New York Times Begins Producing One Minute Science Videos
The New York Times has just begun producing one minute “Science Takes” videos on its website. You can see them all here. I’ve embedded one below, though you may have to click through to see it if you’re reading this post in an RSS Reader:
An Extremely Important “Take” On “Wait Time” — One That I Hadn’t Thought About Before….
“Wait time” is commonly referred to as the time between a teacher asking a question and calling on a student to answer it. It’s an important, and often overlooked, element of classroom interaction. Here’s what I wrote about it in one of my books (minus the footnotes): The average time between a teacher posing a question and a student giving the answer in a typical classroom is about one second.. M
Video: “42 Amazing Maps”
This 42 Amazing Maps video is pretty interesting, but the narrator speaks far too fast for English Language Learners. You might also be interested in This May Be The Best Geography Site Of The Year: “40 maps that explain the world”
Using Magic To Teach Academic Language
Use magic to teach and learn academic language in my new NY Times post that includes a student interactive and teaching ideas. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary. You can see all my previous NY Times posts here.
9-22-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week In Web 2.0In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth sharing, I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent sites that are worth noting, but maybe not necessarily worth a separate post and generally — though not alway