Prawny / Pixabay I’ve recently begun posting my end-of-the-year “Best” lists for this year. They’ll eventually number about thirty or so, and I’ll just keep adding links to them here. I have compilation posts to all of my many previous annual lists here . Here’s what I have so far: THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 . The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part Two)
I’m continuing with end-of-year “Best” lists. So far, I’ve published: THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 . The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part Two) Best Videos For Educators In 2019 – Part Two I use short, funny video clips a lot when I’m teaching ELLs, and you can read in detail about how I use them in The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay The 2019 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. You can find many resources about him, past winners, and the Prize itself at The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize .
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 19,000 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
manfredsteger / Pixabay Ulrich Boser and his The Learning Agency has unveiled a series of videos on what they call the “Science of Learning.” I would have liked them better if they were about half their length but it’s easy to criticize a good piece of work that will obviously be helpful to many educators. I think these are the two best ones, and I’m adding them to: The Best Resources For Learnin
It continues to be time for end-of-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 . The second was The Best Social Studies Websites – 2019 (Part Two) . Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators. You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re
StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from The SciShow to The Best Resources On Effective Note-Taking Strategies – Help Me Find More :
Yup, it’s that time again for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2019 You can see all my previous Social Studies “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here . Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the second part of 2019: I’ll start off sharing Social Studies “Best” l
is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Martha Sevetson Rush, Donna L. Shrum, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Michael Fisher, Tamara Letter, and Keisha Rembert contribute their thoughts on authentic audiences for student writers. Here are some excerpts:
StockSnap / Pixabay The Supreme Court will take up DACA this term. The PBS NewsHour aired this segment on the issue tonight. You might be interested in my previous posts on DACA .
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
With this post, I’m beginning to publish my end-of-year “The Best….” lists. There are over 2,100 regularly updated lists now. You can see them all here . You can also find many of them organized a bit differently here . You might also want to check out ALL MID-YEAR “BEST OF 2019” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! As usual, in order to make this list, a site had to be: * accessible to English Language Learners
Yassay / Pixabay Are we living in a simulation? is the topic of the latest lesson and video from TED-Ed. I’m adding it to several other similar videos, and other resources, related to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It can be found on our class’ IB Theory of Knowledge blog .
ArmyAmber / Pixabay The U.S. war in Afghanistan began eighteen years ago. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About The Afghanistan War . You might also find A Collection Of “Best” Lists Related To International Terrorism useful.
I publish lots of posts and resources, including several weekly series. I thought readers might find it useful for me to list those weekly features, along with links to past and future ones. Here they are: Weekly posts at my Education Week Teacher advice column . Weekly episodes of my eight-minute BAM Radio Show . Around The Web In ESL/ELL/EFL Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week This Week
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig
WenPhotos / Pixabay The Animal Endangerment Map : …charts the number of reported extinct, endangered and vulnerable species in each country to reveal where in the world is most at risk of complete extinction. Click on a country to see the species that are currently extinct, endangered and vulnerable, as well as a breakdown split by taxonomic class. Each country is shaded to reflect the current le
How to Better Align Grading With the Way Students Really Learn is the title of my latest ten-minute BAM radio show. Alfonzo Gonzalez joins me in the discussion, and he has also contributed a written commentary to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
Ways Students Can Write for ‘Authentic Audiences’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Jayne Marlink, Cheryl Mizerny, Erin Starkey, Nicole Brown, Dawn Mitchell, and John Larmer share their suggestions on how to encourage students to write for “authentic audiences.” Here are some excerpts:
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: Rewarding teamwork is key t
(I publish this post every six months so new readers are aware of the resources) In addition to this blog, I regularly post at several other sites: Engaging Parents In School: Weekly Posts At Classroom Q & A With Larry Ferlazzo: Past Posts At The New York Times Learning Network on Teaching English Language Learners: Periodic Posts at Edutopia: Quarterly Posts At The British Council – Teaching Eng
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I saw this tweet about a workshop being led by Tricia Ebarvia and Christie Nold: Wow. An important wake up call and reframing of how we talk and think about student voice. #HSEquity #istelib https://t.co/9sS51LRrKT — JoyAnn Boudreau (@MrsBoudreau) October 5, 2019 You can see their entire presentation here . And it prompted me to tweet this: This is why I don’t like t
‘When Students Send Their Work Out Into the World, It Changes Everything’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Katherine Schulten, Kelly Love, Tatiana Esteban, Kimiko Shibata, Alycia Owen, and Jennifer Orr offer suggestions on how students can write for an “authentic audience.” Here are some excerpts:
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day in 1917. I’m adding this list to others on race and racism . Here’s what I have so far: New Video Documentary: “Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up” Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day in 1917. My latest piece for @TIME reflects on her extraordinary life and legacy. One of her relatives read the piece and sent me a lovely
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 ): Big news here in California: New era for charter schools: Newsom signs bill after intensive negotiations is from Ed Source. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Analyzing Charter Schools . The Urban Institute
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
Every few months, I reprint this post so that new subscribers learn about these resources. I have many free resources, including excerpts and student hand-outs, available from all my books. Clicking on the covers will lead you to them. Look for a fourth book in my student motivation series (out in 2022) and a second edition of The ESL/ELL Teachers Survival Guide (out in 2021), along with three bo
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: Phonics vs. Balanced Literacy: A Classroom Comparison is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanc
WikiImages / Pixabay The United Nations has declared October 13th to be International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction . You might be interested in: The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters The Best Sites For Learning About Hurricanes The Best Sites To Learn About Tsunamis The Best Resources For Learning About The Tornadoes The Best Video Collages Of Natural Disasters The Best Short
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
TeroVesalainen / Pixabay As regular readers know, among my 2100 “Best” lists are thirteen years of “annual” Best collections. In other words, each year – and in recent years, every six months – I produce posts sharing my choices of the resources covering twenty or more topics. Today, though, I realized that I have never put them all together in one list to make them a bit more accessible. Here th
(Note: I am going to publish this same post once each month to remind regular readers and inform newer ones about how to access my “Best” lists) As regular readers know, I have about 2,100 categorized and regularly updated “Best”
