Important Study: “Expecting to teach enhances learning, recall”
I’m a big proponent of students teaching their classmates using presentations, “jigsaws,” creating learning objects like clozes and sequencing activities, and many online tools to create materials for authentic audiences. You can read more about these ideas at The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates. Now, new research finds what we teachers who have been making this kind of an a
Six Good Ed Tech Links
© 2013 DoDEA, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are some recent useful articles on ed tech-related issues: Why Some Schools Are Selling All Their iPads is from The Atlantic. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “One-To-One” Laptop/Tablet Programs. Why a New Jersey school district decided giving laptops to students is a terrible idea is from The Hechinger Report. I’m adding it to the same list. How
Even More Resources On The Unaccompanied Minor Refugee Crisis
© 2008 Frederick Dennstedt, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Children Refugee Crisis At The U.S. Southern Border: Schools brace for up to 50,000 migrant kids is from USA Today. With Uncertainty, Schools Prepare for New Arrivals is from The Texas Tribune. The Wilson Quarterly has a really impressive interactive. Hope Dwindles for Hon
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
© 2010 Sistak, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio I’ve started a somewhat regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention: New York City Libraries Struggle to Meet Demand for English-Language Classes is from The New York Times. Humanising Language Teaching is my favorite ESL/ELT journal, and the lates
August’s (2014) Best Tweets — Part One
Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in post. If you don’t use Twitter, you can
All My Ed Week Posts On Teaching ELLs — In One Place!
My latest Ed Week post brings together all my pieces from the past three years on teaching English Language Learners — in one place! Here’s an excerpt:
8-7-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: 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