PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . I don’t want to risk putting all the work into those posts again and risk losing the
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay The United Nations has declared June 5th to be World Environment Day. You might be interested in The Best Resources For World Environment Day .
Editor’s Note: I recently invited readers to contribute short posts about their experiences teaching adult English Language Learners. Many have responded – and there’s room for more! The first post was by Antoinette Perez. The second one was by Leighton Suen . Post three was by Coral Russell . Today’s post is by Christy Olivera. Christy Olivera has taught secondary ESL in Texas for over 17 years.
Here’s a description of Juneteenth from TIME : Juneteenth is a contraction of the date “June Nineteenth.” On that day in 1865 in Galveston (then Texas’ largest city), Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order Number 3, which stated: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” Coming 10 weeks after
This blog has gained many new readers over the past year. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my favorite from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared in June, 2015 and highlights a practice I do every year on the last day of school. Maklay62 / Pixabay Tomorrow is our last day
I’ve previously shared quite a few articles written by education researcher Dylan Wiliam ( THIS ASCD ARTICLE BY DYLAN WILIAM MAY BE THE BEST ARTICLE YOU’LL EVER READ ON GIVING STUDENTS FEEDBACK ; EXCELLENT POST ON EDUCATION RESEARCH BY DYLAN WILIAM and more ). You won’t want to miss his latest one, Teaching not a research-based profession . I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding Ho
Free-Photos / Pixabay I’m adding this new infographic to The Best Sites For ELL’s To Learn About The Dangers Of Smoking : You will find more infographics at Statista
geralt / Pixabay Students in my Long-Term English Language Learner pilot support class have been preparing and delivering presentations reflecting on important things they’ve learned in each of their academic classes this year (including how they can apply that knowledge in the future), along with goals for next year. It’s been going relatively well, though I think we’re all running out of gas a
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: Brain – Book – Buddy: A Strategy for Assessment is from The Effortful Educator. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning Abo
DEZALB / Pixabay I’m fascinated by the Maya, and have visited many Mayan sites in Central America, including Tikal. Here’s a new video I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning About The Maya :
The transformational power of how you talk about your life is an intriguing article at the BBC that discusses research documenting the impact of telling your life story in a more positive way. It’s another remember of how to integrate Social Emotional Learning with other academic work, and is similar to the “Public Narratives” idea I’ve previously shared (see Helping Students Create “Public Narra
What Is the Best Advice for Co-Teaching Arrangements? is the new question-of-the-week at my Ed Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments sections 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
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 18,000 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
I’m adding the new video segment from the PBS NewsHour to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color . You can read the transcript here .
Papafox / Pixabay I’ve previously shared The Weather Channel’s always wild “immersive mixed reality” videos. Here’s their latest, which I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning About Tornadoes :
‘To Maximize Group Work, Make It Metacognitive’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. A three-part series of supporting effective student group work is “wrapped-up” today with commentaries from Nancy Frey, Doug Fisher, Michael Fisher, Dr. Laura Greenstein, Debbie Zacarian, Michael Silverstone and Cindy Terebush. Here are some excerpts:
Co-Teaching Strategies That Work for Teachers and Students is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the discussion by Elizabeth Stein, Jenny Vo, and Becky Corr, who have all also contributed written commentaries to my Education 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
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 ):’ Betsy DeVos wants to resurrect an old — and failed — model of public education is from The Washington Post The government already knows how to end school lunch shaming is from CNN. Instead of Fixing the SAT, Which
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Here are three new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures : Breakfast around the world: How different countries start the day is from CNN. 18 of the World’s Most Wondrous Public Transportation Options is from Atlas Obscura. The World Culture Encyclopedia looks intriguing, though I haven’t gone through it carefully, yet.
‘Maximizing Student Learning Gained Through Collaboration’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Katrina Hankins, Dawn Mitchell, Andrew Miller, Andrea Keith, and Michael D. Toth share their ideas about ensuring that group work in the classroom goes smoothly. Here are some excerpts:
SchoolPRPro / Pixabay Every year, I create an online virtual summer school “classroom” that my English Language Learner students can use and receive extra credit from me or their other teachers in the fall. And, every year, I share the new list (you can see past ones at The Best Resources On The “Summer Slide” ). They change based on the classes I’ll be teaching, what sites have gone under or hav
Debra Hanson has given me permission to share this excellent Anchor Chart/Infographic on “Expanding Sentences.” She explains how she uses it in class here . I’m adding it to Best Posts On Writing Instruction .
skeeze / Pixabay Ricky Ricardo in “I Love Lucy” illustrates that English is, indeed, a crazy language… I learned about it from the British Council Facebook page .
Effective Group Work Starts With Classroom Culture is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Karen Goeller, Jill Kester, Rachael Williams, Kara Pranikoff and Cheryl Mizerny share their ideas for effective student group work. Here are some excerpts:
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
MabelAmber / Pixabay I’ve written a fair amount about my use of visualization in class (see Best Posts On Helping Students “Visualize Success” ). FYI, here’s the music I’ve been using this semester during our visualization exercises:
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: Sustaining Readers Through Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction is by Lisa Stringfellow. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturall
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
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST RESOURCES ON TEENS DEMANDING AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE : School strike for climate: Protests staged around the world is from The BBC.
Editor’s Note: I recently invited readers to contribute short posts about their experiences teaching adult English Language Learners. Many have responded – and there’s room for more! The first post was by Antoinette Perez. The
