Video: Jimmy Fallon Plays Pictionary
Most people, including ESL/ELT teachers, are familiar with the game Pictionary. It’s a great language-learning activity. If you ever want to show other teachers or students a video modeling the activity, Jimmy Fallon has you covered: I’m adding this to The Best Ideas For Using Games In The ESL/EFL/ELL Classroom.
In Honor Of John Venn’s Birthday (A Little Late), Here Are Some Fun Venn Diagrams
© 2012 mararie, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio I was traveling earlier this week, and missed John Venn’s 180th birthday. He, of course, introduced the Venn Diagram to the world. Here are some fun Venn Diagrams that join other interesting ones at The Best Multimedia Resources For Introducing Students To The Advantages Of Charts, Graphs & Infographics: Google placed an interactive Venn Diagram it
Good Classroom Management Advice: “The Person Who Asks The Questions Controls The Conversation”
© 1944 National Library of Australia, Flickr | PD | via Wylio If a student an I are having a bad day — a fortunately rare coincidence, but one that nevertheless still happens — sometimes our conversation can denigrate into one that is not helpful to anyone. Marvin Marshall, who writes a lot about positive classroom management techniques, offers some good advice in that situation: The Person Who As
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Education Policy
© 2008 William Murphy, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are some recent important posts and articles on education policy issues: Social Capital Matters As Much As Human Capital – A Message To Skeptics is from The Shanker Blog. Gary Ravani has written a great post that appeared in The Washington Post titled School reforms that actually work. StudentsFirst Vice President Eric Lerum and I Debate Ac
This Looks Like A Great Deal: The NY Times Offers Free Online Classroom Subscriptions
The New York Times is now offering free online classroom subscriptions to “The New York Times Replica Edition” which, I believe, is an online edition of the complete print edition. In other words, it won’t included the extra resources available on the Times website. It’s still a great deal and it’s open to K-12 classrooms anywhere in the United States. Students can access it from home or from sch
August’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
8-6-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Resources: Advice For New Teachers© 2014 Ilmicrofono Oggiono, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio It’s that time of year again! Readers might be particularly interested in two “The Best” lists: The Best Advice For New Teachers The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of Schoolby Larry Ferlazzo / 12min 8-4-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s W