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

Census Bureau Unveils Updated Statistics In Schools Website & Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 45min

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 / 1h

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 / 1h

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

YESTERDAY

Here’s The Agenda, Including Resources Shared, Of Our School’s ELL “Pull-Out” Day

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

manfredsteger / Pixabay We had two two-hour meetings today of teachers who teach ELL-only classes (because of sub issues, we brought half the teachers together in the morning, and then the other half in the afternoon. It was led by Jen Adkins, our extremely capable “Lead Teacher” for ELLs (each of our Small Learning Communities – see The Best Resources For Learning About Small Learning Communitie

Good PBS NewsHour Segment On Thirtieth Anniversary Of Berlin Wall’s Fall

21by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Photoholiday / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Sites To Learn About Walls That Separate Us :

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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 ): Detroit Public School Students Allege They Were Deprived Access To Literacy In Lawsuit is from public radio. In a Kentucky election, aggrieved teachers flex their muscles is from The Washington Post. LeBron James h

NOV 07

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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: 3 Common PBL Problems—and Solutions is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Cooperative Learning Ideas . The MindS

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

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 . You might also w

NOV 06

Get Free Posters On Japanese-American Internment From The Smithsonian

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

The Smithsonian is offering a free eight-poster set on Japanese American Internment to teachers, along with a fairly detailed lesson guide on how to use them. I like both the posters and and accompanying curriculum. Put your request in here . I’m adding this info to The Best Resources On Japanese-American Internment In World War II

Video: “Country Size Comparison”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Mediamodifier / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Data Tracker to The Best Online Tools For Comparing The Physical Sizes Of Different Countries (you might also be interested in The Best Tools For Comparing Demographics Of Different Countries ):

Must-Read NY Times Article On Schools In Flint, Michigan

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

You’ll want to read today’s New York Times article, Flint’s Children Suffer in Class After Years of Drinking the Lead-Poisoned Water. You might also be interested in this PBS NewsHour video that I shared last month – in case you missed it:

“What Guidelines Should We Apply When Using Tech in the Classroom?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

What Guidelines Should We Apply When Using Tech in the Classroom? is the new question of the week at my Education Week Teacher column. Feel free to leave responses in the comments section there or here…

The Best Resources For Teaching About The 2020 Presidential Election

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

chayka1270 / Pixabay The next President of the United States will be elected one year from now. I figured it was time to begin creating a related “Best” list that will have many additions to it by that time… Before I start sharing those resources, though, here are some other “Best” lists that you might find helpful: THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES’ POLICY POSITIONS The

“Kid Citizen” Looks Like A Fabulous Social Studies Site

33by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Kid Citizen is a free site designed for students to learn with primary sources. It says its focus is K-5, but I think it could be useful with older students, too, – particularly English Language Learners. It’s filled with interactive videos and, on top of that, teachers can also create their own interactives, share them with students, and monitor student progress through a sort of virtual classro

NOV 05

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

New BBC Video: “Latino or Hispanic? What’s the difference?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

jairojehuel / Pixabay I learned some things from this new BBC video:

New PBS NewsHour Video: “Why colleges are reconsidering their reliance on standardized tests for admission”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

lecroitg / Pixabay I think many high school teachers will find tonight’s NewsHour segment pretty interesting:

“Students Should Not Believe a Grade ‘Defines Who They Currently Are'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Students Should Not Believe a Grade ‘Defines Who They Currently Are’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. A three-part series on how to handle grading is “wrapped up” today with commentaries by Dennis Griffin Jr, Scott Wurdinger, and Douglas Reeves. Here are some excerpts:

“Speechling” Looks Like A Nice Site To Practice Speaking English & Other Languages

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Speechling is a free site that shows your words or phrases in a language that you are learning, provides their translation in a language you know, plays a recording of it being said in the language you’re learning, and then gives you a chance to record yourself saying it. You can then compare what you said with how it should be said correctly. The site also says

NOV 04

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson On “The Taino myth of the cursed creator”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

spirit111 / Pixabay “The Taino myth of the cursed creator” is the topic of the latest TED-Ed video and lesson . I’m adding it to A Beginning List Of The Best Folklore & Myth Sites.

“Teachers Can Implement ‘Equitable Grading'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Teachers Can Implement ‘Equitable Grading’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Joe Feldman, Julia Thompson, Madeline Whitaker Good, and Andrew Sharos share their ideas on how teachers can handle grading student work. Here are some excerpts:

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Instructional Coaching

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

How to Make Instructional Coaching Work for You is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the discussion by Cindy Garcia, Sydney Chaffee and Carrie Johnson, who have all also contributed the Classroom Q & A column in Ed Week. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .

NOV 03

My Most Popular Tweets Of The Month

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . I don’t want to risk putting all the work into those posts again and risk losing the

“Learn With News” Provides Articles At Three Lexile Levels

35by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

kalhh / Pixabay Thanks to Christina Cabal’s blog (which is on the The Top Blogs and Resource Sites For Teachers Of English Language Learners list), I’ve learned about a new site called Learn With News . It provides articles about current events, which each one having three versions at different lexile levels. They also provide questions for each article. However, they are not interactive online,

“Grades Should Be a ‘Feedback Tool'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Grades Should Be a ‘Feedback Tool’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Alfonso (Al) Gonzalez, Cathy Vatterott, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, and Cindy Garcia “kick off” a three-part series on best grading practices. Here are some excerpts:

Two New Interactive Tools For Analyzing U.S. Census Data

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

geralt / Pixabay Here are two new tools I’m adding to The Best Tools For Analyzing Census Data : Neighborhood Atlas is from The University of Wisconsin. Justice Map

The Berlin Wall Fell Thirty Years Ago This Week – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

NOV 02

Not Sure If You’ll Find A Better Guide For Making Good Presentations Than This One….

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

(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

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: Exerting self-control does

New Resources On Race & Racism

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

35by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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 the legacy and impact of the men and women who championed racial equality in the United States….Today, Voices of the Civil Rights Movement presents more than 16 hours of gripping fir

Veterans Day Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

jkmoller11 / Pixabay Veterans Day is coming up. You might be interested in The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day .

Excellent Video From Edutopia: “60-Second Strategy: Traverse Talk”

47by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

kabaldesch0 / Pixabay I really like the speaking strategy shared in this new video from Edutopia. It’s a nice modification of the Three Two One speaking activity . I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English .

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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 

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