May Is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesMay is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
A Look Back: 103 Resources For Helping To Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The ClassroomI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. qimono / Pixabay I originally published The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom in 2009, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It’s one of my most popular posts. However, though I’ve always been adding to it, it’s been awhile since I went through the po
The Best Articles About The Bizarre Decision By Florida To Reject Math Textbooks Because Of SEL & CRTmohamed_hassan / Pixabay I’ve been holding off posting about the State of Florida’s bizarre decision until more details came out, and now they have… Here are the best articles I’ve seen about it so far (you also might be interested in RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT ATTACKS ON “CRITICAL RACE THEORY,” THE 1619 PROJECT & ATTEMPTS TO STOP EDUCATORS FROM TEACHING ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM ): A Look Inside t
Infographic Of The Week: “The Science of Nuclear Weapons, Visualized”This infographic comes from Visual Capitalist, and you can see a bigger version at its site . I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Nuclear Weapons .
A Look Back: Links To All The Best Resources On This Blog – In One Place!geralt / Pixabay There are a lot of resources on this blog, and it can sometimes appear overwhelming. Which is why a couple of years ago I created a short post with links to what I think are the absolute most useful ones. Check out The “All-Time” Best Teaching & Learning Resources Available On This Blog .
More Highlights From This Week’s Online #MLLChat_BkClub Discussion Of Our New BookClker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay Earlier this week, I shared the first day’s highlights from the month-long online discussion of our new book (see THE MONTH-LONG #MLLCHAT_BKCLUB CHAT ON OUR BOOK BEGINS TODAY – IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN! ). Here are more of the tweets from this week – and it’s not too late to join: It's so important for students to know that it's "perfectly fine" if they don't u
Thursday’s New Articles On School Reopeningsviarami / Pixabay Ordinarily, I’d add these new articles and videos to The Best Posts Predicting (& Showing) What Schools Look Like During The Pandemic . However, that list is just getting too massive. So, in the future, if you want to find these in one place, click here: Dubious research, vexing guidance: CDC struggles to help schools during pandemic is from Chalkbeat. Hire now, fire later. Scho
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELLBiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2021. Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners. In additi
Cinco de Mayo Is Coming Up – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesGDJ / Pixabay Cinco de Mayo, May 5th, commemorates the defeat of the French by the Mexican Army in 1862. It’s a holiday in some parts of Mexico, and is celebrated by Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo .
New Survey Finds That Teachers Work A Median Of 54 Hours Each Week – What Do You Think?How Teachers Spend Their Time: A Breakdown is a new article (and Instagram post below) from Education Week. I think that’s close to the number of hours related to my specific classes that I’ve worked most of my career, but I’ve found that it’s not sustainable as I grow older (the hours I spend on writing are above and beyond that time, and that’s fine and on me). This year, in particular, I’ve be
Educators: Want to Contribute to The Ed Week Classroom Q&A Blog?My latest Ed Week column shares my annual invitation to educators who might want to contribute responses to the next batch of questions. Check it out for further information!
A Look Back: 15 Tools For Creating Email NewslettersI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. Tumisu / Pixabay I originally published The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters in 2010, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes tools like MailChimp , Letterpop , Feedblitz (which is the one I use), and twelve others. The post also includes some articles about c
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 2021 – PART ONE , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this we
“A Good Colleague Can Make or Break Any Teacher”A Good Colleague Can Make or Break Any Teacher is the headline is the headline of my latest Education Week column. At the heart of learning for teachers is the support, wisdom, and inspiration of colleagues—whether in Year I or during crises. Here are some excerpts:
A Look Back: The 4 Best Websites For ELL TeachersI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. geralt / Pixabay I originally published The Best Sites On The Web For ESL/EFL/ELL/ELT Teachers in 2013 and have been revising and updating it since that time. There are so many ELL resources out there, and I’ve written about so many of them, that it can all seem overwhelming. In this list, I attempt to narro
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
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’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-to-ten 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
Earth Day Is On April 22nd – Here Are Teaching & Learning ResourcesWild0ne / Pixabay Earth Day is on April 22nd. You might be interested in The Best Earth Day Sites .
A Look Back: 32 Reference Sites For English Language LearnersI’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I originally published The Best Reference Websites For English Language Learners in 2008, and have been revising and updating it since that time. I have to admit, however, I it’s been awhile since I updated it last. So, though I cleaned out a bunch of tools on the list that
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy IssuesHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in seeing all my “Best” lists related to education policy here ): Why So Many Conservatives Are Talking About ‘Grooming’ All Of A Sudden is from Five Thirty Eight. Urban Superintendents Come and Go is by Larry Cuban. California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students th
