New “State Of The Union” Resources
Here are new additions to The Best (& Most Intriguing) Resources For Learning About The State Of The Union Message (I’m sure there will be a lot more I’ll be adding tomorrow): History through the president’s words is a cool interactive from The Washington Post. If It Happened There: The State of the Union is a fascinating article in Slate.
Today’s Update On Lawsuit Attacking California’s Teachers
Vergara v. California is a carefully-watched court case that began this week and attempts to eliminate fundamental teacher rights likes tenure and due process. It’s being financed by a multi-millionaire corporate reformer. Here are the newest updates to The Best Resources On California Court Case Attacking Teacher’s Rights: Trial over California teacher protection laws opens is from The LA Times.
More Learning Resources On The Super Bowl
Here are two new additions to The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl: Teach the Super Bowl: Ideas for Subjects Across the Curriculum is from The New York Times Learning Network. Super Bowl Ad History is an interactive from The Wall Street Journal. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.
The Best Fun Sesame Street Songs — Contribute Your Own!
I thought it would be fun to bring together the fun Sesame Street videos of songs I’ve sometimes posted here. I’m not including any of the ones designed to teach social emotional skills — just the ones I would more characterize as primarily pure fun (you can see the SEL message ones here. Feel free to suggest your own! This next one was suggested by Travis True:
My Newest 8-Minute Podcast: “What Are the Basics Every Teacher Should Know About the Maker Movement?”
What Are the Basics Every Teacher Should Know About the Maker Movement? is the title of my latest eight-minute BAM! podcast. My guests are Sylvia Martinez and Tanya Baker. Sylvia Martinez is co-author of “Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.” She works with schools worldwide to introduce Maker tools, technology. Tanya Baker has been the director of National Progra
Creating Instagram Video “Book Trailers” With English Language Learners
I’ve written a lot in the past, and shared student work, about using Instagram and Vine videos with English Language Learners to learn academic vocabulary. Last week, I shared how I was going to try to do a similar project with my English Language Learners — this time, having them create fifteen second video “book trailers” — in other words, mini-book reviews. In that same post, I shared a number
Video: R.I.P. Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger, the extraordinary folk singer and advocate for social justice, died last night. Here’s a great performance from 2009:
This Week In Web 2.0
In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth , I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2013): Curriculet lets teachers assign what appears to be books in the public domain (though I might be wrong on that) and embed quizzes and questions into them. Here’s a vi
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Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: My Latest NY Times Post For ELLs: Learn The Progressive Tense & Create A Future Family TreeMy latest New York Times post for English Language Learners helps students learn the progressive tense and family vocabulary. It also includes a teaching idea about creating “future” family trees. A student interactive is included