Quote Of The Day: This Is A Key, If Not THE Key, Evaluation Issue For Educators Everywhere
Here’s an excerpt from today’s New York Times article, Bumpy Start for Teacher Evaluation Program in New York Schools: You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Effective Student & Teacher Assessments.
The Best Posts & Articles On Boredom & How Students & Teachers Can Deal With It
A year or two ago, I published a couple of posts about student boredom, and a lesson I do with students to help them think about it a bit differently. In the past month, boredom seems to have become a “thing” and a couple of new articles have been written about the topic, which I will be including in my lesson. I thought I’d bring them all together into a “Best” list: First, here are links to my
More Resources On The Sochi Olympics
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Gays In U.S. Olympic Delegation Will Send Message To Russia is from NPR. U.S. delegation to Russian Olympics includes gay athletes includes many videos from CNN. Aiming For The Gold is CNN’s ongoing special feature on Sochi. NBC has an enormous site on Sochi. Olympic Posters Over Time is an Associated
Quote Of The Day: “Fighting in Teenagers Lowers Their IQ”
Fighting in Teenagers Lowers Their IQ reports on the results of a recent study. Here’s an excerpt: I’m not sure how strong a deterrent reading this article would be to students, but it certainly couldn’t hurt — ideally prior to an altercation. But, if not then, perhaps as part of the disciplinary process?
The Best Science Sites Of 2013 – Part Two
Well, this is the last of my annual lists for this year. You can see all twenty-one “The Best of 2013″ lists here. You might also be interested in: The Best Science Sites Of 2013 – So Far The Best Science Sites Of 2012 — Part Two The Best Science Sites Of 2012 — Part One The Best Science Sites Of 2011 The Best Science Sites Of 2011 — So Far The Best Science Websites — 2010 The Best Science &
Video: “NASA | Earthrise: The 45th Anniversary”
From NASA: In December of 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first people to leave our home planet and travel to another body in space. But as crew members Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders all later recalled, the most important thing they discovered was Earth. Using photo mosaics and elevation data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), this video commemorates the 45th anniversa
Excellent Infographic On Writing Better Blog Posts
I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers. I don’t think it will show up in an RSS Readers, but it’s worth clicking through to see it:
Cartoon: “Try To See Things From The Other Person’s Perspective”
created by Abstruse Goose This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Important Post For Email Subscribers To This Blog
I really “went to town” yesterday and published many posts to get caught up on a backlog. Unfortunately, Feedblitz didn’t include all of them in the email they sent to subscribers. So here are links to the posts they didn’t include: More Good “Year In Review” Features “Education Innovation Is Like A ‘Stradivarius Violin’” (this is my latest Education Week Teacher post) Impressive BBC Infographic:
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Send A Personalized Google Maps Holiday Greeting
It’s A Message lets you send a personal holiday message, along with images of snow falling on the address of your choices. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa. And, while I’m at it, I’m also adding these resources to the same list: Here’s the EFL Classroom 2.0 Christmas page. A Christmas Game Gap Fill ‘How to celebrate Christmas with Technology: 7 id
Quote Of The Day: “Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools”
Subtract Teachers, Add Pupils: Math of Today’s Jammed Schools is an article in today’s New York Times that includes a particularly interesting graph on school funding levels. Here’s an excerpt: You might also be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About How Class Size Does Matter.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 12-21-13 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYMy Favorite Posts In 2013 — Part TwoI regularly publish a list of my personal favorites posts during the year, and it’s usually my last annual “Best” list of the year. You might also be interested in: My Best Posts Over The Years — Volume One, focused on the year 2007 and includes a fair am