Infographic: “What’s a Toilet Worth?”
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Resources For Learning About World Toilet Day & The Issue Of Public Sanitation In The Third World: by worldbank.Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.
The “Broken Picture Telephone” Online Game Is Back!
Broken Picture Telephone is an online “take-off” on the old game of “Telephone” (where one person whispers to another and so on — a favorite game of ESL teachers to promote speaking practice. It had been taken off-line three years ago, but just came back. I’m just going to quote from Jay is Games to describe how the online game works: Someone writes out a phrase (essentially an idea for a drawing
Interview: “Self-Driven Learning and Student Motivation”
School Leadership Briefing just posted a fifteen minute audio interview they did with me over the summer. Here’s how they describe it: Efforts to improve our schools are typically focused on teaching, curriculum, and testing, but ignore a critical piece of the puzzle—the students. In this segment, Larry Ferlazzo, author of the book, Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies for Student Motivation,
Special NY Times Section On Science Education
The New York Times just published a special section on science education called Science Times Special Section: Learning What Works. It seems surprisingly ambitious. Here are just a few of the articles it includes: Sesame Street Widens Its Focus Young Students Against Bad Science Standard-Bearer in Evolution Fight: Eugenie C. Scott Fights the Teaching of Creationism in Schools Guesses and Hype Giv
9-2-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Extremely Positive Review Of Our ESL/ELL BookThe Electronic Journal for English as a Second Language — August, 2013 has just published a very positive review of our book, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide. Look for it under “Reviews” on the right side of the page. It’s a pretty lengthy review by Grace Christino at the Un