Friday, January 24, 2014

1-24-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:











Here’s My Teacher Model For Instagram Video “Book Trailers” Students Will Be Making
I’ve previously posted about having students create video “Book Trailers” (basically book reviews) about the books they’ve been reading. Here are links to those specific posts, though you can see all of them — and more — at My Best Posts On Books: Why They’re Important & How To Help Students Select, Read, Write & Discuss Them: Making Book Trailers With Fotobabble Book Trailers From My Clas


From The Archives: “Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school”
I’ve recently re-started an effort I’ve tried to do previously by regularly highlighting previous posts and articles I’ve shared in previous years that I think might be worth a second look. Today, I’m highlighting an excerpt from one of my books that The Washington Post published last year. It’s called Five key strategies to get/keep kids engaged at school. Here’s a portion of it:
David Brooks Gets It Wrong Again
David Brooks, whose connection to reality magically leaves him just about every time he writes any column with the word “school” in it, did it again today in his latest one. He begins his column sounding great — about how we’re putting too much weight on school reform to solve the ills facing out young people. However, he then immediately falls into the trap of saying Social Emotional Learning an




1-23-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: New Hans Rosling Video: “Will saving poor children lead to overpopulation?”I’m adding this new Hans Rosling video to The Best Hans Rosling Videos:by Larry Ferlazzo / 1h hide  //  saveYESTERDAYThe Power Of A Phone Call HomeWe’re finishing up the first semester this week, and, as usual, I’ll be sharing the results of anonymou