Tuesday, June 17, 2014

6-17-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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






The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2014 – So Far
Another day, another  “The Best…” list….. You might also be interested in: The “All-Time” Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of English Language Learners The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2013 – Part Two The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2013 – So Far The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teach

“Interactive Time-Lapse Map Shows How the U.S. Took More Than 1.5 Billion Acres From Native Americans”
Interactive Time-Lapse Map Shows How the U.S. Took More Than 1.5 Billion Acres From Native Americans is the headline of a useful article in Slate that gives details about the impressive interactive called The Invasion of America: How the United States Took Over an Eighth of the World. It’s a “must-see” and “must-use” site when teaching U.S. History, and is an excellent illustration of our country


The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2014 – So Far
As regular readers know, I teach an International Baccalaureate “Theory of Knowledge” class (and, next year, I’ll teach two of them!). Our school structures our IB program a bit differently from many others by having a whole lot of students take individual IB classes; we have relatively few who are taking all IB classes in order to get the IB diploma. I really like this set-up, and it opens up my


6-16-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Two Good Links About CurationA lot has been written recently about the importance of “curation” in this age of information “overload.” In fact, I’ve previously posted The Best Posts & Articles About Curation. Here are two new additions to that list: Sue Waters has written a very helpful post, including lots of suggestio