September’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,176 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,176 of them categorized here): The Best Three Sites On The Web For ESL/EFL/ELL/ELT Teachers The Best Infographics About Teaching & Learning English As A Second (or Third!) Language The Best Resources For Learning About The Birmingham Church Bombing The Best Questions To Use For Class Closing Activities
“Lyrics Videos” On YouTube & English Language Learners
An article in today’s New York Times titled On YouTube, ‘Lyrics Videos’ Mark a New Genre highlights an excellent resource for English Language Learners and their teachers — creative music videos that emphasize displaying the lyrics as they are sung. Of course, there are many karaoke sites that ELL teachers use, as well as other tools specifically designed for ELLs (you can see lots of them at The
New Study On Cash Rewards For Students Tries Really, Really, Really Hard To Make It Look Good
Researcher Roland Fryer has been trying for years — unsuccessfully — that cash incentives will result in more student academic achievement. You can see my previous blog posts all his failures to show that this kind of strategy works. You might also want to read my Washington Post column Bribing students: Another ‘magical solution’ that doesn’t work. Now, one of his and New York City Mayor Bloombe
“How Can We Teach Common Core Writing Skills?”
How Can We Teach Common Core Writing Skills? is the new question of the week at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave your comment there or here…
“American History Handbook” Is A Useful Resource
The right way to teach history i the title of a new post at Valerie Strauss’ post at The Washington Post. It’s by Marion Brady, and I plan on using the post itself in my IB Theory of Knowledge class — he shares an insightful perspective on the purposes of studying history. Here’s an excerpt: In addition, at the end of his post, he shares a link to his American History Handbook, which is a free bo
9-24-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Site: “What We Watch: a geographic exploration of popular YouTube videos”What We Watch:a geographic exploration of popular YouTube videos is from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and lets you use a map to see and compare which YouTube videos are most popular in countries around the world. I’m adding it to The