#BringBackOurGirls Resources
Here are new additions to The Best Resources On The Kidnapped School Girls In Nigeria: Skills and Strategies | Engaging in Causes Via ‘Hashtag Activism’ is a lesson plan from The New York Times Learning Network. The crisis in Nigeria, in 11 maps and charts is from Vox. Boko Haram Says Video Shows Missing Nigerian Girls is from NPR.
More Resources On Race
Here are new additions to A Collection Of Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On Race & Racism: The 9 Most Influential Works of Scientific Racism, Ranked is from io9. The Ultimate, Crystal-Clear Guide to What Racism Is is from GoKicker.
Bunkr Makes Big Improvements In Ability To Create Slideshows, Not Least Of Which Is That It’s Now Free
I posted about Bunkr, a web tool for creating slideshows, last year and was not impressed. I said then that it didn’t appear to make it easy to include image attribution, and that it you had to pay to use it. Today, they unveiled a “new” Bunkr and, though I still didn’t see an easy way to include attribution, the interface does appear a lot smoother and it’s free to use. I wouldn’t say it’s as g
Another Good Video For ELLs: “Hero Cat Saves California Boy From Dog Attack”
Here’s another great video for English Language Learners to watch and then describe in writing and verbally what happens. You can read more about it here.
“How Can We Help Students & Ourselves Stay Organized?”
How Can We Help Students & Ourselves Stay Organized? is the latest “question-of-the-week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses here in the comments section or there….
My New BAM! Radio Show Is On Making History Curriculum More Engaging
How Can History Teachers Make the Curriculum More Engaging? is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! radio show, and that will be the subject of a future Ed Week column, too. My guests are Peter Pappas and Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez.
Video: “Around the World in 360° Degrees”
In his own version of “Where The Hell is Matt?”, here’s a guy who took panoramic videos of himself in different places around the world. I don’t think it’s anyway near as interesting as the two “Matt” videos (which are also embedded below), since Matt shows much more interaction with people, but it still could be useful in a Geography class… Matt in 2012: And here’s the original from 2008:
This Week’s Round-Up Of Useful Posts & Articles About Education Policy
Here are some recent pieces about education policy issues that are worth reading: Newark’s Voters Choose New Mayor and New Path is from The New York Times. This is great news for teachers, parents and students. I’ve written quite a bit at my Engaging Parents In School blog. about the twilight zone that Newark schools have entered over the past few years. The Broad Foundation’s Bruce Reed on educa
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How Popular Is Your Name?
The Best Places For Students To Learn About…Their Names one of my fairly popular lists — learning about one’s name is a high-interest topic for students. Some relatively new and cool interactive sites have recently come online… One is Zato Novo Baby Names, which gives you a time lapse of the popularity of names in the United States over the years. The Name Navigator seems to be a similar tool. I
5-13-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Important New Report Questions VAMAn important new report was published today raising major questions about the usefulness of Value-Added Measurement as a teacher evaluation tool. Read about it at The Washington Post’s article, Good teaching, poor test scores: Doubt cast on grading teachers by student performance, and at Ed