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Shelly Ironside

@shellyi.bsky.social
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Middle school Italian teacher

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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Loved this episode! growingwithproficiency.com/choral-trans...
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Choral Translation and Pop-Up Grammar Without Losing Communication - Growing with Proficiency
Learn how to use Write and Discuss, choral translation and pop-up grammar without losing meaningful communication or comprehensible input.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This may be the first useful column that Bret Stephens has ever written ------I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Looking forward to this workshop next week! #langchat
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead. Idk, just spitballing here.
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Just got an email from a former student who is going to study in Rome next semester saying her Italian journey started in my class. And another former student might be there with her. 😁
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Excited to have found a bargain graduate class through The Teaching Channel that uses Proficiency Based Instruction by Catherine Ritz & Christina Toro as a text. The class is called Unlocking WL through Comprehensible Input. Can’t wait to dig in. #LangChat #SLAyyy
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Ben Fisher-Rodriguez @mrfishersays.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Listened to this on my drive today - required listening for trying times.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Google Often Failed At AI, But They Have Hit It Out Of The Park – For ELLs, At Least – With New “Storybook” larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/08/05/g...
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Google Often Failed At AI, But They Have Hit It Out Of The Park – For ELLs, At Least – With New “Storybook”
Google has struggled mightily in developing Artificial Intelligence tools that are actually useful. In my opinion, at least, NotebookLM has been the only thing they’ve come up that act…
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29/07/2025
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
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The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
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Trixie ☕︎ @dixie13.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
#booksky
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
It’s time for people of faith, morality, and conscience to hold the people in our lives accountable for their willing partnership with this filth. We need to sever ties with our family members, friends, neighbors, and co-workers who still support him. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-may-nee...
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It's Time to Cut Ties With Trump Supporters
I really hate this.
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Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This is a terrific little piece, whose lessons are pretty much in line with what behavioural scientists have figured out: www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/talking-ou...
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Talking Our Way Forward
How to have a conversation with a political enemy.
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#langchat Great article about vocabulary / readers www.fraubastowmfl.co.uk/post/what-i-...
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What I Learned from Paul Nation’s Webinar on Word Frequency and Vocabulary Learning
When we talk about teaching languages, it’s easy to get caught up in the grammar structures, the tenses, or the ever-growing pressure of exam specifications. But again and again, I find myself coming ...
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Boston #handsoff
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Jamie Clark @xpateducator.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🧠 CLT! Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This guide summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning. 🌱 Support my work by tapping REPOST: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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Anne Lamott @annelamott.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
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Contributor: In these dark Trumpian days, look for the first shoots of collective action
We are hitting bottom, where there’s nothing left to do but to give in to what you can’t control. It’s time for trust and surrender. And connecting.
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Shelly Ironside @shellyi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This was an excellent episode! Great reflection on the updated ACTFL proficiency guidelines and what we should reasonably expect from our students. growingwithproficiency.com/understandin...
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Understanding the 2024 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines with Maris Hawkins - Growing with Proficiency
In this episode of Growing With Proficiency, I sit down with the incredible Maris Hawkins to unpack the 2024 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
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Joe Dale @joedale.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Just finished an absolutely brilliant episode of EdTechBites with Gabriel Carillo and techmewithyou.bsky.social, broadcasting from GAETC in Georgia. Meredith's wit and wisdom on language teaching and educational technology left me inspired and entertained in equal measure!
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