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"Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation"
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Video: The Value Of Doodling
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
I’ve previously posted about research on the value of doodling and what my classroom practice is on it (see Will Doodling Help Students Learn Better?). Here’s a new video reinforcing that research and practice:
Quote(s) Of The Day: “When Helping Hurts”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
When Helping Hurts is a useful column in today’s New York Times, and it’s useful to both parents and teachers. Here’s an excerpt: It’s another way of saying the famous “Iron Rule” that governs the community organizing work of the … Continue reading →
Very Good Video: “Diving Into Deeper Learning”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 9 hours ago
This is definitely one of the most interesting and useful TED videos I’ve seen (it’s actually a from a TEDx event). Marc Chun talks about Diving Into Deeper Learning. Unfortunately, since it’s a TEDx video, and not one from TED, … Continue reading →
More On “TED Talks On Education”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
Here are some new additions to The Best Of “TED Talks On Education”: Bill Gates’s $5 billion plan to videotape America’s teachers is by Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post. She highlights a piece I wrote for her column that … Continue reading →
Genocide In Guatemala
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
If you are an English teacher in Guatemala, and would be open to be interviewed as part of my Hot Spot Interview series, please leave me a comment. Having studied Spanish in Guatemala years ago in an area populated primarily … Continue reading →
May’s Best Tweets — Part Two
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 12 hours ago
Every month I make a few short lists 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. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several … Continue reading →
Videos About Asia
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 17 hours ago
I’m adding these videos to A Beginning List Of The Best Geography Sites For Learning About Asia & The Middle East: This next one is from The World Of Travel Channel on YouTube, and they have lots of great videos … Continue reading →
The Best Of “TED Talks On Education”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 20 hours ago
I’ve published several posts on the recent TED Talks On Education extravaganza on PBS, and others have done the same. I thought it would be useful for readers here for me to put them all together, and to continue 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... - 1 day 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 →
Infographic: “A Visual Essay On The Changing State Of Education”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day: Source: obizmedia.com via NEA on Pinterest
The Best Posts & Articles On….School Lunches?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
I was prompted to put this list together today after seeing a New York Times article about an eleven-year-old who is debuting a movie he made about New York City school lunches. He used a hidden camera for six months … Continue reading →
Video: Angela Lee Duckworth On “The key to success? Grit”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 day ago
TED Talks just posted Professor Angela Lee Duckworth’s unedited talk from their PBS Special. You can also find the transcript at that link. I’m adding the video to The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit.”
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: ELT Pics is on The Best Online Sources For … Continue reading →
I Agree With David Pogue: “Feedly Is What You Needly” To Replace Google Reader
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
With Google Reader closing down on July 1st — and clearly losing some functionality as that day grows near — David Pogue has published a good article recommending that people switch to Feedly. I agree. I also like his article … Continue reading →
What Do You Think Of Using Ability Groups & “Tracking”?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
What Do You Think Of Using Ability Groups & “Tracking”? is the new “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher blog. Feel free to leave your comments there or here….
Complete Unedited Versions Of Last Night’s TED Talks On Education (Including Bill Gates & His $5 Billion Boondoggle)
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 2 days ago
You can see last night’s PBS Ted Talk On Education here. However, those talks were edited down from their originals. Here is where you can see the full unedited versions (including a written transcript) of the talks by these speakers: … Continue reading →
Really Interesting NY Times Article On Two Visions Of Education In Developing World — Pearson Is Everywhere!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Where Private School Is Not a Privilege is a very interesting column in The New York Time this morning. It talks about two companies offering private education in the developing world — BRAC and Bridge. Here are excerpts describing them: … Continue reading →
You Can Now Watch Entire PBS TED Talks On Education Online
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
PBS has just put last night’s TED Talks On Education Online. I’ve embedded it below: Watch TED Talks Education on PBS. See more from TED Talks Education. Here are the names of some of the presenters and links to some … Continue reading →
Infographic: The Environmental Footprint Of An Average American
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Even though it doesn’t quite fit, I’m adding this infographic to The Best Online Carbon Calculators: My Environmental Footprint infographic by VisualApogee.
A Free & Potentially Very Useful ELL Webinar On Wednesday
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Education Week is sponsoring a free and potentially very useful Webinar on Wednesday titled Common Core State Standards: Teaching ELA/Literacy to English-Language Learners. You can read more about it at Lesli A. Maxwell’s excellent Learning The Language blog. It starts … Continue reading →
“Possibilism” — Maybe A New Word For “What If?” History
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Regular readers, and readers of my latest book, know that one of my favorite lessons is having students develop “What If?” history projects (see The Best Resources For Teaching “What If?” History Lessons). Readers might also remember a post I … Continue reading →
121Writing Looks Like It Could Be Helpful, Especially With IB & Other Advanced Classes
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
There’s a fair amount of research, which I describe in some of my books, which shows that leaving lots of teacher comments on student papers is pretty much a waste of time — many, if not most, students don’t pay … Continue reading →
See the most popular videos by city and region (& by age of viewers)
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The YouTube Trends Map shows which videos are popular in different regions of the United States and in many countries of the world, along with further filtering by the age of viewers. Thanks to Flowing Data for the tip. I’m … Continue reading →
Brainscape Lets You Create Flashcards Including Images & Audio
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
There are a ton of free flashcard creating-and-using sites out there, and I’ve listed the ones I think are the best over at The Best Tools To Make Online Flashcards. I’m adding a new one to that list…. Brainscape lets … Continue reading →
State Of The World’s Mothers — 2013
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Save The Children has created a website, including an excellent infographic, analyzing The State Of The World’s Mothers – 2013. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Mother’s Day.
Radio Show On Student Motivation
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
The BAM Radio Network interviewed several guests, including Daniel Pink and me, for a program on student motivation. You can listen to it here.
“Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S.”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 3 days ago
Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S. is a good article by Michele McNeil in Education Week. I have a couple of quotes in it, including this one: “if you ask teachers and principals what [are] the most … Continue reading →
Infographic: “Seven Steps To The Perfect Story”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Digital (& Non-Digital) Storytelling Resources: Source: the-cma.com via Larry on Pinterest
“Civil War 2013: Photographs From the Grisly American Conflict”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Civil War 2013: Photographs From the Grisly American Conflict is a video and article from The New York Times. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The American Civil War.
Texting & Marshmallows
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
Photo Credit: flattop341 via Compfight I’ve written a lot about self-control (see The Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control and lesson plans in my books). A year ago I wrote about a newer study suggesting the … Continue reading →
Something Must Be In The Air For Virtual Corkboard Apps — They’re Changing Their Names
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
A month or two ago, Wallwisher, the popular virtual “corkboard” or “bulletin board” Web tool changed their name — they’re now known as Padlet (though all their old links using the Wallwisher name work fine). Now, Corkboard.Me, a similar tool, … Continue reading →
Quote Of The Day: Heritage Foundation Makes a $5.3 Trillion Mistake
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 4 days ago
The Heritage Foundation today published a report that has gotten a fair amount of media attention. It says that the immigration reform bill being considered by the U.S. Senate would cost the government $5.3 trillion. Uh, no…. Ezra Klein demolishes … Continue reading →
An Infographic Guideline For Making Good Infographics
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
This infographic provides a pretty decent outline for making good infographics. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Creating Infographics: How To Create An Awesome Infographic
President Obama On Perseverance
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
President Obama gave the commencement address at Ohio State University this weekend. Here’s what he said about perseverance. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About learning The Importance Of Grit: Which brings me to the second thing I ask … Continue reading →
Infographic: Childhood Obesity
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
This infographic is pretty “busy,” but has good info. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Nutrition & Food Safety. Childhood Obesity Triples infographic by LanguageDept.
ESL/ELL Webinar On May 30th
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Katie Hull Sypnieski (my co-author of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide), and I will be leading a two-hour webinar on May 30th titled “Teaching practices that really work with English Language Learners.” You can learn all about it here.
Class Size In The News!
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Class Size has certainly been in the news this weekend. Here are three new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About How Class Size Does Matter: Does Class Size Count? is by Sara Mosle and appeared in The New … Continue reading →
Second Quote Of The Day: The Importance Of Teams
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Adam Grant published a piece today titled What’s the Common Ingredient for Success Across Teams of Surgeons, Bank Analysts, Software Developers, Airline Pilots, and Basketball Players? He highlights research in many occupations that has found that the “team” a person … Continue reading →
A Different Perspective On Cinco de Mayo
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Gustavo Arellano, creator of the “Ask A Mexican” series, has a different perspective on Cinco de Mayo. I’m adding these pieces to The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo: ‘Ask A Mexican’ columnist: Cinco de Mayo … Continue reading →
Quote Of The Day: Do Teachers Need To Be “Liked”?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
I’m the Boss! Why Should I Care If You Like Me? is a new post from The Harvard Business Review. I wonder if you can substitute the word “Teacher” for “Boss”? It reminds me of what educator Rita Pierson said … Continue reading →
“You Just Gotta Know The Passwords”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
This comic strip shows the importance of knowing our students’ “passwords,” and the only way for us to learn them is through building relationships. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students. … Continue reading →
Infographic: “The International Influences of Cinco de Mayo”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 5 days ago
Here’s an infographic I’m adding to The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo:
“Response: Ways To Develop Creative Thinking In The Common Core”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Response: Ways To Develop Creative Thinking In The Common Core is my newest post over at Education Week Teacher. It includes responses from three author educators — Amy Benjamin, Ben Curran, and Heather Wolpert-Gawron.
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Posts & Articles On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here are some relatively recent useful posts and articles on education policy issues: Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap is from The National Education Policy Center. I’m adding it to The … Continue reading →
Interesting Tweets From #ewa13 About Student Motivation & Teaching ELLs
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
The Education Writers Association had their annual meeting this past weekend. I followed it a bit on Twitter, and have compiled what I think are a few of the most interesting ones on student motivation & teaching English Language Learners … Continue reading →
This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 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 →
Video: Theory Of Knowledge Oral Presentation — What Do You Think?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
As regular readers know, one of the classes I teach is an IB Theory of Knowledge course. I’ve just received parental and student permission to post a couple of good videos of ones from this year. You can see them … Continue reading →
“The Best Resources For Learning About Community Schools”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
The Best Resources For Learning About Community Schools is a new post over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Additional suggestions are welcome.
Second Quote Of The Day: Tupac Shakur
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Here’s a video interview with Tupac Shakur that took place when he was seventeen. We teach a unit on him in our tenth-grade English classes, and I think this will be very useful. I learned about it through the National … Continue reading →
Quote Of The Day: Stop Telling Your Employees (& Students) What To Do
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
Stop Telling Your Employees What to Do is a new post at the Harvard Business Review that has a lot of applicability to the classroom. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles On “Motivating” Students.
Video: Acts Of Kindness
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 6 days ago
As I’m sure many readers know, it’s common for drivers in Russia to have dashboard cameras because of the danger of insurance fraud through false accusations. The Web is awash with unflattering clips from them. Here, though, is a different … Continue reading →
Special Edition: “Round-Up” Of Recent Good Posts On Education Policy
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Usually, I just do a weekly “round-up” of education posts, but there have been quite a few lately. So this is a “special edition”: Will value-added measurement survive the courts? is from The Hechinger Ed blog. I’m adding it to … Continue reading →
A Very, Very Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Bullying — Please Suggest More
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
I know there are a ton of resources out there on bullying. I’m also skeptical about a lot of it being useful. So I’m just going to start off this list with two resources I think are good ones, and … Continue reading →
Quote Of The Day: “Sex Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
Sex Differences in Mathematics and Reading Achievement Are Inversely Related: Within- and Across-Nation Assessment of 10 Years of PISA Data is the long title of a new study. Here’s an excerpt:
“A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Using Technology To Help Engage Parents”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
A Beginning List Of The Best Resources On Using Technology To Help Engage Parents is a new post over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might find it interesting/useful.
What Do You Think Are The Best Tablet & Smartphone Apps For English Language Learners?
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
I’m going to compose a new “The Best…” list that’s more specific than The Best Resources For Beginning iPad Users. Please leave a comment with your suggestions. I’d like to divide them into the categories of reading, writing, speaking, and … Continue reading →
Good New Issue Of ASCD’s “Educational Leadership”: “The Faces Of Poverty”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
ASCD has just placed their new issue of Educational Leadership online. It’s theme is “Faces Of Poverty.” Here are the articles that I think are particularly useful and are not behind a paywall: The Widening Income Achievement Gap is by … Continue reading →
Video: “The Gift Of Reading”
Larry Ferlazzo at Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... - 1 week ago
The Gift of Reading is an ad for the the Kobo Reader, but it’s still a nice video. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Mother’s Day: