From The Archives “Helping Students Motivate Themselves”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting an excerpt from my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves, that appeared in Education Week nearly three years ago. That piece, too, was titled Helping Students Motivate Themselves. H
Special Edition Of “Research Studies Of The Week”
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature. This week, though,
This Week’s New Yorker Cover Says So Much About How We See The World…
And it’s perfect for when we study perception in Theory of Knowledge class: This New Yorker cover says so much about how we see the world pic.twitter.com/VtkyhcBdYR — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) January 3, 2014
Infographic: “Five Simple Questions”
Here’s a great infographic I’m adding to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions: 5 Simple Questions Lead to #StudentEngagement | info from @edutopia & Rebecca Adler art & graphics from @LanceFuhrer pic.twitter.com/GtbRZ3Mc9S — Mark Kolkman (@mkolkman) November 24, 2013
Januarys Best Tweets — Part One
Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post. If you don’t use Twitter, yo
Yay! PBS Unveils Third In Series Of Best Online U.S. History Games Out There
Each year for the past two years I’ve posted about a new online “choose your own adventure” U.S. History game created by Mission US, which is funded by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment For The Humanities. First, there was one on the American Revolution, then on slavery. They’ve just unveiled a third one in the series, this one focusing on Native Americans, and i
From The Archives: “Let’s Do Less ‘Fire, Ready, Aim’”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m sharing an article I wrote for The Huffington Post over three years ago where I take issue with advice from Seth Grodin where he basically says that if you have an idea you want to try, and it meets
‘Flipped Learning Makes Teachers More Valuable’
‘Flipped Learning Makes Teachers More Valuable’ is the second part of my Education Week Teacher series on the flipped classroom. It includes responses from educators Jonathan Bergmann and Troy Cockrum, along with comments from readers. Here’s an excerpt:
1-1-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Some Final “Words Of The Year” FeaturesHere are a few final additions to The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2013: Words that should be banned in 2014 (selfie, twerk, etc.) is from The Washington Post. Be gone, selfie! And take twerk with you! is from CNN. 20 of 2013′s most overused words is from The BBC.by Larry Ferl