Students Creating New Year’s Resolutions Can Be Great Lessons & Here Are A Ton Of Ideasby Larry Ferlazzo / 13min
geralt / Pixabay Having students create New Year’s resolutions have always been great lessons for my classes. You can find a ton of related resources, including lesson plans, at The Best Ways To Help Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Succeed . I usually combine it with one of the goal sheets you can find at Best Posts On Students Setting Goals .
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
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 2021. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
Saturday’s New Articles On School ReopeningsPixaline / 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: Schools urged to tighten testing, upgrade masks when they reopen Monday amid Omicron surge is from The L.A. Times. San Franci
A Look Back: “The Endless Loop Of Negative Attention”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 . This post originally appeared in 2016: Negative attention from teachers can lead to more negative student behaviors is an article at Eureka Report (see Negative attention from teachers can lead to more negative student behaviors ) abou
The Best Resources, Articles & Blog Posts For Teachers Of ELLs In 2021This post, apart from my annual list of predictions that will be appearing in The Washington Post tomorrow, will be my final end-of-the-year “Best” list for 2021. You can see all of them – and there are a lot – at ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2021 IN ONE PLACE! In fact, there are so many of them, I’m a bit burned-out on creating them this year, so this list will not be anywhere as complete as
Working Through Political Differences Through Conflict, Not Kumbayageralt / Pixabay Obviously, there’s a lot of polarization in our society right now. And, there are a lot of different suggested strategies out there on how to deal with it (see The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change and The Best Posts & Articles On How To Teach “Controversial” Topics ). Based on my nineteen-year community organizing career, I’ve been skeptical of some w
Friday’s New Articles On School ReopeningsClker-Free-Vector-Images / 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: How 2021 Set the Stage for a Seismic Overhaul of Education is from US News. What parents should know about se
New Resources On Race & RacismI’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: ‘Spirit of resistance’: Marking 500 years since the first slave revolt in the Americas is from NBC News. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History . Stu
A Look Back: “Help Your Students Get Into the Learning Flow”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 . In 2015, Routledge published the third book in my student motivation series, Building A Community Of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies To Help Students Thrive In School and Beyond . Middleweb published an excerpt from the chapter on
These Holiday “Essentials” Infographics Would Be Great Models So ELLs Could Create Ones About Special Days In Their Home Countriespicsbyjameslee / Pixabay I think these two Statista infographics would be great examples to show to ELLs and then have them create their own about holidays in their home countries: You will find more infographics at Statista You will find more infographics at Statista
The Best Collections Of Infographics, Charts & Maps – 2021I’m finishing up the end-of-year “Best” lists. You can see all previous annual editions of this list, along with many other infographic-related resources, here . I’ve also been posting an infographic-of-the-week, and you can see all of them here . I’m adding list list to ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2021 IN ONE PLACE! Here they are (I’ll be adding more in the next couple of days as they come
Guest Post: “It Sounds Like…” Is A Small, But Effective, Teaching MoveBy Adeyemi Stembridge, PhD & Andrew Dryden Editor’s Note: I published an Ed Week series earlier this year on “small teaching moves.” This contribution arrived too late to include, but the authors gave me permission to publish it here. Adeyemi Stembridge, PhD provides technical assistance for school improvement with a specific focus on equity. He works with districts around the country to identify
“8 1/2 Things That Have Been Working This Year & 6 That Haven’t”8 1/2 Things That Have Been Working This Year & 6 That Haven’t is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Increased use of learning games, personalized learning, and peer tutors have helped. TikTok threats and student cellphone, not at all. Here are some excerpts:
Things I’ll Be Doing Differently When We Go Back To Class In JanuaryGDJ / Pixabay I’m publishing this post more-or-less simultaneously with one appearing at Education Week. At Ed Week, I’m sharing a list of things that worked – and didn’t work – for my school and me during the first semester. Here, I’d like to make a list of things that I’ll either be doing differently, or things that I’ll be doing more of when we return in January. Here goes (the list is not in
The Best Articles I’ve Written In 2021TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay I haven’t written many articles this year outside of blog posts here and for Education Week. As most teachers understand, the 2021 classroom has taken a lot more energy from educators than it usually does! Katie Hull and I did finish the second edition of the ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide , and that will be out in early April. I did write a series of columns this yea
Thursday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopeningssatheeshsankaran / 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: Parents hoped this school year might be ‘normal.’ It hasn’t turned out that way. is from The Washington Post.
“The 10 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts This Year”The 10 Most Popular Classroom Q&A Posts This Year is my final Education Week column of this calendar year. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:
A Look Back: “Yes, Schools Should Develop Active Citizens &, No, We Don’t Need Another Test To Do It”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 . I originally published this post in 2015 There has been a recent movement to making passing a version of the U.S. citizenship test a requirement for high school graduation, and The New Yorker has just written about it (see What’s the R
December’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,292 Of Them!Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,292 of them categorized here – you might also want to check out THREE ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO SEARCH FOR & FIND MY “BEST” LISTS). Here’s the list from this month: THE BEST FUN VIDEOS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2021 – PART TWO THE BEST YEAR-IN-REVIEW FEATURES FOR 2021 THE MOST POPULAR POSTS
