“Top 10 questions to ask yourself in 2012″
Top 10 questions to ask yourself in 2012 is a great post by Justin Tarte. Reading it over would definitely be a good way for educators to start the New Year. Thanks to Bill Ferriter for the tip.
Here’s Another Reason Why We Need To Be Data-Informed & Not Data-Driven
In my post, The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven,” I share my principal’s perspective on it: If schools are data-driven, they might make decisions like keeping students who are “borderline” between algebra and … Continue reading →
Wow! “Lessons On American Presidents” Is A Great New Site
Sean Banville has just unveiled a great new site called Lessons On American Presidents. He’s got multiple interactive exercises on every President — all designed for English Language Learners. It will be a huge help for teachers and their students. … Continue reading →
“Show Me Trend”
I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, … Continue reading →
The Most Popular Ed Week Teacher Articles In 2011
Education Week Teacher just posted a list of their ten most popular articles this year. It’s a good list to check out. I should mention — humbly, I hope — that I wrote three of them. They also released their … Continue reading →
Here’s Another Reason Why It’s Important For Our Students To Understand Idioms
Here’s a Pearls Before Swine comic:
ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Deadline Extended — Still Time To Submit A Post!
Because of the holiday craziness, David Deubelbeiss has extended the deadline to contribute posts to the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival. The submission deadline is now January 31st, and the Carnival will be published on February 1st. You can get all … Continue reading →
The Best Articles I’ve Written In 2011
I obviously write a lot of blog posts here, as well as one book, each year on education issues. In addition, I write a fair number of articles that appear in other publications like The Washington Post, ASCD Educational Leadership, … Continue reading →
My New Piece In The Washington Post
Now The Washington Post has republished my 10 education predictions for 2012. Check it if you still haven’t read it
More Year-End Image Collections
Here are the newest additions to The Best Year-End Collections Of Images — 2011: The Year In Review from Slate. Year in Review: 2011 in Photos from Instagram. Looking back at images from 2011 is from The Sacramento Bee. Maps … 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 →
Do You Use Paper.Li or Summify To Create ESL/EFL News Summaries?
You may not have a clue about what the headline of this post is talking about, and that’s fine…. Summify and paper.li let users create summaries of blog posts and tweets they read on a particular topic (and there may … Continue reading →
My New Huffington Post Piece
The Huffington Post has just republished my Education-Related Predictions for 2012. Take a look if you didn’t read it when I posted it here….
Sacramento Bee Unveils California Teacher & Superintendent Salary Database
The Sacramento Bee has just unveiled a very accessible database showing the average salary in each School District in California, along with that district’s Superintendent’s salary (ahem, there’s a bit of a difference). It doesn’t include benefits, so it doesn’t … Continue reading →
Education-Related Predictions For 2012
I recently posted The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011, and thought I’d take a stab at some prognostication for 2012. I think I batted close to 50% in last year’s predictions — that can’t be that much worse … Continue reading →
What Would Your Suggestions Be For A Very Beginning iPad User?
I’d like to prepare a “The Best…” list for beginning iPad users — educator and non-educator alike. What are your suggestions for apps and guides for newbies? I will, of course, credit you for suggestions in the post I write.
Another Special Edition Of “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing so. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab … Continue reading →
Get Royalty-Free Images From Kozzi
Kozzi has thousands of royalty-free images that can be used for anything — at no charge — without even having to give them attribution. You have sign-up for the site, but registration is free. I’m adding it to The Best … Continue reading →
Movie Scenes For English Language Learners
I use movie clips in a number of ways to help my students develop language skills, and have previously written an extensive related list — The Best Movie Scenes To Use For English-Language Development. Some of the videos on that … Continue reading →
Standardized Testing & Creative Thinking
An interesting piece in the Huffington Post titled The Education Reform Paradox and the Extinction of Higher Level Thinking Skills led me to another article in The Week, which included this section: While IQ scores are indisputably on the rise, … Continue reading →