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

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

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 TWO ): School Reforms That Are Persistent and Admired But Marginal (Part 1) and School Reforms That Are Persistent and Admired But Marginal (Part 1) by Larry Cuban are interesting posts. Inexperienced teachers are often s

YESTERDAY

Video: In Case You Haven’t Seen It Already, Here’s “Hair Love”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

Just in case you haven’t seen it already, here’s “Hair Love”: Hair Love, an Oscar®-winning animated short film from Matthew A. Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.

My Most Popular Tweets Of The Month

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

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 . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS IN 2019 – PART TWO and NEW &

A Look Back: My Book & Blog On Parent Engagement In Schools

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . In 2009, I published my first book, Building Parent Engagement In Schools , co-authored by Lorie Hammond. The book is best known for highlighting the differences between parent involvement and parent engagement . At the time of the boo

Video: “After Parkland”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

13smok / Pixabay “After Parkland” is a new documentary about that terrible school shooting. Here’s a clip about it from ABC News, and you can read more about it here . You might also be interested in Not Very “Best” Lists Of The Week: Gun Violence .

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Eight 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

FEB 13

What Are The Biggest Dangers Facing Schools, Teachers & Their Students?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

The next question-of-the-week at my Education Week Teacher column is: What are the biggest dangers facing schools, teachers, and their students right now? Feel free to leave a response in the comments section here or via Twitter.

A Look Back: “Draw A Stickman”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2011. The site continues to be a favorite of my students, and has expanded since this original post. Draw a Stickman is an amazing adventure where you…draw a stick and he comes to life. You’re given ins

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 20,000 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

FEB 12

‘Being Nice Is Not Enough to Make Racism Disappear’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column, which is a guest post by Dr. Karen Baptiste. Here’s an excerpt:

Video: “10 map projections and how they distort the world”

56by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Reddit to The Best Resources On Different Types Of Map Projections : [OC] 10 map projections and how they distort the world, video 57s. from r/MapPorn

A Look Back: What Is The “Zeigarnik Effect” & How Did I Apply It In The Classroom Today?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2011. You might also be interested in another post I wrote about the same topic: More On The “Zeigarnik Effect” Bluma Zeigarnik was a Russian psychologist who identified what came to be called the “Zeig

New PBS NewsHour Video: “Isabel Allende’s newest historical novel tells familiar story of refugee life”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

This is a pretty interesting video from the PBS NewsHour tonight:

Charles Darwin Was Born On This Day In 1809 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

WikiImages / Pixabay This is Charles Darwin’s Birthday! You might be interested in: The Best Online Resources To Learn About Charles Darwin The Best Sites For Learning About Human Evolution Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809. On the hundredth anniversary of his ship's arrival in the Galapagos, The Times wrote: "Biology has undoubtedly expanded since the Beagle made her famous voyage." ht

FEB 11

Excellent Piece On How Poverty Can Affect “Mental Bandwidth,” But It Has A Pretty Bad Title

23by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

I’ve previously shared a number of posts and articles about research showing the negative impact poverty has on “cognitive bandwidth” – the understandable preoccupation with day-to-day survival that sometimes crowds out putting energy into longer-term planning and other behaviors. For example, lack of self-control does not result in poverty; in reality, poverty can cause what might be viewed by s

Report Raises Questions About Student Involvement In School Shooting Drills

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

A new report supported by the nation’s two largest teachers’ unions questions the value of student involvement in school shooting drills. You can read the full report here . You can get summaries of it from NPR’s story, 2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills , and from the video below. You might also be interested in the NOT VERY “BEST” LISTS OF THE WEEK:

The Best Resources For Learning About The New Theory Of Knowledge Syllabus

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

geralt / Pixabay Every several years, the International Baccalaureate Program makes changes to the Theory of Knowledge course. The last update wasn’t the big of a deal, the upcoming one beginning this fall is a different kettle of fish. Ugh. Who among us get that excited about having to become familiar with a new curriculum you have to teach? I’m even less thrilled that I’ll have to take an onlin

A Look Back: What Can We Learn About Classroom Management From Abraham Lincoln?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this post in 2011. You might also find Best Posts On Classroom Management useful. The New York Times has a fascinating article about Lincoln and The Mormons . It explains that he basically made a deal to leave them

Nelson Mandela Was Released From Prison Thirty Years Ago Today – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Nelson Mandela was released from prison thirty years ago today. You might be interested in: The Best Sites For Learning About Nelson Mandela The Best Resources Honoring Nelson Mandela At His Passing…. 30 years ago today, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. The Times's TV critic said: "Everything we had been hearing of the man's dignity and strength was there on

Here’s What Our Teachers Have Learned About Teaching English Language Learners

68by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Our school is doing a series of professional development sessions this year on ELL instruction for all our teachers. We did the first session with about fifteen or so teachers and ended it using this neat idea I learned from Andrea Honigsfeld: What a great idea. Who wouldn’t want to end a professional development session with this? https://t.co/NQSRE4k7NU — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) January

FEB 10

Atlantic Begins Photo Series On Each State

32by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

pinkzebra / Pixabay The Atlantic Magazine recently began publishing a series of photos about each U.S. state. Unfortunately, they also began a metered “Paywall,” so you can only access a few of their articles each month without buying a subscription. They certainly could come in handy when teaching Geography. So far, they’ve done slideshows on: Wyoming Georgia Indiana Hawaii South Carolina

New Simon’s Cat Video For Valentine’s Day – I’ll Be Showing It To My Class!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

biancamentil / Pixabay This new Simon’s Cat video for Valentine’s Day joins several others at The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day . They’re great to show to ELLs, who then have to talk and write about what they saw. I’ll be showing them on Friday!

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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: The Secret To Giving Great Feedback is a new and short TED Talk that offers a simple, but useful, formula to keep in mind when g

Great Video: “My Vote Don’t Count”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Tumisu / Pixabay Thanks to Jenn Binis , I learned about this great video from YelloPain. It would obviously have to be played at a slow-speed for ELLs, but all students could do an analysis of it:

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

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 THIRTE

A Look Back: “Idolizing Just One Person Undermines The Struggle”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this series of posts in 2010. You might also be interested in The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History . In addition, you might also find these related posts useful: Researchers Find That Science Textb

My New BAM! Radio Show Is On Culturally Responsive Instruction

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

12 Ways to Make Culturally Responsive Instruction Work in Your Classroom is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show. I’m joined in the conversation by Lisa Stringfellow, Rocio P. del Castillo, Maurice McDavid, and Valentina Gonzalez, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Education Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descri

English Language Proficiency Assessments – What’s Happening Here In California & Elsewhere

35by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay English Language Learners in the United States are required to regularly take an English Language Proficiency Assessment to….assess their progress towards learning English. Several years ago, the federal government funded two separate state consortia to develop new versions of these tests (you can read many articles about that saga in the second-half of The Best Resources For Lea

Animated Video: “How a Young Girl Survived a Brutal Journey To the U.S. to Find Her Mother”

35by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Free-Photos / Pixabay This New Yorker animated video might provide a powerful language experience for English Language Learners to watch and then write about what they saw, as well as potentially connect to writing about their own immigration experiences. However, it could also trigger traumatic flashbacks, too. As I’ve done in the past (see Reading & Writing About El Salvador With Salvadoran Ref

FEB 09

‘Claiming to Not See Race Leads to Inequity in Education’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators offer recommendations on how to respond to teachers who say they “don’t see race,” including specific questions to use for deepening the conversation. Here are some excerpts: 10

Tuesday Is “Safer Internet Day” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Tuesday is “Safer Internet Day” : Over the years, Safer Internet Day (SID) has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005, Safer Internet Day has grown beyond its traditional geographic zone and is now celebrated in approximately 150 countries world

A Look Back: Combining An “Assets” Perspective With An Authentic Audience

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I originally shared this series of posts in 2010. In 2010, I posted about A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets — Not Deficits . It has continued to be one of my favorite lessons each year. English Language Learner students first iden

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: Zaretta Hammond on Coaching and Culturally Responsive Teaching is from ASCD. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedag

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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: New Sections on Social Emot

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Eight 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

Bob Marley’s Birthday Was This Past Week – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay What would have been Bob Marley’s birthday was on February 6th (see NPR’s For Bob Marley’s 75th Birthday, Ziggy Marley Reflects On His Father’s Legacy ). You might be interested in The Best Websites For Learning About Bob Marley.

FEB 08

A Look Back: Emphasizing What Students Can Do, Instead Of What They “Can’t”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . I wrote this post in 2010… A couple of years ago, I read a short piece by classroom management author Marvin Marshall about the importance of emphasizing to students what they could do, as opposed to what they couldn’t do. That perspec

New CNN Video: “What Is The Electoral College?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I’m adding this new CNN video to: THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

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 TWO ): University of California made a mistake by recommending that the SAT/ACT requirement for admission be kept . For what it’s worth, here’s how The Washington Post quoted me on the report: Larry Ferlazzo, a veteran hi

The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About Frederick Douglass

37by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879. George K. Warren. (National Archives Gift Collection) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 200-FL-22 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 113 Frederick Douglass chose to celebrate his birthday on February 14th, though he did not know for sure what day he was born (see The Mystery Behind Frederick Douglass’s Birthday ). Here are related resources: Frederick Douglass from Slavery to

The Best Sites For Online Pronunciation Feedback – Do You Know Others?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Generally, when my ELL Beginner students go on the computer, they use one of my Thematic Lists For Beginner ELLs (depending on which theme we’re studying at the time) or one of the other sites at the “All-Time Best” list I wrote for the British Council. This year, I haven’t really pushed students to use online tools for pronunciation improvement because our antiquated com

Japanese-American Internment Is Commemorated Every Feb. 19th As The “Day Of Remembrance” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

75by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

CarlottaSilvestrini / Pixabay The Day of Remembrance For The Japanese American Internment is on every February 19th , which marks the anniversary of the Executive Order by President Roosevelt authorizing that shameful event. 

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