I’ll Be Interviewed Online About My Student Motivation Books At 10:50 AM (PST) On Thursday
The Reform Symposium Free Online Conference (RSCON) is going to be doing a series of live interviews with authors in a Google Hangout tomorrow, Thursday, and I’m scheduled for 10:50 AM Pacific Time to discuss my series of books on student motivation. You can see the interview here as well as see the line-up of other authors participating. Viewers will be able to participate in a chatboard to c
Perhaps My Last Listing Of New Resources For This Year’s World Cup
© 2010 Capture Of Dreams, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio Here are what are perhaps the final additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: ESPN has a phenomenal site for the World Cup called World Cup Essentials. Life in Brazil – during – the World Cup, in Pictures is from Vox. So You Think You Can Flop? is a fun Washington Post interactive.
A New Tool For Creating Email Newsletters From Wix
© 2011 FontShop, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio The ability to create an email newsletter can come in handy for bloggers, teachers and other writers. and I share a number of free tools that let you make them easily at The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters. Now Wix, the popular website-creating tool, has announced a new feature they call Shout Out that lets you send one out. It appe
The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”
© 2011 Official U.S. Navy Page, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio The so-called “reading wars” on how best to teach literacy are back in the news with the recent announcement that “balanced literacy” is back on the approved list for New York City schools to use. It should come as no surprise to readers that I’m a big supporter of Lucy Calkins and the balanced literacy approach, as my recent tweet demonst
Watch This Video & Complete The Sentence: “This Is An Allegory For_______”
We’ve all seen dogs barking at each other through fences. But I doubt you’ve ever seen them do this…. If you feel like it, leave a comment completing this sentence: “This is an allegory for…….” And if the video doesn’t come through on an RSS Readers — believe me, it’s worth clicking through to see it.
Video: Donald Duck On Self-Control
I’ve previously shared the videos Sesame Street has done this year promoting the virtue of self-control. They’re pretty creative and entertaining. I just learned that Walt Disney apparently had similar ideas in 1938, and put out this cartoon of Donald Duck teaching and learning about self-control — in his own unique way:
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Two Fun Links To Learn About The World’s Cultures
Here are two new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures: The McDonald’s meals abroad that may come as a surprise... is actually pretty interesting and is from The Daily Mail. And here’s an infographic sharing the national flowers of many countries:
“The New Yorker” Makes All Articles Available For Free Until November
The New Yorker, my favorite magazine, has just announced that they will eliminate their online paywall and make everything available for three months beginning on July 21st. At the end of that period they will unveil a revised paywall. Right now, they make about a third of their articles available for free each week. It’s good news for the short-term and bad news for the long-term. I’ve been a s
7-8-14 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: Useful Article: “How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions”How to Read Education Data Without Jumping to Conclusions is a good article in The Atlantic by Jessica Lahey & Tim Lahey. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research. Here’s an excerpt:by Larry Ferlaz