By Barbara Dieu · October 25, 2006
Clarence Fisher does not teach at a language school nor is he in the foreign language teaching circuit.
However, although Cool Cat Teacher has already extensively covered the technology used in the classroom, I am featuring him on Dekita today not only because the tropical learners from the megalopolis have enjoyed interacting with the distant wild north but also because there is a smooth and perceptive way he tunes in, which I very much relate to and find most inspiring: class dialogue and international networking, a commitment to excellence, imagination and like most of us, a deep love for the language and writing as it is used out there in the open, in the real world , not the frozen artificial snippets we find in many books and exercises for the classroom.
Through the photos posted on his class account on Flickr, there is life and emotion as he not only encourages learners to manipulate the technology but also describe the process and reflect on the effect they are creating on the viewer.
It’s really a joy to have discovered this junior high school small package!
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Vicki A Davis
wrote on October 29, 2006:
Clarence is truly an amazing educator. I’m glad that you found him to be just as fascinating as I did. I love this new Internet that allows good teachers to emerge onto the Internet and inspire the rest of us! This is a great blog! I am impressed!
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Wulan
wrote on August 22, 2007:
Hi!
How lucky I am to find this blog! And I would be more than happy, if I could know more about Clarence Fisher.
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