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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

7-30-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







“‘Myths & Lies’ That Threaten Our Schools: An Interview With David Berliner & Gene Glass”
‘Myths & Lies’ That Threaten Our Schools: An Interview With David Berliner & Gene Glass is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. In it, David C. Berliner and Gene V. Glass answer a few questions about their book, “50 Myths & Lies That Threaten America’s Public Schools.” Here are a couple of excerpts:


Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter
I’ve just mailed out the June issue of my simple free monthly email newsletter. It has over 2,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here.

Do You Have Suggestions Of Movie/TV Scenes Showing People In “Flow”?
© 2009 Jordanhill School D&T Dept, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I’ve recently been spending some time thinking about developing a lesson to help my students understand the idea of entering into a “state of flow” — completely absorbed in a learning task. You can read more about the concept at The Best Resources For Learning About “Flow.” Do you have any suggestions of movie or TV scenes showing

July’s Best Posts From This Blog
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here). Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this pas
July’s “The Best” Lists — There Are Now 1,335 Of Them!
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,335 of them categorized here): The Best Online Learning Simulation Games & Interactives — Help Me Find More The Best Resources For Learning About The Ebola Virus The Best Articles Highlighting Parallel Critiques Of Increasing School & Health Care “Efficiency” The Best Resources On Why Breakfast Is I

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The Best Resources For Learning About The Ebola Virus
© 2014 European Commission DG ECHO, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio The Ebola Virus is spreading in Africa, and potentially to an even wider area in the future. Here are some resources to help understand what is happening (and please make your own suggestions in the comments): The Worst Ebola Outbreak in History is Getting Worse is from GoKicker. The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history is happening


7-29-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: All My Ed Week Posts On Teaching Social Studies — In One Place!Q & A Collections: Teaching Social Studies is my latest post at Education Week Teacher. It brings together all my social studies posts from the past three years on…teaching social studies. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h hide  //  s