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New Resource: Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection

On By GaryDibiancaIn Diversity in Education, Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV1 Comment

The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection is a new resource of short videos from native Spanish-speakers who responded to prompts about 41 different cultural themes that included aspects about perspective, practices, and products. The prompts and short comprehension questions are provided in English to help focus students. Please encourage others to record more videos via https://flipgrid.com/hispanicculturalcc to provide our students with more perspectives from the Spanish-Speaking world.

The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection

On By GaryDibiancaIn Diversity in Education, Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection, Inclusive Curriculum, Spanish II, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Uncategorized2 Comments

The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection  THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT:  The goal of The Hispanic Cultural Competency Collection is to create an open-source website for teachers with short-video responses by native Spanish-speakers responding to prompts that align closely to the 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Intercultural Can-do Statements as they appear in the Expectations for Learning section of …

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Socratic Circles as Assessment ~ the Why and How

On By GaryDibiancaIn Curriculum, My Philosophy, Socratic Circles, Spanish III, Spanish IV, Uncategorized1 Comment

Happy 2018-19 school year! I wanted to take the time and share a strategy, or better yet, a framework for learning and assessment that I use as one of the tenants in my Spanish IV classes and at the end of Spanish III.  This framework is preparing students for a Socratic Circle or Socratic Seminar, …

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