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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

Helpful New Resources For Teaching Online

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h

geralt / Pixabay I don’t think I’m ready to add any of these new resources to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures , but they do look helpful, so they’re going on the much bigger The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! list: CRPE has published District Responses to COVID-19 Scho

“Ways Educators Are Responding to School Closures”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4h

Ways Educators Are Responding to School Closures is the headline of the third post in a series at my Education Week Teacher column. Five educators discuss ways to respond to the COVID-19 school shutdown crisis, including by listening, instead of talking, and by taking a step to “breathe.” Here are some excerpts:

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Video: Fun & Unusual Rube Goldberg Machine – “Cats and Domino”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

susannp4 / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines :

New BBC Video: “Do we think differently in different languages”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 20h

Tumisu / Pixabay This new BBC video would be go to show IB Theory of Knowledge classes when learning about language:

Do You Teach Students With Special Needs & Want To Write About How You’re Handling School Closures?

34by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay As regular readers know, I’ve been sharing posts here and in Ed Week including commentaries from teachers dealing with the transition to online learning. Next week, I’ll begin a special series on teaching English Language Learners. Supporting students with special needs has been an on-going concern among many . If you are a teacher of students with special needs, and

“Teachers Share Their Online-Teaching Plans”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Teachers Share Their Online-Teaching Plans is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It’s the second of many highlighting how teachers are managing the transition to online learning in the face of Coronavirus. Next week, I’ll be publishing several more, including a number specifically on teaching ELLs. I also hope to have posts on teaching students with special needs, and to hav

MAR 19

Video: “‘Words matter’: Asian Americans Confront President Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Rhetoric”

100+by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

GDJ / Pixabay I’m adding this new NBC News video to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. Especially in the second half of that list, you’ll find useful resources about the history of epidemics and about xenophobia.

If You Want To Do Any Research, Now Is The Time To Do It – JSTOR Makes Papers Available Without Login

64by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

StockSnap / Pixabay Getting access to research papers can be a real pain if you’re not part of an institution that subscribes to journals, though there are still ways to access them (see The Best Commentaries On Sci-Hub, The Tool Providing Access to 50 Million Academic Papers For Free and The Best Tools For Academic Research ). Because so many colleges have closed down and students have gone home

“Strategies for Teaching Online in the Age of the Coronavirus”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Strategies for Teaching Online in the Age of the Coronavirus is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share how they are transitioning to online learning during the school closure crisis, including taking into account the importance of supporting students’ social and emotional health. Here are some excerpts:

Pins Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 21,000 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 Here

Fun Video: “I Will Survive, Coronavirus version for teachers going online”

44by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay Emily Francis shared this funny video on Twitter. It’s important to keep our sense of humor in these kinds of situations!

Just Sent Out ANOTHER Special Edition Of My Ordinarily Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just sent out ANOTHER special mid-month edition of usual free and simple monthly email newsletter (I emailed one earlier this week). This is the first time in ten years I’ve sent out more than just one newsletter at the end of the month. This special edition is designed to support teachers coping with school closures.It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here

If You Are Teaching Theory Of Knowledge & Have To Go Online, Here Is The IDEAL Project For Your Students!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

geralt / Pixabay I’m pretty lucky because the last three months of my International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge curriculum is mostly online anyway (an Oral Presentation and essay). You can see it at HERE’S MY ONLINE TEACHING PLAN IF OUR SCHOOL CLOSES DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS , However, I suspect most TOK teachers don’t have their classes set up that way, and are trying to figure out

MAR 18

Thursday’s Additions The “Best Of The Best” List Of Resources Supporting Teachers Facing School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

kaboompics / Pixabay Though now there is a lot out there on teaching online, I’ll only be sharing ones that I believe should be added to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures . Also, in a day-or-two, start looking for a series of commentaries at my Education Week Teacher column written by teachers explaining how they are managing the transition to onlin

Is Summer School In All Of Our Futures?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

natureaddict / Pixabay Today, two pieces have appeared discussing the possibility of expanded summer school (and the federal government paying for it) this year in an attempt to recover from school closures. Check these out: Using federal stimulus to get schools through the coronavirus crisis: The case for summer school and summer teacher pay is from Brookings. After coronavirus school closings,

Microsoft Translator Might Be Helpful When Working With Newcomers Online

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

geralt / Pixabay As we all try to get our heads around teaching online, I was thinking about teachers who don’t speak the home language of many of their students and the challenges that presents. I speak Spanish, and 90% of my students this year are Spanish-speaking, so it’s not an issue for me. However, when you’re looking at screens and are obviously more limited by what you can do to communica

Are You – Or Will You Be – Teaching An ELL Class Because Of School Closures? Want To Write About It?

300+by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

As regular readers know, I’ve been recruiting teachers from a variety of areas and subjects to write about their experiences moving to online learning (see Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences ). Those commentaries will be appearing in Education Week and/or in this blog and have already begun ( Guest Post

Brainpop IS Offering Free Individual Accounts For Students – What A Gift For ELLs & Others

53by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences I’ve previously posted about Brainpop’s generous offer to provide free accounts while our schools are closed. Initially, it appeared to me that they were only offering one common sign-in for everyone at a school, and that students would have to email a teacher their te

Most Popular Posts Of The Week – Mostly Coronavirus Related

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 THIRTE

Here’s The Message I Sent To Students Last Night After Our Governor Told Us To Expect Schools Not To Reopen

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

After our Governor said last night that he didn’t expect California schools to reopen this year, I was inundated with panicky text from many of my students. I have been in regular touch with my Beginning ELL students, and this is what I sent to my ninety IB Theory of Knowledge students via Google Classroom: Several of you have texted me wondering about Governor Newsom’s comments tonight related t

MAR 17

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO.

“My Favorite Teacher ‘Showed Me How to Take Calculated Risks'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

My Favorite Teacher ‘Showed Me How to Take Calculated Risks’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators discuss their favorite teachers and highlight their credibility and caring, along with other attributes of being an outstanding teacher. Here are some excerpts:

NY Times Video: “How Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

GDJ / Pixabay I’m adding this new NY Times video to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. Especially in the second half of that list, you’ll find useful resources about the history of epidemics and about xenophobia.

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Making Lessons Relevant To Students’ Lives

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show is on making lessons more relevant to students’ lives . I’m joined in the conversation by Anabel Gonzalez, Marcy Webb, and Blanca Huertas. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions . By the way, the show is now available on iHeartRadio . Look for the next show, which will have teachers talking about their transition to online le

“Learning Packets” For Students During School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Wokandapix / Pixabay Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences Most of us have at one time or another probably had our substitutes have students complete worksheets while we were out, which we may or may not have every looked at once we’ve gotten back. I’ve been thinking about that lately after I saw the resul

Guest Post: Student-Driven “Homework” Goals During School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Note: I’m adding this guest post to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! Cathy Vatterott is an educational consultant and professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is the author of Rethinking homework: Best practices that support diverse needs, 2nd edition (ASCD, 2018) and Rethinking grading: Meani

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

NOTE: Yes, we all need to be focused on the Coronavirus crisis. But it can’t hurt to read about other topics now-and-then. 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

The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences I’ve been sharing a lot of resources over the past week, and will continue to do so. However, it can be overwhelming – to me and to readers. This is a more narrow and focused list – just the resources that I think are the most useful – the “best of the best.” I don’t s

MAR 16

“Our Favorite Teachers & Why We Remember Them”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Our Favorite Teachers & Why We Remember Them is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It also includes a commentary on the coronavirus crisis. Seven educators share the qualities of their favorite teachers, including consistency, providing support, and believing in their students. Here are some excerpts:

Just Sent Out Special Edition Of My Ordinarily Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just sent out a special mid-month edition of usual free and simple monthly email newsletter. It’s designed to support teachers coping with school closures.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…

The Best Video Tutorials On Teaching Remotely – Please Suggest More!

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences I thought that this kind of collection would go along with my previous three related lists: The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! THE FOUR BEST TOOLS FOR TAKING E

BIG Update Of New Useful Resources To Support Teachers At Closed Schools

25by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

photosforyou / Pixabay Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences What a day, and it’s still 9:30 in the morning! It’s the first day of our closure, we’re supposed to learn from the district later today their plan going forward, the Remind app I use to communicate with students is down, a zillion things are hap

New Wash. Post Video: “What the 1918 influenza pandemic can teach us about the coronavirus outbreak”

24by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Alexey_Hulsov / Pixabay When teaching about the Coronavirus, this new Washington Post video could be useful. I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. Especially in the second half of that list, you’ll find useful resources about the history of epidemics and about xenophobia.

MAR 15

Monday’s Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures

77by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

TerriAnneAllen / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! : Powerful Learning Practice is offering a free Remote Learning Webinar Series . Slate talked about Scholastic’s BookFlix service….Scholastic has created a generic login and password (username: Learning20 / password: Clifford) to unl

“Reflections on Our Favorite Teachers”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Reflections on Our Favorite Teachers is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators reflect on their own favorite teachers and the support and encouragement those past models provided to them. I also include this COVID-19 commentary: Editor’s Note: Obviously, the main thing on all of our minds is not the qualities of our favorite teachers—it’s the coronavirus and its i

Google Is Providing Free Chromebooks To Students Without Devices In Closed Japanese Schools – How About Here?

26by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I just learned that Google recently began a program called Google for Education Distance Learning Support Program: Google for Education offers distance learning support programs for schools that are closed. The contents include a Chromebook free loan, G Suite for Education new registration support, and online content for distance learning. Google mentioned it in a post

The Four Best Tools For Taking Existing Videos & Making Them Interactive For Online Learning

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay I’ve obviously been spending a lot of time on online teaching and learning issues lately ( The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! ), and I’m not the only one. Interactive videos can be one helpful instructional tool. Here are my choices for the best – and easiest – ways taking any existing vid

Wow – Ohio Governor Says He Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Schools Don’t Reopen This Year

500+by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

I’m obviously spending a lot of time thinking about school closures, and the thought of closing down for the rest of the school year had not even occurred to me: The odds are “this is going to go on a lot longer and it would not surprise me at all if schools did not open again this year,” Ohio @GovMikeDeWine says about the long-term impact of the coronavirus. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/i0luWcQVzX —

Sunday’s Update On New Resources To Help Educators Figuring Out How To Support Students During School Closures

33by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just been sharing the resources that I feel to be particularly helpful and adding them to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! At a certain point, however, it just gets to be too much. I’m probably approaching that time, and will likely begin reducing the number of related resources I’ll be sharing

Let Me Know If You’re Teaching K-12 Students Online Because Of COVID-19 & Would Like To Write A Guest Post About Your Experiences

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

pixelcreatures / Pixabay I’ve been publishing a series of posts to assist teachers who might need to teach online if their schools are closed because of the Coronavirus. You can see them all at The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! I’m also inviting teachers to write guest posts sharing their online teaching experiences

MAR 14

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

Fanny Lou Hamer Died On This Day In 1977 – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

sinisamaric1 / Pixabay Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer died on this day in 1977. You might be interested in FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES . On this day in 1977, #FannieLouHamer died. We remember her courage, determination and bold leadership. #WomensHistoryMonth Watch and share this POWER. pic.twitter.com/s0kZDbxguL — The King

Internet Companies Offer Free Access To Students – I Guess It’s Better Late Than Never

99by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Simon / Pixabay Yesterday, two major companies announced that they would provide free Internet access to low-income families. That’s great, but of questionable value now that schools are closed and it’s difficult for teachers to communicate with students who don’t have Internet access already. Comcast Announces Comprehensive COVID-19 Response to Help Keep Americans Connected to the Internet is fr

CBS News Video: “The history of pandemics”

35by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay When teaching about the Coronavirus, this new CBS News video could be useful. I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS. Especially in the second half of that list, you’ll find useful resources about the history of epidemics and about xenophobia.

This Might Be A Time To Do Online Professional Development About Teaching ELLs & Others – Here Are Some Suggestions

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay Who knows what’s going to happen over the next few weeks? If you’re doing remote learning for the first time, I can imagine that things could be pretty crazy. If you’re school is closed and you’re not doing remote learning (see IF SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED & NOT DOING REMOTE LEARNING, HERE IS WHAT SCHOOLS ARE TELLING TEACHERS TO DO – WHAT ABOUT YOUR SITUATION? ), you might be required t

Just Updated My Online Learning Plan For Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay I just made a few updates to HERE’S MY ONLINE TEACHING PLAN IF OUR SCHOOL CLOSES DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS . You might or might not want to check it out. We’re closed now, so we’ll see how effective it is….

If Schools Are Closed & Not Doing Remote Learning, Here Is What Schools Are Telling Teachers To Do – What About Your Situation?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay Our district is closed down and is not planning any kind of remote learning for students. On Monday, they say they will give us information on what their expectations for us is going to be during the closure. I thought it would be useful to ask this question on social media: If you’re a teacher at a closed school that is NOT doing remote learning, what is your district telling yo

This Weekend’s Updated Resources Supporting Teachers & Students Coping With School Closures

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geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions! : How to Schedule and Host Google Hangouts Meet Events – 

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