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
(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
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 . Who among us have had to attend a professional development session that has been a complete waste of our time? All of us (see The Best Resources On Professional Development For Te
Here’s another list for All 2020 Mid-Year “Best” Lists In One Place! I only have a few more to go… Here are the ten most popular posts appearing this blog over the last six months: 1. List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations 2. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games 3. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”) 4.
geralt / Pixabay Here are my thoughts about what the fall will look like in the Sacramento region – let me know what you think! I'd love to be back in the classroom, but I wouldn't bet on a whole lot of those hybrid plans taking place or, if they get started, lasting long. — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 10, 2020 I may be wrong and, if so, it won't be the first or last time. However, if I
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Wow, school reopening has been getting a lot of attention the past few days. I’ve already shared some of the most interesting and useful resources that have appeared. Here are a few more that I’ve picked from the blizzard of coverage. I’m adding these to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : The American Academy of Pediatrics has ce
Canva has so many tools in one that it’s one of the most versatile apps on the Internet. However, it has has one major shortcoming – the inability to collaborate in “real-time.” You could have others work on a project with you, but only one person could work on it at the same time. Especially during this pandemic, this inability makes it less attractive to have teachers encourage students to use
Strategies for Using Music in ALL Subjects is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators share multiple ways to use music in nonmusic classes, including having students create their own songs to help remember content and y interpreting the music of different eras in social studies classes. Here are some excerpts:
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 . A meta-analysis of math and reading interventions targeting middle and high schools students experiencing academic difficulties found several interventions helpful, but found one
Q&A Collections: Cooperative & Collaborative Learning is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Cooperative & Collaborative Learning (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
Nine 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 2020 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w
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 . Conmongt / Pixabay I’ve certainly taught my share of lessons on “grit” over the years (see The Best Resources For Learning About “Grit” ). In them, I’ve generally included a very
VirtuEL is an annual free day of professional development for English Language Learner Teachers. It’s organized by Tan Huynh and Carol Salva. This year’s conference takes place on Saturday, July 25th, and you can read all about it here . There are lots of very useful workshops being offered. I’ll be giving this year’s keynote, and the topic is: We “will either find a way or make one”: Overcoming
In the face of today’s Trump administration insanity (see THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION LOST ITS MIND TODAY ABOUT REOPENING SCHOOLS ) , our California Teachers Association did what they had to do, and what every teachers union in the United States should do – take Donald Trump head on. You can read the letter it sent to the Governor and other state officials here. The letter goes on to say: From a pub
This summer’s #EllChat_BkClub is starting now, and you can find out all the information about it here. The book study is on two science books – the new The Science Teacher’s Toolbox , which Katie Hull and I edited, and Teaching Science to English Learners , which I helped the Science teachers at our school adopt for a fall book study last year. The next book on the book club’s list in August is T
geralt / Pixabay Discussion about fall school reopening is hot-and-heavy these days. Here’s my latest thinking – for what’s worth: Lots of districts have already made a definitive decision to reopen in various ways – five days per week for everybody, hybrid models, etc. I wonder if districts like ours who have not made determination yet should plan on opening with full-time well-planned remote le
DariuszSankowski / Pixabay Education researcher Cara Jackson shared a useful thread on Twitter this week. She gave me permission to share her tweets here. I’m just highlighted a few of them, but the whole thread is worth reading. They provide a pretty good ideas of what researchers have said works to improve academic achievement. She comments on John Hattie’s research, and you might be interested
Conmongt / Pixabay The Trump Administration has been losing its hold on rationality over the past couple of days in their efforts to force schools to reopen for a regular schedule (see DEVOS TELLS TEACHERS THAT THEY JUST NEED MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS, NOT MORE MONEY, TO OPEN SCHOOLS SAFELY and Trump Administration Uses Money To Pressure Colleges To Teach In Physical Classrooms – I Be
Q&A Collections: Teaching Social Studies is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts sharing advice on Teaching Social Studies (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks is an important new article from Science Magazine. Florida Orders Schools To Reopen In The Fall For In-Person Instruction is from NPR. Seeking guidance for reopening schools? is from Ed Source. A Bett
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 . The National Archives has a collection of eighteen different sheets that can be used by students for analyzing primary sources, including versions specifically made for use with E
Trump Leans on Schools to Reopen as Virus Continues Its Spread is today’s NY Times article that gives a good overview of the Trump Administration’s effort to make school reopening part of their campaign apparatus. I’ve written a couple of posts over the past day providing more info: DEVOS TELLS TEACHERS THAT THEY JUST NEED MORE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS, NOT MORE MONEY, TO OPEN SCHOOLS SAF
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay On the heels of yesterday’s actions by the Trump Administration (see Trump Administration Uses Money To Pressure Colleges To Teach In Physical Classrooms – I Bet You K-12 Is Next ), Education Secretary DeVos continued the push at a conference today (see White House Pushes To Reopen Schools Despite A Surge In Coronavirus Cases ). These two tweets tell the story: Anoth
is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators share advice on working with instructional aides/paraprofessionals, including having a “team” mindset and demonstrating empathy. Here are some excerpts:
I’m continuing with my mid-year “Best” list posts… I’m adding this post to All 2020 Mid-Year “Best” Lists In One Place! Seven years ago I began publishing a regular Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week post. You can see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here. Here are my choices from the past few months: How to Create a Project Based Learning Lesson is from Cult of Pedagogy.
How We Talk About the Achievement Gap Could Worsen Public Racial Biases Against Black Students is an article in Ed Week (which is the source of the quote in the text box) about a new study. Fortunately, the study, Experimental Effects of “Achievement Gap” News Reporting on Viewers’ Racial Stereotypes, Inequality Explanations, and Inequality Prioritization , is not behind a paywall. Researchers fo
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 . I’ve posted a lot about a growth mindset, related research, and how I apply it in my classroom (see The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset” ). New st
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
The Trump Administration, in a effort to support its political agenda of getting things “back to normal,” announced today that colleges could either teach classes in a physical classroom this fall or lose gobs of money by not having their international students be able to stay on their campuses. You can read about it at the NBC News article, U.S. says foreign students may have to leave if their s
A ‘Communication, Action, Reflection’ Cycle Makes a Teacher-Paraprofessional Relationship Work is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators share ideas on how to make a teacher-paraprofessional relationship work, including throug
