#IRA14 — Useful Tweets From The International Reading Association Convention
I didn’t attend the International Reading Association convention this year, but there sure were some pretty interesting and useful tweets from those who did. Here are a few that caught my eye. I’m adding this collection to My Best Posts On Books: Why They’re Important & How To Help Students Select, Read, Write & Discuss Them. [View the story "#IRA14Useful Tweets From The Internation
A Great New Way To Teach The Difference Between Correlation & Causation
via Spurious Correlations The Internet was awash today in discoveries made by Tyler Vigen, who wrote a computer program that discovers strange correlations and publishes them on his blog. I’m definitely adding this info to The Best Online Resources For Teaching The Difference Between Correlation & Causation, which is an important lesson to teacher, especially in IB Theory of Knowledge classe
“School Leaders Must Focus On ‘Authentic Learning,’ Not ‘Test Prep’”
School Leaders Must Focus On ‘Authentic Learning,’ Not ‘Test Prep’ is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. In Part One of this series, three educators — Anne Reeves, Justin Tarte, and PJ Caposey — shared their responses (I also contributed my own). Today, Justin Baeder and Kelly Young (who I consider my mentor in education) contribute their answers. I include comments from readers, too. Her
My Latest NY Times Post For ELLs is on Mexico, Travel & “Articles”
In my latest NY Times post for English Language Learners, learn about Mexico, words that are “articles,” and how students can create reports on what they would do if they could spend 36 hours in any country. A student interactive and links to models are included. You can see all my previous 50 NY Times posts here.
5-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Four Good Links On Classroom InstructionHere are a number of relatively recent links on classroom instruction: Five Teaching Tips for Helping Students Become ‘Wild Readers’ is by Donalyn Miller, and appeared in Ed Week. What if we approached testing this way? appeared in The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Resour