April’s Best Posts From This Blog
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this pas
Eliademy Seems Like An Easy Tool For Creating Online Courses, But I Doubt Its Usefulness In K-12
There are many free tools out there that let you create online courses that students can take, and I just learned about a very easy one called Eliademy. For the life of me, though, I really can’t think of a reason a K-12 teacher would use one. With all the tools on The Best Sites That Students Can Use Independently And Let Teachers Check On Progress list and the ease of using class blogs, what wo
April’s Best Tweets — Part Four
Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in post. If you don’t use Twitter, you can
Duolingo Gets A Whole Lot Better…
I’ve been effusive in my praise for the mobile language-learning app Duolingo — my English Language Learner students love to use it both in class and outside of it. It just got a whole lot better… As TechCrunch reports: The new version features courses to learn English for Chinese and Japanese speakers….As part of this update, the service now also features English courses for Hindi speakers…While
Nice Introductory Video To Jamaican Patois
Our ninth-grade English curriculum includes a short unit on Jamaica, which includes several lessons on Bob Marley (see The Best Websites For Learning About Bob Marley). It also includes a lesson on Jamaican Patois. Here’s a short video I use to introduce learning about it:
Ask A Question, Any Question…
My Classroom Q & A column over at Education Week Teacher continues to grow in popularity as it nears the end of its third year. I’ve already begun collecting new questions for the next school year, so feel free to contribute on — either by leaving it in the comments section or by sending it to me using this contact form. As you probably know, a wide-ranging group of educators provide guest re
“The Best Posts On Involving Fathers In Schools”
I’ve just published The Best Posts On Involving Fathers In Schools over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might find it useful….
4-23-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Another Big Surprise: Reflection Helps LearningHot on the heels of Another Shocker – NOT! Students Respond Better To Support Than Threats, yet another study has been released finding something that has been obvious to teachers for years — reflecting on a learning experience enhances it. Here’s how the Harvard Business Journ