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
SilviaP_Design / Pixabay I thought this was a pretty intriguing and well-done video. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About World History .
Pixapopz / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Math: The Best
geralt / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Listening and Sp
Free-Photos / Pixabay The United Nations has declared Oct. 17th to be the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty . You might be interested in: The Best Visualizations Of Poverty In The U.S. & Around The World The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality The Best Resources On Why Improving Education Is Not THE Answer To Poverty & Inequality The Best Articles Showing Why Education
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : U.S. schooling during covid-19 doesn’t deserve a passing grade. Here’s the way forward. is from The Washington Post. Another Sacramento County school district votes to reopen campuses — perhaps next month is from The Sacramento Bee. Up to 1 million California students may still l
It hasn’t gained any political traction, but education researchers have been advocating for a national tutoring program to support students who may be harmed by school closures. I’d certainly be supportive of it and, perhaps, if Joe Biden wins the Presidency and the Democrats win the Senate, it might have a chance of becoming a reality. The 74 just published Using Tutors to Combat COVID Learning
cuncon / Pixabay I have a lot of posts about learning games – both online and in the physical classroom. And I have quite a few about dealing with virtual learning . This one is a combination that will list the online games I’m using the most with my English Language Learner students in my English and History classes (feel free to add your own!): Pictionary with Whiteboard.fi is always a winner.
8 Million Have Slipped Into Poverty Since May as Federal Aid Has Dried Up is a depressing NY Times article today. Economic stress has been found to have a huge negative effect on student academic achievement (see The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On Student Achievement ). One of many reasons it has that kind of impact is the stress on “cognitive” or “mental”
Wokandapix / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Instructiona
TheAngryTeddy / Pixabay NPR has announced its third annual podcast challenge for middle and high school students. Whether or not you want to encourage your students to participate, one great thing about the contest is that they provide excellent resources for teachers (and students) who want to include podcasting in any lessons. This year, they’ve also added a contest specifically for college stu
Every year since StoryCorps began it in 2015 , I’ve shared about their project, The Great Thanksgiving Listen: The Great Thanksgiving Listen is a national movement that empowers young people—and people of all ages—to create an oral history of the contemporary United States by recording an interview with an elder, mentor, friend, or someone they admire. You can learn all about it here , as well as
I’ve begun posting my end-of-the-year “Best” lists for 2020, and will be adding links to each one in this post. There should be close to thirty by the time I’m done! You can see all the mid-year lists at ALL 2020 MID-YEAR “BEST” LISTS IN ONE PLACE! and all previous annual lists at All My “Annual” Best List Collections. Here’s what I’ve shared so far this year: THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICA
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Teachers unions in 3 large Sacramento districts want schools closed until at least January is from The Sacramento Bee. As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the World’s Children Go to Work is from The NY Times. As More Schools Resume In-Person Learning, Some Lessons From Districts That Did
mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION : Election 101 is from CNN. Lesson of the Day: How Does the Electoral College Work and Why Does It Matter? is from The NY Times Learning Network.
is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators consider how to explore politics in the classroom, including by incorporating multiple perspectives and ensuring all student voices are heard. Here are some excerpts:
It continues to be time for end-of-year “Best” lists. Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators. You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the second half of 2020: A few months ago, I posted Implicit Bias Training Doesn’t See
lynn0101 / Pixabay Last year, I published “What the Constitution Means to Me” Sounds Like A Great Play With Lots Of Teaching Potential. I just learned that they taped one of the performances and it will be available on Amazon Prime this Friday! You can read more about it at: Heidi Schreck says she now feels “100 years older” than she was when she filmed the Broadway version. is from Slate. Here’s
FirmBee / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Infographics: T
Three Ways to Help Students in Distance Learning Develop an Intrinsic Desire to Read is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the conversation by Sawson Jaber, Melissa Butler, Jennifer Orr and Katie Alaniz, who have all also contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
Awaix_Mughal / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage is from The NY Times. Sure, send our kids back to unsafe schools, even though it isn’t ‘in the best interest of anyone’ is from The Washington Post. In-person classes, Internet snafus, melancholy hallways: This is what teaching in a
waldryano / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Vox to Shocking – NOT! New Study Finds Educators Tend To Discipline Black Students More Harshly Than White Students . You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW BLACK GIRLS ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT .
My end-of-the-year “Best” list posts continue… I use short, funny video clips a lot when I’m teaching ELLs, and you can read in detail about how I use them in The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them) . In short, there are many ways to use them that promote speaking, listening, writing and reading (including having students describe – in writing and verbally – a chronologic
is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators push back against the admonition to “keep politics out of the classroom” by, among other things, explaining that schools are part of a broader political system. Here are some excerpts:
Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s o
I’m not quite sure when Zoom added this feature, but you can now enable automatic subtitling in English when you’re in a video conference using the tool. Avriel Ogawa, a very talented colleague, shared these instructions today: Go to settings on the navigation bar on the left of the screen. Scroll down to In Meeting Advanced Then, scroll down to Closed Captioning and toggle it on Be sure to check
I’m adding these new resources to The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments : Confronting History, Transforming Monuments is from Facing History. As challenges to Confederate monuments and other controversial memorials gain momentum, the Mellon Foundation will spend $250 million to support the creation of new American monuments and consider relocating or reimagining existing one
stevepb / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Health Issues:
geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : A shortage of teachers and Covid-19 create a perfect storm for the education system is from CNBC. CDC: Almost all of the US kids and teens who’ve died from COVID-19 were Hispanic or Black is from Business Insider. Parents Hustling To Adapt After New York City Closes Schools In Some Areas
I’m continuing with my end-of-year “Best” list posts… You might also be interested in The VERY BEST Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures In 2020 – Part One , along with all my closure-related “Best” lists here . Here they are: Here’s Our Chapter On Distance Learning With ELLs & It’s Free To Download (No Registration Required!) HERE ARE DETAILED – & TENTATIVE – DISTANCE LEARN
It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States today, also known as Columbus Day. I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). Here are the ones I have related to Indigenous Peoples: The Best Onli
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: IB has created something called a Webliography, which are basically lessons
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
With this post, I’m beginning to publish my end-of-year “The Best….” lists. Because of fulltime distance learning craziness, it will probably take me longer than usual to get them all out. There are 2,200 regularly updated lists now. You can see them all here . You can also find many of them organized a bit differently here . As usual, in order to make this list, a site had to be: * accessible to
13smok / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Combating Gun Vi
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
In a move that will be welcomed by many teachers, today Google unveiled the ability for people hosting video conferences with Google Meet to create breakout rooms. Here’s an excerpt from their announcement of the new feature which, for now, is only available to users of Google Enterpris
