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LARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY
This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 10 hours 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 →
Two Examples Of Nice Student “Glogsters”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 11 hours ago
I’ve previously posted about how I concluded that Glogster would work well for my students as a Web 2.0 creation tool, and thought readers might want to see a couple of examples from our ESL Geography class. Here they are:
These Interactives Are Great: “Build Your Own Inaugural Address”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 17 hours ago
Both The New York Times and The Washington Post have unveiled “Build Your Own Inaugural Address” interactives. Once you’re done, you’re given a unique url address to your creation for sharing. I’m adding them to The Best Sites For Learning … Continue reading →
This Is Interesting: “Lawmaker proposes letting California teens ‘pre-register’ to vote at age 15″
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
From the Sacramento Bee: California teens could submit paperwork to get on the state’s voter rolls three years before they are allowed to cast a ballot under legislation introduced this week. Senate Bill 113, by Democratic Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, would … Continue reading →
Even More On The Inauguration
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are a few more additions to The Best Sites For Learning About President Obama’s Second Inauguration: Interactive: List of presidential inauguration firsts is from ABC News. Getting Ready for the Inauguration is a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal. … Continue reading →
“The Ultimate Guide to Worldwide Etiquette” Seems Very Useful
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I’m adding this interactive infographic to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: The Ultimate Guide to Worldwide Etiquette infographic by universlabs.
Here’s The “Growth Mindset” Article & Prompt We’re Using As Part Of Our Semester Final
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
My colleagues and I help our students learn about the importance of a “growth mindset” during the year (see The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset”). My colleague Katie Hull and I are going to use … Continue reading →
Here’s The Table Of Contents & Link To Pre-Order My Upcoming Book
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Eye On Education has just made their page live on my upcoming book, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation. Here’s the Table Of Contents: Chapter 1: I Still Want to Know: How Do You Motivate Students? Chapter 2: What … Continue reading →
Here’s The Cover For My Upcoming Book
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
The cover of my upcoming book was just finalized. It’s a sequel to Helping Students Motivate Themselves.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Education
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest Thanks to Anthony Cody for tweeting about the quote.
Surprise, Surprise: Study Finds That Relationships Promote Perseverance & Cash Bonuses Do Not
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
A new study found that high school seniors paired with college mentors to prepare college applications and financial aid requests resulted in a fifty percent increase in students who actually ended up attending college. They met weekly for a short … Continue reading →
The Best Resources On President Obama’s Gun Control Proposals
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I’ve posted many good gun control-related resources at A Collection Of Resources On The Sandy Hook Shooting, but I thought readers might find a quick compilation of materials on the plans President Obama announced yesterday: Gun Control Interactive is from … Continue reading →
Special Edition: “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy Issues
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I usually only post a weekly round-up of education policy posts, as I did yesterday. However, today, some very good and timely ones came up and I decided to post a “special edition”: Rick Hess posted a very articulate analysis … Continue reading →
This Is One Of The Best Articles On Giving Student Feedback That I’ve Seen…
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I’ve written a lot about effective ways to give student feedback, and you can seem a collection of pieces about the topic at The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students. An article entitled Choice Words … Continue reading →
Mandela & South Africa Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About Nelson Mandela: The Rocky Road to Ruling South Africa is a Wall Street Journal interactive. The Mystery of Mandela’s Arrest is an article from The Wall Street Journal. Here’s … Continue reading →
“How Can We Best Prepare Students for Common Core in Language Arts?”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
How Can We Best Prepare Students for Common Core in Language Arts? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher blog. You can leave your response here or over there…
Technology History
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The History Of Technology: The Big Internet Museum Top 10 Epic Tech-Gadget Failures
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Posts & Articles On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are some recent useful posts on education policy: I’m adding these next three posts to A Beginning List Of The Best Posts On Gates’ Final MET “Effective Teaching” Report: Gates’ Teacher Effectiveness Study: Surprised? is by Renee Moore. Gates … Continue reading →
This Is A Really Nice Collection Of Infographics
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Black and white and read all over: 27 Guardian graphics from its history is a very nice collection of infographics from The Guardian. It will certainly be on a year-end “The Best” list. You might also be interested in The … Continue reading →
Additional Resources On The Inauguration
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About President Obama’s Second Inauguration: Here’s an interactive on the inauguration from The Associated Press. Having a ball: Parties for POTUS, now and then is from The Washington Post. Inauguration … Continue reading →
Wow, This May Be The Best Interactive On Climate Change I’ve Seen
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The Guardian has just published an interactive infographic that lets you see the temperature change over the past one hundred years in most locations in the world. Just type in your city and country and, voila, you see it graphed … Continue reading →
Short, Sweet & Effective Advice On Helping Students Motivate Themselves
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
As regular readers know, I have a deep interest in helping students develop intrinsic motivation (see my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves and my upcoming book — in March — Self-Driven Learning). The New York Times today ran a short … Continue reading →
Nice Video On “Pseudo-Science”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
In our IB Theory of Knowledge class, we’re examining “pseudo-science.” Here’s a short video I regularly use as part of the discussion:
More Royalty-Free Image Sites
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Online Sources For Images: Humanline.com Image Bank
Here’s One Relatively Useless Report On Using Tech With English Language Learners
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
“Technology-Driven Innovations for Teaching English Learners” is a relatively useless report from what is described as a “conservative think tank” — and it shows. It highlights a handful of for-profit software companies, the Rocketship Charter School Network’s use of daily … Continue reading →
IB Theory Of Knowledge Oral Presentation & Essay Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
As regular readers know, I teach a wide variety of high school classes — ranging from mainstream students who face many challenges, to new immigrants just learning English (including some who have no previous formal school experience, to an International … Continue reading →
Praise Or Acknowledgement?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
I’ve posted a lot about ways to give feedback to students. In fact, I have published The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students. Here are two new additions to that list: Use Acknowledgments More Than … Continue reading →
Do Teachers Undercut Our “Relevance” By Pointing Out Other Factors That Affect Student Achievement?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Alexander Russo began what I thought was an interesting and useful conversation on Twitter by posting a link to an article suggesting that teachers don’t help themselves by pointing out that factors outside of school have a greater affect on … Continue reading →
More Inauguration Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About President Obama’s Second Inauguration: Obama’s Inauguration Tick-Tock and NewsHour Viewing Guide is from the PBS News Hour. Latest Inauguration News is from The Washington Post. Inauguration 2013 is … Continue reading →
Dealing With History Myths In The Classroom
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here’s a good quote from one of the contributors to my recent Education Week Teacher post, Ways To Deal With ‘History Myths’ In The Classroom: Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest
The “Best Learning Techniques” Are Useless If Students Won’t Do Them — A Critical Take On A Well Done Study
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
(See Dan Willingham’s response in the comments) I value and respect the work of Dan Willingham, the co-author of a recent well-publicized study on the effectiveness of different learning techniques. And I have equal respect for Annie Murphy Paul, who … Continue reading →
“Ways To Deal With ‘History Myths’ In The Classroom”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Ways To Deal With ‘History Myths’ In The Classroom is my new Education Week Teacher column. It’s got some pretty interesting guest responses….
“8.5% of the variation in student achievement is due to teacher characteristics”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Plenty of studies have found that what happens in schools actually plays a small role in student academic achievement — which, of course, does not mean we shouldn’t work as hard and as creatively as possible to help our students … Continue reading →
A “Grab Bag” Of Intriguing Geography Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here are a variety of intriguing Geography resources: Why modern maps put everyone at the centre of the world is from The BBC. Lost In Our Maps is a slideshow of historical map mistakes. I’m adding it to The Best … Continue reading →
“The Two Grand Experiments Of Michelle Rhee’s Theory”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Check out today’s Washington Post’s profile of Michelle Rhee, Michelle Rhee, the education celebrity who rocketed from obscurity to Oprah. Here’s a quote from it: Source: shareasimage.com via Larry on Pinterest
Using TED-Ed Videos
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I have a number of reservations about flipped classrooms (see The Best Posts On The “Flipped Classroom” Idea) — both regarding pedagogy and practical issues (many students just wouldn’t do it). However, I have found that some of the sites … Continue reading →
A Few Points About Education From Nate Silver’s “The Signal And The Noise” (Plus A Video)
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I’ve been meaning for awhile to write about the connections between education and Nate Silver’s book, The Signal and the Noise. In fact, I had called it the best ed related book I had read in 2012. His comments this … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Educational Policy Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Here are a few relatively recent good posts on education policy issues: Evaluating Teachers of ELLs in the Age of the CCSS is from Colorin Colorado. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Effective Student & Teacher … Continue reading →
Here Are Some Quotes From Me In Dan Pink’s New Book
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
As a number of people have discovered, Dan Pink interviewed me (and my wife) for his new book, To Sell Is Human, and a few parts of that interview appear in it. That interview is actually a very, very small … Continue reading →
What A Great Video To Show The Importance Of Modeling & Support
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
“The Best Videos On Parent Engagement”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
I’ve just published The Best Videos On Parent Engagement over at my other blog, Engagement Parents In School. It might be worth a look…
The Best Resources On Peer Assistance & Review (PAR) Programs
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
I’ll be doing a post over at my Education Week Teacher column soon on Peer Assistance and Review programs, and thought it would be useful to compile a short “The Best…” list on the topic. I hope readers will contribute … Continue reading →
“From Cave Paintings to the Internet” Is Quite A Site
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
It’s a little hard to describe From Cave Paintings to the Internet. Here’s what Google Maps Mania has to say about it: an amazing online project to document the history of information and media. The project has a huge scope, … Continue reading →
The Best Sites To Learning About This Month’s Fires In Australia
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Australia is being hit with terrible fires, and they’re so awful that I thought readers would find a list of resources on them useful. As a resident of California, no stranger to wild fires, my heart goes out to them. … Continue reading →
