Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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”

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

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 .


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Interesting Video: Denmark Reopens Elementary Schools

cromaconceptovisual / Pixabay This was a surprise to me:

YESTERDAY

Infographic: ‘7 Tips For Remote Teaching’

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”

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”

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”

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

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…”

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”

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

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

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 
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