“Sea Of Liberty” Looks Like An Excellent U.S. History Site
Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, has just announced several new online education resources. The one that really stands out for me is Sea Of Liberty. After registering for free, teachers can create virtual classrooms and student can make lots of online interactive posters and projects using Monticello resources. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. His
New Helpful Resources For Google+
Here are some new helpful resources that I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About: 12 Reasons Google+ Isn’t As Bad As You Think is from The Huffington Post. The Plus in Google Plus? It’s Mostly for Google is from The New York Times. 10 Growing Google+ Communities In Education is from Teach Thought. 28 Google+ Ed-Tech Communities for Educators, Instructional Designer
Resources For “World Read Aloud Day”
March 5th is World Read Aloud Day in 2014. You might find The Best Resources For World Read Aloud Day useful….
The Best Posts, Articles & Lesson Plans On The Jordan Davis Tragedy & Verdict: Our “Classrooms Are Full Of Him”
Another young African-American man is dead and another verdict is in… Here are some useful articles and posts (I hope readers will contribute more): The Best Resources For Lessons On Trayvon Martin could be helpful. Fight With Us Too, Damnit (Educators and Jordan Davis) is by Jose Vilson. I took the quotation in the headline of this post from his post. Jordan Davis in our Classrooms is by Diana L
WRITE Institute Unveils New Website
Recent WRITE activity spotted in Woodland, CA classrooms during Seal of Excellence walkthrough. Impressive! pic.twitter.com/5PPkRU7biF — WRITE Institute (@WRITEinstitute) February 12, 2014 As I’ve often written in this blog, and as my co-author Katie Hull and I have written in our ESL book, The WRITE Institute is a great writing curriculum to use with English Language Learners. They have just un
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: Who ordered the McNuggets? is a thoughtful blog post by Scott Thornbury. Recent CCSS for ELLs Resource Roundup is by Diane Staehr Fenner. Writing skills practice from The British Council Learn English Teens site has excelle
Video (& Writing Prompt): “A failure isn’t a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow”
John McCarthy shared this short video clip of U.S. Olympic bobsledder Lolo Jones. She begins by sharing her favorite quote (though doesn’t cite the source and I can’t find it online, either): “A failure isn’t a failure if it prepares you for success tomorrow” I’m going to show the video to my students, along with writing that quotation on the board. Then, I’ll ask them to respond to this writing
From The Archives: “What Does It Mean To Be A Good Citizen?”
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. Last year, one of my New York Times posts for English Language Learners was titled “What Does It Mean To Be A Good Citizen?” Here’s an excerpt:
Resources For International Mother Language Day
February 21st has been designated International Mother Language Day by UNESCO. You might be interested in The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day.
This Week’s Round-Up Of Useful Posts On Education Policy
Here are some recent useful posts on education policy issues: How Universal Pre-K Could Redistribute Wealth—Right Here, Right Now is from The Nation. Yes, I Am a Teacher and No, I Did Not Stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last Night is from Education Week. Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics on the Left is from The New York Times. Vergara Show Trial Highlights Gates Foundation Snake Oil is by John
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Monday’s New Resources For the Sochi Olympics
Here are today’s new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Top 10 viral videos of the 2014 Winter Olympics is from NBC. New Scientist shares the odds of getting injured in each Olympic sport. The 2014 Olympics By The Numbers is a neat NY Times interactive. Ancestral Enemies Meet at Olympics for a Toast to Amity is an intriguing NY Times article. Prime
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 2-16-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: This Weekend’s New Sochi ResourcesHere are the latest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Our Favorite Moments of the Sochi Olympics (So Far) is from The Atlantic. Crazy Olympic team uniforms at Sochi is from The BBC. Jamaica Has an Official Song to Sync to Its Bobsled Run is