Who’s To Blame For The SAT’s Existence? Thanks A Lot, Tom Edison…
The SAT Test has been in the news a lot, lately. The College Board is revamping it, and they just released new sample questions. In addition to those links, here are a few other useful articles: The New SAT: Less Vocabulary, More Linear Equations is from NPR. What is the SAT good for? is from The Washington Post. The key problem the SAT changes won’t fix is also from The Washington Post. But the
“What Are Some Ways Of Differentiating A Lesson?”
What Are Some Ways Of Differentiating A Lesson? is the latest “question-of-the-week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Responses are welcome there or here in the comments….
Amazing Video: “Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map)”
I’m adding this amazing video to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About World History: Watch as 1000 years of European borders change (timelapse map) from Nick Mironenko on Vimeo.
Three Good Earth Day Resources
Here are three new additions to The Best Earth Day Sites: Google has created a pretty need site called Nature’s Engineers. Earth Day 2014: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists, and Classroom Ideas is from Edutopia. Natural Heroes are a series of great public television films and educator resources.
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: Innovation in education: looking for learning is by Lizzie Pinard. I’m adding it to The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners. “Red Light! Green Light!” Teaching Students How to Giv
Fun Dog Video That ELLs Can Watch & Describe
Here’s a short and fun video that English Language Learners can watch and then describe what they see:
Surprise, Surprise — Study Finds Shouting At Children “creates further discipline problems”
To few teachers surprise, a new study has found that shouting at children is counter-productive. You can read all about it at Shouting at children ‘increases their behaviour problems’ in the British newspaper, The Telegraph. There have been plenty of studies (and years of countless teachers experience) that have found the same thing (you can find out more at The Best Posts On Classroom Management
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy
Here are some relatively recent articles and blog posts on educational policy issues that are worth reading: All schools should have good teachers is from The Los Angeles Times. I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is Important & The Reasons Behind Seniority-Based Layoffs. How Seniority Reform Backfired In Minneapolis is by John Thompson. I’m ad
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Just Updated List Of Good Online Debate Sites
I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Students To Create & Participate In Online Debates. Additional suggestions are welcome.
4-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: National Teacher Day Is Coming-Up & Here Are Two Great Ways To Celebrate It On Social Media!National Teacher Day in the United States is always celebrated on the Tuesday in the first full week of May. World Teachers’ Dayis held annually on October 5th since 1994, celebrates teachers worldwide, and was started by UNESCO.