with much better traffic for Spanish teachers than this. I've used this for years and always want to give it a chance. I've gotten GREAT advise from this, but I wish it was more popular.
Supporting lafamafavefestrafa request for more traffic....
I was at the Ollie Outlet store in town last night. they had the book: "?Quien fue Thomas Alva Edison?" It was $2.29 each. I got a few for FVR. Unfortunately they didn't have other titles in Spanish in the series.
To a funeral. I did not want to present new material because I was not there. Instead students watched and completed a study guide for Living on a Dollar. What do I do for the students who were absent? I'd like to take the grade on it. I've told some they have to watch it outside of class, but many do not have Netflix.
Day of the ...See MoreOk so I like easy cultural topics like: bullfighting, the siesta, teaching the song Cielito Lindo, etc. I am a big believer in the "less is more" theory for culture, I usually spend 3 or so days talking about them and make it fun and engaging for the kids. But I'm looking for more ideas.
So far this is what I've got:
Day of the dead
Bullfighting
Siesta
Quinceanera
Dali
Picasso
Cuba/US relations
Anybody have any easy/specific ideas on mini cultural topics to add to that list?
We post grades online. I have a parent who wants emails every time her son misses work. He has a case manager for special ed and one of his goals is to
be using the online platform. I have to meet with them and the principal.
I think they are asking for too much. What do you think?
Question: _______ (llover) durante varias horas...
Llovia or should it be it be llovio?!?!?! I interpreted "durante muchas horas" as an ongoing action with no real beginning or ending (vague) but could "durante muchas horas" be considered an enclosed amount time making it preterite?!?!? And why not use "por" if it is preterite?
Regarding "por", in...See MoreIt could be either one, depending on the emphasis the speaker is giving. Without more context (without seeing the entire story), I would naturally put "llovia" first because it is merely to describe what the weather was like during the story. "Llovio" implies an end to the rain and the emphasis is on the period of time.
Regarding "por", in grammar, it is considered innecessary the use of "por" when specifying the duration of an activity. In English, we have to use "for", we can't leave it out when specifying the time duration. Spanish does not need "por" in this situation. "Durante" can be used to talk about duration and sounds better than using "por" to most grammarians. I know I have some Spanish for Spanish Learner books from Spain and they discourage the use of "por" in these types of sentences.
One reason that we pu...See More