Latin

The Unreliability of A.I.

By |2024-07-10T18:24:09-06:00July 10th, 2024|

Here is a typical conversation I’ve had with ChatGPT lately. I keep experiencing that the first answer is ALMOST ALWAYS wrong. I have to double and triple check from other sources, and then I have to keep on asking until I get a decent answer. It’s frustrating and a [...]

PASSWORDS STICK

By |2024-07-20T06:07:43-06:00June 29th, 2024|

"Passwords" stick with students long term. Check this out: I ran into a couple of students the other night. Both were boys that were in my Latin class last year and will be entering sixth grade this fall. They excitedly asked me if I had seen the presidential debate. [...]

THE HOBBIT IN LATIN

By |2024-05-10T20:39:12-06:00May 8th, 2024|

Talk about compelling reading! As you may know, I have begun to learn and teach Latin at the request of my grown daughter. And I am learning it the way I advise world language teachers to teach: with comprehensible input. I have been reading books in Latin that are [...]

WHAT’S WORKING

By |2024-05-01T19:07:57-06:00March 30th, 2024|

THIS IS ABOUT LATIN CLASS BUT THE ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS APPLY TO ALL WORLD LANGUAGES Last year my daughter started a classical school in Denver and asked me to teach Latin. I didn't know Latin, but I took up the challenge and decided to learn and teach it the [...]

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