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TODAY’S UPDATE On New Resources To Help Educators Figuring Out How To Support Students During School Closures 

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Expansion Of “Smart Compose” To Google Docs Is Great Learning Tool For ELLs, But Not Available To School Users

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

377053 / Pixabay Most people are probably familiar with the “smart compose” feature in Gmail, where Artificial Intelligence is used to extrapolate the words you might be typing next. It’s much, much better than autocorrect and predictive text on the iPhone. Google recently expanded this feature to some users of Google, primarily businesses. However, they are not planning to do so for schools who

Sunday’s Resources To Help Teachers Cope With The School Closure Crisis

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to either The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! or The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures: NYC forbids schools from using Zoom for remote learning due to privacy and security concerns is from Chalkbeat. School districts, including New Yor

The Best Resources For Learning How Black Girls Are Treated Unfairly & What To Do About It

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

I’ve shared a number of posts over the years about how black girls can be unfairly targeted in schools and, with the new release of a PBS documentary on the topic (see below), I thought it would be useful to bring them together on a “Best” list: How Black Girls Get Pushed Out of School is a NY Times article about this new documentary. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is that

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

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 ): Schools, the Coronavirus, and the Near Future (Part 1) and Schools, the Coronavirus, and the Near Future (Part 2) are both from Larry Cuban. DeVos Weighs Waivers for Special Education. Parents Are Worried. is from

Easter & Passover Are Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3h

annca / Pixabay Easter and Passover are coming up over the next few days. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Easter & Passover .

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Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

BiljaST / Pixabay Six 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. A

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “Teaching ELLs Online: What’s Working?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 18h

Teaching ELLs Online: What’s Working? is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio show. I’m joined by Sam Olbes, Helen Vassiliou, Sarah Said, and Nicholas Fotopoulis, 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 Descriptions . By the way, the show is now available on iHeartRadio .

I’ve Sent This Video About Making Face Masks To All My Students

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

coyot / Pixabay As you probably know, the Centers For Disease Control yesterday recommended that people in the U.S. start wearing face masks in certain situations where we are near other people, like in a grocery story. It’s not easy to find them to purchase now, and The Surgeon General just put out a forty-five second video showing how anyone can make one quickly and simply. I’ve sent it out to

These Are Great! Six Free Tools Teachers & Students Can Use To Learn English, Spanish & Other Languages During The Coronavirus Crisis

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

thisisprabha / Pixabay I’ve previously shared the tools I’m having my English Language Learners use to develop their language skills (see Here’s The Revised Online Teaching Plan I Hope To Implement Next Week and HERE’S 

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