Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Here’s My Short Unit On Folktales – Including Student Handouts

by Larry Ferlazzo / 44min

Merio / Pixabay I’ve previously shared posts about specific writing units I do with ELLs (and non-ELLs) that have shared detailed instructions and student-handouts: * On writing a story (see A Look Back: “Here’s My Entire ELL Beginners Seven-Week Unit On Writing A Story (Including Hand-outs & Links)” * On writing about a growth mindset (see Student Written Growth Mindset Stories ) * On students w

YESTERDAY

New National Geographic Video: “Rainforests 101”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 12h

nile / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Sites For Learning About Brazil:

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 19h

I’ve recently begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists. You might also be interested in The Best Social Emotional Learning Resources Of 2018 – So Far. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Research scholars to air pro

Earth Day Is Coming Up – Here Is Everything You Wanted To Know About The Environment, But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 22h

Earth Day is on April 22nd. You might be interested in: The Best Earth Day Sites The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom The Best Online Carbon Calculators The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change The Best Resources For World Biodiversity Day (& Endangered Species Day) The Best Sites To Learn About “Earth Hour” The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About World

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 22h

Six years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in The Best Ed Tech Resources Of 2018 – So Far , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . You

MAR 29

Video: “What’s the origin of April Fools’ Day?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from USA Today to The Best Sites For Learning About St. Patrick’s Day (and April Fool’s Day) :

“Memr.tv” Is A Fun Tool For English Language Learners (& Everybody Else)

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

satyatiwari / Pixabay I’ve often shared in the past about how I have English Language Learners go to sites that have short and often silly movie clips available for users to create funny closed-captions about what the characters might be saying. You can see links to all those free and easy tools at The Best Places To Create Funny Subtitles For Silent Movies . Today, reader Tommy shared a new one

Do You Teach English In Algeria & Want To Answer Some Questions About What’s Happening There Now?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

3dman_eu / Pixabay Several years ago, I began a new regular interview series . There are always lots of “hot spots” around the world — places where there are natural disasters, political upheavals, etc. And English teachers can be found in most of those places. If you are an EFL/ESL teacher in one of those areas, please let me know. I haven’t done this interviews in writing for quite awhile, but

MAR 28

Great Student-Created Vocabulary Videos!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

PDPics / Pixabay The New York Times Learning Network has just announced the winners of their 2019 Vocabulary Video Contest , and they’re great! I’ve embedded one of them below. My ELL students have been creating these for years. In fact, the Learning Network used some of them as models to kick-off their first contest! You can see a zillion of them at The Best Resources For Learning To Use The Vid

Earth Hour 2019 Takes Place On March 30th – Here Are Related Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

qimono / Pixabay Millions of people around the world will be turning off their lights on March 30th at 8:30 PM local time in a global environmental movement. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About “Earth Hour”

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 17,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in My Seven Most Popular Pins In 2018

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE TWELFT

New Infographic: “A Minute on the Internet in 2019”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

fancycrave1 / Pixabay There are annual versions of these kinds of infographics (you can find many of them at The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet ). Here’s the latest one from Statista: You will find more infographics at Statista

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson On Frida Kahlo

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

HeteroSapiens / Pixabay TED-Ed’s newest lesson is on Frida Kahlo. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo .

MAR 27

“What Are Effective Ways to Use Tech in Science Classes?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

What Are Effective Ways to Use Tech in Science Classes? is the new question-of-the-week at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments section there or here….

New PBS NewsHour Video: “How the way we talk about suicide can prevent it from happening again”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Free-Photos / Pixabay Here’s how the PBS NewsHour describes this segment: Two members of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas community have died by apparent suicide. One of them was a survivor of last year’s mass shooting who reportedly struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Kelly Posner Gerstenhaber of the Columbia Lighthouse Project and Ryan Petty, whose daughter was killed at Parkland, jo

Video: Saturday Night Live Takes On The Marshmallow Test

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

allybally4b / Pixabay I’ve shared many posts about the famous Marshmallow Test and its implications for schools (see Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control ). Actress Sandra Oh is hosting Saturday Night Live this week, and SNL decided to spoof The Marshmallow Test in a promo for the show:

MAR 26

New Video From L.A. Times: “Do you know what a charter school is?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Wokandapix / Pixabay The L.A. Times has just produced this decent video explaining charter schools. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools .

“Don’t Treat Parent-Teacher Conferences ‘Like Trips to the Dentist'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Don’t Treat Parent-Teacher Conferences ‘Like Trips to the Dentist’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Beth Brady, Carol Pelletier Radford, Rich Czyz, Robert Ward, Jennifer Abrams, and Barbara R. Blackburn share their thoughts on teachers meeting with parents. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Parent/Teacher Conferences . Here are excerpts from the post:

Another Study Finds That Poverty Causes Cognitive Challenges, Not The Other Way Around

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

There has been a lot of recent research showing that that the stress of poverty limits the amount of “cognitive bandwidth” that people may have – in other words, poverty causes less self-control, for example, than the other way around (see The Best Resources Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough ). A new study finds that being saddled with debt can have the same negative impact (see Debt

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the April issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter . It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here . Of course, you can also join the eighteen thousand others who subscribe to this blog daily. Here Are 8 Ways You Can Subscribe For Free…

MAR 25

“The Student’s Role in Parent-Teacher Conferences”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

The Student’s Role in Parent-Teacher Conferences is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Jenny Edwards, Dr. Beth Gotcher, Sherri Wilson, Katy Ridnouer, Ryan Huels, Tara Brown, and Sarah Thomas share their reflections on parent-teacher conferences. Here are some excerpts:

Two Fun Rube Goldberg-Like Videos

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Here are two new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines : this ends fantastically pic.twitter.com/zNKCi4gbZl — megan YELI MVP brown (@thatgirlondeck) March 16, 2019

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Using Tech In English Classes

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Ways to use Tech Effectively in English Classes is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the conversation by Jenny Vo, Jennifer Casa-Todd, and Maggie Verdoia, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. You can also now listen to the show on Google Play and Stitcher , in addition to iTunes. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Sh

MAR 24

“Strategies for Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Strategies for Effective Parent-Teacher Conferences is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It highlights suggestions from Luz Santana, Leticia Skae, Mandi White, Tara Dale, Sanée Bell, PJ Caposey, and Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez about increasing the effectiveness of parent-teacher conferences. Here are some excerpts:

Kenyan Science Teacher Wins This Year’s Global Teacher Prize

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

TeroVesalainen / Pixabay Peter Tabichi, a science teacher from Kenya, has just been awarded The Global Teacher Prize. You can learn more about it at The NY Times article, Kenyan Teacher Who Aids Poor Wins $1 Million Global Prize . I’ve embedded some videos about him below, including his teaching a sample lesson. First, though, here are links to posts about previous winners: ART TEACHER IN THE U.K

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

BiljaST / Pixabay Five years ago I began this 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. You might also be interested in The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2018 – So Far and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2018 – PART TWO . A

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2018 – PART TWO ):’ Statisticians’ Call To Arms: Reject Significance And Embrace Uncertainty! is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research . “How Much Should I Care?” Five que

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASS INSTRUCTION IN 2018 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Common Core Problem Based Curriculum Maps is from Emergent Math. I’m adding it to The Best Apps, Online Tools & Other Resources For

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Six years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “Ed Tech Digest” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in The Best Ed Tech Resources Of 2018 – So Far , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . You

“Listen To Discern” Offers Useful Information Literacy Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

john-i / Pixabay This week, NPR ran a story about what it characterized as a successful informational literacy program in Ukraine called “Listen and Discern” (see Students In Ukraine Learn How To Spot Fake Stories, Propaganda And 

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