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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

8-20-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







Wednesday’s (2nd Week) Tweets About #Ferguson #MichaelBrown
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Watch This Video That Uses Legos To Illustrate U.S. Economic Inequality…& Get Depressed
© 2011 mSeattle, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: The Brookings Institution has created this video to illustrate the lack of economic mobility in the United States to accompany this report: Rich Kid, Poor Kid: For 30 Years, Baltimore Study Tracked Who Gets Ahead from NPR is a good piece to read their shares similar concl


Great Video: “Seize The Day” – A Robin Williams Tribute
Melody Sheep has created this wonderful video:
Two Good Videos On How We Learn & How I Plan To Use Them In Class
© 2008 philosophygeek, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio The Khan Academy (you might want to see The Best Posts About The Khan Academy) recently unveiled three new videos that they have apparently developed with the help of Carol Dweck. Their main new one is pretty decent and titled “You Can Learn Anything.” It’s the first video embedded below. The one I really like, though is of John Legend. I don’t


Good Resources On Asking Questions
© 2007 Fabrice Florin, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio 5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners is a nice piece by Warren Berger that appeared in Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions. Here’s a short video of Warren Berger talking about the importance of questions. I’m adding it to The Best Videos Showing The Importance Of Asking Good Ques


All My Ed Week Posts From The Past 3 Years On Instructional Strategies – In One Place!
My latest Ed Week column includes links to all my posts there from the past three years on instructional strategies. Here’s an excerpt:


Teaching Ideas For #Ferguson #MichaelBrown
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8-19-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Monday’s Tweets About #Ferguson #MichaelBrown[View the story "Monday's Tweets About #Ferguson #MichaelBrown" on Storify]by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h8-18-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFLLarry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Thinking Like A