“Open Curriculum” Has Math Lessons & An Easy Lesson Plan Builder
Open Curriculum is a new free site that right now shares lots of math lessons, and plans to expand to English and Science lessons soon. I looked at a couple of the math lessons, and they seemed relatively decent, but I’m definitely no judge of math lesson plans. Because of that, I’m not ready to consider adding it to The Best Places To Find Free (And Good) Lesson Plans On The Internet. However, t
“Has Race To The Top Been A Success, A Fiasco, Or Something In Between?”
Has Race To The Top Been A Success, A Fiasco, Or Something In Between? is a special question of the week at my Education Week Teacher blog. This week is the fifth anniversary of the Obama Administration announcing the program. Feel free to leave comments here or there…
Liberio Says It Lets You Create eBooks From Google Drive
/> Liberio is a new tool that says it will let you turn any Google Drive document into an eBook. It also says it lets you upload and use a document from your computer. That could be a very useful. However, I was not able to successfully upload any document. That may have been because of their being overwhelmed by new users after being written-up in TechCrunch, or it might be a technical problem w
Wash. Post Unveils New “Storyline” Site — Great Content, Confusing Lay-Out
I’ve previously posted about The Washington Post’s announcement that they were joining the data-journalism party with a new site called Storyline (See The Washington Post Joins The Party Of Data-Journalism With “Storyline”). Today, Storyline opened up for business. The content looks great, and will be very accessible to students — unlike Vox (which I like a lot), Storyline’s pieces look like they
Seven Good “Reads” On Ed Tech
© 2010 Brad Flickinger, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are several recent good pieces related to educational technology: 10 Things Every Teacher Should Know How To Do With Google Docs is from Edudemic. Will Computers Ever Replace Teachers? appeared in The New Yorker. 3 Reasons Why Chromebook Beats iPad in 1:1 Programs is from edSurge. My Flipped Classroom Experience is by Kenneth Headley. I’m add
Good Overviews Of Israel-Gaza Crisis
© 2009 Amir Farshad Ebrahimi, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Vox has created two useful resources for understanding the present Israel-Gaza crisis. I’m adding them both to The “Best” Resources For Learning About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 11 crucial facts to understand the Israel-Gaza crisis is from Vox. And Vox has created this two minute video explainer:
7-21-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Latest Resources On The Child Refugee Crisis© 2011 Takver, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are the latest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: A Central America expert explains the root causes of the migrant crisis is from Vox. The Myth of the Disease