Top-Notch Language Conversation/Pronunciation Site “Peaksay” Now Lets Teachers Create Classes!Peaksay is an amazing site for language teachers and learners (see “Peaksay” Is Likely To Become A “Go-To” Site For Language Teachers ). It has a pronunciation game that lets users repeat phrases and uses AI to “grade” its accuracy and it has a number of conversations in different languages that you can turn into a game: it speaks and shows one line, offers four choices, and you have to pick the
Thursday’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 (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): White House Announces $10 Billion For COVID-19 Testing In Schools is from NPR. Three Feet or Six? Distancing Guideline for Schools Stirs Deb
Video: “The True Scale of the World’s Tallest Buildings”asmuSe / Pixabay I’m adding this new video to The Best Sites To Learn About The World’s Tallest Buildings :
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
Is There Any Teacher Who Would NOT Want To Participate In “The Imagining September Project”?Last month, I published Neema Avashia’s guest post at my Ed Week column, Students Respond to Adults’ Fixation on ‘Learning Loss.’ In it, she shared several powerful responses to questions she posed to them about this pandemic year and the future. Just last week, I borrowed several of her questions and did a similar activity with several of my classes. You can read the results at Reflections From
A Perfect Video For Any Hamilton Fan: “My Shot: A COVID Vaccine Adaptation”qimono / Pixabay Thanks to Kim Williams on Facebook, I learned about this video made by medical practitioners just down the road from us. I’m adding it to The Best Teaching/Learning Resources On The Musical, “Hamilton”
Terrible Statistic Of The Day: 3,800 “Hate Incidents” Against Asians During PandemicThere were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year is the headline of an NBC News report yesterday, and that was before the horrible murder of Asian women last night in Atlanta . Of course, this is
