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It's Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... A VERY BUSY 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

It's Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... A VERY BUSY DAY | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

TODAY

The Berlin Wall Fell Thirty Years Ago This Week – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
Shugert / Pixabay The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is on Nov. 9th. There are many related resources at The Best Sites To Learn About Walls That Separate Us .
Thanksgiving Is In A Few Weeks – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay Thanksgiving is coming up here in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving .
Video Of ABC Song Sparks Internet Outrage – People Need To Get A Life
blickpixel / Pixabay Dream English Kids is a popular site that produces excellent videos for people learning English. One of their older videos (seen below) is a version of the ABC Song that separates “LMNOP” instead of mushing them together as it’s done in the traditional song. It makes perfect sense to make that change for those new to the language. It, however, has sparked online insanity – as

YESTERDAY

Not Sure If You’ll Find A Better Guide For Making Good Presentations Than This One….
There are a lot of good guides out there for how to speak in public, and you can find many of them at The Best Sources Of Advice For Making Good Presentations . I’m not sure, though, if you’re going to find a better one – for teachers or for students – than the recent Harvard Business Review article, How to Look and Sound Confident During a Presentation. It’s short, accessible, and packed with us
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 ): Hands-on Philanthropists With a Proven Track Record, Ray and Barbara Dalio Announced in April They Wanted to Give $100M to Connecticut Schools. And Then Things Got Complicated is from The 74. I’m adding it to The B
Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists
(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” lists. You can find all of them in broad categories here . The link to that page can also be found at the top right of my blog: My Best Of Series I also have them all on
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 TWO Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: Exerting self-control does
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: Turn & Talk / Zaretta Hammond on Coaching and Culturally Responsive Teaching is from ASCD Educational Leadership. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On “Instructional Coaching” Seat
It’s “National Novel Writing Month” – Here Are Resources For How You & Your Students Can Take Advantage Of It
It’s National Novel Writing Month, and there is a fabulous website called Young Writers Program to help teachers encourage students to write. The site includes the ability to create virtual classrooms to monitor student progress and student forums to discuss writing, as well as lesson plans. You can learn more about this annual event at NaNoWriMo Celebrates 20 Years . The New York Times is doing
“Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement” Shares Nearly 200 Video Interviews
WikiImages / Pixabay Here’s how “Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement” describes itself: Voices of the Civil Rights Movement, a multimedia collaboration of Comcast NBCUniversal and the Equal Justice Initiative, honors 
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