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Sunday, July 6, 2014

7-6-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL, & EF

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





July’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


Amazing Video: “Fireworks filmed with a drone”
You may have already seen this amazing video that I’m adding to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July:


“StepUp.io” Lets You Edit & Splice Together An Existing Video
StepUp.io is a new site that lets you easily pick any YouTube video, pick the specific segments you want to show from it, and then put them all together. That ability could be useful, though I think the option of making the segments “looping” is just an annoying feature. What would really make StepUp.io very helpful would be if they added the ability to get segments from multiple videos and put t

Three Good Resources On Understanding Education Research
© 2007 Joel Bedford, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research: The Problem with Research Evidence in Education is from Hunting English. The U.S. Department of Education has published a glossary of education research terms. If the Research is Not Used, Does it Exist? is from The Teachers College Record.
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy
© 2006 Alex S, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio Here are some recent useful resources on educational policy issues: Ten Reform Claims That Teachers Should Know How to Challenge is by Jack Schneider at Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Providing An “Overall” Perspective On Education Policy. Teachers And Education Reform, On A Need To Know Basis is from The Shanker Blog. I’m adding it to the

More Sites For Learning About Different Cultures
© 2009 Nina Matthews, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some new additions to one of my most popular lists, The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: What Beauty Looks Like, From Argentina to Vietnam is from The Atlantic. MAP: The most popular sport in every country is from Vox. The amazing diversity of languages around the world, in one map is also from Vox. Here’s a “Sc
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Week… 7-5-14 …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EF
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLARRY FERLAZZO’S WEBSITES OF THE DAYQuote Of The Day: “The Secret of Effective Motivation”The Secret of Effective Motivation is a column in today’s New York Times that’s written by Amy Wrzesniewski and Barry Schwartz. They focus on recent research they’ve done on the difference between “internal” and “instrumental” motives. I