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Self-Control Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control:
November’s (2012) Best Tweets — Part Two
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 15 hours 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 →
November’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,011 Of Them
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 16 hours ago
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,011 of them categorized here): All My “The Best…” Geography Lists In One Place! The Best Reports On Education-Related 2012 Election Results The … Continue reading →
Free Email Newsletter Sent-Out
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 16 hours ago
I send out a free monthly email newsletter to about 2,000 subscribers, and just sent out the latest one. You can subscribe here.
November’s Best Posts From This Blog
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 16 hours ago
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 of the … Continue reading →
Beautiful Time Lapse Video: “Within Two Worlds”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 21 hours ago
Social Emotional Learning Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are some new additions to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources: Social and Emotional Learning Research Review is from Edutopia. ‘How Children Succeed’ — Q&A with Paul Tough is from The Washington Post. Paul Tough on how children … Continue reading →
“My Best Posts On Building Parent Engagement In Schools — 2012 (Part Two)”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I’ve just posted My Best Posts On Building Parent Engagement In Schools — 2012 (Part Two) over at “Engaging Parents In School,” my other blog. You might also be interested in seeing all my parent engagement “The Best…” lists in … Continue reading →
Two More Thanksgiving Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are two more additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: The 8 most awkward Thanksgiving dinner scenes in movie history is from The Week. A Thanksgiving Feast For The Ears And Eyes is from NPR.
What Is The Best Education-Related Book You’ve Read This Year?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
As I do every year, I invite readers to share the best education-related books that you have read over the past year. The books could have been published earlier and the only requirement is that you have read them sometime … Continue reading →
Infographic: “Christmas Around The World”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
At the risk of being accused of “jumping the gun” on Christmas, I offer you this useful infographic (thanks to Michelle Henry for the tip). I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa. Browse … Continue reading →
More On Common Core Resources & English Language Learners
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners: The California State Board of Education is approving new English Language Development standards aligned to Common Core state standards in reading and … Continue reading →
A Few More Thanksgiving Links
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Here are three new additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: Here are videos of President Obama pardoning turkeys. A Visual History of Presidents Petting Turkeys is from The Atlantic. The Perfect Thanksgiving Music, Sung by … Continue reading →
“Inside the Search for 2012′s Word of the Year”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Inside the Search for 2012′s Word of the Year is an interesting piece from The Atlantic that reviews different groups that pick “words of the year.” It also announces that Dictionary.com just picked “bluster” as their word for 2012. I’m … Continue reading →
Are Schools Planning To Help Enroll Families In Obamacare?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
The lack of health care is clearly an important influence on how well children function academically (see The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher & Outside Factors Have On Student Achievement). In fact, I suspect the Affordable Care … Continue reading →
Three More Infographics For Thanksgiving
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: by HSNews.Browse more infographics. Browse more data visualization.
Data, Data, Data….
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are new additions to The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”: Test Scores Often Misused In Policy Decisions is from The Huffington Post. The Data-Driven Education Movement is from The Shanker Blog. Data … Continue reading →
Video: Impressive Karen Lewis Speech
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here’s a speech Karen Lewis, President of the Chicago Teachers Union, recently gave at the City Club of Chicago (if you’re reading this on a RSS Reader, you may have to click through to see it): Thanks to Mike Klonsky … Continue reading →
Huffington Post Republishes My Year “Wrap-Up” of Ed News
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The Huffington Post has just republished my piece, The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2012. Check it out and tell me what I missed….
Infographic: “Eat Like A Pilgrim”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites To Learn & Teach About Thanksgiving: by Lemon.ly.Browse more data visualization.
Create Your “Perfect Day” with “Peek”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Peek is a travel planning site that has announced a feature call “Create Your Perfect Day.” After registering, which takes seconds, you pick a city or area you’d like to visit. Then, start picking places in that area you’d like … Continue reading →
Make Nice-Looking Flyers With “Smore”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Smore lets you easily make an attractive flyer that you can print-out, and share online via a link or by embedding it somewhere. There have been times that my students have made flyers to share in their communities about particular … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Posts/Articles On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Here are some recent posts and articles on education policy issues worth reading: An alternative to standardized testing for student assessment is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Describing Alternatives To High-Stakes Testing. School superintendent … Continue reading →
“The Goal Is The Goal”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Avoiding the false proxy trap is the title of a post by Seth Godin, and everything he says there can be related to schools and education policy. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Showing … Continue reading →
ELL’s & Assessment Accommodations
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Here’s the longest name for a report that you’ll see today: Practical Guidelines for the Education of English Language Learners: Research-based Recommendations for the Use of Accommodations in Large-scale Assessments/2012 Update. It provides some very useful research data that I … Continue reading →
This Is Pretty Neat — You Can Now Tweet An Image That’s Interactive
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
I’ve previously posted a lot about Thinglink, a tool that lets you annotate images. Now, Thinglink lets you tweet these images so that they’re actually interactive within Twitter — you don’t have to go to their site to click on … Continue reading →
” The best — and worst — education news of 2012″
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
The best — and worst — education news of 2012 is my new piece at The Washington Post. Check it out and tell me what I’ve missed…..
Two More Email Newsletters “I Read First”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
I inexplicably omitted two very important email newsletters from my post, The Eight Blogs & Four Email Newsletters I Read First. Education Week has a number of email newsletters, and I have two of them in my “must-read” list. You … Continue reading →
“Powerful Learning Press” Launches
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
What do you get when you combine three people like John Norton, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, and Will Richardson? An extraordinary and innovative publishing venture for educators! Powerful Learning Press will: ….publish concise, inexpensive books that showcase the authentic voices of teachers, … Continue reading →
Another Excerpt From Our Book On Teaching ELL’s!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Jossey-Bass has just published another excerpt from our book (which includes student hand-outs), “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English Language Learners of All Levels.” You can see the new excerpt here, and you … Continue reading →
“Celebrating our Students’ Good Writing”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Celebrating our Students’ Good Writing is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher. It’s the first of a multi-part series on how we can help our students become better writers. This first post includes guest responses from educators Mary … Continue reading →
“The Visualizing Marathon: 132 graphics on health, transport and politics”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
The Guardian just had a weekend event where designers created many infographics that readers can now vote on. You can check them out at The Visualizing Marathon: 132 graphics on health, transport and politics. I think the most intriguing are … Continue reading →
The Future Flooding Of Sacramento?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Our ninth-grade curriculum includes unions on natural disasters and on New Orleans. As part of them, we examine the fact that our city, Sacramento, is now the most likely American city to suffer a catastrophic flood. Several television shows, including … Continue reading →
The Fifteen “Twitterers” Whose Tweets I Read First
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Last month I posted The Eight Blogs & Four Email Newsletters I Read First. This is a companion list sharing the fifteen Twitter accounts I follow and which I make sure not to miss a tweet: @nytimes @alexanderrusso @BBC_Future @ezraklein … Continue reading →
Resources On “Gratitude”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
In the upcoming sequel to Helping Students Motivate Themselves, I’ll have a chapter on the uses of gratitude in the classroom. For now, though, especially since Thanksgiving is coming up, you might be interested in The Best Resources On “Gratitude.”
Fun, Moving Video That ELL’s Could Watch & Describe
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here’s how the creators of this video describe it: Even on the days when a patient gets a depressing diagnosis or things seem to be going wrong, people at Cincinnati Children’s have a way of believing in the power of … Continue reading →
Video Gives A Sense Of What People With Autism Might Experience
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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 →