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…
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay As regular readers know, this year our school has been doing a pilot Long-Term English Language Learner support class incorporating a number of strategies to support our students. Students received many “pre-assessments” in September, as did a control group of LTELLs. This coming week, we do the “post-assessments” (last week, both groups completed the ELPAC, the
Gellinger / Pixabay I’m adding these two very useful visuals to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change : Here’s an impressive animation: Animation: The countries with the largest cumulative CO2 emissions since 1750 Ranking as of the start of 2019: 1) US – 397GtCO2 2) CN – 214Gt 3) fmr USSR – 180 4) DE – 90 5) UK – 77 6) JP – 58 7) IN – 51 8) FR – 37 9) CA – 32 10) PL – 27 pic.twitter.com/cK
3844328 / Pixabay This tweet shares a phenomenal ten-point outline for writing about research, and I think it specifically hits a home run for writing about teacher action research. I’ll soon be writing about the results of our Long-Term English Language Learner Pilot Support class , and I now plan to use this outline for the report. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher
The same Kentucky Republican governor who blamed teacher walk-outs for child abuse last year (see first tweet) has now blamed teacher walk-outs for the shooting of a child. We teachers are used to being blamed a lot for things far beyond our control, but I have to say that, before this, I had not heard us being blamed for causing child abuse and shootings by using our constitutional rights…. Read
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
WikiImages / Pixabay The Washington Post has published a series of maps headlined Mapping America’s wicked weather and deadly disasters . They show where different natural disasters, such as tornadoes and wildfires, have tended to occur over the past ten years. I’m adding this to The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters .
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
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: 10 Tips For Helping Students Open Up to Poetry is from Ariel Sacks. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me F
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay In the United States, National Teacher Day is Tuesday in the first full week of May. I’ve got a lot of interesting info at The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day .
stux / Pixabay You’ve never seen the “rise and fall” of colonial empires visualized in this way before: “The decline of the largest maritime empires of the 19th and 20th centuries using a ludic and organic metaphor that incorporates mitosis-like spilts.” Visualizing Empires Decline from Pedro M. Cruz on Vimeo .
“I don’t see color” is a harmful perspective shared by many people, including a fair number of educators (see THE BEST RESPONSES TO “I DON’T SEE COLOR” ). A new study – the latest of many – finds that schools pushing that kind of policy harm students of color (see Policies valuing cultural diversity improve minority students’ sense of belonging ): “Approaches that ignore diversity, with rhetoric
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Mother’s Day is celebrated in the United States and in many other countries on the second Sunday of May. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Mother’s Day .
The new question-of-the-week at my Education Week Teacher column is: Should teachers encourage student evaluations of their classes and their teaching? If not, why not? If so, what are the best ways to do it? Feel free to leave responses in the comments there or here…..
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
Focusing on the Assets of Native American Students is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Timothy San Pedro, Alayna Eagle Shield and Amanda Holmes wrap-up a three-part series on Native American education. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to Resources On Challenges Native Americans Face In Schools .
WikiImages / Pixabay Shakespeare may have born on this day a long time ago. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Teaching Shakespeare To English Language Learners.
Tumisu / Pixabay As we all know, the last seven weeks of school can sometimes feel like a slog to students and teachers alike. There are lots of strategies I use to try to avoid that pitfall (see The Best Ways To Finish The School Year Strong , as well as a new addition to that list from Valentina Gonzalez at Middleweb, Ending the School Year with English Learners ). One four-day “unit” I always
‘Something Must Change’ to Address Challenges Facing Native American Youths is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column, part two in a three-part series. In it, Dr. Susan C. Faircloth, Kelly Sassi, and Jennifer Borgioli share their thoughts on the challenges facing Native American youth. Here are some excerpts:
I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,038 of them categorized here ): THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR ELLS – HELP ME FIND MORE! APRIL 20TH IS THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBINE MASS SHOOTING – HERE ARE RELATED RESOURCES A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT REPARATIONS THE BEST TOOLS FOR STUDENTS
tommyvideo / Pixabay The hidden network that makes the internet possible is the new lesson and video from TED-Ed. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet .
200degrees / Pixabay The Upshot is the New York Times column that regularly produces some fascinating interactive infographics, many which I share here. Today, they published a collection of their “favorite, most-read or most distinct work since 2014.” I’m adding it to The Best Sources For Interactive Infographics .
You may have already hurt about the terrible (and recently pulled) commercial from Ancestry.com that utterly missed the boat on the rapes whites regularly inflicted on enslaved people (I’ve embedded a tweet below that shows it). NPR had a good piece on it titled Companies Continue To Stumble Over Racially Offensive Advertising Campaigns where they interviewed NY Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones
As regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in IT’S THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS. Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POS
I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: Schools keep teaching slavery and civil rights history in ways that traumatize black students is from Vox. I’m adding it to New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominantly White Te
Meeting the Needs of Native American Students is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Mandy Smoker Broaddus, Gregg Castro and Jennifer Jilot discuss the challenges faced by Native American students and ways educators can effectively respond to those issues. Here are some excerpts:
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay As a piece in the Atlantic today says: The outcome in New York v. Department of Commerce, which the Supreme Court will hear on April 23, will affect virtually every aspect of our national life, from the right to vote to the balance of power in Congress and the Electoral College to the scope of federal educational, health, and welfare programs. At issue is whethe
WikiImages / Pixabay I’m adding this infographic to The Best Interactives Showing How Long Our Non-Renewables Will Last . It’s described as “Our chart for this week takes a look at how far a year’s worth of natural resources goes given human consumption…In 1970 global consumption of natural resources just about matched the number of resources the Earth produced in a year. December 29th was the da
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 ):’ Are America’s teachers really underpaid? is from The Conversation. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Teacher Compensation Crisis . The Fabulous 20%: Programs Proven Effective in Rigorous R
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
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
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: Why We Can’t Afford Whitewas
pixel2013 / Pixabay I’ve previously shared Here’s My Short Unit On Folktales – Including Student Handouts . Students rewrote folktales (which I explained and stories that teach a lesson or that explain something about the world) from their cultures, and then wrote their own. Here’s an example of a cultural folktale summarized by a student:
My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show is on using games in the classroom . I’m joined in the conversation by Susan Lafond, Michael Fisher, and Eric Schildge, 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 Shows – Linked With Description
