Infographic: “Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy With Verbs”
Here’s a nice infographic I’m adding to The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom. It comes from Mia MacMeekin, who creates lots of great infographics at An Ethical Island. And thanks to MindShift for the tip.
Scary Video: Irish Public Service Video On Speeding Good For Language Development & Public Safety
Northern Ireland’s DOE Road Safety has released a public service video on safety that is so disturbing that it can’t be shown until after 9:00 PM at night there. I wouldn’t use it with younger English Language Learners, but showing it to older students and having them describe what they see could be useful on a number of levels:
‘Teachers Know A Lot About Scaffolding’ For Complex Texts
‘Teachers Know A Lot About Scaffolding’ For Complex Texts is my latest post over at Education Week Teacher. It’s Part Two in a series on…scaffolding for complex texts. Part One featured responses from three educators: Wendi Pillars, Amy Benjamin, and Christopher Lehman. Today’s post includes three joint commentaries from Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher; Tammy Mulligan and Clare Landrigan; and Aaron
Washington Post Reprints My “Best & Worst” Ed News List
The Washington Post has just republished my The best and worst education news of 2014 — so far piece. Check it out if you missed it when I originally posted it on this blog.
Monday’s New World Cup Resources
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: The Curious History Of The World Cup Soccer Ball is a slideshow from Fast Company. 22 maps that explain the World Cup is from Vox. World Cup 2014 resources and activities is from TES Connect.
YESTERDAY
My Favorite Posts In 2014 — So Far
Every year I identify my personal favorite posts, and it’s time for my mid-year selection. You can see my choices for each of the past seven years here. Here are My Favorite Posts In 2014 — So Far: Here are some of my favorite “The Best…” lists from this year (by the way, the total lists I’ve published reached 1,300 this year): The Best Posts & Articles Highlighting Why We Need To Be Very Car
Tips On Taking Good Photographs
Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning Beginning Photography Tips: How to Take Better Pictures with Your Smartphone’s Camera is from Lifehacker. How To Take The Perfect Photo is from Shutterfly (thanks to Richard Byrne for the tip).
6-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Five Useful Ed Tech Articles & PostsHere are some recent useful pieces on ed tech-related issues: From Apple II to Touchcast, the evolution of computers in the classroom is from The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The History Of Technology. Via Tablet or Smartphone, Learning With MOOC