Nanoogo Has Potential For Students
Nanoogo is a new sort of blogging platform that lets teachers create virtual classes and approve student work before its published. It seems relatively easy to use, though it would be nice if you could use images grabbed off the web and not just uploaded from your computer. Being free is a nice feature Here’s a short video explaining how it works: I’m adding it to The Best Sites That Students
A Little Wisdom From My Principal About Superintendents
Ted Appel, our school’s principal, and I were discussing the role of Superintendents the other day. I thought one comment he made was particularly perceptive:
L.A. Deasy Drama: He’s Staying
With his five day drama “to stay or not to stay” drama rivaling former L.A. Laker star Dwight Howard’s free agency adventure this past summer, Los Angeles Superintendent Superintendent John Deasy ended up with a a ”satisfactory” performance evaluation from the Los Angeles School Board and contract extension to June, 30, 2016. Here are some articles about it worth reading: After crowd rallies in h
New Article: “Developing Teacher Leadership for the Long Haul”
Developing Teacher Leadership for the Long Haul is a new article I’ve written that has been published by Education Week Teacher (separate from my weekly column there). Right now, you have to register — for free — in order to see the entire article, but I’ll post a link tomorrow that will grant registeration-free access (though, I’ve got to say, the registration process is quick and painless and I
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October’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,189 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,189 of them categorized here): The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom The Best Interactives Showing How Obamacare Works The Best Resources For Learning About The Fires In Australia The Best Resources For Learning About Teens In The News The Best Resources On Malala Yousafzai The Best Re
The Easiest & Most Fun Tool On The Web For Creating Music Got Even Better — Again!
I’ve previously posted about Incredibox, and I continue to think it’s the easiest and most fun tool on the web for creating music. You can save your creation, give it a title, and share it. Today, they announced that they completely updated the site (again), including giving it a new url address. Of course, it continues to be on The Best Online Sites For Creating Music.
Interesting Series Of Infographics: “The History Of Addiction”
I thought this series of four infographics on “The History Of Addiction” was interesting and potentially useful, though it really loses something when it doesn’t site its sources. I’ve embedding the first two in this post. Here are links to find the other two: History of Addiction – World War II and Beyond History of Addiction – The Zero Tolerance Era Explore more infographics like this one on th
Two More Excellent Halloween Resources
Just when I think my The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween list can’t get much bigger, I find more excellent resources to add to it. Here are two more: Eek! 50+ Halloween Activities, Resources & Apps is by Shelly Terrell. Halloween Infographics: Treats For Any Lesson is from The ASIDE blog.
10-28-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Excellent Halloween Article For IB Theory of Knowledge ClassesA Halloween scare can sharpen the brain is an excellent article on emotion for IB Theory Of Knowledge classes. It’s from The Los Angeles Times. Here’s how it begins: Halloween is the time to indulge those seemingly pathological cravings to get scared out of your