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LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY
Video Gives A Sense Of What People With Autism Might Experience
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 38 minutes ago
Here’s how the creators of this video describe it: Some people with autism have difficulty processing intense, multiple sensory experiences at once. This animation gives the viewer a glimpse into sensory overload, and how often our sensory experiences intertwine in … Continue reading →
Follow-Up To My Lesson On “Grit”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 8 hours ago
Every year my colleagues and I do a lesson on “grit” — perseverance — (the full lesson is in my book, and I also have a “The Best” list on grit resources). This year, I made an addition at the … Continue reading →
More On Thanksgiving
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 10 hours ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Here are all of English Central’s Thanksgiving-related videos. What Was on the Menu at the First Thanksgiving? is from Smithsonian Magazine.
A Few Last Links On The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 11 hours ago
Here are a few last additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The 2012 U.S. Presidential Election: Here’s a collection of 2012 Election Graphics from The Washington Post. Here are two very interesting interactive quizzes from the PBS News … Continue reading →
“Glocal” Collects All (Or, At Least, Much) Of Video News In The U.S.
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 11 hours ago
Glocal collects a great deal of online news video in the United States and makes it easily searchable by topic and geography. TechCrunch has an extensive post on it. It’s sort of a one-country version of several sites I have … Continue reading →
“Infinite.ly” Is An Easy Tool For Creating Websites
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 14 hours ago
Infinite.ly is a pretty darn easy way to create a free website. Be sure to click “Get a Free Account now …” on their homepage. I’m adding it to The Best Ways For Students Or Teachers To Create A Website.
Middle East Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 18 hours ago
With the tragedy unfolding in Gaza and Israel, I thought people might find this list useful: The “Best” Resources For Learning About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
More Good Geography Sites
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners. They’re useful when students have to do research on individual states in the U.S.A.: InfoPlease: The 50 States Harcourt School: The 50 States
This Week’s Round-Up Of Good Posts & Articles On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are some recent good posts and article on educational policy issues: Asking Students about Teaching is a report from the National Education Policy Center with funding from the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice. I’m adding it … Continue reading →
World Toilet Day Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
November 19th is World Toilet Day and, though it sounds funny, it was designed to bring attention to the lack of public sanitation in many parts of the world. I’ve just updated The Best Resources For Learning About World Toilet … Continue reading →
The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2012
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I do an annual “The Best…” list on the “words of the year” that various organizations name at about this time of the year. The Oxford English Dictionary announced their words yesterday, and figured today was as good a day … Continue reading →
The Best Screenshare Tools To Help Others With Computer Problems
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I’ve sometimes had to help my in-laws with computer issues, and have identified some useful tools that allow screensharing very easily. I know there are quite a few out there, but these are the ones I’ve found to be the … Continue reading →
“How Can We Help Our Students Become Better Writers?”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
How Can We Help Our Students Become Better Writers? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave a response there or in the comments here….
Wow! Check Out Google’s New “100,000 Stars”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
100,000 Stars is a new interactive from Google that is an amazing visualization of the universe. It can only be viewed in Chrome. I liked “taking a tour,” which you can click on in the upper left hand corner. Thanks … Continue reading →
All My “The Best…” Geography Lists In One Place!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
I was reminded by Richard Byrne that this week is Geography Awareness Week. It was begun in 1987 by National Geographic as “an annual celebration to promote geographic literacy.” I thought it would be useful to bring all my geography-related … Continue reading →
Photo Galleries Of The Week
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
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 →
More Diwali Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The Hindu festival of Diwali began today. Here are some new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali: Diwali: The Festival of Lights is a photo gallery from The Atlantic. Diwali 2012, the festival of lights is a … Continue reading →
More On Sandy’s Effect On Schools
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are some new additions to The Best Resources On How Hurricane Sandy Is Affecting Schools: This is from the PBS News Hour (thanks to Alexander Russo for the tip): The Road to Disaster Recovery is from Teaching Tolerance.
Here Are My Nominations For This Year’s Edublogs Awards!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
I posted earlier today that nominations for this year’s Edublogs Awards are now open. Here are mine: Best individual blog — The Tempered Radical Best group blog –TransformEd Best new blog — Diane Ravitch Best ed tech / resource sharing … Continue reading →
It’s Looking More Likely That CA Schools May Get Long-Term Monies They Need, But Not For Another Two Years…
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Proposition 30 passed in California last week, and that provides schools the funds required not to cut-back any further. But, as I’ve previously posted, the biggest electoral news in our state is that it appears that the Democrats are gaining … Continue reading →
TED Talks Launches “Playlists”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
TED Talks launched Playlists today. They are collections of various TED Talks, primarily based on topic — “Natural wonder,” “The creative spark.” It also includes list of favorites put together by different celebrities but, I’m sorry, I don’t really care … Continue reading →
“Nominations Open – The 2012 Edublog Awards are here!”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
It’s that time of year again….to nominate your favorite education-related blogs or social media sites for the Edublog Awards. This is an annual event that’s a great way to discover new bloggers and social media sites that are worth reading/using. … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
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. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a … Continue reading →
What Worked For The Obama Campaign Can Work For Us & Our Students In The Classroom
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
The New York Times just published and article detailing how the Obama campaign convened a group of social scientists to help them apply their research to campaign tactics (see Academic ‘Dream Team’ Helped Obama’s Effort). I’ve written in this blog, … Continue reading →
“Top 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons!”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
TED-ED is the K-12 video “arm” for the famous TED Talks, and they’ve recently published a list of their “Top 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons!” Thanks to Amy Erin Borovoy for the tip. I’m adding it to The Best Teacher … Continue reading →
November’s (2012) Best Tweets — Part One
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a … Continue reading →
A Rube Goldberg Machine Like You’ve Never Seen Before….
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
This amazingly creative and unique Rube Goldberg Machine was created by Red Bull. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines:
Nice & Simple Bloom’s Taxonomy Poster
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
I found this nice and simple Bloom’s Taxonomy Poster on Pinterest via Carla Arena. Teacher Jennifer Jones created it. She seems to have a number of useful materials on her site, so I’d encourage you to check it out. I’m … Continue reading →
Terrific “New Yorker” Profile Of Diane Ravitch — & The Struggle For The Soul Of Education
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
The “New Yorker” just published a terrific profile of Diane Ravitch that also chronicles the struggle for what I would call the “soul” of our schools. It’s called Public Defender: Diane Ravitch takes on a movement and it’s written by … Continue reading →
” Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning is a very interesting piece from NPR this morning. It basically says that in Asian cultures, the feedback that is given both at home and at school to children tends … Continue reading →
Video: Atul Gawande On The Difference Between Coaching and Teaching
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Thanks to Farnam Street, I learned about this video of a talk Atul Gawande gave to a school of education recently. You can watch the entire video here, but I used “Tube Chop” to show just what I thought would … Continue reading →
Marshmallows & Trust
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
I’ve written a lot about self-control and the famous Marshmallow Experiment, and how I use it in the classroom. An intriguing study was recently published that brings an additional perspective to the experiment. In this new research, researchers first divided … Continue reading →
“Digital Reciprocity” — Guest Post By John Thompson
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Guest Post by Dr. John Thompson I used to entertain my students by bellowing Steve Goodman’s song, “The 20th Century is almost over, almost over, almost over …” Since then, education reform has attempted a great leap into the early 1900’s, imposing … Continue reading →
“Assisting Students With Special Needs”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Assisting Students With Special Needs is my newest Education Week Teacher post. It includes responses from Michael Thornton, Gloria Lodato Wilson, and Ira David Socol.
Will California Schools Finally Get The Resources They Need?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
I’ve previously posted about my hopes for how the new Democratic super-majority in California’s state legislature might reduce the voter requirement for local school parcel tax measures to support programs from two-thirds to fifty-five percent (see Will California Election Results … Continue reading →
More On Veterans Day
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day: Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Infographic is from The History Channel. Veterans Day Facts is an interactive from WPRI. Classic and historic portraits of war is from CNN.
“Remix web video with Popcorn Maker, launching today”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Remix web video with Popcorn Maker, launching today is the title of a TED blog post describing Mozilla’s new free tool that lets you remix and annotate media. It looks pretty interesting. It isn’t the sort of tool you can … Continue reading →
Lastest Round Of Edits Completed For My Next Book!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I’ve just completed the latest round of edits on my next book, I Want to Learn! A Teacher’s Guide to Student Motivation. An Eye On Education copy editor just has to go through it with a fine tooth comb, and … Continue reading →
Updates On Common Core Resources & On The “Next Generation” Of Tests
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I’ve been accumulating a number of resources related both to Common Core and to the “next generation” of standardized tests (the two are obviously related). Though I have those issued divided into different “The Best…” lists, I thought it would … Continue reading →
Video: “Star Wars and Blooms Taxonomy Revised”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
There used to be a Bloom’s and Star Wars video on YouTube, but that was taken down awhile ago. I just discovered this other version that was created by “baldmisery” (if you’re reading this on an RSS Reader, you’ll have … Continue reading →
Veterans Day Infographic
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day. Thanks to the ASIDE blog for the tip. [Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
Infographic: “Solar Eclipses: An Observer’s Guide”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here’s a useful infographic, “Solar Eclipses: An Observer’s Guide.” I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About A Lunar Eclipse.
New Viral Hit “It’s Thanksgiving” Could Work For ELL’s
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
This new viral hit “It’s Thanksgiving” by Nicole Westbrook could be a fun song to play and sing with English Language Learners. It’s pretty fast, but students could just focus on certain lines. The song highlights other holidays, too, which … Continue reading →