Three New Resources To Help Teach About Climate Changeblende12 / Pixabay Here are new additions to The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change : The race to zero: can America reach net-zero emissions by 2050? is from The Guardian. What was the CO2 when you were born?
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 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
Video: “Why We Pay Income Taxes”stevepb / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from The History Channel to The Best Sites For Learning About Taxes :
A Look Back: Study Finds Writing In Content Classes Enhances Learning, As Long As It Is A Specific Kind of “Writing-to-Learn”I thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the past. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . The Effects of Writing on Learning in Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis is a new study by Steve Graham, , Sharlene A. Kiuhara, and Meade MacKay. The quote in the text box at
Lullabies Around The Worldmarvelmozhko / Pixabay This is pretty neat – The Most Popular Lullaby From Every Country . They might be guilty of overstating in their headline – I’m not sure if they cover every country – but you can listen to lots of lullabies. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures .
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTE
Friday’s New Articles & Videos On School ReopeningsOpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Oakland educators approve a plan to transfer or unenroll students who are not vaccinated by January. is from The N
A Look Back: New Study Finds That Peer Assessment Works – Pretty Much Any Way You Do ItI thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the past. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis of Control Group Studies is a new meta-analysis on peer assessment, and it’s not behind a paywall. I’ve shared it before, but d
We Should Encourage Parent Engagement, But Not Parent Bullyingjondometita / Pixabay As regular readers know, I have been a loud advocate of parent “engagement,” a much stronger perspective than parent “involvement” (see Chart: Useful Summary Of The Differences Between Parent Involvement & Parent Engagement ; Involvement or Engagement? and my book, Engagement Parents In School . I am, however, an equally strong opponent of parent bullying, which is being har
“Strategies for Using Art in Math, English, Science, and History”Strategies for Using Art in Math, English, Science, and History is the headline of my latest Education Week column – Part Two in a series. Employing art to explore geometric patterns and to scaffold essay writing are among the ways educators can use art in their classes. Here are some excerpts:
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Teaching About The EnslavedWhy Teaching American Slavery With Integrity and Transparency Benefits All of Us and How to Do It Better is the title of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined in the discussion by Keturah Proctor, Sarah SoonLing Blackburn and Alice Mercer, who have all also contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week column. I’m adding it to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions .
A Look Back: Learning From Our StudentsI 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 Than She Teaches Them Fired ). I believe there is no question that we educators teach a lot more c
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In OctoberI 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
A Look Back: Everything You Wanted To Know About Teaching Inductively, But Were Afraid To AskI 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 . In the inductive process, students seek patterns and use them to identify their broader meanings and significance. In the deductive process, meanings or rules are given, and students have to then apply them. I’m a big fan of inductive
Wednesday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Breaking News: A key FDA advisory panel recommended the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in 5- to 11-year-olds, who could
Pins Of The WeekI’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 22,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click through to the original post). You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR PINS OF 2020 Here
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The WeekEach week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Vocabulary Teaching is by Timothy Shanahan. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary. Liter
“13 Ways to Use Art in Content Classes”13 Ways to Use Art in Content Classes is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Bringing art to assessments, to increase vocabulary knowledge, and to practice grammar are ways teachers incorporate it in their classes. Here are some excerpts:
Infographic Of The Week: “Foreign Born in the US”Capri23auto / Pixabay There are two major issues with this video: one, the word “foreign” is misspelled and, two, it doesn’t say the source of its statistics. Nevertheless, the numbers do look accurate to me, and previous videos from the same source have checked-out. So, I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States . You can see previous “infographics-of-the
A Look Back: Study Finds That Mentoring A Student Teacher Makes The Supervisor A More Effective TeacherI thought that new – and veteran – readers might find it interesting if I began sharing my best posts from the past. You can see the entire collection of best posts from the past thirteen years here . Wokandapix / Pixabay A new study on student teaching ( Exploring the Impact of Student Teaching Apprenticeships on Student Achievement and Mentor Teachers ) found two important results: One, having