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
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
kalhh / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : For Students With Disabilities, Schools Say They Have To Do Better In The Fall is from NPR. New York City Schools Face Strike As District Plans To Reopen Amid Pandemic is also from NPR. Confusion, changing mandates. Here’s the path for how Sacramento schools can reopen is from The Sacrame
What Does Blended Learning Look Like in a Distance Learning Environment? is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share their experiences of blended learning. They suggest elements needed to make it work in remote teaching such as emphasizing relationship-building and minimizing the number of online tools. Here are some excerpts:
Although Eisenhower may have overstated the case a bit when he made that famous comment , I think there is a lot of truth in it. Even though the plans we make may fall apart, the knowledge we have gained during the process of formulating them will help us deal with whatever new situations arise. I will feel like I have won the lottery if sixty percent of the plans I’m making for the new school ye
Alexandra_Koch / Pixabay Joe Biden began his acceptance speech tonight quoting famed Civil Rights organizer Ella Baker: Joe Biden begins his address by quoting civil rights icon and a black woman Ella Baker who said, “Give people light and they will find the way. Give people light.” Biden added, “I will draw on the best of us, not the worst us. I will be an ally of the light not the darkness.” —
Q&A Collections: The Inclusive Classroom is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts on The Inclusive Classroom (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
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 INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: Rubrics and the Dehumanization of Education appeared in Medium and is a bit
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Nurses Are on the Virus Front Lines. But Many Schools Don’t Have One. is from The NY Times. Here’s what happened when students went to school during the 1918 pandemic is from CNN. Arizona Teachers Waged a Sickout Over Coronavirus Concerns, and Organizers Say Other Schoo
Free-Photos / Pixabay Next week marks the fifteen anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. You might be interested in the related resources at: The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans The Best Short Video Clips About Hurricane Katrina
Blended Learning in the Age of COVID-19 is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators share how they are adapting the principles of “blended learning” to the COVID-19 environment, including through involving community members and using a “flipped” classroom. Here are some excerpts:
I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 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 2020 – PAR
Alexandra_Koch / Pixabay I’m adding this first video to FANNIE LOU HAMER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1917 – HERE ARE RELATED TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES : I’m adding this next video to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT RUBY BRIDGES : This final video is going to MAY 31ST & JUNE 1ST WERE THE DATES OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES:
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : NYC Teacher Unions ‘Prepared To Strike’ If Safety Demands Are Not Met is from NPR. When Can Schools Safely Reopen? The Answer Is Part Science, Part Guesswork. is from Five Thirty Eight. ‘All In, All the Time’: Reopening Florida Schools Is Likened to Military Ope
PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS IN 2019 – PART TWO and NEW &
I’ve often written about the work of Teresa Amabile, who’s research developed “The Progress Principle.” Basically, she found that small wins each day are the key ingredient in people’s sense of well-being. It ties in nicely with one of the four key elements needed to create the conditions to support student intrinsic motivation – competence. In other words, students feeling like they can be succe
Strategies for Online Instruction is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Six educators share tips for teaching virtually, including making time to connect personally with each student and emphasizing collaborative work. Here are some excerpts:
MICHOFF / Pixabay Here are new additions to Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : The dystopian tech that companies are selling to help schools reopen sooner is from Recode. Millions return to schools lacking handwashing facilities: UN is from Al Jazeera. New coronavirus cases are emerging at schools. How much you know depends on where you l
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
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I’ve always had problems trying to figure out how to get Google Docs to play nice with PDFs. I had given up, and concluded that Actively Learn was going to be my “go-to” tool since it lets you upload sizable PDFs and allows students to answer questions within the document. Of course, if you only have the free plan, you’re limited to three uploads each month (Yes
The 19th Amendment passed one hundred years ago today and gave many – though not all – women the right to vote. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage . 100 years ago today: US women gained the federal right to vote when the 19th Amendment was ratified https://t.co/sTWyBWYxtN pic.twitter.com/jQf6x4mhWB — NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) August 18, 2020
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
AnnaliseArt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : America’s Terrible Internet Is Making Quarantine Worse is from The Atlantic. Get Ready for a Teacher Shortage Like We’ve Never Seen Before is from The NY Times. ‘A national crisis’: As coronavirus forces many schools online this fall, millions of disconnected students are being left
sasint / Pixabay Countless studies have found that “student-centered” instruction can be much more effective than ones that are commonly considered “teacher-centered” (see The Best Research Demonstrating That Lectures Are Not The Best Instructional Strategy and The Best Resources About Inductive Learning & Teaching ). Of course, that doesn’t mean that we teachers are not supposed to stand there l
Twenty Tips for Online Instruction is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Three educators offer tips for online instruction, ranging from keeping videos short (3-5 minutes) to laying out an agenda at the beginning of each class. Here are some excerpts:
White House Chief-of-Staff Mark Meadows gave all teachers a great, though sad, example of the “ argument from ignorance ” fallacy this weekend: You can learn more about this fallacy here . I’m adding this post to The Best Multimedia Resources For Learning About Fallacies — Help Me Find More .
Q&A Collections: Entering the Teaching Profession is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts on Entering the Teaching Profession (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
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
geralt / Pixabay I’ve been writing about, and posting a lot, about distance learning over the past several months. You can find nearly eighty related posts at my Ed Week Teacher column at All Classroom Q&A Posts on the Coronavirus Crisis . You can find all the related “Best” lists at Best Lists Of The Week: Teaching Online Amid School Closures . And you can find a number of related videos I did w
TheAngryTeddy / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Back to ‘school’: Even the basics are complicated, so how can teachers and students get on track? is from The Seattle Times. Boston refused to close schools during the 1918 flu. Then children began to die. is from The Washington Post. Los Angeles Schools Start Classes With Ambitio
Editor’s note: Because of a miscommunication, I received this post to late to include in my Ed Week series answering the question “What key lessons that you learned in the spring are you planning to bring to the new school year and what will they look like on a day-to-day basis?” But it’s an important post, and the authors agreed to let me post their response here. William Haithcock is the princi
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
Wokandapix / Pixabay Our first day of class is September 3rd, so it’s beginning to get “real.” I did my first phase of class planning in last July (see HERE ARE DETAILED – & TENTATIVE – DISTANCE LEARNING PLANS FOR ALL MY FALL CLASSES ), and just finished “phase two” for all my classes. The tentative plans were more broad strokes and “phase two” were getting into specifics for the first couple of
Q&A Collections: Author Interviews is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All 100-plus Classroom Q&A posts highlighting interviews with authors (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
stux / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : An Arizona school district canceled its reopening plans because too many teachers refused to show up is from Yahoo News. Returning to School in Indian Country during the Pandemic is from Smithsonian Magazine. Teachers face Covid-19 fears as school districts decide whether to reopen in pers
Our publisher just told us that Amazon, for some reason that is strange and mysterious to us, has just made the Kindle edition of our book, The ELL Teacher’s Toobox , on sale for today only for $4.99. You can find tons of free
