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"Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation"
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Video: This Eagle Certainly Illustrates An Example Of Perseverance
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 42 minutes ago
The eagle in this video certainly illustrates an example of perseverance. I’m adding it to The Best Videos Illustrating Qualities Of A Successful Language Learner:
Groundhog Doesn’t See His Shadow — Early Spring Coming!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 hour ago
Today’s Groundhog Day, and here are some new additions to The Best Resources For Groundhog Day: Here’s a video of the 2013 festivities, though I don’t think you’ll see it if you’re reading this on an RSS Reader: Unfortunately your … Continue reading →
The Best Ways To Deal With Rudeness In Class
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
One of the chapters in my upcoming book shares ideas and lesson plans on how to deal with rudeness in class, and I thought readers might appreciate a compilation of my previous posts on the topic: How Do We Contribute … Continue reading →
Quizpoo Is An Easy & Unique Tool For Making Online Tests
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
Quizpoo lets you create, without requiring registration, “this or that” quizzes. I had never actually heard of that “genre” of tests before, but you can see plenty of examples on their site. I could see students having a lot of … Continue reading →
Student Reflection Form On Goals & Joy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 15 hours ago
I’ve published many posts on student goal-setting (see The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals), along with others on the benefits of having students share positive events that have happened in their lives (see My Best Posts On Why It’s … Continue reading →
Teens & Sleep
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are three new additions to The Best Resources For Helping Teens Learn About The Importance Of Sleep: Are Sleepy Students Learning is by Daniel Willingham. Disease and sleep: Recent studies find new links is a great infographic from The … Continue reading →
Two Important Articles On Immigration Reform
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Two important articles on the immigration reform debate were published today, and I’m adding both to The Best Resources About The New Push For Immigration Reform: The first is from a New York Times columnist, David Brooks, who I often … Continue reading →
New Research Shows Why Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Character Education Are Not Enough
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
With my two books and constant blogging about Social Emotional Learning/Character Education, it’s obvious that I’m a big believer on its importance for our students. It’s critical for our students to strengthen their appetite for learning, their self-control, their perseverance, … Continue reading →
More Super Bowl Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl: Seven Super Bowl Lesson Plans and Resources for the Classroom is from Edutopia. Here’s a good infographic on the history of football, though … Continue reading →
Great Groundhog Day Infographic
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I’m definitely adding this infographic to The Best Resources For Groundhog Day (which occurs on February 2nd). The first piece of information is a little weird, but the rest is useful: Groundhog Day Fun Facts infographic by accuweather.
Video: The Trolley Car Dilemma
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
The Trolley Car Dilemma is a famous ethical question, and used in many IB Theory of Knowledge classes. Here’s a useful video on it (in class, I’d periodically stop it to have students say what they would do):
Infographic: “The Top 10 Happiest Cities”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Lists Of “Best Places To Live”: Find A Happy Place: The Top 10 Happiest Cities infographic by spacechimpmedia.
“Black History Month” Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
February is Black History Month in the United States. You might find The Best Websites To Teach & Learn About African-American History useful. I haven’t gotten a chance to confirm this year that all the links there are still live, … Continue reading →
Read Aloud Day Resources
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
March 6th is World Read Aloud Day this year, and I’ve just updated The Best Resources For World Read Aloud Day. Additional suggestions are always welcome.
One New Activity I’m Doing To Help ELLs Learn Academic Vocabulary – & Practice Speaking It
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
One of my students’ favorite activities, and one that I believe is very effective, is several times a week getting together in assigned small groups to practice conversational English. They all have a “cheat sheet” of about seventy different questions … Continue reading →
“What Is Peer Assistance & Review (PAR) & How Does It Work?”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
What Is Peer Assistance & Review (PAR) & How Does It Work? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher blog. Comments are welcome there or here.
Washington Post Reprints My Evaluation Post
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The Washington Post just republished my post, Teacher: How my 9th graders graded me, this morning. Feedback there, or here, continues to be appreciated.
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts On Education Policy Issues
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Here are a few relatively recent posts and articles on education policy issues that are worth a read: Education Guru John Mockler: Our Schools are Succeeding is from The California Teachers Association. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Pointing … Continue reading →
Impressive Interactive Showing U.S. Unemployment Rates
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Unemployment Rates infographic by 1wheel.
The Best Resources About The New Push For Immigration Reform
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
My oh my, the tone about immigration reform and the idea of providing a path to citizenship to the undocumented sure seems to have changed recently! I thought it would be useful for readers, my students and me to start … Continue reading →
Video: “Eyes on the Stars”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
From Storycorps at NPR: On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff. On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space. But … Continue reading →
Wallwisher Announces Some Nice Improvements
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Wallwisher, the great virtual “corkboard-creator” tool, has just announced some nice improvements. They include making it even easier to create a corkboard and having immediate real-time collaborative abilities by seeing what people you invite are doing on it as they … Continue reading →
How My Ninth-Grade English Class Evaluated Me This Semester
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Last week was the end of our first semester and, as always, I had my students evaluate the class and me. I’ve previously posted about the results from my ESL class and from my IB Theory of Knowledge class (you … 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 →
Even More Geography Sites
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here are more new additions to The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners: GeoBeats I Like To Learn — Geography Discovery Atlas Video
Webdoc Changes Name To Urturn, Adds Audio Recording Feature (That Didn’t Work For Me)
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Web Doc is/was a sorta’ blogging platform that makes it super simple to write individual “docs.” I especially like its ability to search the Web for images within your “doc” and just post it into what you’re writing. It also … Continue reading →
How My ESL Class Evaluated Me This Semester
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
As usual, during the semester finals, I had my students provide anonymous evaluations of classes and me. I always tell them (and always follow-through) that I will be posting the results — warts and all — on my blog and … Continue reading →
“Response: Do’s and Don’ts for Better Project-Based Learning”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Response: Do’s and Don’ts for Better Project-Based Learning is my newest Education Week Teacher post, and it’s a good one. It includes a guest response from PBL guru Suzie Boss and readers contributed several other great comments. I’m adding the … Continue reading →
The Best Geography Sites For Learning About Europe
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
We’re going to start studying Europe in a few weeks in my Geography class, so here’s the latest installment in my Geography-related “Best…” series. You can see all of them at The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English … Continue reading →
Resources For International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About The Holocaust.
January’s (2013) Best Tweets — Part Three
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 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 →
What Would Languages Look Like Without Silent Letters?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
This video shows you:
Just Sent-Out My Free Email Monthly Newsletter
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
I’ve just sent out the latest edition of my free email monthly newsletter. You can subscribe to it here.…
“Idealism vs. the Probable and Possible”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Idealism vs. the Probable and Possible is another excellent post sparked by the controversy around my Education Week Teacher column on the Common Core. It’s written by my Sacramento colleague, Alice Mercer, and it’s very insightful…
January’s Best Posts From This Blog
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days 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 older Best Posts of the Month … Continue reading →
January’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,056 Of Them
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,056 of them categorized here): All My Math-Related “The Best…” Lists In One Place A Collection Of “Best…” Lists On Vocabulary Development The … Continue reading →
More On Seattle Test Boycott
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Here are new additions to A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On The Seattle Standardized Test Boycott: Seattle Teachers Protest Exams is from The Wall Street Journal. Seattle Education has a number of useful updates.
“The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost” Is A Must-See Interactive
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost is a project by a group called The Global Post, done in partnership with The Pulitzer Center with support from The Ford Foundation. Here’s how they introduce the project: Income inequality … Continue reading →
Geography & U.S. History
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
In my Geography class for English Language Learners, I try to also incorporate students learning some of the history of the regions we’re studying. Because of that, here are a few additions to The Best Geography Sites For Learning About … Continue reading →