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THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION 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

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
The latest news and resources in education since 2007

YESTERDAY

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

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

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

New BBC Video: “Henrietta Lacks and the ‘immortal’ cells that changed the world”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay I’m adding this new BBC video to HENRIETTA LACKS WOULD HAVE BEEN 100 YEARS OLD TODAY – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES :

Everything You Wanted To Know About Science But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 9h

qimono / 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 The Best Sources

New Study Highlights Importance Of Teacher-Student Relationships (In Case Anyone Needed MORE Evidence!)

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

It’s not really like educators need more evidence of the value of positive teacher-student relationships (see The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students ). But, I guess there will always be folks might pooh-pooh there importance (likely those who haven’t recently taught in an actual K-12 classroom). If all those previous studies (you can find them at tha

OCT 29

Here Are My “Best” Lists On Responding To Student Trauma

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

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 Responding To St

Two Useful Resources To Use In A Discussion About Grading

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Our school district had a good idea this year about improving grading by eliminating zeros and pegging undone student work at 50%. However, as our district is prone to do, they didn’t involve teachers in the actual discussing and decision-making process and just announced it. So, schools like ours are hustling to initiate a discussion on it so that there is “buy-in”

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In October

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite

Fun Video For ELLs: “What if animals were round?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

AnnaliseArt / Pixabay This would be a fun video to show to English Language Learners and have them talk and write about what they saw… I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Helping Beginner ELLs Learn About Animals .

Friday’s Must-Read Articles & Must-Watch Videos About School Reopening

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

mohamed_hassan / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : What school looks like now — in striking pictures from around the world is from The Washington Post. Research Video News Brief: Projecting the Potential Impact of COVID-19 School Closures on Academic Achievement is from The American Education Research Association. Educators Wante

New Resources On Race & Racism

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m adding these new resources to various “Best” lists. You can find links to all of those many lists that relate to race and racism at “Best” Lists Of The Week: Resources For Teaching & Learning About Race & Racism: Hundreds Of Schools Are Still Using Native Americans As Team Mascots is from Five Thirty Eight. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources I’ve Used In Lessons About Race & R

OCT 28

“Raising ‘the Bar’ for ELL Instruction”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Raising ‘the Bar’ for ELL Instruction is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Seven educators share what works and doesn’t work when teaching English-language learners, including the value of “Language Dives” and having high expectations. Here are some excerpts:

Veterans Day Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

jkmoller11 / Pixabay Veterans Day is coming up. You might be interested in The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day .

SEL Weekly Update

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

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 2020 – PART ONE. Finally, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources . Here are this week’s picks: The study that helped this

Thursday’s Must-Read Articles About School Reopening

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic is from The American Prospect. New York’s School Reopening is Not Proceeding as Planned is from The NY Times. Classrooms Without Walls is from The NY Times. L.A. campuses unlikely to reopen until at least January, s

New TED-Ed Lesson & Video: “What if there were 1 trillion more trees?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

12019 / Pixabay I’m adding this new TED-Ed lesson and video to The Best Sites To Learn About Trees :

All My “Best” Lists On Immigrants & Refugees

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

StockSnap / 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 Immigrants &

OCT 27

What are your up to three “go-to” online tools this year?

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Here’s the new question-of-the-week at my Ed Week Teacher advice column. Please consider sharing a response!

“Teachers With ‘Deficit Perspectives’ Do Not Help ELLs”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

Teachers With ‘Deficit Perspectives’ Do Not Help ELLs is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share what they think are mistakes often made by teachers of ELLs, including overusing technology and operating out of a deficit perspective. Here are some excerpts:

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this w

All My “Best” Lists On Different Reference Sites

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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

My Most Popular Tweets Of The Month

by Larry Ferlazzo / 3d

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 &

OCT 26

Everything You Wanted To Know About Reading Instruction But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Victoria_Borodinova / 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 Rea

New TED-Ed Video & Lesson: “Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt?”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

geralt / Pixabay Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? is the latest TED-Ed lesson and video. I’m adding it to The Best Multimedia Resources For Learning About Fallacies — Help Me Find More .

“Nine Mistakes Educators Make When Teaching ELLs”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Nine Mistakes Educators Make When Teaching ELLs is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Confusing lack of English proficiency with lack of intelligence and believing students understand academic English because they’ve mastered social English are among those mistakes five educators cite. Here are some excerpts:

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings

20by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

kaboompics / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Why education technology can’t save remote learning is from Axios. The dangerous instability of school re-openings is also from Axios. “Some of My Kids Are Slipping Through the Cracks”: Four teachers on the challenges and failures of the school year so far is from Slate. For students

The Best Resources On Instruction In 2020 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

I’m continuing with my end-of-the-year “Best” list posts… I’m adding this one to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 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: IB has created something called a Webliography, which are b

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Culturally Responsive Teaching In Math Class

by Larry Ferlazzo / 4d

Culturally Responsive Teaching: More Important Now Than Ever is the title of my latest BAM! Radio Show, which talks in general about culturally responsive teaching, but also gives math class specifics. I’m joined in the discussion by Chiquita Jenkins, Autumn Kelley, and James Ewing, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio

OCT 25

Eighty-Five “Best” Resource Lists For Teaching About Race & Racism

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Anacarooo / 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 Race & Racism

“Effective Strategies for Using Online Student-Discussion Boards”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Effective Strategies for Using Online Student-Discussion Boards is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Two educators share tips on how to incorporate online discussion boards in virtual or hybrid teaching environments, including going for fewer and deeper ones rather than many shallow conversations. Here are some excerpts:

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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

The Best Ed Tech Resources Of 2020 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

My end-of-year “Best” list posts continue… I’m adding this one to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE! I publish a regular series called Ed Tech Digest , and I thought it would useful to readers and to me to review them and highlight the ones I think are the best of the year. You can see previous editions of this list, along with all the “Best” lists related to ed tech, here . Here

Everything You Wanted To Know About Professional Development But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 5d

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: To Recognize Misinformation in Media, Teach a Generation While It’s Young is

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