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Thursday, June 12, 2014

6-12-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:







Resources For The World Day Against Child Labor — It’s Today
June 12th is recognized by the United Nations as The World Day Against Child Labor. You might be interested in The Best Resources For The World Day Against Child Labor.
June’s Best Tweets — Part Two
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


What Are You Going To Do Differently Next Year?
Our school year ended an hour ago, and I can’t think of a better time to think about what I’m going to do differently next year! A few years ago, I wrote an Education Week column (What Are Your New School-Year Resolutions?) offering similar year-end reflections for the next year and invited readers to contribute their own, and would like to do the same here. If I’m feeling ambitious, I’ll conside


The Day After The “Vergara” Decision: Here Are More Thoughtful Reflections From Around The Web
Here are some more thoughtful reflections on yesterday’s Vergara decision that I’m adding to California Court Rules It’s All The Teachers’ Fault: Informed Student Advocates Pursue Reforms that, Unlike Vergara v. California, Actually Address Inequity is by Ben Spielberg. Making it easier to fire teachers won’t get you better ones is by Jack Schneider. Last Dance of the Lemons is by EduShyster. “S
More TOK & ELL Student Instagram Videos
I’ve previously shared how I experimented with having both my IB Theory of Knowledge students and my English Language Learners create Instagram videos as part of their finals. I’ve since gotten a chance to upload more of them, and you can see the TOK ones at our TOK class blog and more at our ELL class blog. Here are a few examples: Here’s a fun one my TOK students created and, unbeknownst to me,
6-11-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Videos: “Anderson Cooper Tries A Schizophrenia Simulator”I’m adding these videos to The Best Sites For Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes:by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h hide  //  saveYESTERDAYResources For World Refugee DayWorld Refugee Day takes place on June 20th. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About World Re