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

New Resources On Race & Racism

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

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: What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts is from The Conversation. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation)

Nifty National Geographic Infographic Tracks Migration Patterns

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

Migration Waves is a uniquely-designed infographic appearing in The National Geographic. It examines world migration, and is not just focused on the United States, but I’m still adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States .

A Look Back: Three Videos Of English Language Learners Giving Advice To Teachers

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

I thought the summer might be a good time to re-share posts from My All-Time Favorite Posts! list… In anticipating of a series of staff development sessions I led for our school’s faculty, I gave a survey to many of the ELLs at our school asking for their feedback on their classroom experiences. You can see the survey and read its results at English Language Learners Tell Us What Helps Them Learn

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

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 2019 – PART ONE. . Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learn

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 “” 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 . You might also w

A Look Back: 2019’s Best Posts From This Blog – Part One

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Each year, I re-post my favorite blog posts, and then collect the links into one. This post is for my favorites from the first six months of 2019. You can see my choices for each of the past ten years here. And you can also see a list of my My All-Time Favorite Posts! I’ve also been highlighting some of the “best-of-the-best” in the “A Look Back” series. Here are My Favorite Posts In 2019 — Part

A Look Back: The Best “Best” Lists Of 2019 – Part One

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 . geralt / Pixabay I publish a lot of “Best” lists. You can see all 2100 of them here . Are my choices for the “Best of the best”

JUL 25

The Best Resources For Learning About Protests Against The Telescope In Hawaii

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Andrew-Art / Pixabay You may have seen recent media attention to protests by Native Hawaiians against a decision to build a telescope there. I thought it was definitely worth a “Best” list, especially with the The International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People coming up. I’ll be adding this list to The Best Sites For International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People . You might also be inter

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the August 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…

“They Shouldn’t Have to, But What Are Ways Teachers Can Raise Private Money for Their Classroom?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

They Shouldn’t Have to, But What Are Ways Teachers Can Raise Private Money for Their Classroom? is the new question-of-the-week at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments here or there…

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

NY Times Video: “How Walls Ended Up Along the U.S.-Mexico Border”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

849356 / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from The NY Times to The Best Sites To Learn About Walls That Separate Us :

New TED-Ed Lesson & Video: “A brief history of cannibalism”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay TED-Ed has just published a lesson and video on cannibalism that will likely be high-interest in secondary classrooms:

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In July

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

July’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,061 Of Them!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,061 of them categorized here ): THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2019 – PART ONE THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ POLICY POSITIONS THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO T

July’s Most Popular Posts From This Blog

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM

JUL 24

“Q&A Collections: Using Tech in the Classroom”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Q&A Collections: Using Tech in the Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Using Tech in the Classroom (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

Animated Video: “How Failure Can Move You Forward”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to The Best Posts, Articles & Videos About Learning From Mistakes & Failures :

JUL 23

“Q&A Collections: Cooperative & Collaborative Learning”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Q&A Collections: Cooperative & Collaborative Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, all Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Cooperative & Collaborative Learning (from the past eight years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

Excellent Article Applicable To Pronouncing Student Names Correctly: They’re Not “Hard,” They’re “Unpracticed”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

N’Jameh Camara has written a great article in Teen Vogue headlined, Names That Are Unfamiliar to You Aren’t “Hard,” They’re “Unpracticed.” It’s one that all teachers can benefit from reading… I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Correctly Pronouncing Student Names .

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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: Social Annotation in the Digital Age appeared in Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Applications For Annotating Websites. Your PBL

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

26by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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

This Is An Excellent New Video From The BBC: “What happens inside you when you read a story”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

StockSnap / Pixabay The BBC just published this excellent new video. I’m adding it to Best Posts On Books: Why They’re Important & How To Help Students Select, Read, Write & Discuss Them . You might also be interested in The Best Resources On The Study Finding That Reading Books Makes You Live Longer .

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “Romance and revolution: the poetry of Pablo Neruda”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Lolame / Pixabay TED-Ed’s new lesson and video is on Pablo Neruda. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More .

Video: Trailer For New Movie About Harriet Tubman!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

orythys / Pixabay Thanks to Marian Dingle on Twitter, I learned that the video trailer for an upcoming movie about Harriet Tubman was just released. I’m adding it to The Best Teaching & Learning Resources About Harriet Tubman .

Completed Posting Mid-Year “Best” Lists – All Seventeen Of Them. Here They Are!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay Whew! I just posted the seventeenth mid-year “Best” list, and that was the last one! Here are all of them: THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 – PART ONE The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part One) The Best Online Learning Games – 2019 (Part One) Best Videos For Educators In 2019 – Part One The Best Ed Tech Resources Of 2019 – Part One The Best Resources On

JUL 22

The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2019 – Part One

28by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Time for another mid-year “Best” list. I’m adding list list to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! You can find previous editions of this list, along with other “Best” lists related to instruction, here . Here are my choices: The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 Years is a new article in the Harvard Business Review, and it would be a great one for students to read. The articl

The Eight Best Teaching & Learning Resources Available On This Blog

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Prawny / Pixabay (I’ve begun publishing this post every few months to help new readers) I have a lot of resources on this blog – in fact, you can find 24,000 blog posts. Yes, that’s twenty-four THOUSAND posts! That’s a lot to go through…. For what it’s worth, here are my choices for the eight most useful resources you can find here: Of course, I have to start with the categorized list of 2,000 re

A Look Back: Guest Post – What Does Tom Brady Have In Common With A Great Teacher?

by 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. It was later republished in The Washington Post . Editor’s Note: I know of no one who is a

“I Spy” Illustrations Are Great For ELLs & Here’s A Cool Video Explaining How They Are Made

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

levelord / Pixabay “I Spy” pictures are fun tools to help English Language Learners learn new words (see The Best “I Spy” (Hidden Object) Games For Vocabulary Development ). Insider just published a short video explaining how the images and books are made. It’s pretty neat:

“Author Interview: ‘Black Appetite. White Food.'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Author Interview: ‘Black Appetite. White Food.’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Jamila Lyiscott answers some questions about her new book, “Black Appetite. White Food: Issues of Race, Voice, and Justice Within and Beyond the Classroom.” Here are some excerpts:

Video: Trailer Of Tom Hanks Movie About Mr. Rogers – Plus A Bonus!

47by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

igorovsyannykov / Pixabay Check out the new trailer for the upcoming movie featuring Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers! And, just below that video, watch a genuine Mr. Rogers commencement speech… Mr. Rogers’ commencement speech at Dartmouth is exactly what we need right now pic.twitter.com/tl59szEZ4Q — NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 3, 2018

JUL 21

The Best Social Emotional Learning Resources Of 2019 – Part One

48by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Time for another mid-year “Best” list! I’ll be adding this list to ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! I publish a regular series called SEL Weekly Update , and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year. You might also be interested in “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . All my “Bes

A Look Back: An SEL Twist On The Autobiographical Incident Essay

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. The transformational power of how you talk about your life is an intriguing article at the

The Scopes Trial Ended On This Day In 1925 – Here Are Teaching Resources About Evolution

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

WikiImages / Pixabay The Scopes Trial ended on this day in 1925. You might be interested in: The Best Online Resources To Learn About Charles Darwin The Best Sites For Learning About Human Evolution The Scopes trial ended with a guilty verdict, this day in 1925. The Times noted, that "the battle on evolution" was not over. https://t.co/bGtI3Ilmmx pic.twitter.com/RA0HsDIkHo — NYT Archives (@NYTArc

It’s Getting That Time – Here Are Lots Of Resources For Planning The New School Year

30by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

geralt / Pixabay I know some are starting next week, and others (like me) have a month to go… You might be interested in: Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?” The Best Resources For Planning The First Day Of School

‘Students Need to DO History, Not Just Listen to It’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Big mistakes are made in social studies instruction. What can teachers do to avoid them? Annie Brown, Amy Okimoto, Amy Fast, Lynette Yorgason, Mike Kaechele and Dr. Rebecca Testa-Ryan weigh in. Here are some excerpts:

JUL 20

A Look Back: Scholars Appropriately Rip Research Saying Grade Retention Good For ELLs

31by 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. OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Ridiculous research came out earlier this month saying that

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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 2019 – PART ONE ): Educators learn early results of Gates initiative to improve student outcomes is from Ed Source. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The Role Of Private Foundations In Education Policy . This is

Two Good Collections Of Online Educational Games

44by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay Here are two new additions to The Best Collections Of Online Educational Games : Fun Stuff for Kids Online is from the Smithsonian. The National Museums Scotland has a nice collection .

August 9th Is The International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Greenstock / Pixabay The United Nations has declared August 9th to be The International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People . You might be interested in The Best Sites For International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People .