This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy
Here are a few recent useful posts on educational policy issues: L.A. Unified unprepared for computerized state test is from The Los Angeles Times. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The “Next Generation” Of State Testing. Houston Launches Ambitious 1-to-1 Computing Initiative is from Education Week. The hype and reality of ‘school choice’ is by Valerie Strauss. I’m adding it
Two New Sochi Interactives
Here are two new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: The Associated Press has an interactive on the Olympic Medals. The Guardian has an interactive on the different Olympic venues.
More Engaging State Of The Union Resources
Here are a few more engaging resources on The State Of The Union address that I’m adding to The Best (& Most Intriguing) Resources For Learning About The State Of The Union Message: New words and old words:Forty years of evolving State of the Union themes is an interactive from The Washington Post. Use of Inequality of Language in State of the Union speeches is also from The Washington Post.
Video: “Puppy Love” – The First Of Many Super Bowl Commercials That Might Be Useful For Language-Learning
There are lots of great Super Bowl commercials from past years that are great for English Language Learners to watch and describe, and you can see all of them at The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl. The first ones for the game on Sunday are coming out, and this one from Budweiser called “Puppy Love” tells a neat story. I don’t use beer commercials in my class (there are plent
Two Nice Visual Collections Of Infographic-Creation Tools
Photo Credit: Ernesto Lago via Compfight If you want to create an infographic, I have just about the most exhaustive collection you’re going to find of useful web tools at The Best Resources For Creating Infographics. However, it’s not a particularly “visual” post. Two sites have recently published posts sharing lists of infographic-creation tools that aren’t as complete as my list is, but do sh
‘Teaching Character Is Not A Program Or Curriculum’
‘Teaching Character Is Not A Program Or Curriculum’ is Part Two in my Ed Week Teacher series on teaching character. Here are some excerpts:
1-28-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Week In Web 2.0In 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 d