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Introduction

 * Name:** Breda White
 * School:** Waynflete School, Portland Maine
 * Position:** Upper School Foreign Language and Art History Teacher
 * What I love about my Job:** Working with kids who are willing to learn to learn deeply versus becoming performing 'seals!'



=Shoes=

Here is a new image that captures the journey of the working man... No, not by Vincent Van Gogh, but by a young musician in New York - Thomas Dolbeare White - June, 2011



Here is just one example of f Van Gogh's studies of workers' boots, as he explored the humanity of those who laboured in the mines, fields, etc.,This study is dated 1887.... Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.....



Bio Bites

 * Born in Ireland
 * Raised in London
 * Studied in UK (Exeter University), Salamanca, Spain and Kingston, Ontario
 * Lived in UK, Spain, Canada, US

Delights and Predilections

 * Travel and Foreign Language
 * Cooking, really, some say in spite of my British Isles roots!
 * Entertaining - having moved to Maine, we have a LOT of visitors - local and overseas
 * Reading - novels, design books, art history
 * Taking walks along the Maine coast
 * Faux painting and DIY
 * Japanese art
 * Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry - Jeeves and Wooster, Wallace and Grommit....

=Burning Pedagogical Question?= Instilling durable time-management and planning skills in 9th and 10th graders - how to guide them away from last-minute to backward planning. Even with published schedules of study for projects, so many students end up running out of time so 'half-baking' their assignments. Long-standing trend exacerbated by technology - mobile phones etc that mean kids (and adults) no longer need to plan ahead?

=FLICKR Images - List of Attributions= a. Aula Fray Luis de León - author - Pablo Sanchez (downloaded 7/7/11) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pablosanchez/1016242147/sizes/l/in/photostream/ b. Flamenco - Faldas rojas - author - Ecodalluna (downloaded 7/7/11) http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecodallaluna/5722005068/sizes/l/in/set-72157626599072253/ c. Versos de Queveda - Calle Huertas Madrid - author - Pablo Sanchez (downloaded 7/7/11) http://www.flickr.com/photos/pablosanchez/1016200581/sizes/l/in/photostream/ d. Cantaora flamenca - Granada -author - malojavio (downloaded 7/7/11) http://www.flickr.com/photos/malojavio/3807922263/in/photostream/

=Thing 12A - First Pass at Photo Slide Show= All images here are taken by my family members except the Sea Weed and Lichen-covered rocks. These images were taken by the very talented photographe Uriel Gonzálex The sound track is an excerpt from Theme #2, composed and performed by New York-based musician Thomas D. White

media type="custom" key="9979057" This is a very shortened version of my original montage - had to fit within the 30 second limit for free uploading!! = = =Thing 12B - The Real McCoy - The Story of Chip and Pin= Created on PhotoBabble

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List of Flikr CC Credits for Images in "The Story of Chip and Pin."
Image #1 [] by Normality Relief Image #2 [] by Mikey G. Ottawa Image #3 - [] by Douglas Haase Image #4 - [] by CaptPiper Image #5 - [] by J Paxon Reyes Image #6 - [] by Dawn Huczek Image #7 - [] by Gorgeoux

=Thing 15 - Diigo=

Weeee! A new toy, and one that I can use to the detriment of another.... Here is the link to my Diigo account - http://www.diigo.com/user/breda81 (My wiki and blog are ongoing records of what I have been learning, and a means of retrieval... As the weeks go by and to number of tools we have explore mount exponentiallly, I will NEVER remember them all.... This log is my reminder!!)

=Thing 16 - Addendum on Social Networking and the Media=

Here is an interesting discussion at The Economist on the range and usage of social media and its role in news making:

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=Thing 19 - YouTube Video Search= Here are a couple of the videos I picked for this assignment. This definitely is nostalgic!! 1. For Fun - A 1970's British Ad for Instant Mashed Potato media type="youtube" key="3SAbJjktk7E" height="390" width="480"

2. How To and Language Learning combined - Cómo se prepara la tortilla española: media type="youtube" key="uRi-aZtJXe8" height="390" width="480"

3. Content-specific. An example of a 'cortometraje' or short film that I have used in my Spanish III classes. The whole thing lasts under 8 mins and brought forth all sorts of discussion and grammar practice opportunities. (I found the script on another site and used it for fill-in listening comp activities).media type="youtube" key="ZoEOXu1_hy4" height="390" width="480"

4. Student Performance of "La Casa de Bernarda Alba" media type="youtube" key="dW7yjWg3TsM" height="390" width="640" = = =Thing #21 - Google Maps...Or Boggle Maps....= Here is the link to my "final" map. Perhaps one day I will return to make it spiffier....

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Click on this Google Art Project - Opening Pageto see 'drive through' the Google Art Project.

...and Google Art Project - One of My Collectionsto see a collection that I quickly put together.

=Going Solo...Playing With Animated Avatars...= I am ratcheting up for school, and lighted upon Voki avatars... they might be fun in my advanced Spanish elective... vritual newscasters.... media type="custom" key="10153945"