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• February 6, 2020

  Creative Commons Certificate – Unit 2

  In many ways this unit felt like the logical conclusion of the previous one. We dove into why copyright exists, and how the CC lives within the framework established by […]

• January 20, 2020

  Creative Commons Certificate – Unit 1

  This week I’m beginning licensing through the Creative Commons and I wanted to use this blog post to collect my thoughts and ideas from the process. Course Design and Apps […]

• December 24, 2019

  Rezept: Springerle (Anise Cookies)

  Probably the most fascinating from a chemistry standpoint, Springerle come from the Swabian tradition of alkalized baking. Here I believe that our family recipe is actually MORE accurate than Dr. […]

• December 24, 2019

  Rezept: Spritzgebäck

  Third up and most popular around Christmas at our house are Spritzgebäck…. although they have always just been called “s-cookies” in our family. American Recipe German Recipe (courtesy of Dr. […]

• December 24, 2019

  REZEPT: Pfeffernüsse

  The next recipe recipe I want to look at is for Pfeffernüsse… This is a case where our recipe has drifted very far from the German interpretation, but they still […]

• December 23, 2019

  Rezept: Zimtsterne

  Of particular interest to me, is the way in which immigrant foods, like Christmas cookies have changed to adapt to American tastes/American kitchens. Having spent considerable time baking heirloom family […]

• August 14, 2019

  German and American students connect

  A group of 24 Batesville High School students had the unique opportunity to experience another culture while traveling this summer. https://www.batesvilleheraldtribune.com/news/local_news/german-and-american-students-connect/article_9b3240cb-e1bb-5787-b92d-965af44ddbca.html Another nice write up in the Herald Tribune about […]

• May 28, 2019

  Indiana Rising Star

  “Batesville High School German teacher Andrew Cambron has been selected as the 2019 Rising Star German Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Teachers of German Indiana Chapter, […]

• May 22, 2018

  BHS AV Club honored at Film Fest

  Nobbe said, “That night was a great night for the AV Club and really made everyone proud of all the work we did this year as a small town video […]