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As regular readers know, I teach an International Baccalaureate “Theory of Knowledge” class. Our school structures our IB program a bit differently from many others by having a whole lot of students take individual IB classes and we have relatively few who are taking all IB classes in order to get the IB diploma. I really like this set-up, and it opens up my TOK class to a lot more students. As I’ve said before, I can’t think of a high school class that would be more fun to teach or more fun to take… You might also be interested in: The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2013 – So Far The
The OED birthday word generator: which words originated in your birth year? is an interactive from the Oxford English Dictionary that does what its title says. Just because I don’t have any other place to put it, I’m adding it to The Best “Today In History” Sites.
The New York Times Learning Network has just announced the winners of their 15 Second Vocabulary Contest. See the great videos at Words Gone Wild: The Student Winners of Our 15-Second Vocabulary Video Contest. They’re excellent examples to use with your own students. I’ve embedded one below and you can see the rest at their post. I’m adding this info to The Best Resources For Learning To Use The Video Apps “Vine” & Instagram (where you can also see examples from my ELL students).
Find Out What Word Was First Used The Year You Were Born
The OED birthday word generator: which words originated in your birth year? is an interactive from the Oxford English Dictionary that does what its title says. Just because I don’t have any other place to put it, I’m adding it to The Best “Today In History” Sites.
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Great Video Response From English Class In Italy To Our Questions
I’ve been posting about the series of videotaped questions we’ve been sending to various English classes around the world as we study them in our ELL Geography class (see Terrific New Videos: Using English “Sister Classes” From Throughout The World In Our ELL Geography Class). One of the countries is Italy, and you can see our videotaped questions here at our class blog. Alessandra Cannelli Aless
12-17-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Another Study Shows That Self-Affirmation Activities Help People Think More ClearlyI’ve previously posted here on the blog and also written in my books about research that shows the benefits of having students do simple self-affirmation activities. In Giving Students “Reflection Cards,” I describe its effect on developing s