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

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 Learner

A Look Back: Being A Mentor At Our School May Have Resulted In Improved Grades For The…Mentors

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Last week, I posted Another Study Finds That Student Mentors Giving Advice Helps THEM Do Better , which described an interesting study that was a also a little weird – the “mentors” didn’t actually mentor anyone. Instead, they basically wrote a letter

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

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 CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Read Between the Brushstrokes: Using Visual Art as a Historical Source is from The Smithsonian. I’m adding it to The Best Ways T

New Teaching Resources About Impeachment

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

Owantana / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT IMPEACHMENT : Teaching impeaching: History comes to life in school as teachers seize on this historic moment. Here’s what some are doing — and how. is from The Washington Post. A Third Graders Guide To The Impeachment Hearings is from The NY Times. How Schools Are Using The Trump Impeachment Inquiry As A Tea

Important New Teaching Resources For Thanksgiving

by Larry Ferlazzo / 14h

Sabrina_Ripke_Fotografie / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : 3 ways to expand Native American curriculum beyond Thanksgiving myths is from Education Dive. Thanksgiving 2019 is from Teaching Tolerance. A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving for Educators and Families is from The Center For Racial Justice in Education . Teachers and librarians:

Twenty-Second School Shooting Of The Year – How Many More Have To Happen?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

The New York Times article headlined California School Shooting Is Another Nightmare Made Real – and the videos below – tell the story of what happened yesterday. It was the twenty-second school shooting this year . Even though California has many of the toughest gun laws in the nation, we obviously have to do more legally and culturally. Unfortunately, I have had many reasons to curate resources

Free Resources From All My Books

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

Depressing Statistic Of The Day: Hate Crimes Up In The U.S. – Again

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Hate-Crime Violence Hits 16-Year High, F.B.I. Reports is the depressing headline of a recent New York Times article. If you’re interested in learning ways educators can respond to these kinds of attacks on our fellow and sister human beings (many who are our students and their families), you might want to explore: Teaching & Learning Resources For The Pittsburgh Massacre New & Revised: A Collecti

A Look Back: Wow! “Genial.ly” Has Developed Into An Amazing Multi-Purpose Tool!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. Genial.ly made it on The Fifty Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2016 as a new tool for creating infographics. Now, as you can see from the image at the top of this post, the site – which is FREE to use – lets you create an amazing array of interactive tools, including gam

NOV 14

Seven Things To Look Forward To Seeing Over The Next Thirty Days

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Prettysleepy2 / Pixabay In addition to posts here and at Ed Week , and regular episodes of my BAM! Radio Show , I’ve got seven new projects/articles appearing over the next thirty days: * A lengthy article I wrote about our school’s support effort for Long Term English Language Learners, including data from the experiment and control groups, will appear in ASCD Educational Leadership next week. I

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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 MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2019 The f

Google Expands Its Indigenous Languages Project With Lesson Plan & More

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Pixaline / Pixabay In August, I shared a very impressive Google resource highlighting fifty-five indigenous languages from around the world (see Google Creates Interactive On Indigenous Languages ). Today, they unveiled what looks to me to be an impressive lesson plan on indigenous languages: Exploring Indigenous Language Vitality. In addition, they are “exploring the option to expand the story w

On This Day In 1960, Ruby Bridges Was The First African-American Child To Attend A Southern All-White Elementary School – Here Are Teaching Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

WikiImages / Pixabay Ruby Bridges made history on this day in 1960. You might be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT RUBY BRIDGES . #OTD in 1960, Ruby Bridges became the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South, at William Frantz School in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the entire school year only one teacher taught Bridges, in a classroom by he

“What Is the Difference Between Treating Students ‘Fairly’ & ‘Equally’?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

What Is the Difference Between Treating Students ‘Fairly’ & ‘Equally’? is the new question-of-the-week at my Ed Week column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments sections there or here…

A Look Back: The Lessons Our ELL Students Taught Their Schoolmates – Downloadable Book Included!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

(I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. Mojpe / Pixabay Editor’s Note: Guest Post: What ELLs Taught Our School In A Week-Long Empathy Project is a very popular post by Pam Buric, the writer of today’s post, about an annual project students do at our school – ELLs write about their lives and share them face-to-face with

NOV 13

NASA Unveils Game Where You Can Plan & Run A Space Mission

24by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Rocket Science: Ride To The Station is a new simulation created by NASA where players can put themselves in the role of running a mission to the International Space Station. You can read more about it at TechCrunch’s article, New NASA app puts you in the pilot’s seat of Boeing’s Starliner or SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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

“Start With the Content & Not With the Tech”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Start With the Content & Not With the Tech is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Danielle Herro, Blake Harvard, Michael D. Toth, Michael Fisher, and Kenneth Tam wrap up this three-part series on using technology with students. I’m adding it to The Best Advice On Using Education Technology . Here are some excerpts:

A Look Back: Twelve Ways ELLs – & Anyone Else – Can Read & Demonstrate Understanding Of A Textbook

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

(I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. geralt / Pixabay Earlier today, I posted WHAT I WANT TO DO BETTER NEXT SCHOOL YEAR – HOW ABOUT YOU? A few hours later, I realized that I had omitted another of important change I want to make – shake up how I have students read our History textbook. All-too-often, the sequence is

NOV 12

My Most Popular Tweets In 2019 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

FirmBee / Pixabay Here’s another end-of-year “Best” list that I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” Lists In One Place! Here are my most popular tweets from the last few months: Seventeen years in and I still get a little nervous about the first day of school, which is tomorrow for us… — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 29, 2019 Room set for year seventeen b

“Science In The City” Looks Like An Excellent Source Of Culturally Responsive Lessons

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Science in the City is a Stanford-based organization that “is a team of researchers, educators and other amazing people interested in finding new models and methodologies for teaching science to kids in inner-city contexts.” The site has a number of good lesson plans and resources. You can read more about it here . I’m adding it to: The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Cul

“Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Jayme Linton, Eric Sheninger, Cindy Garcia, Suzanne Lucas, Ari Flewelling, Carrie Rogers-Whitehead, Dr. Carolyn Brown, and Dr. Jerry Zimmermann contribute their ideas on how to use ed tech. Here are some excerpts:

NOV 11

Video: “The most destructive hurricanes hitting more often”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

WikiImages / Pixabay I’m adding this new Associated Press video to The Best Sites For Learning About Hurricanes :

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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 TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . The Story of Wik

New Veteran’s Day Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

tislas / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day : On Veterans Day, 8 unforgettable photos of Americans returning from war is from The Washington Post. Key findings about America’s military veterans is from The Pew Research Center. How Did Armistice Day Become Veterans Day in the United States? is from The NY Times.

NOV 10

Two New Resources On Climate Change

45by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

madartzgraphics / Pixabay Here are two new additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change : Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline is from The Guardian. Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows is a NY Times interactive.

Interesting Study On Learning – Or Not Learning – From “Failure”

29by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Not Learning From Failure—the Greatest Failure of All is the title of a study that just came out. It was designed to investigate whether we learn more from our failures or successes. It seems to me, though, that outside of bizarre world of failed Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, most of already know we learn more from our successes. The important issue when it comes to failures, though, is how we re

The Best Theory Of Knowledge Resources In 2019 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Here’s another end-of-year “Best” list that I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” 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: Thanks to my new TOK – teaching colleague Kara Synhorst, I’ve learned about an amazing Facebook group for TOK teachers. I’m not sure how I did not

Video: “Top 5 Tallest Buildings Throughout History”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

indragunawan / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Sites To Learn About The World’s Tallest Buildings :

“Technology ‘Doesn’t Replace Good Teaching'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Technology ‘Doesn’t Replace Good Teaching’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Anne Jenks, Michelle Shory, Ed.S, Irina V. McGrath, Ph.D, Kim Jaxon, Dr. Beth Gotcher, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Ph.D., and Keisha Rembert share their suggestions for using tech effectively in class. Here are some excerpts:

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Time for another end-of-year “Best” list! I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” 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 educatio

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Each year, I re-post my favorite blog posts, and then collect the links into one. This post is for my favorites from the second half of 2019. You can see my choices for each of the past twelve 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. I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this

My Best Posts On New Research Studies In 2019 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

I’m continuing with end-of-year “Best” lists. I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” Lists In One Place! You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here . Here are my choices for the past six months: ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH, RITA PIERSON WAS MORE RIGHT THAN NOT WHEN SHE SAID, “KIDS DON’T LEARN FROM PEOPLE T

The Best Science Sites Of 2019 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

It’s time for another “Best” list! I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” 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…: THE BEST SITES WHERE STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS The Lines of Code

New Scholarship Resources For Undocumented Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Resource Sites For Scholarship Information : NEW GUIDE: BUILDING ON-CAMPUS UNDOCUMENTED STUDENT PROGRAMS is from Immigrants Rising. A scholarship program makes college a reality for undocumented students is from NBC News.

NOV 09

The Most Popular Posts From This Blog In 2019 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Time for another end-of-year “Best” list. I’ll be adding this list to I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” 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 SECOND PART OF 2019 THE

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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: How Early-Career Setbacks C

Video: “Top 15 Baby Names in US from 1880 to 2019”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

mohamed_hassan / Pixabay I’m adding this video from Data is Beautiful to The Best Places For Students To Learn About…Their Names :

Wash. Post Survey Confirms We Teachers Spend A Lot Of Our Money On Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

The Washington Post invited teachers to share how much money – and for what – they personally spend on their classrooms. Check out their two articles: ‘I am a scavenger’: The desperate things teachers do to get the classroom supplies they need ‘In most professions, you steal office supplies from work to bring home. But teachers steal office supplies from home to bring to work.’ I’m adding this in

Census Bureau Unveils Updated Statistics In Schools Website & Resources

24by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay The U.S. Census, which needs to do anything it can do to make it look better after the Trump Administration’s attempt to politicize (see The Best Articles Explaining Why It Would Be Terrible To Add An Immigration Status Question To The Census ), has unveiled an updated Statistics In Schools program . You can read more about the program at Education Dive . After

Interesting Video: “What If You Lived for Only 24 Hours”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

bangindsoft / Pixabay This is an interesting new video from Bright Side. You might also be interested in: The Best Sites That Show Statistics By Reducing The World & The U.S. To 100 People The Best Visualizations Of How People Spend Their Days

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

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 

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