“California’s flawed ‘parent trigger’ “
California’s flawed ‘parent trigger’ is a fairly decent editorial from The Los Angeles Times. Even though the best parent trigger is no parent trigger at all, if it’s going to be kept The Times’ suggestions could only help.
Engaging English Language Learner Families
I just participated in an excellent #ELLchat on Twitter about engaging ELL families. Lot of great ideas and resources were shared. I’ve embedded highlights from the conversation below using Storify. I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers. [View the story "Parent Engagement With/For English Language Learners" on Storify]
“Obama Administration Announces Together for Tomorrow”
Obama Administration Announces Together for Tomorrow is the headline of a press release just issued by the U.S. Department of Education. I’m including some excerpts from the press release at the end of this post. After reading it, I still don’t really have a clue what they’re talking about — except that it has to [...]
Words Of Wisdom That Teachers & Administrators Might Want To Keep In Mind
Here are two tweets that I saw today that I’m adding to The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers: @Larryferlazzo @smconstantino Agree- and do not try to resolve a conflict using technology. Respect the need for tone, eye contact & empathy — Joe Mazza (@Joe_Mazza) February 26, 2012
Photo Galleries Of The Week
Obviously, photos can be great educational tools with English Language Learners and with any students (see The Best Ways To Use Photos In Lessons). I post about many photo galleries, also called slideshows. To do it in a little more … Continue reading →
“Old Maps Online” Is Probably The Best Place To Find Historical Maps
Old Maps Online lets you type in a location and then it will search through collections of historical maps throughout the world to show you a variety of them for that area. Its interface and accessibility are superb. I’m adding … Continue reading →
Lots Of New Pinterest Resources
Here are the newest additions to The Best Guides To Figuring Out Pinterest: Your Pinterest cheat sheet is from Salon. How to Stay Safe on Pinterest is from Read Write Web. Everything Pinterest and Tumblr Users Need To Know About … Continue reading →
“In Focus” Lets You Highlight Sections Of Webpages
In Focus lets you, without any registration required, literally “highlight” a section of any webpage and provides a unique url address linking to it. It’s very familiar to CiteBite. The primary difference between the two is that with CiteBite, you … Continue reading →
Today’s Best Posts On What’s Happening In NYC
Here are the newest additions to The Best Posts & Articles About The New York Court Decision Releasing Teacher Ratings: Big Apple’s Rotten Ratings is by David B. Cohen. Applying a Precise Label to a Rough Number is by Michael … Continue reading →
My Series-Ending Ed Week “Finale” On Reading
Advice From The “Book Whisperer,” Ed Week Readers & Me About Teaching Reading is the title of the last post in my five part Education Week Teacher series on reading. I think it’s a good one….
StreetFlow Looks Like A Neat iPhone App
When you’re traveling (by any way other than air), all you have to do is open the StreetFlow app, and it will automatically show you pictures of where you are, provide audio narration from Wikipedia, and show images from Instagrama … Continue reading →
Color Video Of World War II Soldiers
Here’s a cool color video of World War II soldiers. I’m adding it to The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part Two):
Even More On New York Teacher Ratings Fiasco
Here are several new additions to The Best Posts & Articles About The New York Court Decision Releasing Teacher Ratings: Reign Of Error: The Publication Of Teacher Data Reports In New York City is from The Shanker Blog. A principal … Continue reading →
How To Evaluate Educational Research
Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research: How to Judge if Research is Trustworthy is by Audrey Watters. The “Journal of Errology” has a very funny post titled What it means … Continue reading →
What A Great Way To Use Photos With Students
Ana Maria Menezes, an English teacher in Brazil, has worked with teachers in other countries to create a neat An Image A Week project. Each week, students share a photo and write about it. You can learn all about it … Continue reading →
Amazing Conversations About Gamification In Education
There are fascinating comment threads on my two recent posts on gamification in education — The Dangers Of “Gamification” In Education and Kathy Sierra On Gamification In Education. Kathy Sierra has been participating in both comment threads, along with many … Continue reading →
“Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” Wins Oscar
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” won the Oscar for Best Animated Short last night. It’s described as taking: …place in a world where books are living creatures. It offers sentimental tale about the power of books and … Continue reading →
