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by Hotr

Oct 10, 2017

Tonight I want to quit. We are asked to teach less and less, we can't teach grammar anymore, we can't do vocabulary list, we can't teach the house, we can't teach body parts with monsters. We have no midterm exams, most students don't take the finals. We have to be 90% of the time on the target language, but we assess in English, we have SPED stude...See More

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Sra. Lahti It's been a while since you've posted this, but I get it. Thankfully stuff isn't quite that bad at our school, but there are certainly issues. You're not alone. I wish I could give you some great advice as to how to handle this and make it "all better,: but all I can offer is an "I feel for you.' Hang in there...

Dec 9, 2017

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Autentico warning

by Dena

Oct 29, 2017

We just adopted Autentico Levels 1-3 and have had HORRIBLE problems with the platform and the online book. The book itself is beautiful, but the online book and all the online extras are a NIGHTMARE. We use chrome books and the platform does not work well with this computer. Listening activities are indicated in the books and no listening activitie...See MoreWe just adopted Autentico Levels 1-3 and have had HORRIBLE problems with the platform and the online book. The book itself is beautiful, but the online book and all the online extras are a NIGHTMARE. We use chrome books and the platform does not work well with this computer. Listening activities are indicated in the books and no listening activities can be found. The online test are poorly done. Students are expected to listen to a selection and then match a picture to what is being said. This would be great if they could see the pics, but they have to scroll down to the answer blank and then cannot see the pics.

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!

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Dena We 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 pu...See More

Nov 15, 2017

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Sra. Lahti I'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...

Dec 9, 2017

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BETTER FORUM

by lafamafavefestrafa

Nov 29, 2017

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.

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Bob R/CA Why don't you post more, start and maintain conversations, and invite others?

Nov 30, 2017

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Daniel Hanson To be honest, I rarely visit this chatboard now. I spend my time in the Facebook group Spanish Teachers in the U.S.

Dec 7, 2017

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Spn books at Ollie Outlet

by Julieta

Dec 3, 2017

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.

Julieta

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I was absent the day after Thanksgiving because I had to go

by lafamafavefestrafa

Nov 28, 2017

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.

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Ann McG Any chance there is a script for it?

Nov 29, 2017

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Easy culture topics

by Don Jaime

Nov 12, 2017

Ok 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:

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Ann McG I recently bought the following resource from Teachers Pay Teachers for $10. It has a great variety of cultural topics.

"Hispanic Countries Video Clips for Spanish Speaking Countries"

Nov 27, 2017

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Parent contact

by Ellie

Nov 9, 2017

Hi

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?

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