A VERY BUSY DAY 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

A VERY BUSY DAY

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

The latest news and resources in education since 2007

 

 

Big Education Ape: THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... The latest news and resources in education since 2007 - http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2020/10/this-week-in-education-larry-ferlazzos_10.html

Tuesday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopening

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

Awaix_Mughal / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : The Digital Divide Starts With a Laptop Shortage is from The NY Times. Sure, send our kids back to unsafe schools, even though it isn’t ‘in the best interest of anyone’ is from The Washington Post. In-person classes, Internet snafus, melancholy hallways: This is what teaching in a

Video: “How US schools punish Black kids”

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

waldryano / Pixabay I’m adding this new video from Vox to Shocking – NOT! New Study Finds Educators Tend To Discipline Black Students More Harshly Than White Students . You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING HOW BLACK GIRLS ARE TREATED UNFAIRLY & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT .

The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2020 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

My end-of-the-year “Best” list posts continue… I use short, funny video clips a lot when I’m teaching ELLs, and you can read in detail about how I use them in The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them) . In short, there are many ways to use them that promote speaking, listening, writing and reading (including having students describe – in writing and verbally – a chronologic

‘Classrooms Are Political’

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators push back against the admonition to “keep politics out of the classroom” by, among other things, explaining that schools are part of a broader political system. Here are some excerpts:

Everything You Wanted To Learn About Holidays, Anniversaries & Special Days But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 13h

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s o

I’m Not Sure When They Started This, But Zoom Now Provides Automatic Subtitles In English

by Larry Ferlazzo / 17h

I’m not quite sure when Zoom added this feature, but you can now enable automatic subtitling in English when you’re in a video conference using the tool. Avriel Ogawa, a very talented colleague, shared these instructions today: Go to settings on the navigation bar on the left of the screen. Scroll down to In Meeting Advanced Then, scroll down to Closed Captioning and toggle it on Be sure to check

Three Useful Resources For Teaching About Monuments

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m adding these new resources to The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments : Confronting History, Transforming Monuments is from Facing History. As challenges to Confederate monuments and other controversial memorials gain momentum, the Mellon Foundation will spend $250 million to support the creation of new American monuments and consider relocating or reimagining existing one

Everything You Wanted To Know About Teaching Health Issues But Were Afraid To Ask

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

stevepb / Pixabay I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category. Today, it’s on Health Issues:

Monday’s Must-Read Articles About School Reopening

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

geralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : A shortage of teachers and Covid-19 create a perfect storm for the education system is from CNBC. CDC: Almost all of the US kids and teens who’ve died from COVID-19 were Hispanic or Black is from Business Insider. Parents Hustling To Adapt After New York City Closes Schools In Some Areas

The VERY BEST Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures In 2020 – Part Two

by Larry Ferlazzo / 1d

I’m continuing with my end-of-year “Best” list posts… You might also be interested in The VERY BEST Resources To Support Teachers Dealing With School Closures In 2020 – Part One , along with all my closure-related “Best” lists here . Here they are: Here’s Our Chapter On Distance Learning With ELLs & It’s Free To Download (No Registration Required!) HERE ARE DETAILED – & TENTATIVE – DISTANCE LEARN

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Here Are All My Related Teaching & Learning Resources

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States today, also known as Columbus Day. I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists ). Here are the ones I have related to Indigenous Peoples: The Best Onli

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here. Of course, this is a crazy time for “classroom” instruction…. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART ONE. Here are this week’s picks: IB has created something called a Webliography, which are basically lessons

Ed Tech Digest

by Larry Ferlazzo / 2d

Nine 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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