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“Learning Begins At Home”
Learning Begins At Home is a video about a New York City school that makes home visits. The process and content of the visits that we do are different, but it’s still worth viewing (if you’re reading this post on an RSS Reader, you might have to click through to the blog to view the [...]
Feds Investigate North Carolina Schools For Not Translating Documents For Parents
OCR to Investigate Wake County Discrimination Claim is the title of a Learning The Language blog post at Education Week. Here’s how it begins: The U.S. Department of Education’s office for civil rights (OCR) will investigate whether the Wake County public schools in North Carolina are discriminating against English-language learners and their parents by not [...]
Parent Involvement & Middle School
I’ve gotten a chance to read more carefully a report on parent involvement and middle school that I’ve previously posted about. You can read the study here, though I suspect you won’t learn anything new from it. It suggests that schools should focus on building relationships with parents through programs like home visits. Sounds good [...]
Video: “How Does The Internet Work?”
I’m adding this video to The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet. It was created by the World Science Festival:
A “Round-Up” Of Recent Good Posts On Education Policy
Here are several recent good posts and articles on education policy issues: American Students Are Not Failing is a post by Diane Ravitch that talks about the video I’ve embedded below. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Getting … Continue reading →
Infographics On Nutrition
Here are two infographics I’m adding to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety: Brought to you by Teach.com and MAT@USC. Source: californiawatch.org via Larry on Pinterest
“10 Tools, Apps, Interactives And Other Projects Around 2012 U.S. Elections”
10 Tools, Apps, Interactives And Other Projects Around 2012 U.S. Elections is a post at 10,000 Words, and it really is quite an impressive collection. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election.
I wonder if Arne Duncan read this Dilbert strip today?
Source: dilbert.com via Larry on Pinterest
Video: Pandas On A Slide
I’m adding this video to The Best Sites To Learn About Pandas:
My Social Studies Curriculum Is Freely Available Online
My United States History class blog is freely available, and pretty much contains my entire U.S. History curriculum. I only ask that if you download any of the original materials that you add me as the source.
“A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self” — Great Video, Maybe A Good Idea For A Lesson
A filmmaker took a video of himself twenty years ago and turned it into a conversation with his present self. It’s a must-watch video and, I wonder, maybe an interesting idea for a lesson. How would it go if students … Continue reading →
“Minilogs” Is Useful For Creating Online Scavenger Hunts
Minilogs is a new web tool that lets you group multiple url addresses into one short one. There are actually quite a few others that do the same thing (and you can find them at The Best Ways To Shorten … Continue reading →
New Web Tool “Inklewriter” Is Easiest Way To Write Choose Your Own Adventure Story
As regular readers know, I’m a big fan on online Choose Your Own Adventure stories — both having students read and create them (see The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories). And, even though I … Continue reading →
“‘Blade runner’ Pistorius handed dream double Olympic ticket”
‘Blade runner’ Pistorius handed dream double Olympic ticket is a CNN article and video on double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius qualifying for the Olympic Games. I’ve embedded the video below, but you might have to click through to view it … Continue reading →
“Carol Dweck on Success”
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest I’ve written a lot about the research of Professor Carol Dweck, and an interview with her has just been published where she discusses several books that have had an impact on her. It’s … 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 →
Resources On The Mars Rover Curiosity
The Mars Rover Curiosity is scheduled to land on Mars on August 5, 2012. I posted The Best Sites For Learning About The Mars Rover Curiosity when it launched last year, and will continue to update it.
President Obama Speaks At July 4th Naturalization Ceremony
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest The above quote is from a speech President Obama gave at a July 4th Naturalization Ceremony. You can read the speech transcript here and I’ve embedded the video below. You can also read about … Continue reading →
“A Roundup of Higgs Boson Jokes on Twitter”
This should be my last Higgs Boson-related post of the day — A Roundup of Higgs Boson Jokes on Twitter from Boing Boing. Some I don’t understand, some are lame, several are hilarious. I’m adding it to The Best Resources … Continue reading →
Attach An Audio Message To Your Photo
In The Best Sites For Beginning iPhone Users Like Me, I’ve described some nice apps that let you add an audio recording to your photos and then share them. enpixa is a new one that’s very similar to the others. … Continue reading →
“Best explanation of the Higgs boson?”
From The BBC: Former science minister, William Waldegrave, offered a prize in 1993 for the best lay explanation of the Higgs Boson. Professor David Miller, of UCL, won the prize with the following analogy…. Check out their interactive demonstrating it. … Continue reading →
Newest Higgs Boson Resources
Well, it looks like they found it. Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Higgs Boson, The “God Particle”: A New Particle Could Be Physics’ Holy Grail is from The New York Times. Newly Discovered … Continue reading →
Part Sixty-Five Of The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly
The first part of this post is my usual introduction to this series. If you’re familiar with it already, just skip down to the listing of new sites… Here’s the latest installment in my series on The Best Ways To … Continue reading →
Bloom’s Taxonomy According To “Finding Nemo”
Here’s a short video demonstrating Bloom’s Taxonomy through scenes from the movie, “Finding Nemo.” It only has still scenes for each level with a description, but it would be easy enough to show the scenes from a DVD or via … Continue reading →
More July Fourth Resources
Here are the newest additions to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July: Rethinking The Fourth Of July is from the Zinn Education Project. You might also be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Flag … Continue reading →
Even More Resources On The London Olympics
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The London 2012 Olympics: Here’s a BBC trailer for the Olympics: How much were the original Olympics like the modern Games? is from The BBC. Michelle Henry has … Continue reading →
“If You Can’t Govern With Authority, Do It With Comedy”
Some good classroom management advice from the Baby Blues comic strip (see “Be Niiiiiicccccceeeee” for an example).
Unusual Explanation Of Higgs Boson, The “God Particle”
An eager anticipated announcement on Higgs Boson, the “God Particle” is expected tommorow. In anticipation, The Guardian has published this unusual,and accessible, explanation of it. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Higgs Boson, The “God Particle.” … Continue reading →
July 4th Infographic
Here’s an informative July 4th infographic. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July: Source: visual.ly via Larry on Pinterest
Two More Sites Where Students’ Work Can Be Teacher-Monitored
I have quite a few sites on my The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress list. I’m adding two “sister sites” to it — Qwizzy’s World (for K-7) and Cram Stoppers (for 8-12). … Continue reading →
“Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised) According to Homer Simpson”
Thanks to Lisa Johnson (I’ve learned about other resources from her, too), who has also collected a number of other excellent Bloom’s resources on her blog, I learned about Bloom’s Taxonomy (Revised) According to Homer Simpson. I’ve embedded the video … Continue reading →
“Can Character Be Taught” Video From Aspen Ideas Institute
“Can Character Be Taught” was a session at the Aspen Ideas Institute yesterday, and they just posted the video. It’ an hour-long, and panelists include author Paul Tough, whose book is being published this summer and two others (from what … Continue reading →
Everything You Wanted To Know About Classroom Management But Were Afraid To Ask…
I’ve posted a compilation of all my Education Week columns related to classroom management at First Year Highlights: Classroom Management Advice. You might find it useful….
“The TEDx Classroom Project”
Thanks to reader Terri Reh, I’ve learned about The TEDx Classroom Project. It’s an extremely impressive effort that includes students’ analysis of various TED Talks, along with students using the TED model to create their own presentations. I’m adding it … Continue reading →
More On “Flow”
Here are three new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About “Flow”: Make Standards Engaging is from ASCD Educational Leadership. Who Enters Flow? is from Psychology Today. When Are Teenagers In The “Flow”?
Guest Post: “You are not the problem, I’m not the problem, the problem is the problem”
Guest Post by John Thompson Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest Erica Green of the Baltimore Sun reports in “City School Evaluations Show Problems in Instruction” that Baltimore’s holistic reviews of instructional effectiveness found that schools have a long way to go in preparing for the much higher standards … Continue reading →
Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Is August 1st!
David Deubelbeiss is hosting the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival — the 30th edition — on August 1st! Here’s how he’s describing it: The theme for this blog carnival is The Best Posts For Helping New Teachers. September is a start … Continue reading →
If You Teach IB Theory Of Knowledge, Here’s A Must-Watch Prezi On Oral Presentation Tips
The TOK Oral Presentation is a key part of all Theory Of Knowledge classes, and Jeff Taylor, who I assume is a TOK teacher, has created an amazingly helpful Prezi slideshow on TOK Presentation Tips. I’ve embedded it over at … Continue reading →
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” How Google is teaching computers to see” — Inductively
How Google is teaching computers to see is an article from Gigaom about Google’s effort to get computers to “see”: Google is attempting to teach computers to recognize human faces without telling the computing algorithms which faces are human. It’s … Continue reading →
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 organized … Continue reading →
Guest Post: “Four ISTE Challenges”
GUEST POST by Ben Curran Ben Curran is co-founder of Engaging Educators, a company dedicated to helping educators shift toward 21st Century learning environments. He also works as a full time instructional coach at a school in Detroit, Michigan. He … Continue reading →
June’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 924 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 924 of them categorized here): The Best Places For ESL/EFL/ELL Teachers To Get Online Professional Development The Best Sites For Learning About The Colorado … Continue reading →
What Does The NYPD Have In Common With Many Data-Driven Schools?
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest Check out the full New York Times article, Crime Report Manipulation Is Common Among New York Police, Study Finds. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” … Continue reading →
Guest Post: “Four Things I Enjoyed About ISTE”
GUEST POST by Ben Curran Ben Curran is co-founder of Engaging Educators, a company dedicated to helping educators shift toward 21st Century learning environments. He also works as a full time instructional coach at a school in Detroit, Michigan. He … Continue reading →
“More Than A Number”
“More Than A Number” is a song written by educator Barry Lane (author of numerous books about teaching writing); Lyrics by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater (if the SoundCloud embed doesn’t come through on an RSS Reader, you’ll need to click through … Continue reading →