Writing more than usual today.  Read an article on Education Week. Obama Links Ed Tech to Economic Growth http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/12/23/03obamareaction_web.h02.html What does it mean for you...

Want to share with everyone about some interesting after school programs. I had a chance to talk to a teacher in New York today and...

We're working on solid shapes with the students and I want to double-check some terms. Could you please tell me what the following terms are...

Immediate Opening for Kindergarten Teacher for Mandarin Immersion Program The Starr King Elementary School in San Francisco, California has an opening for a Kindergarten teacher...

中文是很難學的東西,更是難教的東西!當老師的每天都在學習怎麼"對付"那群占用了自己三分之二精力的孩子, 好像在學習一套劍法,好不容易把那套劍法玩熟練了, 那些孩子的能力也增長了,又或是劍法過時了,又要尋些新劍法來練......就在不斷地尋求寶典的同時, 青絲染上了秋霜,白髮一根根掉光,唯有心中的那份天真越來越明亮!也許要尋的也不是什麼寶典劍法,而是要將那忽閃忽閃的微光如何調地更加明亮, 讓看你表演的人更加清楚更加明白,他們就不會打斷你, 你也不需用劍法來制止他們了。 理想中的教學自然該如此,可是如果那微光暫時被撲滅了怎麼辦?是求助於太陽,還是求助於月亮? 有個老師為了教孩子如何讀好四聲, 編了很多的四字詞語,諸如" 三國演義,非常好看" "番茄炒蛋,專門搗蛋"......也許這樣的詞彙不會被教科書收集, 可是每當我在用教科書時,腦子裏浮出來的卻是這些讓人忍俊不禁的詞! 還有個老師為了教孩子比較的概念,讓孩子比腳上的臭襪子,還比賽誰拔的頭髮長......也許這些遊戲永遠不會被觀摩課採用,可是,每當我想到這些鬧哄哄的場面,就不由得笑起來......這些星星點點的靈感既瑣碎又美麗! 晚上,帶著兩個小孩開車回家,當車子穿出樹林,當空一輪皓月,我們都不由驚嘆起來,大人的腦子裏馬上浮現"明月松間照"之類的詩文,而後座的孩子卻鬼哭狼嚎地說:'我要吃了這個月亮棒棒糖!" "我要打碎那個月亮玻璃球...."是啊,為什麼表達欣喜一定要用詩呢? 沒有太陽,沒有月亮,我們可以看星星!   Want your child to speak and use Chinese...

Hi Fellow Teachers, I currently teach Mandarin Chinese in a public elementary school in Southern California. My school district has allocated some "Teacher Development" funds...

Dear fellow Chinese teachers, Very excited to post my first message on k12mandarin! I believe we've met at conferences or talks before, but now I...

Da jia hao! K12Mandarin.org (now blog.betterchinese.com) aims to bring together and establish a social and professional network of educators dedicated to teaching the Chinese language...