This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good School Reform Articles & Posts
Here are a few recent good articles and posts about school reform issues: Garbage in, garbage out at Heritage and AEI? comes from The Economic Policy Institute and refutes the recent right-wing “study” that claimed that teachers were over-paid. Unions … Continue reading →
Contribute A Post To The Next EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival!
The next EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival will be posted on January 1st and David Deubelbeiss from EFL Classroom 2.0 will be the host. This is how David describes the theme: The theme for this blog carnival is FUN. Submit any blog … Continue reading →
November’s Best Posts
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts … Continue reading →
Thanksgiving
Here are a few more additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Classic Thanksgivings is a Newsweek slideshow. Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Thanksgiving is a slideshow from TIME. In Pictures: Thanksgiving in America … Continue reading →
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Some Final Thanksgiving Resources This Year
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Here’s a CNN video about the Traditions of Thanksgiving (it might not show in an RSS Reader) Researchers are working hard to build a better … Continue reading →
Pearl Harbor Resources
I recently updated The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor. Additional suggestions are always welcome.
November’s “The Best” Lists — There Are Now Over 800 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted in October (you can see all 800 of them categorized here): A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists For Sites Where ELL’s Can Create Art — November, 2011 A Collection … Continue reading →
“My City Lives” Is A Great Place To Post Videos
My City Lives lets you upload videos(or post the urls of already uploaded ones) which are then placed on a map. Students could create videos on field trips, or about places in their neighborhood, and post them there. I’m adding … Continue reading →
Now, This Would Be A Crazy Video To Have Students Watch & Write What They Saw Sequentially
This is video is from a “talent” show in India. You would only want to show it to a class that you would be sure were mature enough not to be inspired to go out and try some of the … Continue reading →
Even More Thanksgiving Resources
Here are even more new additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: 5 myths about Thanksgiving is from The Washington Post. Here’s a video of President Obama pardoning turkeys: Free bird: Thanksgiving turkey pardons is a … Continue reading →
More On Thanksgiving
Here are more additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Macy’s shows off new balloons for parade is a CNN video. Thanksgiving In Space is another CNN video. Waiting hours for free Thanksgiving turkeys is a … Continue reading →
The Best Resources On “Gratitude”
I’ve previously posted in this blog, and written in my books, about how I use the concept of “gratitude” with students. With Thanksgiving coming up tomorrow, I thought I’d bring those resources together in a short “The Best…” list to … Continue reading →
The Best “Fun” Online Video Games For English Language Development
There are many “adventure” and “escape the room” online video games that, at first glance, might not appear to have much educational value. However, if you look a little closer, a number of them can be a gold mine for … Continue reading →
Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various field and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies … Continue reading →
New Reviews Of Charter School Research
Here are the newest additions to The Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools: Matthew Di Carlo at The Albert Shanker Institute has recently published — in three parts — what is probably the best and most even handed analysis … Continue reading →
More Thanksgiving Resources
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Why I’m Not Thankful For Thanksgiving is the title of a Rethinking Schools article written by a Native American. “Rethinking Thanksgiving: Myths & Misgivings” is … Continue reading →
“The Places We Live”
The Places We Live is an impressive multimedia presentation. This is how it’s described: In 2008 more people live in cities than in rural areas. One third of city dwellers, more than a billion people, live in slums. In The … Continue reading →
A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists For Sites Where ELL’s Can Create Art
Today is a day of my making “collection” sites, and this one is related to art. Though I have a whole bunch of art related “The Best….” lists, I just have a few that are specifically related to students creating … Continue reading →
“Icarus & School Reform”
“Icarus & School Reform” is the title of a piece I wrote that was just published by The Teachers College Record. It’s only available for free to members right now, but will be made accessible to the public for a … Continue reading →