Monday, February 24, 2014

Intro

Hi!  Bonjour!  ¡Hola!  My name is Marie-Odile ...(lots of other ethnic names in between)... Benford.  At the risk of having my first name butchered, I just go by Marie  :)

I teach high school French and Spanish at ISM.  I'm always on the lookout for creative, user-friendly tech tools to enhance and vary class content and delivery, but I rarely have the time to learn how to use them all! I'm looking forward to focusing on a few new tools and learning from others, through this course.

I love El Nido!  Its eco-diversity, crystal blue waters and pristine, white sand beaches lying in stark contrast with its steep limestone cliffs make this an easy favorite!  The fact that it has been the only vacation my husband and I have taken without our (wonderful) kids, in the last 3 years, may also have something to do with the euphoric nostalgia I feel whenever I think of beautiful, idyllic El Nido!

Thanks for taking the time to technify us!


3 comments:

  1. Marie, I am really hoping to get to El Nido, and especially love the idea of going sans children! :) Thanks for the suggestion. I also really enjoy learning new tools that are both creative AND user-friendly. For me, that's the key. If I spend more than about 3 minutes trying to understand how a web tool works, then I usually move on to the next one. Thanks for joining!

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  2. Hello Marie! I think it would be really interesting to see how language teachers integrate technology in their classes, especially when they are dealing with second-language or foreign-language learners.
    I hope to make it to El Nido sometime as well.
    Hope you're having a wonderful spring break!

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  3. Would love to get to El Nido. And given that we have yet to take a vacation here without our kids, it might just get added to the list - dreaming of a little room on stilts jutting out above the water. aahhh. Thanks, Marie!

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