This Week With 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

This Week With Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 

 The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3min

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 2019 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Yo

YESTERDAY

A Look Back: An Outline For How Students Can Learn To Write Essays Inductively

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. I’ve written a lot – both here and in my books – about teaching and learning inductively (

“Author Interview: ‘Preparing Students for Writing Beyond School'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

Author Interview: ‘Preparing Students for Writing Beyond School’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It’s important that students realize that writing, like reading and talking, will be a part of their continuing lives, say the authors of the new book “Preparing Students for Writing Beyond School.” Here are some excerpts:

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 21h

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

Nelson Mandela International Day Is On July 18th – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Nelson Mandela International Day is on July 18th. The United Nations says : On July 18, every year, we invite you to mark Nelson Mandela International Day by making a difference in your communities. Everyone has the ability and the responsibility to change the world for the better! Mandela Day is an occasion for all to take action and inspire change. You might also b

JUL 04

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

A Look Back – Infographic: “Expanding Sentences”

200+by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. Debra Hanson has given me permission to share this excellent Anchor Chart/Infographic on “

“Q&A Collections: Best Ways to End the School Year”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Q&A Collections: Best Ways to End the School Year is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, all Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on the best ways to end the school year (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

Video: “The government again demonstrates how (not) to use fireworks”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

nickgesell / Pixabay Show this video to English Language Learners and have them describe what they saw! I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July .

“Bad News Game” Is Supposed To Teach Students Information Literacy

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

There are several free online games designed to teach information literacy, and you can find them at The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More . Now, there’s another one, and it’s called the Bad News Game. I learned about it in today’s CNN story, R esearchers have created a ‘vaccine’ for fake news. It’s a game. Researchers claim playing it has been shown to im

JUL 03

The Best Articles, Videos & Posts On Education Policy In 2019 – Part One

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Time for another mid-year “Best” list! I’ll be adding this list to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! You can see the previous editions of this list, along with all my Ed Policy-related “Best” lists, here . Here are my choices for the best resources on education policy shared over the past six months (this is different from my annual “round-up” of important education-related news): D

Sometimes Having Problems Accessing My Blog?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Mocho / Pixabay Edublogs is a great blog-hosting problem, and I highly recommend them. That being said, they’re still trying to fix a bug that now-and-then takes this blog off-line and gives a message saying “No Posts Found” when you come here. When the problem does occur, it’s over ten minutes later. I just wanted to give readers this update so you don’t get frustrated or wonder what’s going one

A Look Back: Editing List For When Teachers Write Books

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. annekarakash / Pixabay I’ve written nine books, including three co-authored with Katie Hul

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 ): Koch Network Announces New Education Lobbying Group, Walton Funding Pact is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy . Mark Zuckerberg

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 2019 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: The Washoe County School District has a nice list of instructional strategies . I’m adding it to The Best Collections Of Instruction

“Should We Make Students Keep ‘Reading Logs’?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Should We Make Students Keep ‘Reading Logs’? 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…

JUL 02

A Look Back: Our Three Video Series On Differentiation, Including Two NEW Ones!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. 200degrees / Pixabay Last fall, Katie Hull and I worked with Ed Week to create a very popu

Trump Administration Abandons Plan For Census Citizenship Question – Great For Our Country & Great For My Lessons Next Year, Too!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

The Trump Administration apparently bowed to the inevitable today and gave up on the idea of having a citizenship question on the Census (see The NY Times article, 2020 Census Won’t Have Citizenship Question as Trump Administration Drops Effort ). I’ve been sharing resources on this issue for awhile (see The Best Articles Explaining Why It Would Be Terrible To Add An Immigration Status Question T

New TED-Ed Animated Video Of “The New Colossus” Poem

26by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Last year, TED-Ed began publishing a series of cool animated poetry videos (see TED-ED BEGINS PUTTING THEIR GREAT ANIMATED POETRY VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE ). They added a new on this morning of the famous poem on the Statue of Liberty, one that particularly important in light of the constant attacks on immigrants we’re experiencing these days. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigrati

“Q&A Collections: Best Ways to Begin the School Year”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Q&A Collections: Best Ways to Begin the School Year is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on the best ways to begin the school year (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

JUL 01

My Most Popular Tweets Of The Month

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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

NY Times Video On “Memory Contamination”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

aitoff / Pixabay This is a video from The New York Times which I will be showing to my Theory of Knowledge classes next school year when we study memory. Here’s how they describe it : I began exploring the intersection of memory and law after hearing the story of Penny Beerntsen, who was assaulted while running on a beach in 1985 — and who misidentified her assailant in the subsequent investigati

A Look Back: Home Culture Project – With New Examples & Student Handouts!

24by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. Free-Photos / Pixabay I’ve previously posted about the Home Cultures project that my stude

Important Info On Busing & School Desegregation

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Last week’s Democratic Presidential candidate debate has put desegregation and busing in the news. Here are some related and thoughtful pieces which I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation) – Help Me Find More : Did busing for school desegregation succeed? Here’s what research says. is by Matt Barnum. ‘Why Busing Failed’ author on Biden remarks: ‘Th

July 11th Is World Population Day – Here are Related Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay The United Nations has declared July 11th to be World Population Day . You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Our World’s Population Of 7 Billion .

New TED-Ed Video: “The secret language of trees”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Picography / Pixabay I’m adding this new TED-Ed lesson and video to The Best Sites To Learn About Trees :

Guest Post: Equity & Access In Schools

22by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

By Antoine Germany Editor’s Note: Antoine Germany is a valued colleague who has been working with our teachers on equity and access issues. I’m adding this post to New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominantly White Teachers To Reflect On How Race Influences Our Work . Antoine Germany is a veteran teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento and is Chair of the English Department. When

JUN 30

A Look Back: Student-Written Growth Mindset Stories

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I did a growth mindset lesson in my Long-Term English Langua

The Most Popular Posts From This Blog In The First Six Months Of 2019

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Time for another mid-year “Best” list. I’m adding list list to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! First is a list of the most popular posts that first appeared this year. Second is a list of the overall most popular posts, several which have appeared earlier, but still retain a great deal of popularity. MOST POPULAR THAT FIRST APPEARED IN 2019 1. THIS ARTICLE IS ONE OF THE BEST PIECE

“Phonics Instruction Doesn’t Have to Be ‘Boring & Dull'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Phonics Instruction Doesn’t Have to Be ‘Boring & Dull’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Casey Schultz, Mandy Ellis, Dr. Carolyn Brown, Dr. Jerry Zimmerman, Kelly Wickham Hurst, and the late Dr. Kay MacPhee, who contributed a response prior to her death, discuss the role of phonics in reading instruction. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to The Best Articles

The Best Science Sites Of 2019 – Part One

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

It’s time for another “Best” list! I’m adding this post to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! You can see all previous editions of this Science list, along with other Science-related “Best” lists, here (Best list son Planets & Space are here ). Let me know what I’m missing…: I’m adding this video to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines : What student wouldn’t

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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 2019 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Yo

A Look Back: Twelve Ways ELLs – & Anyone Else – Can Read & Demonstrate Understanding Of A Textbook Chapter – Add To The List!

200+by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. geralt / Pixabay Earlier today, I posted WHAT I WANT TO DO BETTER NEXT SCHOOL YEAR – HOW A

My New BAM! Radio Show Is On “Reading Logs”

36by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show is on Reading Logs: What Works, What Does Not? I’m joined in the conversation by Beth Jarzabek and Mary Beth Nicklaus, who have both also contributed written commentaries to my Education Week Teacher column. This is the last show of the season, and will start back up again in late August. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Description

JUN 29

New PBS NewsHour Video Segment: “New York City students are fighting for school integration”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

falco / Pixabay I’m adding this video from tonight’s PBS NewsHour to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation) – Help Me Find More :

TIME Publishes “15 Unsung Moments From American History That Historians Say You Should Know About”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay TIME has just published an excellent piece headlined “15 Unsung Moments From American History That Historians Say You Should Know About.” They always do some kind of U.S. history list before the Fourth of July (and you can see them at The Best “Lists Of Lists” Of Influential People, Events & Ideas) , but I would say this is their best one so far… I’m adding it to that “Best” list

A Look Back: “We Also Shouldn’t Let White People Off The Hook”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

This blog has recently gained many new readers. Because of that, I thought it might be worth sharing a “A Look Back” where I periodically share my choices for the most important posts from the past twelve years. You can also see all of my choices for “Best” posts here . This post appeared earlier this year. You may have already heard about the terrible (and recently pulled) commercial from Ancest

The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2019 – Part One

64by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Here’s another mid-year “Best” list that I’m adding to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! You can see all my many Theory Of Knowledge – related “Best” lists here. Here are my picks from the last six months: Every 

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