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

Infographic: “HIV/AIDS Deaths Continue To Decline”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 43min

GDJ / Pixabay Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Here’s a new infographic I’m adding to The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS: You will find more infographics at Statista

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A Look Back – This May Have Potential: Teachers Doing Low-Stakes Observations Of Their Colleagues Resulted In Improvements For Both

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. geralt / Pixabay A new study in secondary schools found that teachers observing their colleagues two-or-three times and providing feedback using one-half of what lots of educators tell me is a ridiculously complex Danielson rubric resulted in improved academic results for students

A Post For Email Subscribers

by Larry Ferlazzo / 23h

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Feedblitz generally does a great job sending a daily email including posts from this blog, but they had a glitch yesterday. Here are links to the three posts they didn’t send out: A LOOK BACK: “GIVING THANKS: ELEVEN KEY PEOPLE WHO CHANGED MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER(S) — FOR THE BETTER!” DEC. 2ND IS “INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY” – HERE ARE TEACHING & LE

NOV 28

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

A Look Back – No Surprise: New Study Finds Encouraging Intrinsic Motivation For Reading Better Than Offering Rewards

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. Don’t even ask me to explain all the details of this new study, Reciprocal Effects between Reading Achievement and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reading Motivation. However, I did understand its section titled “Practical implications for teaching practices” (oh, how I wish more research

Even More New Resources To Help Teach About Impeachment

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I’m adding these new resources to THE BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT IMPEACHMENT : Students should learn about impeachment in school – here’s how to make it work is from The Conversation. Dozens of witnesses have been called to provide documents or testimony for the impeachment inquiry. Here’s who they are. https://t.co/M7atWuq5b7 — Post Graphics (@PostGraphic

I Discuss “My new classroom techniques & activities for 2019” In A New Article For The British Council

38by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

geralt / Pixabay I discuss a few strategies I’m trying out in my classroom in a new British Council article headlined My new classroom techniques and activities for 2019 . It includes downloadable hand-outs and videos. Though it’s not appearing in my British Council blog, I’ll still add the link to my list of many other British Council posts.

Dec. 2nd Is “International Day for the Abolition of Slavery” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

orythys / Pixabay The United Nations has declared December 2nd to be International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. You might be interested in: The Best Resources For Learning About Human Trafficking Today USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRINGING ENSLAVED AFRICANS TO AMERICA

NOV 27

A Look Back: “Giving Thanks: Eleven Key People Who Changed My Professional Career(s) — For The Better!”

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

© 2012 Hey Paul Studios , Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio (Editor’s Note: I originally shared a version of this piece in 2014, and thought it would be appropriate to re-post it today) One of my favorite bloggers – Alexander Russo — wrote an excellent post several years ago titled Giving Thanks: 6 Key Moments That Changed My Post-Grad School Career . It’s inspired me to do something similar: 1. The lat

Some Final Teaching & Learning Resources For Thanksgiving

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay Here are some final (for this year!) resources I’m adding to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue is from Smithsonian Magazine. A family learns to tell a new kind of Thanksgiving story is from The L.A. Times. Thanksgiving Belongs To The Wampanoag Tribe is from The Atlantic.

NOV 26

What Is The Best Education-Related Book You Read In 2019?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Every year, I ask readers of this blog to share – either in the comments section or on Twitter – the title and author of their favorite education-related book, along with one or two sentences explaining why they chose it. It’s that time again! Please share them with me no later than December 15th. Then, I’ll compile them in a post to share. With luck, I’ll publish it before everyone has done thei

Video: “World Religions Ranking – Population Growth by Religion (1800-2100)”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

truthseeker08 / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Websites To Learn About Various Religions & English :

Video: “How Stores Try to Manipulate Your Senses to Sell You Stuff”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

geralt / Pixabay This video would be a good one for IB Theory of Knowledge classes when discussion perception. You might also be interested in THE BEST VIDEOS SHOWING WE HAVE MORE THAN FIVE SENSES .

What Are The Best Sources Of Advice For People Who Want To Teach English Abroad

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Yesterday, I posted seeking people’s experiences of “native-speakerism” (see ARE YOU AN ENGLISH TEACHER WHO IS A “NON-NATIVE” ENGLISH SPEAKER? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES! ). I’m looking forward to learning people’s stories. Today, though, I’m interested in something different – I’d like to create a “Best” list of resources where people can get advice about teaching Engli

A Look Back: Do’s & Don’ts Of Working With An Aide In An ELL Classroom

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 We’re getting a new bilingual aide at our school sometime in the next week or two, and I thought I write up some “dos and don’ts” for my colleagues who are newer at teaching ELLs and at working with aides. I also thought it would be a good opportunity for me to ref

New Simon’s Cat Video About…Dogs: “Who’s A Good Boy?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Prawny / Pixabay You can’t beat Simon’s Cat videos for showing to English Language Learners and then having them talk and write about what happened. Here’s a brand new one – a series about dogs. You can see a zillion other useful videos here .

Here Are Some Resources To Help You With Difficult Family Conversations On Thanksgiving Day

29by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Tumisu / Pixabay Some of us (most of us?) might have family members at the table on Thanksgiving who have very different political opinions. The New York Times just updated their Angry Uncle Chat Bot to practice at Chat Bot: How to Talk About Impeachment Without Ruining the Holidays. It’s like a “choose your own adventure” game that gives you expert feedback every time you choose a response. I’m

Are You An English Teacher Who Is A “Non-Native” English Speaker? Share Your Experiences!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Isucc / Pixabay Native-speakerism is the term used to describe the challenges that teachers who are “non-native” speakers of English often experience. English teacher Jenny Vo (who is a “non-native” English speaker) is writing a chapter on the topic for the second edition of our ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide , and is interested in hearing about your experiences and advice. You can contact her

Free Online Graphic Novel: The Massacre Of Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street”

29by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

MikeGoad / Pixabay The Massacre Of Black Wall Street is a short online graphic novel The Watchmen television show did with the Atlantic marketing team. As fans of the show know, the Tulsa massacre opens the series and is a driving theme throughout its episodes. I’ve embedded several videos about the massacre below. I’m adding this post to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History .

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by 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

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 . Here are this we

“How Can Instructional Coaches & Teachers Work Best Together?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

How Can Instructional Coaches & Teachers Work Best Together? is the new question-of-the-week at my Ed Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments sections there or here…

NOV 25

Video: How big is the Solar System?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Comfreak / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Web Tools That Show You Objects To Scale :

A Look Back: Who Should Teachers Take Seriously When They Give Advice About Classroom Instruction?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. GDJ / Pixabay This is a question I’ve been thinking about for awhile, and I’m eager to hear answers from readers. Lots of people give advice about classroom instruction, but who should we really take seriously? There seems to me some fairly obvious people who go on the list, like o

“It’s a Great Lesson When Students ‘Want to Continue Their Own Learning'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

It’s a Great Lesson When Students ‘Want to Continue Their Own Learning’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. This two-part series on best social studies lessons is “wrapped up” today by commentaries from Rachel Johnson, Dawn Mitchell, Julie Stern, Cynthia W. Resor, Andrew Sharos, Lori Oczkus, and Keisha Rembert. Here are some excerpts:

Three New Resources For Teaching About Thanksgiving

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

ulleo / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : Teaching Thanksgiving is from NPR. The Year Abraham Lincoln Declared Thanksgiving is from Slate. Lesson plan: After helping Pilgrims, today’s Wampanoags fight for their ancestral lands is from The PBS NewsHour.

We’ve Just Begun Work On The Second Edition Of “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Katie Hull and I have just begun work on the second edition of our popular The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide . We’re about a year behind our original timetable for revising it because we spent the past twelve months editing three books in our Toolbox series (see The Math, Science & Social Studies Books We’re Editing Are Now Available For Pre-Order! ). The second edition of The Survival Guide w

New Study Questions Use Of VAM In Teacher Evaluation

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

There are a lots of questions about the use of “Value-Added Measurements” in teacher evaluations (see The Best Resources For Learning About The “Value-Added” Approach Towards Teacher Evaluation ). Now, another study questions its use in hiring and firing decisions. Check out Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Cautionary Tale (it’s not behind a paywall).

“World AIDS Day” Is On December 1st – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

GDJ / Pixabay The United Nations has declared December 1st to be World AIDS Day . You might be interested in The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS .

NOV 24

A Look Back: New Study Finds That Students Become More Academically Motivated If They Have Hope In “Socioeconomic Mobility”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. I’ve previously posted about unsurprising research that found low-income students tended to be less motivated in school if they felt that inequality in society reduced the odds of upward mobility for them (see New Study Finds Students Less Motivated In School The More They Think We

New Resources On Race & Racism

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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: Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick is from The NY Times. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About The Protests That Are NOT Against The N

“The Best Social Studies Lesson Is When History Comes ‘Alive'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

The Best Social Studies Lesson Is When History Comes ‘Alive’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Carina Whiteside, Denise Fawcett Facey, Deborah Gatrell, and Mark Honeyman discuss what they think were their best social studies lessons that connected with their students. Here are some excerpts:

The “Origin Of Species” Was Published On This Day 160 Years Ago – Here Are Teaching & Learning About Charles Darwin

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

WikiImages / Pixabay The “Origin Of Species” was published on this day 160 years ago. You might be interested in The Best Online Resources To Learn About Charles Darwin . Darwin’s “Origin of Species” is published,160 years ago today. In 1860, The Times reviewed the book: https://t.co/i9GYB6p33W pic.twitter.com/xd3lEVKW7s — NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) November 24, 2019

NOV 23

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

November’s Most Popular Posts From This Blog

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

A Look Back: “Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. Maklay62 / Pixabay Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write is the headline of my latest post for The British Council. Many of the ideas in the article can easily apply to non-ELLs, too. You can see all my British Council posts here . I’m adding t

November’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,111 Of Them!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,111 of them categorized here ): THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO THE BEST SCIENCE SITES OF 2019 – PART TWO THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In November

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

Video: “World’s Top 20 Refugee Hosting Countries 1990 to 2019”

31by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

kalhh / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day :

More New – & Important – Lesson Resources For Thanksgiving

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

congerdesign / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving : ‘I Was Teaching a Lot of Misconceptions.’ The Way American Kids Are Learning About the ‘First Thanksgiving’ Is Changing is from TIME. Celebrating Native American Heritage Month: Dos and Don’ts is from Teen Vogue. We asked service members, veterans and civilians who have observed Thanksgiving in

The Best “Words Of The Year” Features For 2019

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I do an annual “Word of the Year” feature, sharing the choices from various organizations around the world. Only a few have been chosen so far, but the pace will pick up over the next few weeks and I’ll be adding links to this post. You can see all my vocabulary-related “Best” lists, including previous editions of “Words Of The Year,” here . I’m adding this post to All My 2019 “Best” Lists In One

A Look Back: Here’s The Advice I Gave Our Advanced ELL Teachers On How To Prepare Students For Writing Assessments – What Can You Add?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I’m beginning to republish posts that made it onto my A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO list. picjumbo_com / Pixabay We do a school-wide writing assessment each fall, which students then take 

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