Alex Hilton-Watson

M.Ed. candidate, K-12 French and ELL 🇫🇷🏳️‍🌈 (he/him)

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

Briser huit ans de silence avec un véritable hymne prolétaire????
https://t.co/Vq0yDh77dL

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

There's such great strength in admitting when we're wrong, owning our words and actions, and learning to do better.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

Everyone please meet my beautiful cat Amélie

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

Remember folks:
Take ownership of the impact that your words and actions have on people. Don't deflect criticism by hiding behind your good intentions. This is good practice for our students and it's good practice for us.

[Dan Holden - Magister Ludi @classwords]

@CallMeMoprah @reggie_friedle Only if you assume @ModestTeacher is a psycho. At worst we're guilty of forgetting some students. Thanks for reminding us.

We should always assume that teachers have good intentions. I'm lucky to have an excess of privilege so that assumption is easier for me.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@PWFang333 @tyLanasaurusrex Another thing I really hope is that we can expand our world language offerings to things like Hmong, Somali, Karen, etc., so even more members of our community can affirm their identity and get in touch with their heritage.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@tyLanasaurusrex #pstpln #CI5307

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@tyLanasaurusrex A3: We have a responsibility to make sure that all students are able to use edtech in a way that not only expands and enhances classroom instruction, but also is directly relevant to their identities and interests. The internet allows us to make the French classroom truly global.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@tyLanasaurusrex I mention French because it's my language, but this is applicable to every language.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@jasontoe3342 @profe__olivia @tyLanasaurusrex @EThorntonGHS I really like this way of thinking of it. <3

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

One of the reasons I chose the cities as my college destination was that I wanted to be part of a truly multilingual community. I'm so happy that I'm able to do just that. :) Mahadsanid, Minnesota

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@profe__olivia @wardellESL @tyLanasaurusrex I've found that we generally do a terrible job of discussing class with children. They're keenly aware of it but they don't have the words to describe it, and that leads to harm being done.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@profe__olivia @Hannah_7393 @tyLanasaurusrex I personally am having a stressful but exciting time learning about all this new #edtech that's developed since the days of Mavis Beacon. I'm generally extremely excited to have all these new tools at my disposal

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@wardellESL @tyLanasaurusrex I really appreciate this. For me what this means is ensuring that all families have stable housing and reliable internet access, which is one of those issues that goes beyond the scope of our job as educators but desperately needs to be done.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@profe__olivia @tyLanasaurusrex @CAST_UDL I'm learning that there's a real art to creating an effective group project. Very lucky to be able to work with people who can do it well.

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@profe__olivia @tyLanasaurusrex @CAST_UDL I really like this. I've been noticing that group activities tend to meet a few students' needs while leaving others behind. This kind of differentiation is a great way to ensure that content is more accessible to everyone. #pstpln #ci5307

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@tyLanasaurusrex @CAST_UDL A2: Technology provides so many ways to deliver and present content knowledge. If we're familiar with a fair number of tools, we can greatly diversify our instruction and assessment to better serve a wider variety of learners. #ci5307 #pstpln

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@Adri_teaches @jenn_dot_edu @tyLanasaurusrex They rebranded as https://t.co/UnI3iW1ybA which did NOT have a virtual butler and thus was no longer a good website

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

Interesting that Google interprets "activities" as "worksheets" whenever I try to find anything to do with my emerging readers. They don't need more worksheets! Give me a fun game!

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@carolyn_nue @think_zebras Inevitably someone would have their headphones unplugged and blast the KidPix theme song through the entire computer lab

[Alex Hilton-Watson @hilton_watson]

@jenn_dot_edu Don't forget A1 and #CI5307