Wednesday, March 11, 2020

It's Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... A VERY BUSY 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



It's Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 
A VERY BUSY DAY 
 The latest news and resources in education since 2007

‘Culturally Responsive Teaching Is Not a Quick Fix’

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators share culturally responsive teaching “tips,” including the use of restorative circles and creating lessons with students’ cultures in mind. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding it to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy” – Please Share More!
Today’s Resources – & There Are Many Of Them – For Teaching Online If Schools Are Closed

iXimus / Pixabay Here are today’s additions to Here are new additions to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions!: I'll add 1 more. There are lots of lists popping up of "best practices in online instruction" I haven't yet found one that starts with "Consider how you will identify struggling learners and personally connect
Very Impressive Interactive On Selma From Teaching Tolerance

Here is how Teaching Tolerance describes its new resource, Selma Online : Selma Online is a new resource we developed with Harvard’s Hutchins Center and Left Field Labs, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. The online platform uses scenes from the film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay and offers educators an innovative, interactive resource to teach the history of the civil rights movement and
Video Interview With Authors Of “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” PLUS Free Teaching Guide

Henry Be Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi have just authored a new book for young people on the history of racism. NPR did an interview with them: It’s Not A History Lesson. New Book Tackles Racist Ideas Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul produced a free accompanying teaching guide. And CBS This Morning did this interview with them, too: I’m adding this info to New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominant
Today Is Harriet Tubman Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources

Today is Harriet Tubman Day . You might be interested in The Best Teaching & Learning Resources About Harriet Tubman .
New PBS NewsHour Video Segment: “How this school district is educating students at home during coronavirus outbreak”

coyot / Pixabay Check out tonight’s PBS NewsHour segment on a school district in Washington that closed down because of the coronavirus. They were able to provide 2,000 computers to students who did not have one, along with hot spots! You might also be interested in: THE BEST RESEARCH RELATED TO CLOSING SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Beca
My Latest BAM! Radio Show Is On Teaching Poetry

Yes, Teaching Poetry Can Be Powerful, Riveting and Fun, If You Do This…. is the title of my latest ten-minute BAM! Radio Show. I’m joined by Gretchen Bernabei, Kelly Love, Jennifer Casa-Todd and Donna Shrum, who have also all contributed written commentaries to my Ed Week Teacher column. I’m adding this show to All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Descriptions . By the way, the show is now availa
No Surprise – Another Study Finds “Active Learning” Is More Effective Than Lectures

Underrepresented college students benefit more from ‘active learning’ techniques in STEM is from Eureka Alert which reports on a new study that has found the same thing many others have found before it – “active learning” is more effective than lectures. Here’s more: “You can sum up the difference between passive and active teaching methods in three simple words: ‘Ask, don’t tell,'” said co-corre

Even More New Resources To Help With Online Teaching

Miguel OrĂ³s Here are new additions to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions!: Preparing to Take School Online? Here Are 10 Tips to Make It