Latest News and Comment from Education

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

7-16-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







Very Useful Post: “Our 3 Favorite Free Online Image Editors For Education”
© 2010 fRandi-Shooters, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio The Edublogger has just published a very useful post: Our 3 Favorite Free Online Image Editors For Education. And, if you need even more options, check out one of my most popular “The Best” lists, The Best Sites For Online Photo-Editing & Photo Effects.
‘A More Beautiful Question’: An Interview With Warren Berger
‘A More Beautiful Question’: An Interview With Warren Berger is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions. Here are some excerpts:


Latest Resources On Child Refugees In The Southwest
© 2006 Gail Williams, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are the latest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: Schools a haven for kids who crossed border alone is from The Associated Press. Beware John Cornyn’s ‘Humane’ Immigration Act is from The New York Times. The U.S. Border Crisis is a series of infographics from Reuters. Surg

YESTERDAY

Quote Of The Day: The Benefits Of Adults Learning A New Language
The Benefits of Failing at French is a new New York Times column on language-learning. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning The Advantages To Being Bilingual Or Multilingual. Here’s an excerpt:


7-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Study Reinforces Previous Ones Showing SEL Lessons Need To Be Short & Simple© 2013 elPadawan, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio As regular readers of this blog and my books know, I’m an advocate of teaching Social Emotional Learning skills — and that I think they need to be simple so that individual teachers can integra