SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 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

SPECIAL CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007

CBS News Video: “Students fear lack of internet access could leave them behind with online learning”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

janeb13 / Pixabay This new CBS News video holds no surprises to those of us who are teaching, but it’s still worth watching:

ASCD Educational Leadership Publishes Great Open-Access Issue On Distance Learning

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

ASCD Educational Leadership has just published a great open-access issue on distance learning . Here’s just a portion of the Table of Contents: I’m adding it to THE “BEST OF THE BEST” RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES .

Over 200 Million People Shop Online – Few Know This Trick

by Honeysponsored

If you aren't using this tool when you shop online, you're probably wasting money.

Interesting Video: Denmark Reopens Elementary Schools

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h

cromaconceptovisual / Pixabay This was a surprise to me:

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Infographic: ‘7 Tips For Remote Teaching’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 10h

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, teacher Wendi Pillars shares a visual representation of the key points from my video of the same name. You can see it here, too: And, here’s the video again in case you haven’t seen it:

Google Creates Ton Of New Interactives At “Family Fun with Arts & Culture”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

Google has unveiled a ton of new interactives at Family Fun with Arts & Culture . It looks like there’s something there for just about every subject and every age. Though it is apparently geared towards “family,” they all could certainly be used in lessons. You can read more about it at Google’s post . However, I’d encourage you just to go there and click around….

My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On “Grading ELLs Fairly: What Works, What Doesn’t”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

My latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show is on Grading ELLs Fairly: What Works, What Doesn’t . I’m joined in the conversation by Margo Gottlieb, Ph.D., Becky Corr and Kristin Spears, who have all also contributed written commentaries to my Education Week Teacher column. It was actually recorded prior to the school closure crisis – my apologies for the the posting delay. It shares a lot of great advic

The Best Videos For Teaching & Learning About – Yes – “Poop”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 11h

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay TED-Ed just published an animated video and accompanying lesson about….poop, and I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to pull together various other resources I’ve shared over the years on the topic. It’s actually a great subject for student engagement – despite protestations of “Ewww!” Here’s what I got (let me know if you have other additions): Today’s T

Here’s What The Next Fall Could Look Like For Students & Teachers In California

by Larry Ferlazzo / 15h

California Governor Newsom talked today about what the fall school year might look like here in California. Check it out at the Sacramento Bee article, How life in California schools will look different this fall due to the coronavirus crisis . It actually reflects a lot of the ideas in Could These Be Visions Of What Our School Year Might Look Like In The Fall?

Must Watch Video: “You Clap For Me Now…”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 17h

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay You’ll want to watch this amazing video, and I hope someone makes an U.S. version. I couldn’t find it on YouTube, so am only embedding a Twitter and Facebook version: #YouClapForMeNow pic.twitter.com/1Dm2hZb6kc — Tez (@tezilyas) April 14, 2020

Video: “How Quarantines Are Enforced Around the World”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 19h

congerdesign / Pixabay ’m adding this new Wall Street Journa video to: A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’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 THIRTE

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

Eight 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 

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007

Whitmer links Betsy DeVos to upcoming coronavirus stay-at-home order protest; organizers say she’s not involved - mlive.com

Whitmer links Betsy DeVos to upcoming coronavirus stay-at-home order protest; organizers say she’s not involved - mlive.com

Whitmer links Betsy DeVos to upcoming coronavirus stay-at-home order protest; organizers say she’s not involved

Supporters of an upcoming “traffic jam” aimed at protesting Michigan’s stay-at-home order say U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has no connection to the event after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it was “inappropriate” for a sitting Cabinet member to attack her politically.

Whitmer didn’t mention DeVos by name during a Monday press conference, but suggested the West Michigan native was linked to the protest because a group funded in part by members of the DeVos family, the Michigan Freedom Fund, is supporting it.

“I think it’s really inappropriate for a sitting member of the United States President’s cabinet to be waging political attacks on any governor, but obviously on me here at home,” she said. “I think that they should disavow it and encourage people to stay at home and be safe.”

The protest, scheduled for noon Wednesday, was organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and also lists the Michigan Freedom Fund as a host. Participants are being asked to stay in their cars and drive around the Michigan Capitol building to start a traffic jam while honking horns and displaying signs or painted vehicles to protest the stay-at-home order.

“We WANT gridlock,” the event description reads.

Nick Wasmiller, a spokesperson for the DeVos family, said the family hasn’t funded the protest and hasn’t offered prior support to the Michigan Conservative Coalition.

“They understand the frustration of fellow Michiganders, however, as elements of the governor’s top-down approach CONTINUE READING: Whitmer links Betsy DeVos to upcoming coronavirus stay-at-home order protest; organizers say she’s not involved - mlive.com

Jack Schneider: How covid-19 has laid bare inequities in public education - The Washington Post

How covid-19 has laid bare inequities in public education - The Washington Post

How covid-19 has laid bare the vast inequities in U.S. public education

There is something about a crisis that has a way of shining light on stark realities — and nowhere is that truer than in education.

The closing of schools during the covid-19 pandemic and the quick switch to distance learning has laid bare the gaping and persistent inequities in educational opportunities that exist across the United States.

This post examines how that looks in the era of the pandemic and how we might look at things differently when schools reopen, which they will — eventually.

This was written by Jack Schneider, a scholar of education history and policy at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and the author of several books, including “Beyond Test Scores.” He is also the co-host of an education podcast called “Have You Heard” with Jennifer Berkshire.

By Jack Schneider

For the past generation, we have been talking about the achievement gap in American public education — the fact that low income students and students from historically marginalized racial groups, on average, score lower than their more privileged peers. Chiefly, this matter has been treated as a problem with the schools. CONTINUE READING: How covid-19 has laid bare inequities in public education - The Washington Post

ANDRE PERRY: Experienced teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen

Experienced teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen

Teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen
The disruptions after Hurricane Katrina sparked a major exodus of experienced teachers. Could the same happen to schools nationwide after the coronavirus pandemic?

Eventually we will flatten the curve, create a vaccine for Covid-19 and re-open school buildings that have been shuttered for months. But schools won’t look the same.

In particular, students may not see some of their most beloved teachers when they come back to school next year.

A study of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina offers powerful insights into what we might see on the other side of our social distancing efforts. One of the most important, and potentially devastating, effects of our current extended period of homeschooling is a likely flood of early retirements.

Comparisons to post-Katrina New Orleans make a lot of sense. The causes of our impending recession are more akin to what happened in the Gulf South after Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005 than to the housing crisis, sparked in 2008: An unprecedented, singular natural disaster forced multiple cities to shut down schools and businesses for months. An obvious difference is people aren’t being forced to leave their homes because of the coronavirus. Yet, just as the pandemic is upending our entire society, Katrina forever changed Southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi, its schools, and the mindset of anyone who lived through that CONTINUE READING: Experienced teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen

Teacher Tom: Let's Not Forget What We Lose With Those Screens Between Us and the Other People

Teacher Tom: Let's Not Forget What We Lose With Those Screens Between Us and the Other People

Let's Not Forget What We Lose With Those Screens Between Us and the Other People

I've been taking a lot of long and necessarily solitary walks these days. The weather has been glorious and, frankly, there's not a lot else to do. Occasionally, I encounter people coming toward me from the opposite direction. The protocol is for both of us to move as far to the right as we can in an attempt to create the six foot separation that is the depressing hallmark of our current era. Sometimes one or the other of us has to step out into the street because most of the neighborhood sidewalks aren't wide enough to accommodate both of us. I've been trying to make eye contact, to smile, and to greet my fellow pedestrians. It's not the usual big city protocol, but these are extraordinary times.

The other day I was making my way up the long hill of Dexter Avenue after a turn through Fremont. I spied a young man in the distance, a boy really, maybe still in middle school. We were to pass one another on a wide section of the sidewalk so I moved to my side well in advance of our encounter and he to his. Then, just as we approached one another, just as I was about to nod my head in greeting, he began to drift toward the center of the sidewalk, toward me. It didn't seem intentional. Indeed, I felt myself pulled toward him as well. It was almost as if we were falling into one another's gravitational fields.

Several years ago, there was a commercial on television featuring screen-based technology that allowed children to "paint" on their screens. The pitch featured a girl CONTINUE READING: Teacher Tom: Let's Not Forget What We Lose With Those Screens Between Us and the Other People