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THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION 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


THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... 
The latest news and resources in education since 2007



Ed Tech Digest
Ten 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
Intriguing Research Suggests Relatively Simple Exercise With Teachers Might Reduce Student Suspensions
A scalable empathic-mindset intervention reduces group disparities in school suspensions is a new not-behind-a-paywall study that could offer an intervention schools might want to considering trying out. It’s written by JASON A. OKONOFUA and his colleagues. Basically, middle school math teachers spent a little more than an hour reading about research highlighting the value of thinking about – and
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues
Here 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 ): The Impending School Lunch Disaster is from Slate. If you can’t name Biden’s Education secretary, you probably aren’t alone is from Politico. How Will Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Play Out in Classrooms? is from Slate. Teache
Friday’s New Articles & Videos On School Reopenings
MIH83 / 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: Nearly half of LAUSD students have been chronically absent this year, data show is from The LA Times. Parents say their kids hav

APR 07

“Parents Are Among Teachers’ Best Assets”
Parents Are Among Teachers’ Best Assets is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Don’t view parents as obstacles. See them as partners to enhance student learning. Here are some excerpts:

APR 06

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
BiljaST / 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
A Look Back: Over 250 Of My Ten-Minute BAM! Radio Shows On Different Teaching Topics
For the past several years, I’ve been doing ten-minute podcasts with multiple guests to accompany my Education Week columns. I’ve usually done about forty each year, though I’ve that by about half since the pandemic started just to bring a little more sanity into my life. I hope to go back to my regular schedule in the fall. You can see them all at All My BAM Radio Shows – Linked With Description
A Collection Of Tweeted Excerpts From Our New Book, The 2nd Edition Of “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide”
Katie and I did a “slow Twitter chat” about our book last week, where we and others who contributed to the book shared excerpts. Here are a few of the tweets from that chat: Today is the first day of the slow Twitter chat about the new 2nd edition of the ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide. Just a reminder that you can still access tons of free materials from first edition here: https://t.co/gGy3dAZ
All Student Handouts From Our New Book – Plus Five Bonus Chapters – Are Now Available For Free Download
As most readers know, the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide came out last week. Today, the publisher unveiled a website that allows anyone – without any needed registration – to download the zillions of student hand-outs in the book, plus download five bonus chapters: Distance Learning, which Katie and I wrote Teaching English Internationally, by Tan Huynh Non Native English
Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature . By the way, you mig
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Power Lesson: Poetry Gallery Walk is from Cult of Pedagogy. I’m adding it to The Best World Poetry Day Resources – Help Me Find More . 3

APR 05

A Look Back: 21 Sites For Short & Accessible Video “Explainers” About Current Events
I’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. congerdesign / Pixabay I originally published The Best Online “Explainer” Tools For Current Events in 2012 , and have been revising & updating it since that time. The sites include “Just the FAQ’s” from USA Today, Voice of American “Explainers,” “Five Myths” from The Washington Post, and eighteen more. Do no

APR 04

“Lessons Teachers Have Learned From Students’ Families”
Lessons Teachers Have Learned From Students’ Families is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Reaching students comes easier if teachers see themselves as equal partners with families. Here are some excerpts:
April 23rd Is Is “World Book & Copyright Day,” “World Book Night” & “UN English Language Day” – Here Are The Teaching & Learning Resources Resources For Them
Mysticsartdesign / Pixabay The UN and UNESCO say today is both “World Book & Copyright Day” and “UN English Language Day.” It’s also celebrated in some countries, particularly in the UK, as “World Book Night.” Here’s an explanation from My English Club about UN English Language Day: English, along with French, is one of the two working languages of the United Nations, and one of the Organization’
A Look Back: 19 Tools For Creating Free Websites
I’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. kreatikar / Pixabay I originally published The Best Ways For Students Or Teachers To Create A Website in 2008, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes Just Paste It , Mural , mmm and sixteen other tools. Check them all out at the “Best” list and let me know what I’m missing!

APR 03

Excerpt From Our New Book: “Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Teaching”
Middleweb has been kind enough to publish an excerpt from our new book , the second edition of The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide. It’s from our chapter on Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Teaching. Check it out – they’ll publish Part Two next week. I’m adding it to where you can find all the free resource from the book , and also to The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching”
April 12th Is The “International Day of Human Space Flight” – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources
WikiImages / Pixabay The United Nations has declared April 12th to be the International Day of Human Space Flight. Here are a few of my related “Best” lists (I was able to do a quick review of many of them to get rid of dead links): The Best Sites To Learn About The Apollo 11 Moon Landing The Best Resources For Learning About The Space Shuttle The Best Sites For Learning About The Mars Rover Curi
“Landing The Plane” In The Sacramento Teachers & Support Staff Eight-Day Strike
Our unions and the district reached contracts late Sunday night – school is open tomorrow, Monday! Editor’s Note: My Ed Week column, What the Teacher and Classified-Staff Strike in Sacramento Means for the Country , is a good companion piece to this guest post. Alice Mercer teaches fourth grade at an elementary school in Sacramento, CA. She started her career in Oakland, Ca, and moved to Sacramen

APR 02

This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”
I’ve reviving this regular feature that I used to post a few years ago…. I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through these older links, and help m
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-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
Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week
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. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2021 – PART ONE . Here are this week’s picks: Using Genius Hour Projects to Help Students Find Meaning is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Applying “Fed Ex Days”
A Look Back: 22 Tools For Annotating Webpages & Other Text
I’m continuing my “A Look Back” series by looking at past “Best” lists and updating them. geralt / Pixabay I originally published The Best Applications For Annotating Websites in 2008, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes tools like A.nnotate , Edji , Prism , and nineteen others, along with other resources about how to use them with students. Go to the “Best” list t

APR 01

The Eighth Day Of Our Strike Is Nearing Its End – “One Day Longer, One Day Stronger”
The eighth day of our strike is almost in the books, and our negotiating team is trying its best to work with district leadership who does not seem to share a sense of urgency to get 40,000 students back to class. We’ll see what happens later tonight and during the weekend. Here are some updates: It's difficult 4 me 2 understand why schl district w/ its coffers full would treat @SacTeachers & @se
Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL
BiljaST / 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

MAR 31

A Look Back: 10 Tools For Teaching Typing/Keyboarding
Pexels / Pixabay I originally published The Best Sites Where Students Can Learn Typing/Keyboarding in 2017, and have been revising and updating it since that time. It includes primarily free tools like Dance Mat Typing , Typing Club , Keymash , and seven more. Check them all out at the “Best” list and let me know what I’m missing!
The Seventh Day Of Our Strike Is Nearly Done, And It Looks Like We’ll Be Back On The Picket Lines Tomorrow
Day seven of our strike is nearly over, and it looks fairly certain we’ll be back on the picket lines tomorrow. Here are reports on what happened today: Important 2 remember label of “Level 1” or “Beginner” doesn’t identify a student’s acad or social skills or potential, instead it only identifies what a student knows & can do at current stage of English Language Dev Thanks @Larryferlazzo for exp
Google Unveils Fact-Checking Resources
Today, Google unveiled several new fact-checking tools. You can read about all of them here . The most interesting/useful one appears to be the Fact Check Explorer , which appears to be like Snopes to check on the accuracy of popular claims. They also created a site with fact-checking resources . I’m adding this info to The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find Mor
Learning About Our Teachers’ & Classified Strike – Via Memes
Damian Harmony is a talented teacher in our district, who also happens to be very creative when it comes to memes. Here are some that help tell the story of our strike: These are actual quotes from our Superintendent, who came to meet with our union’s bargaining team for the first time in three years when we did a sit-in at the District office yesterday (I say “we” but, though I am on the bargain
Join The #MLLChat_BkClub Discussion Of Our New Book! Here’s All The Info You Need
I’ve been saying for years that the #MLLChat_BkClub is the best available online professional development for teachers of English Language Learners. Katie Toppel is its organizer, and she’s done an amazing job! You can read more about her, and the club, at Guest Post: “PD in your Pjs: How to navigate #EllChat_BkClub on Twitter.” Hundreds, if not thousands, of ELL teachers from around the world ha

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