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Sunday, June 8, 2014

6-8-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: ELLs Test-Drive New English-Language Proficiency Assessments is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The “Next Generation” Of State Testing. Multilingual or not, infants learn words best wh


This Week’s Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy Issues
Here are some recent posts and articles on educational policy issues: How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolution is from The Washington Post. It’s long and important, and I’m adding it to A Collection Of My “Best” Lists On The Common Core. New teachers union chief is unapologetically adversarial is from The Boston Globe. It looks like some interesting stuff is going to be happenin

Two Very Different Videos About “Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes”
Here are two very different videos I’m adding to The Best Sites For Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes: Here’s a video from the view of a Polar Bear. You can read more about it here:


New Student Motivation, Engagement & SEL Resources
Our school year will be over in four days and, after a brief rest, it will be time for me to complete the third volume in my student motivation “trilogy” that should be published early next year by Routledge. It’s tentatively titled Building a Community of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies for Teaching Resilience, Respect, and Responsibility (I’ve got to get that done by the end of the summer s
June’s Infographics & Interactives Galore – Part One
There are just so many good infographics and interactives out there that I’ve begun a new semi-regular feature called “Infographics & Interactives Galore.” You can see others at A Collection Of “The Best…” Lists On Infographics and by searching “infographics” on this blog. I’ll still be publishing separate posts to individually highlight especially useful infographics and interactives, but you
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 6-7-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYThe Best Social Studies Sites Of 2014 — So FarHere’s one more in my series of mid-year “Best” lists (you can see all 1,300 of the lists here). You might also be interested in these previous posts: The “All-Time” Best Social Studies Sites The Best Social Studies Sites Of 2013 – Part Two The