Funny Video: How NOT To Teach Grammar
Ann Foreman shared this Life of Brian video on Facebook. It’s a classic scene: You might be interested in The Best Sites For Grammar Practice, instead.
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: Top 10 Tools for Creating Teaching Materials is from Talk2Me English. Gratitude: a free downloadable lesson is from ELT Resourceful. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “Gratitude.” States Weigh How to Revamp Surveys
Check-Out My Weekly Eight-Minute Podcast If You Haven’t Already
Classroom Q and A, the new BAM! weekly podcast I’m doing in conjunction with my Education Week teacher advice column, is getting a fair amount of attention. Each one is about eight minutes, which is my usual attention span for a podcast, so they’re short, sweet, and informative, with great guests!
President’s Day Resources
President’s Day, which celebrates the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, is coming up later this month. You might be interested in The Best Resources About President’s Day.
Disney Online Video Series: “The American Presidents”
Thanks to Michelle Henry, I learned that Disney has produced a series of short online videos about the U.S. Presidents. The narration isn’t speeded-up, like in many history videos, so they are accessible to English Language Learners. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find them all online, and have included the ones I could locate in this post. I’m adding this info to The Best Sites To Learn About U
From The Archives: “Developing Teacher Leadership for the Long Haul”
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. I gave a keynote to last year’s K-12 Online Conference on developing leadership in learning, and I’ve embedded the video of it below. I also wrote a piece for Education Week Teacher on the same topic. It was ti
Today Is Groundhog Day & A Longer Winter Is Predicted
Today is Groundhog Day, and Punxsutawney Phil is forecasting six more weeks of winter. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Groundhog Day.
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 2-1-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAY‘Character Is Not Compliance Out Of Fear’‘Character Is Not Compliance Out Of Fear’ is the final post in my three-part Ed Week series on teaching character. This final post in the series shares a guest response from Lester L. Laminack, educator and author, as well as many comments from reade