#121Have you used chat mats in your classroom? Even if you haven't, I'm sure that you have heard about this useful tool to support students.  Today, Christina Margiore,  a Spanish teacher on Long Island, New York, joins me to talk us through all the details involved with creating and using chat mats.  If you are using them already, you will get some new ideas for sure.  New to chat mats?  No problem.  You’ll soon be ready to use them with ease. Topics in this Episode:what chat mats are and how they are beneficial in the language classroomelements to you include in chat matsbuilding on existing chat mats and creating new chat mats by unitspecific examples of how incorporating chat mats into lessons and activitiestips for implementing chat matConnect with Christina Margiore :Instagram:@supersenora Blog: www.supersenora.comEmail: christina@supersenora.com__________________________Interested in having Joshua work directly with your department, school or district?  Look at options for collaborating in person or remotely.______________________________Sign up for Talking Points to get  tips, tools and resources for your language teaching.______________________________Join Joshua as a guest on the podcast.______________________________Join Joshua for a Leveling Up Coaching Episode  on the podcast.