Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLby Larry Ferlazzo / 29min
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 2020. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
My Most Popular Tweets Of The Monthby Larry Ferlazzo / 46min
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 OF THE YEAR and RECOMMENDATIO
Just Sent-Out Free Monthly Email Newsletterby Larry Ferlazzo / 46min
geralt / Pixabay I’ve just mailed out the March issue of my very simple free monthly email newsletter . It has over 3,000 subscribers, and you can subscribe here . Of course, you can also join the eighteen thousand others who subscribe to this blog daily. Here Are 8 Ways You Can Subscribe For Free…
February’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,233 Of Them!Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,233 of them categorized here ): NOT NECESSARILY THE “BEST,” BUT SOME USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE MARS ROVER PERSEVERANCE THE BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN’S POETRY A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CONCURRENT/HYBRID TEACHING
Saturday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Teachers Unions Aren’t the Obstacle to Reopening Schools is from New York Magazine. Who has the power to reopen California classrooms? is from CAL Matters. Odessa is from The NY Times.
This Is Intriguing: Quizizz Adds “Adaptive Question Banks”As regular readers know, I’m a huge fan of Quizizz , the free and incredibly useful learning game tool. You can search ‘Quizizz” on my blog, and you’ll see all the ways I use it, descriptions of all its features, and the numerous “Best” lists that include it. One of the things I like most about it is that the question and and the answers appear on the same screen for students, which not only make
February’s Most Popular PostsAs regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS . Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR
Friday’s Must-Read Articles On School ReopeningsFree-Photos / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : English school leaders despair over new rules on Covid tests and masks is from The Guardian. COVID-19 vaccines prioritized for California educators will focus on struggling communities is from The L.A. Times. San Diego Unified Announces Target Date to Reopen Schools is from NBC. The
13,000 Unaccompanied Minor Refugees Expected In MayScoop: Border officials project 13,000 child migrants in May has just been published by Axios. There were 3,300 in December, and I then wrote Should Schools Start Preparing For A Wave Of Unaccompanied Minor Refugees? This could be be a repeat of the 2014 crisis, when over 60,000 unaccompanied minors came to the United States (see What was the 2014 child and family migrant crisis? ). Every unaccom
Two New Online Geography GamesHere are two new additions to The Best Online Geography Games : City Guesser gives you the option of first choosing the world, or different areas of the word, and then shows you videos of a location. You guess where on a map, and then you’re shown how close you were to the correct answer. One intriguing option is just having it show you monuments from throughout the world. GeoQuiz lets you name o
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In FebruaryI 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
Thursday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsstux / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : L.A. school reopening contingent on full staff vaccinations, making for uncertain date is from The L.A. Times. This guy is living in a world where right now where schools in his district are directly ignoring state guidelines to make tchrs, students & their families safe & he wants everybo
Why Is The Biden Administration Decision To Have Standardized Tests This Year A Dumb One? Let Me Count The WaysOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay In BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MAKES ITS FIRST DUMB MOVE AND REQUIRES STANDARDIZED TESTS THIS YEAR , I shared a number of articles highlighting both lack of wisdom involved in ever placing much weight into them, as well as specific critiques against doing them this year. Since the decision, many people much smarter than me have come out with even more clear-headed analysis
Ed Tech DigestTen 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 we
“Thirteen Instructional Strategies for Supporting ELL Newcomers”Thirteen Instructional Strategies for Supporting ELL Newcomers is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators share effective instructional strategies to use with English-language- learner newcomers, including using images and games. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES TO HELP EDUCATORS TEACH ELL NEWCOMERS .
Wednesday’s Must-Read Articles On School ReopeningsAbsolutVision / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : ‘Impending doom’: teachers on the ‘big bang’ reopening of schools in England is from The Guardian. California teachers move to the front of the vaccine line in most counties is from Ed Source. How To Reopen Schools is from The NY Times. Can schools require teachers to get the COVI
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Helping Our Students Develop Critical Thinking SkillsHow to assist our students develop critical thinking skills is the topic of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the conversation by Dara Laws Savage, Meg Riordan and Patrick Brown, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
Very Good Video On “Text Engineering” To Make It More Accessible To ELLs & Everybody Elsesipa / Pixabay “Engineering the text” is what teachers can do to make text more accessible – we can create sections of the article that have headings and white space, add vocabulary definitions and do a whole lot more.. If you can’t get an editable version of the assessment, you could take a picture using the Genius Scan app and then edit it. You can see an example here (scroll down). Edutopia ha
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLBiljaST / 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 2020. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsstevepb / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : N ewsom touts Long Beach as model for COVID-19 vaccinations, schools reopening is from The L.A. Times. LAUSD to launch COVID-tracking app that generates a code for students to enter campus is from L.A. Times. The Struggle To Reopen Schools: Teachers Don’t Feel Safe; Kids Are Struggling
