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A Very Busy Day 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

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



Create Art In A Unique Way With “Artbreeder”
bodobe / Pixabay Artbreeder lets you create art – for free – that you can then use anyway you want. Here’s how Recomendo describes it: Using deep learning (AI) algorithms it generates multiple photo-realistic “children” mutations of one image. You — the gardener — select one mutant you like and then breed further generations from its descendants. You can also crossbreed two different images. Very

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This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
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 ): Teacher Choices Trials – our new approach to researching questions teachers want answers to is from The Education Endowment. They’ve begun asking teachers what the Foundation should research. It’s a stance that I h
SEL Weekly Update
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 2019 – PART ONE Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Can Bite-Sized Lessons Make
New Resources On Race & Racism
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: The Washington Post has published a series on school segregation. I’m adding these articles and interactives to The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregat
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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: Honing Our Questions to Deepen History Learning appeared in Middleweb. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good
Video: “Greta Thunberg – Inspiring Others to Take a Stand Against Climate Change” With Trevor Noah
geralt / Pixabay Trevor Noah interviewed Greta Thunberg last night on The Daily Show. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES ON TEENS DEMANDING AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE .
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
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 Learner
Ed Tech Digest
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
Video: “Small Decisions That Massively Changed History”
Pexels / Pixabay This is not a great video. However, the first part does a good job showing how small decisions can affect history. It can be particularly useful when introducing the idea of a “What If?” project, which I regularly do in my Theory of Knowledge and Social Studies class, and which also can be done in just about any other class, too. You can read about them at The Best Resources For
The Great Depression Began Ninety Years Ago – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources
Momentmal / Pixabay As The Washington Post pointed out this week: Ninety years ago this fall, the stock market experienced the Great Crash. Shortly thereafter, America’s economy slumped into the Great Depression. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About The Great Depression .
“Q&A Collections: Relationships in Schools”
Q&A Collections: Relationships in Schools is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts offering advice on Relationships in Schools (from the past eight years!) are described and linked 
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