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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

8-13-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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






Wednesday Night Tweets From Ferguson, Missouri & Beyond
I’m adding this Storify to How Many Of Our Students Feel This Way? (Resources On The Shooting Death Of Michael Brown): [View the story "Wednesday Night Tweets From Ferguson, Missouri & Beyond" on Storify]


Videos: Nemo Demonstrates “Transfer Of Learning”
© 2009 Joel Kramer, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Thanks to reader Pam Pryer, here is an excellent example of transfer of learning demonstrated by everybody’s favorite fish, Nemo. In the first video, he learns what “swimming down” can do and, in the second, he uses that knowledge to save hundreds of other fish. I’m adding the two clips to The Best Movie Scenes, Stories, & Quotations About “Trans

“Educational Movements, Not Market Moments”
Educational Movements, Not Market Moments is an important post by Mike Rose. Here’s an excerpt: I’m adding it to I Am Tired Of “School Reformers” Using The Civil Rights Movement Legacy To Support Their Agenda.
More Valuable Resources On Race & Racism
© 2012 Dominic Dominic Jacques-Bernard, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I’m adding these next two tweets to How Many Of Our Students Feel This Way? (Resources On The Shooting Death Of Michael Brown): RT @chrislhayes: I interviewed the key witness to the Michael Brown shooting last night. The police haven't. Think about that. — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 13, 2014 #journalism RT @LynnMag
More Resources On The Ebola Crisis
© 2014 SouthernBreeze, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About The Ebola Virus: Ebola outbreaks from 1976 to now – interactive map is from The Guardian. This detailed model of the Ebola virus is about as terrifying as you’d expect is from The Washington Post. Using a Tactic Unseen in a Century, Countries Cordon Off Ebola-Racked Areas is from The N

“My Best Posts On ‘Conditional Cash Transfers’”
© 2012 Philip Taylor, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio I’ve just published My Best Posts On “Conditional Cash Transfers” over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Conditional Cash Transfers are payments made to families to encourage them to do things like go to doctor appointments, and to children for increased school attendance and higher standardized test scores, and have been in the news lat


8-12-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Contribute A Post To The Next “ELT Carnival” – “Back To School Tips”David Deubelbeiss over at ELL Classroom 2.0 will be hosting the next ELT Blog Carnival (formerly known as the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival). The deadline is September 1st and the topic is “Back To School Tips.” Here’s what he wrote: Post any and all entries HE