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Sunday, July 12, 2020

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

A VERY BUSY DAY
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007





Four Pandemic Resources Useful For When We’re Teaching About It
geralt / Pixabay Here are four new additions to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS : How 2020 Remapped Your Worlds is from Bloomberg and is a good lesson idea – have students draw maps of how “their” world looks right now. How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far is another good lesson idea – have students write what they think a chapter in a future
Today’s Four Articles About School Reopening That Are Worth Your Time
Skitterphoto / Pixabay The media blitz about school reopening continues. Here are four from the past twenty-four hours that are worth a read. I’m adding these to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : How to Reopen Schools: What Science and Other Countries Teach Us is from The NY Times. Trump Threatens to Turn Pandemic Schooling Into a Culture War is also from The NY
New CNN Video: “Leader of teachers union: DeVos has done nothing for teachers last few weeks”
Wokandapix / Pixabay Check out today’s CNN interview with Randi Weingarten from the AFT:
What Are Examples Of Student Projects That Improved Communities
Here’s the next question-of-the-week at my Ed Week Teacher column: What are examples of projects your students have done to improve their community and how (and why) did you encourage them? You can send me your responses here or leave a comment on this post. Thanks!
A Look Back: Here Are Hundreds Of Free Downloadable Student Handouts From The Math, Science & Social Studies Teachers’ Toolboxes
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the first half of this year. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . As regular readers know, three books following the format of our ELL Teacher’s Toolbox , and which Katie Hull and I edited , just came out (clicking on the covers below will lead
Five New Videos About The Present “Racial Reckoning”
Here are some new videos I’m adding to various “Best” lists… I’m adding this first video to The Best Explanations For Why You Shouldn’t Say “All Lives Matter” : I’m adding these next two videos to HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH : I’m adding this next video to New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominantly White Teachers To Reflect On How Race Influences Our Work : An
Today’s Five Articles Worth Reading About School Reopening Plans In The Fall
Dyadya_Lyosha / Pixabay The massive media coverage continues about school reopening plans. Here are my choices for the top four that have appeared over the past twenty-four hours. I’m adding these to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Reopened schools in Europe and Asia have largely avoided coronavirus outbreaks. They have lessons for the U.S. is from The Washingt
“Q&A Collections: Using Tech With Students”
Q&A Collections: Using Tech With Students is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Using Tech With Students (from the past nine years!) are described and 
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007