SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 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

SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS UPDATE

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Nine Long-Term Changes I Think The Distance Learning Crisis Will – & Will Not – Bring To Our Schools

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h

Tumisu / Pixabay Yesterday, I shared my predictions of what the next school year might look like (see It’s Going To Be A New Classroom World In The Fall – Here Is What I Think It Might Look Like ). Today, I thought I’d write about 

“How to Assess Students’ Math Skills Remotely”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7h

How to Assess Students’ Math Skills Remotely is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It’s Part two of a two-part series, and is written by by New York City high school math teachers Bobson Wong and Larisa Bukalov. They are the authors of The Math Teacher’s Toolbox (Jossey-Bass, 2020) and recipients of the Math for America Master Teacher Fellowship. You might reminder that Kati

“‘Less Is More’ in Math Distance Learning”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h

‘Less Is More’ in Math Distance Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four math educators offer advice about remote instruction, including providing more specific targets and cultivating home connections. Here are some excerpts:

Wash. Post Published My Piece On The Future

by Larry Ferlazzo / 8h

Free-Photos / Pixabay A teacher predicts what his classroom (and others) will look like in the fall is the headline The Washington Post used when they republished my popular blog post from yesterday. In addition to the post, Wash. Post journalist Valerie Strauss wrote a very nice several paragraph introduction. I’m adding it to the collection of probably hundreds of other articles I’ve written ov

New Study Finds Long-Term Effectiveness Of Simple Intervention Supporting First Generation College Students – Here’s How I Adapted It For High School

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

A new follow-up study of first generation college students found that, particularly for African-Americans who had participated in the simple one-hour intervention, its effectiveness carried years into adulthood. In the intervention, younger students basically heard from older ones about the challenges they had faced and how they had overcome them, and then the younger students wrote about the exp

Statistic Of The Day: Hey, Teachers, Maybe We Can Give Our Students A Break As We Enter Great Depression Territory?

51by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

April’s unemployment figures came out this morning, and they are awful. What is going to be gained by failing a student this year? What is going to be gained by putting any kind of pressure on our students right now? Shouldn’t we just be making any kind of class work purely voluntary at this point? I’m adding this info to The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On

MAY 07

“Math Instruction in the Age of the Coronavirus”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Math Instruction in the Age of the Coronavirus is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. It’s Part one of a two-part series, and is written by by New York City high school math teachers Bobson Wong and Larisa Bukalov. They are the authors of The Math Teacher’s Toolbox (Jossey-Bass, 2020) and recipients of the Math for America Master Teacher Fellowship. You might reminder that Ka

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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

It’s Going To Be A New Classroom World In The Fall – Here Is What I Think It Might Look Like

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

GDJ / Pixabay I’ve been sharing various posts about what the next school year might look like (see THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL ). Here is what I think it’s going to look like in many high school classrooms (and very possibly in elementary and middle schools, too), including my own: There will be some kind of staggered attendance – either by days or morning/af

“Student: Online Learning Is ‘Stressful and Irritating'”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Student: Online Learning Is ‘Stressful and Irritating’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four students – from California, Minnesota, and France – discuss their varying experiences with online learning, including their pros and cons. Here are some excerpts:

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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

Now THIS Is a Useful Resources: A Guide To Doing Project-Based Learning Remotely

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Not many new resources are making it onto The “Best Of The Best” Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures , but PBLWorks’ new PBL For Remote Learning is going there right now. It’s full of useful and practical information, including lots of examples.

“TIME For Kids” Now Offers Materials In Multiple Languages, Same Article In Different Lexile Levels

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

TIME For Kids has announced they are starting to make their materials available in different language. They’ve begun in Spanish, and plan to expand to other languages in the next few weeks. While I was checking it out, I discovered that it also offers the same articles in three different lexile levels. Like many companies, they’re making their site free through the end of the year. I’m adding thi

Video: “Former President Obama Obama Surprises Teachers for National Teacher Appreciation Week”

48by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

janeb13 / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day :

MAY 06

This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To

“Students Reflect on Their Distance Learning Experiences”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Students Reflect on Their Distance Learning Experiences is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Six students, from the ages of 7 to 17, share their thoughts about online learning – both the good and the bad. Here are some excerpts:

The 75th Anniversary Of World War Two’s End In Europe Will Be Celebrated On Friday – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

janeb13 / Pixabay The 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany will be celebrated in Europe on Friday. You might be interested in: The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part One) The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part Two)

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 ): A School Experiment to Remember is from Larry Cuban, and is pretty interesting. School Reform Metaphors: The Pendulum and Hurricane is also from Larry Cuban. The Coronavirus Pandemic and K-12 Education Funding is f

Video: Jimmy Fallon Performs “Teachers’ Day Song”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay I’m adding this video to The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day :

You Won’t Find A Better Growth Mindset Quote Than This One From A Rugby Star

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Today’s Guardian article, ‘A year to be better’: Abby Gustaitis on lockdown and the lure of Olympic rugby gold , included that wonderful quote in the text box above. I’m adding it to: A Beginning List For Learning About The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset”

MAY 05

‘My Online Learning Experience as a Student Is Not so Good’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. High school students reveal what they like about remote learning, what they don’t like, and whether they’d prefer online learning or getting their education in school. Here are some excerpts:

New ASCD Educational Leadership Issue Has Excellent Articles On Learning & The Brain

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay Learning and the Brain is the theme of this month’s issue of ASCD Educational Leadership, and it has several excellent articles that are not behind a paywall: The Sciences of Teaching is by Carol Ann Tomlinson and David A. Sousa. I’m adding it to Best Posts On “Motivating” Students . Building Meaning Builds Teens’ Brains is by Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and Douglas R. Kn

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “Which is better: Soap or hand sanitizer?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

slavoljubovski / Pixabay TED-Ed’s new lesson and video is certainly on a matter of great interest these days. I’m adding it to Four Videos About Soap .

“What We’ve Learned From 30 Days of Distance Learning”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

What We’ve Learned From 30 Days of Distance Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators write about the lessons they have learned after a month of distance learning, among them, a renewed emphasis on the importance of relationships and connections. Here are some excerpts:

MAY 04

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials”

33by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Victoria_Borodinova / Pixabay TED-Ed has just released a lesson and video about the Salem Witch Trials. Up until a year or so, I had not been able to find any decent videos to use when teaching my ELL U.S. History class about the trials, so it’s nice to find another one. I’m adding it to the post on my U.S. History class blog that contains the other useful clips on the topic.

Great Story: Irish Repay Support They Received From Native Americans 173 Years Later

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

One of the books we read in my ELL U.S. History class is The Long March: The Choctaw’s Gift to Irish Famine Relief . It tells the story of how some survivors of the Trail Of Tears raised money to help the Irish suffering from the Great Potato Famine (you can see the writing prompt I use at the end here ). Two years ago, the Irish Prime Minister visited Oklahoma to thank the Native Americans for t

Are 800,000 Of Us Older Teachers Not Going To Be Able To Teach In A Physical Classroom Next Year?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I did not have a good day today. It didn’t start off well when there was a city-wide Xfinity Internet outage because of a construction accident. Then it got worse as I considered the implications of three articles that came out. First, President Trump said that teachers who were 60 or 65 might not be able to teach in the classroom for awhile when schools re-open

It’s Star Wars Day: Here Are Three Education-Related Resources

32by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

From the Star Wars site : “May the 4th be with you.” What started as pun warmly shared by fans has become a full-fledged Star Wars holiday: Star Wars Day, a special once-a-year celebration of the galaxy far, far away. Here are three related resources: First, awhile back I wrote a column for Education Week headlined What ‘Star Wars’ Can Teach Educators About Parent Engagement . Secondly, here’s a

“Five Ways to Differentiate Instruction in an Online Environment”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Five Ways to Differentiate Instruction in an Online Environment is the headline of my latest Ed Week Teacher column. Examples from two educators include giving students the time to take physical breaks as well as pausing academic presentations to give students time to think. Here’s an excerpt:

Video From Google For Teacher Appreciation Week: “Thank you, teachers. Thank you times infinity.”

33by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

12019 / Pixabay It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! I’m adding this new video from Google to The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day .

MAY 03

“Seven Ways to Support ELLs in Online Content Classes”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Seven Ways to Support ELLs in Online Content Classes is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. I offer seven suggestions of how to help English-learners when doing remote teaching, including by providing graphic organizers and models. Here’s an excerpt:

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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

Worrying Statistic Of The Day: Teaching Next Fall Is Going To Be Risky For A Lot Of Us

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

A Third of Teachers Are at Higher Risk of Severe Illness From COVID-19 is a worrying article in Ed Week. I’m adding it to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL .

Wiki-Atlas Is A Cool Way To Explore Your Local Community

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

You can use Wiki-Atlas to explore the locations in any area that are listed as Wikipedia entries. It seems to me that it would be interesting for students to see what places in their town or city were thought to be worthy of being in Wikipedia and to learn about the ones they didn’t know about previously. And, if you’re really ambitious, students could also brainstorm what places are presently om

This Week’s Resources To Support Teachers Coping With School Closures

31by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To

MAY 02

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

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

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

“Black Students Need Love Shown Through Action Right Now”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

Black Students Need Love Shown Through Action Right Now is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Shannon R. Waite, Ed.D., writes that Black students need to be shown love during the pandemic, and that love should be demonstrated through developing “a critical consciousness in teachers and administrators.” Here are some excerpts:

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. Of course, this is a crazy time for “classroom” instruction…. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO. Here are this week’s picks: Should We Be Using Words Correct Per Minute? is from Timothy Shana

Video: “Why is Coronavirus Hitting People of Color so Hard?”

22by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

nastya_gepp / Pixabay PBS’ “Above The Noise” videos are great – they always have accompanying lesson plans and transcripts, and they cover timely topics of interest to young people. In addition, they have a direct connection to Google Classroom and offer their videos in versions on and off YouTube in case you’re in districts that make poor decisions (like ours) to have extraordinarily strict limi

Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletter

by Larry Ferlazzo / 6d

geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the May issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter . I sent out two special coronavirus-related editions of the newsletter earlier in March. This is the “regular” monthly version. 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 Yo

April’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 Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts. Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS F

MAY 01

“Six Weeks Into Remote Teaching & Still Learning …”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

Six Weeks Into Remote Teaching & Still Learning … is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four teachers–from 2nd grade to high school–discuss what they’ve learned over the past six weeks of remote teaching, including the need to provide less work and more support to their students. Here are some excerpts:

Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

(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

May 4th-8th Is Teacher Appreciation Week – Here Are Tons Of Related Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

May 4th-8th is Teacher Appreciation Week in the United States. You can find a ton of related resources at The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day .

It’s “May Day” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 7d

jonye123 / Pixabay Though May Day is an ancient celebration , since the late nineteenth century it has primarily been recognized as a time to celebrate workers’ rights. Though it’s unlikely that there will be the usual demonstrations today, you still might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About May Day .

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 8d

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” 

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