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LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY
Holiday Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 8 hours ago
I’ve just more-or-less updated a massive list, The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa. I’m sure it will be getting even bigger….
My Best Posts Over The Years — Volume Two
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
I’ve been writing this blog for six or seven years. I thought readers might find it useful for me to dig back in the “archives” and highlight my choices for some of the best posts that appeared during that time. … Continue reading →
Resources For World AIDS Day
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
World AIDS Day is recognized every December 1st. You might find The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS useful.
Infographic: “The Weight Of Obesity”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety and to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures. Learn about infographic design.
Pearl Harbor Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is on December 7th here in the United States. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor. Additional suggestions are welcome….
Two Nice Interactive Infographics
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are two nice interactive infographics I’ve recently discovered: Interactive: global energy sources is from Nature.com, and lets you show the amount of each kind of fossil fuel individual countries use. The OECD Better Life Index describes itself like this: … Continue reading →
My Best Posts Over The Years — Volume One
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I’ve been writing this blog for six or seven years. I thought readers might find it useful for me to dig back in the “archives” and highlight my choices for some of the best posts that appeared during that time. … Continue reading →
Nice Short — & Cool — Video For English Language Learners
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
This would be a nice video to show ELL’s and then have them describe what they see. You can see more videos that I use the same way here.
Photo Galleries Of The Week
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 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 →
Excellent Critique Of The Silliest Column Of The Year Related To Education
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
You may, or may not, have read or heard about New York Times’ columnist Tom Friedman’s amazingly silly column today where he says that Education Secretary Arne Duncan should be the next Secretary of State. His reasoning is bizarre, and … Continue reading →
To Fail Or Not To Fail — That Is The Question
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
U.S. News has a useful article about failure that is specifically geared towards STEM teachers, but can certainly be applied to all educators. It’s titled STEM Students Must Be Taught to Fail. Here’s an excerpt: Source: shareasimage.com via Larry Alfie … Continue reading →
Learn About Google Through A Virtual Pop-Up Book
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Google has published a “Digital Creativity” guide as a virtual “pop-up” book online. If you want to learn about ways Google’s tools can be used creatively, their pop-up book is certainly one way to learn about them….creatively!
Important Interview On Wealth Inequality
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry Ezra Klein at The Washington Post has published an important interview with Chrystia Freeland, author of “The Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.” I’m adding it to … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 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 →
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Articles & Posts On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are some relatively recent useful article on education policy issues: Great uncertainty over direction of state standardized tests is an article over at Ed Source that does an extraordinarily good job at describing the many challenges involved in the … Continue reading →
“Helping Boys Become Stronger Writers”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Helping Boys Become Stronger Writers is Part Three in my Education Week Teacher series on teaching writing. Educator and author Ralph Fletcher provides a guest response.
Video: “Charlie Chaplin – Let Us All Unite!”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Another great video from Melody Sheep. Lyrics: I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor, that’s not my business. I should like to help everyone if possible – Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help … Continue reading →
David Brooks Gives Great Education Advice When He Isn’t Writing About Education
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Whenever New York Times columnist David Brooks writes explicitly about education issues, his sense of judgment and coherence appear to completely disappear. However, sometimes when he writes about non-education issues, he has wise insights that can certainly be applied to … Continue reading →
Lessons On Creating Infographics
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Here are two new additions to The Best Resources For Creating Infographics: Teaching With Infographics is from the Aside Blog. Infographics: Round 2 is from Joyce Valenza.
Finalists Announced For District Race To The Top Competition
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
The United States Department of Education announced the selection of 61 “finalists” among applications for District Race To The Top funding (only 15-25 will actually be chosen to receive the money). Happily, here in California, neither the Fresno Unified School … Continue reading →
Native American Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here are some additions to The Best Sites For International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People: Lakota Winter Counts is an interactive from The Smithsonian. Woven Together is another Smithsonian interactive.
Create Artwork With “Silk”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Silk lets you create pretty magical-looking (and sounding) artwork online without registering. You can then share a link to your creation. It’s pretty cool.
Excellent Articles On Lincoln
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
In the midst of the “Lincoln mania” that is going around these days, I’ve found two pieces to be the best. I’m adding them to The Best Resources About President’s Day, which is where I list sites about Lincoln and … Continue reading →
Common Core Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Most Useful Resources For Implementing Common Core: Common Core Implementation Center is from ePals. Thanks to Renee Moore for the tip. ASCD has created a Pinterest Board for Common Core State Standards. The … Continue reading →
Excellent – & Scary – NY Times Interactive On Effects Of Climate Change
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
The New York Times has published an interactive that allows you to see how rising waters might effect major cities throughout the United States. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change.
Hanukkah Infographic
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here’s the newest addition to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa:
Christmas Infographics
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa: Browse more data visualization. Learn about data visualization tools. Learn about data visualization tools. Learn about data visualization software.
“Helping Our Students Become Better Writers — Part Two”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Helping Our Students Become Better Writers — Part Two is the…second part of my Education Week Teacher series on teaching writing. It’s a good one, and includes responses from author/educators Aimee Buckner, Carolyn Coman and Tanya Baker (who is also … Continue reading →
Listango Could Be A Useful Social Bookmarking Tool
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Listango is an easy-to-use tool that lets you bookmark webpages in public or private lists. Even though it prompts you to add a bookmarklet to your browser, you can also manually copy and paste web addresses. There are, of course, … Continue reading →
Self-Control Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control: How having self-control as a kid can affect your health later is from The Globe and Mail. Labs worldwide report converging evidence that … Continue reading →
November’s (2012) Best Tweets — Part Two
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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... - 1 week 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... - 1 week ago