The Best Online Learning Simulation Games & Interactives — Help Me Find More
© 2010 ER24 EMS (Pty) Ltd., Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m doing some research and writing on the idea of “transfer of learning.” As part of that research, I’ve been exploring online simulations that could “transfer” learning to different situations students might realistically encounter in classes or outside of school. I’ve posted about quite a few of them ove
Excellent English-Learning App Duolingo Now Takes On TOEFL & IELTS
Duolingo, which is on a bunch of my “Best” lists as a language-learning app (my students love it!) have not made it official — they’ve just unveiled an English test they want to rival the TOEFL and IELTS, tests that international students need to pass prior to attending a university in most English-speaking countries. You can read more about it at this TechCrunch post, and here’s a video: I woul
“Teaching Without Connecting is ‘Futile’: An Interview With Annette Breaux & Todd Whitaker”
Teaching Without Connecting is ‘Futile’: An Interview With Annette Breaux & Todd Whitaker is my new Education Week Teacher post. In it, Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker agreed to answer a few questions about the new second edition of their popular book, Seven Simple Secrets: What the BEST Teachers Know and Do! Here are some excerpts:
Updated Playlist: “The 20 most popular talks of all time”
TED Talks now has an updated playlist of The 20 most popular talks of all time. I’m adding it to The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks” (& Similar Presentations).
Two Excellent World War One Resources From The Guardian
The British newspaper The Guardian has recently produced two excellent resources about World Ward One that I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning About World War I: A global guide to the first world war – interactive documentary is an impressive multilingual…interactive documentary. How to teach… the first world war is also from The Guardian.
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“FluencyTutor” Could Be A Useful Tool For Students To See Their Reading Progress
Richard Byrne posted yesterday about an intriguing new site that would be useful for emerging readers and English Language Learners called FluencyTutor For Google. It’s a web app only usable with a Chrome browser that provides a large selection of leveled reading passages that students can read, record, and store on Google Drive. Teachers can then listen at their convenience and correct and note
12 MORE New Yorker Articles On Ed To Read While The Archives Are Free
© 2012 Karen Green, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Yesterday, I posted “12 New Yorker education articles to read while the archives are free,” a link to a a great collection of links that Vox identified. Now, today, Alexander Russo published links to his own choices at 12 New Yorker Ed Articles Vox Missed/Got Wrong. All twenty-four are worth reading this summer….
7-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: 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 Be