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Thursday, December 3, 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



Here’s A Message From Santa To You, & Your ELL Students Can Easily Create Their Own!
by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h
OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay SynthesiaSanta invites you to write a script for what you want Santa to say and then uses artificial intelligence to create a video showing Santa actually saying it! English Language Learner students would have a ball with it! I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa . Here’s a message from Santa to readers of this blog: https://
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
by Larry Ferlazzo / 2h
Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): How DeVos May Have Started a Counterrevolution in Education appeared in The NY Times. States Push to Ditch or Downplay Standardized Tests During Virus Surge is from Ed Week. Could Biden Find a Middle Path on Studen
Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopenings
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
stevepb / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Europe’s schools still open, still relatively safe, through covid-19 second wave is from The Washington Post. California is failing to provide free and equal education to all during pandemic, suit alleges is from The L.A. Times. This entire second-grade D.C. class fell behind in reading
Ed Tech Digest
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
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
This Free History Resource Is GREAT For ELL Newcomers!
by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h
Yesterday, I published Here’s An Example Of What I Want To See In A U.S. History Book For Newcomers (& Here’s What Is Out There Now) , where I shared responses to my tweet seeking a U.S. History text accessible to newcomers. Today, I received another tweet: Core Knowledge student readers are free PDFs. They are great! — Rachel (@msschnguyen) December 2, 2020 DUH! I had completely forgotten about
Latest Federal Stimulus Proposal Has Billions For Education
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
jaydeep_ / Pixabay Senate Majority Leader McConnell began circulating a draft plan yesterday for a new stimulus package and, depending on who you listen to, it either has $82 billion or $105 billion for education. Both of those amounts are less than the $150 billion the White House offered in the last negotiations they did with Speaker Pelosi but, nevertheless, it’s still not chump change. At thi
A Look Back: Learning From Our Students
by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d
I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from over the years. You can see the entire collection here . Some people make fun of teachers who say they learn a lot from their students (see The Onion’s Teacher Who Learns More From Her Students 
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