April’s Most Popular PostsAs regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days. I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS . Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR
My Most Popular Tweets Of The MonthPhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS OF THE YEAR and RECOMMENDATIO
Quote Of The Day On The Trauma Affecting “Black Boys”The Burden of Being ‘On Point’: Too often, traumatized Black boys’ behavior is pathologized. It’s actually rational. is a very important article appearing at The Atlantic today, written by Adam Harris. It gave me a lot to think about. It’s a valuable complement to two other pieces I’ve recently revisited: Connecting Black Boys and Their Families with School and Success from The Teaching Channel.
New Activity I’m Using With ELLs: “Critical Thinking Dialogues”geralt / Pixabay I haven’t done a very good job promoting speaking practice with my ELL History class this year (it certainly hasn’t helped that – up until this past week – we had been on full-time distance learning. Between a desire to want to do some new and different activities during the final two months of school and a desire to add speaking practice to the mix, I came up with a new activity
April’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,241 Of Them!Prawny / Pixabay Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,241 of them categorized here ): THE BEST PLACES TO GET ACCESSIBLE HISTORY TEXTS FOR ELLS CLASSROOM LESSON IDEAS TO DISCUSS THE CHAUVIN VERDICT – PLEASE SUGGEST MORE THE BEST RESOURCES FOR THINKING ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR
Monday’s Must-Read Articles On School Reopeningsgeralt / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING (& SHOWING) WHAT SCHOOLS LOOK LIKE DURING THE PANDEMIC (you might also be interested in SCHOOLS WENT REMOTE A YEAR AGO – HERE ARE MY CHOICES FOR THE BEST PIECES WRITTEN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING SINCE THEN): More than $1.8 billion flows into schools in the Washington region to help amid pandemic is from The Washington Post. Biden i
Today Is The 31st Anniversary Of The Hubble Telescope – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesAndrew-Art / Pixabay Today is the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Telescope’s launch. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Learn About The Hubble Telescope .
“PLCs Can ‘Unleash the Learning!’”PLCs Can ‘Unleash the Learning!’ is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Five educators share what has made professional learning communities work for them and their colleagues. Here are some excerpts:
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In AprilI regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here ). You can also see my all-time favorites here . I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorite
Ed Tech DigestTen 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 some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
The Best Places To Get Accessible History Texts For ELLsgeralt / Pixabay Yes, I know this a bit of a niche list, but since I always teach an ELL History class, and I’ve started using short texts instead of a textbook, I’ve been looking for good and accessible sources. Here is what I’ve found so
