Do You Use An “Innovative Practice” With English Language Learners? The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition has announced the Innovations for English Learners series. Here’s how they describe it: *In this series, NCELA will highlight innovative practices from the field which show promise for ...
“News PaPair” News PaPair lets members summarize news stories and question and comment on them. It’s similar to Spotery and Brikut. All three are now on The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience” list.
You Can Now Use Posterous For Email Newsletters Posterous now lets you use their platform to send out free email newsletters. You can read how to do it at Read Write Web’s post, Using Posterous for Your Small Business Email Newsletters. I’m adding it to The Best Applications For Creating Free ...
Earth Day Resources Earth Day is coming-up on April 22nd, and I’ve just updated The Best Earth Day Sites. Additional suggestions are always welcome.
Which Neighborhood Is Better? One of my favorite lessons each year is one where our students compare our school neighborhood with the most wealthy section of Sacramento, the “Fabulous Forties.” I’ve written extensively about this lesson of highlighting assets instead of deficits ...
“Etch A Sketch art will amaze you” Etch A Sketch art will amaze you is a slideshow from CBS News of some pretty amazing art on Etch-A-Sketch. I’m adding it to The Best Examples Of “Unusual” Art.
“Hot Spot” Interview With An EFL Teacher In The Tunisian Revolution I recently began a new regular interview series. There are always lots of “hot spots” around the world — places where there are natural disasters, political upheavals, etc. And English teachers can be found in most of those places. If you are an ...
