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October 2011 - Posts
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Most interested people may already know, but I just noticed you can buy a Kindle edition of my book, Helping Students Motivate Themselves, on the Amazon website. Check it if you’re interested….. Read More...
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In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth sharing, I’m going to begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” It’ll be a short compilation of new decent sites that are … Continue reading → Read More...
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I often write about helping students exercise, and be aware of, metacognition (see Another Lesson Combining Metacognition, Writing, Speaking, & Listening) and include extensive lesson plans about it in my latest book. Today, I did a five-minute unplanned Read More...
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Boy, my blog sure looks different. Ronnie Burt at Edublogs just used this blog as a guinea pig to try out Edublogs’ new “responsive themes.” They’re designed to look good on the web, tablets and on phones. It has a … Continue reading → Read More...
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Last week, my colleague Katie Hull and I did a quick survey with our students, and I’ll be writing a longer piece about it. But, first, I need some help interpreting the results. We asked two questions. The shortened versions were: 1) Do standardized Read More...
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This year, Pearson has, among other things, published a new U.S. History textbook and a new text on Ancient Civilizations. Big deal, right? Well, I don’t really care about the paperbound versions, but they has made the book’s online companion sites freely Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: The Growing Wealth Gap is a CNN slideshow. The 21 Most Unequal Cities in America is a slideshow from Business Insider. Occupy Design has a variety of useful infographics Read More...
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I published two posts related to punctuation yesterday — This Is The Best Lesson Plan On Punctuation I’ve Ever Read and Fun Punctuation Video. They inspired me to make some changes in my lesson plans for this week with my Beginner ELL students, and I Read More...
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Today’s Dilbert comic strip wondered about the definition of “curation”: The characters obviously didn’t read The Best Posts & Articles About Curation! Read More...
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Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to Read More...
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There is a substantial amount of research available on parent engagement/involvement, and I thought bringing together a few of the best resources would be useful. You can also see all my parent engagement-related “The Best” lists here. Here are my picks Read More...
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Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted in October (you can see all 789 of them categorized here): The Best Resources On ELL’s & Standardized Tests — October, 2011 The Best Resources On Parent/Teacher Conferences — October, 2011 The Read More...
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I’ve previously posted about The Good Guide. It began as a University of California research project, and is now an independent organization that evaluates companies on their social and environmental policies and actions, and invites people to participate Read More...
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I’ve just posted The Best Resources On Parent/Teacher Conferences at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Feedback is welcome. Read More...
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Right after posting about the best punctuation lesson I had ever seen, Jeff Branzburg shared this video with me at Google Plus. Many of us are probably already familiar with the example, but I had never seen it visualized: Read More...
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Patterns and Punctuation by Elizabeth Schlessman appears in the most recent issue of Rethinking Schools. It is clearly the best lesson plan I’ve ever heard about for teaching punctuation. I’m not going to go into depth on it since the article is available Read More...
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Here are more additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Our World’s Population Of 7 Billion: The world at seven billion is a fascinating interactive from the BBC, which includes the option of figuring out which “number” you were in that 7 billion. Read More...
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Here’s an updated list of our class blogs: I’ve used this same Theory of Knowledge blog for the past three years, adding and revising to it. This is our new blog for Beginning and Intermediate English Language Learners. Since it’s new, it just includes Read More...
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As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. Today, Larry Cuban, the well-known author, researcher, and former teacher, superintendent and professor, Read More...
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I’ve mentioned Storify on this blog in passing as an easy way to display “tweets.” In fact, I did just that in my post, Using Storify For “Poverty Matters When…”, when I displayed multiple tweets that began with that phrase. I had thought its use was Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Our World’s Population Of 7 Billion: Country Population: Past, Present, Future is another interactive from The Guardian. How the world population got to 7 billion – interactive is Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources For Learning What Google+ Is All About: Google Apps Users Can Now Hangout (And More) On Google+ is from TechCrunch. Google+ Resurrects Playback Feature From Wave, Renames It “Ripples” is also from TechCrunch. Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools): After Alabama law, Hispanic kids being bullied is from CBS News. Critics See ‘Chilling Effect’ in Alabama Immigration Law is Read More...
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Projeqt was on The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 — So Far list, where I described it as: a very new application — you still need an invite to use it– that lets you create what you could call interactive slideshows. In some ways, I might Read More...
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Part Two — Can Teachers Be Friends With Students? is the title of the second in a three-part series I’m publishing in my column at Education Week Teacher. In addition to including several guest responses, including ones from Jose Vilson and Renee Moore, Read More...
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Stich.it is a new link-shortening service that lets you combine a number of links into one, and then plays them like a slideshow. It’s similar to a number of other services on The Best Ways To Shorten URL Addresses list. Some of the examples shown on Read More...
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The seven billionth person in the world is projected to be born on Monday, and I thought that this event called for a “The Best…” list. Here are my choices for The Best Resources For Learning About Our World’s Population Of 7 Billion: A global push to Read More...
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Empedia is a new site that lets you access Wikipedia in a different interface and “add” new content through specific sections like lists, personal experiences and polls. Most important of all, it’s about a million times easier to add this info to Empedia Read More...
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Access to the entire Education Week site is free during their “Open House” from October 26th to October 30th. Ordinarily, a fair number of their articles are always available (including my column), and more are accessible with free registration. But some Read More...
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The next edition of the EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival will be published on November 1st by Berni Wall Here are the details: The theme for this carnival is: The Most Popular Posts on your Blog So, go and search through your archives, dust off that post that Read More...
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I just wrote a post at my Engaging Parents In School blog on the most bizarre story of the day: “Idaho schools tie merit pay to parent involvement” You might want to check it out…. Read More...
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Here in the United States, we’ll be reverting to Standard Time from Daylight Savings time on the second Sunday in November. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Daylight Savings Time, including adding this video: Read More...
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As most International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge teachers know (I teach TOK as well as multiple ELL and mainstream classes), helping students understand what “knowledge issues” are can often be a bit challenging. Today, after providing an introduction Read More...
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One of my favorite lessons each year is one where our students compare our school neighborhood with the most wealthy section of Sacramento, the “Fabulous Forties.” I’ve written extensively about this lesson of highlighting assets instead of deficits in Read More...
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Response: Can Teachers Be Friends With Students? — Part One is the first post in a special three-part series on the topic I’m publishing at Education Week Teacher. Part One is primarily a guest response from educator/author Rick Wormeli. There’s a lot Read More...
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The Worst Parent Engagement Ideas is an unusual list I’ve just posted at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Feedback is welcome. Read More...
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“How Economic Inequality Harms Societies” is the title of a new TED Talk that I’ve embedded below: How Economic Inequality Is (Literally) Making Us Sick is a new TIME Magazine article on a similar topic. I’m adding them to The Best Resources About Wealth Read More...
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Bill Gates (co-authored by his wife, Melinda) has written another guest column for The Wall Street Journal one evaluating teachers. It’s arrogantly titled “Grading the Teachers: Schools have a lot to learn from business about how to improve performance, Read More...
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The Hindu celebration of Diwali in 2011 will start on Wednesday, the 26th of October and will continue for 5 days until Sunday, the 30th of October. I’ve just updated The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali. Read More...
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This is an all-in-one post on Twitter: First, I’ll be a guest on #urbaned Chat on Twitter next Sunday at 6:00 PM Pacific/ 9:00 PM Eastern time, and will be discussing motivation. Second, if you want to know how to participate in a Chat on Twitter, Read Read More...
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What’s Missing In The Debate On Senority? is a new report from Annenberg Institute for School Reform. It’s probably the best analysis of the topic that I’ve seen. I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is Read More...
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The Mind Hacks blog revisits an older study that restates why inductive learning, student autonomy, and choice works in the classroom. The blog also has a useful chart. It’s worth checking-out but, in summary, it discusses findings that students will Read More...
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Here are new additions to “The Best Resources For Showing Students Why They Should Continue Their Academic Career”: Who is falling out of the middle class, in one chart is from The Washington Post, and shows the importance of education to economic security. Read More...
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Earlier this month, and earlier this year, Professor Sian Beilock released two widely publicized studies — one on the causes of math anxiety among students and the other a related one on “choking” under pressure. The both included potential interventions, Read More...
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Daniel Pink was recently interviewed on a local Washington, D.C. television show along with a local university official. You watch it all here, but I thought the few minutes he spent discussing the role of grades, autonomy and inquiry in education to Read More...
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How to Take Better Advantage of Brain Plasticity is a two minute video of author David Shenk explaining how our brain physically changes as we learn new things. I’ll be adding it to my “brain as a muscle” lesson plan that you can find in My Best Posts Read More...
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Stress Test supposedly analyzes your voice after you repeat a number of words and sentences shown on the screen, and then tells you how “stressed” you’re supposed to be feeling. They say is uses a process similar to lie detectors. I’m skeptical about Read More...
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It seems to me that Occupy Wall Street has grown so much over the past few weeks that it’s pretty difficult to not discuss it in the classroom. I thought readers might find a list of related resources useful. Two previously posted “The Best..” lists might Read More...
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I’ve just updated The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables.” Feel free to suggest additional resources. Read More...
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I’d like to create a “The Best… list of verb tense charts for English Language Learners, plus determine which is the best one for using with my Beginning ELL class. I’ve been using one, which I’ll share in my eventual list, but I’m assuming there are Read More...
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Measurement and Its Discontents is by Robert P. Crease and was just published in The New York Times. It views the idea of “measurement” in historical and philosophical terms. He describes two different kinds of measurement. On is “ontic,” which identifies Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources About Wealth & Income Inequality: IMF: Income inequality is bad for economic growth is from The Washington Post. The Limping Middle Class is by Robert Reich and appeared in The New York Times. Protesters Read More...
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Page O Rama lets you quickly and easily create a website without having to register. I especially like it because you can copy and paste images directly onto the page. Even though there are quite a few “instant” page-building apps, most don’t have that Read More...
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Disapainted may be just about the easiest tools out there to make simple “stickman” animations. Registration takes less than twenty seconds, and you are given a link to your creation. ELL’s can make an animation and then share — in writing and/or verbally Read More...
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A German musician living in the United States has made several funny videos reflecting on some of the perplexities that abound in the English language — and in American culture. I’m looking forward to showing clips to my students, and then having them Read More...
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“Can Teachers Be Friends With Students?” is the question of the week at my Education Week Teacher column. Check out the post and consider leaving a response there or, if you prefer, here… Read More...
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Why schools should not grade character traits is my newest piece in The Washington Post. I think it was a good piece to begin with, but, thanks to John Norton‘s editing skills, it really turned out great. Read More...
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Now this is a creative video. Thanks to Michelle Henry for the tip. Read More...
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Several months ago the PBS News Hour did a fantastic segment on self-control and the marshmallow experiment (I’ve included a link to the video and an explanation of my lesson plan at My Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control). Read More...
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I’ve written extensively about bilingual and monolingual resources I’ve used in Social Studies classes as part of a “preview/view/review” teaching and learning strategy with Beginning English Language Learners (see Great Resources For English Language Read More...
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Earlier this evening, Mary Ann Zehr, formerly a reporter with Education Week and now a high school ESL teacher in Washington, D.C., sent a tweet recommending something called SAS Curriculum Pathways for history resources. Since I have always respected Read More...
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You may have heard about the big study released yesterday finding that — different from previous belief — that teen intelligence is not “fixed” and that they can increase their IQ. Coincidentally, on the same day The San Francisco Chronicle published Read More...
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I must add this video to The Best Sites For Learning About Penguins. I’m also going to use it in my IB Theory of Knowledge class when we discuss ethics. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F19%2Fcriminal-penguins%2F'; addthis_title Read More...
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“What’s Up” is a fascinating tool that lets you easily explore the most popular subjects on Twitter for any day or for any hour of that day. The Information Aesthetics blog has more information about the site. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Beginning Read More...
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Hunt for the Noor Stone Game is a “choose your own adventure” game that’s connected with PBS’ film on the comic series with 99 superheroes based on the 99 virtues of Allah. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories. Read More...
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One of my students has great potential, but has continually been “slacking off” and not taking school seriously. I’ve tried multiple interventions, but have had no success. Until the past week. “Karen” (not her real name) has really been on fire over Read More...
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Response: Several Ways To Respond To “Unpredictable” Student Behavior is the title of my newest post at Education Week. I think people might find it helpful… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F18%2Fseveral-ways-to-respond-to-unpredictable-student-behavior%2F'; Read More...
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A short piece I’ve had students read as part of a lesson on the importance of setting goals is about a supposed Harvard study that describes how much more successful people are who write down their goals as opposed to those who only think about them. Read More...
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Lynne Weintraub of Citizenship News emailed this video of a naturalization ceremony. I’m just going to quote her description. One thing she doesn’t mention is that it has subtitles. I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Learning About Civic Participation Read More...
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Grockit Answers lets you pick any video from YouTube and create a series of questions about it. The great feature is that you can set the time on the video for each question to alert the viewer when the answer will appear. It’s an excellent scaffold for Read More...
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Here are new additions to The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About World Water Day: These are three infographics from GOOD: How Does Lack of Water Affect Women and Children? Picturing A Lifetime of Clean Water Access 10 Ways to Stop Wasting Water Read More...
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The Best Reasons Why Parents Should Be Looked At As Allies & Not Targets Of Blame is my newest “The Best…” list at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Feel free to add comments or suggestions. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F16%2Fthe-best-reasons-why-parents-should-be-looked-at-as-allies-not-targets-of-blame%2F'; Read More...
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The Best Examples Of Parent Engagement Through Community Organizing is the title of my newest “The Best…” list. I’ve posted it at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Feedback is welcome. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F16%2Fthe-best-examples-of-parent-engagement-through-community-organizing%2F'; Read More...
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was officially dedicated today. Here are additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Martin Luther King Memorial: CBS News has several multimedia features. The Associated Press has an interactive. Thousands Read More...
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I have been astounded by how much has been written about Steve Jobs since his death and how little much of it actually said. The New Yorker, though, had a very short piece which I think is the best I’ve read and has much we can all learn. It’s called Read More...
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These are two very encompassing English-learning sites from South Korea. I’m not going to add them to The Best Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced English Language Learner Sites because the initial navigation can be a bit confusing to someone who doesn’t Read More...
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A federal court today blocked schools from checking the immigration status of students. Unfortunately, the court allowed other aspects of the law to stand. You can read all about it in The New York Times’ article, Mixed Ruling on Alabama Immigration Law. Read More...
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Many teachers know that an effective classroom management move to turn a disruptive student into an ally is by giving him/her responsibilities in the classroom — tutoring another student, offering them a key classroom job, etc. I knew it, and have used Read More...
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How Do You Respond To “Unpredictable” Student Behavior? is the “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Please leave your ideas at the site. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F13%2Fhow-do-you-respond-to-unpredictable-student-behavior%2F'; Read More...
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Qwiki was the number-one ranked site on The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students — 2010 It’s sort of a multimedia search engine that provides audio support for text, and it’s very engaging. I recently discovered that not only have they Read More...
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Every year Oddcast unveils a slightly different and spookier web tool that lets you create a scary Halloween card that you can send to a friend and post on your website, too. This year is no exception. Check out the Halloween Card Creator. It has a nice Read More...
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The Best Posts & Articles For Learning About Newark’s $100 Million From Facebook is the latest “The Best…” list I’ve published at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. As readers can see, I’m finally getting around to “curating” the huge amount of Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools): Alabama immigration threat: prove your legal status or lose water supply is from The Guardian. Alabama parents prepare for the Read More...
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Editors Room is a new site from AOL. It brings together a zillion embeddable videos from different sources, including numerous news services. Many of these news services are already on The Best Sites For News & History Videos That Won’t Get Blocked By Read More...
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The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers is my newest post at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. Additional suggestions are welcome… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F12%2Fthe-best-sources-of-parent-engagement-advice-for-teachers%2F'; Read More...
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There have been quite a few good commentaries on school reform issues over the past week: Unexpected Benefits: A Defense of Teacher Tenure is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Articles For Helping To Understand Both Why Teacher Tenure Is Important Read More...
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Since last month’s New York Times article headlined In Classroom of Future, Stagnant Scores (which I posted about at the time and also added to The Best Research Available On The Use Of Technology In Schools), I’ve been collecting articles that share Read More...
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Standardized Test Critiques & Potential Alternatives is the title of the the newest post at my Education Week Teacher column. It includes guest responses from Professors David Berliner and Yong Zhao, two of the most well-respected researchers on education Read More...
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I just posted a new “The Best…” list at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. You might want to check out “The Best Resources For Learning About Teacher Home Visits.” addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F10%2Fthe-best-resources-for-learning-about-teacher-home-visits%2F'; Read More...
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YouTube has unveiled a site where they are only placing educational videos and where comments will be disabled. The site — YouTube.com/education is supposed to be able to be allowed through content filters even though YouTube itself is blocked. You can Read More...
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Diigo, the bookmarking service that in the past automatically sent copies of your bookmarks to Delicious, just sent out a tweet saying that they are connected to Delicious again. Last week, that automatic back-up process was stopped. However, I bookmarked Read More...
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Here are the newest additions to The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools): Ala. Immigration Law Puts Squeeze on Schools is from Education Week. Ala. Immigration Law Worries Latino Parents is from NPR. Read More...
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Here are some new additions to “The Best Resources To Learn About High School ID’s & The Scarlet Letter“: Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education is by David B. Cohen. Here’s the latest article from the Orange County Register. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F09%2Fmore-on-the-scarlet-letter-and-student-ids%2F'; Read More...
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I’ve previously written about a follow-up study released recently on the fortieth anniversary of the Marshmallow Experiment. Here are a few more pieces on the new study, and I’ll be adding this post to My Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Read More...
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By this time, many readers have probably already heard about the southern California high school that issued color-coded student ID’s based on student standardized test scores. They also made students wait in different lunch lines, among other things. Read More...
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This week marks ten years since the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Here are some new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Afghanistan War. War in Afghanistan – 10 years on is an interactive from The Guardian. A Decade Of War is an interactive Read More...
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As The New York Times has reported, 2011′s Nobel Peace Prize winners are “Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — Africa’s first elected female president — her compatriot, peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakul Karman of Yemen, a pro-democracy campaigner.” Read More...
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I’ll be showing my Beginning ESL class this video tomorrow. It’ll be a fun one to end the week with, and we’ll write sentences together describing what we saw: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fanother-fun-video-for-eslefl%2F'; Read More...
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What Are Critiques Of Standardized Tests & What Are Alternatives? is the “question of the week” at my Education Week Teacher column. Please share your thoughts in the comments there…. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fwhat-are-critiques-of-standardized-tests-what-are-alternatives%2F'; Read More...
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I’ve just revised and updated The Best Sites For Learning Economics & Practical Money Skills. Additional suggestions are welcome…. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F06%2Fteaching-money-skills%2F'; addthis_title = 'Teaching+Money+Skills'; Read More...
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The Department of Education just unveiled a revamped “What Works” website highlighting the results of their varied research. It seems to have a number of accessible tools. You can read more about it at Education Week. They seem to have surprisingly little Read More...
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Step Station is a new site that lets users create simple step-by-step directions to do…anything. I’m adding it to The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience.” addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F05%2Fstep-station%2F'; Read More...
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Greg Toppo from USA Today sent out a tweet from a conference today where Randi Weingarten from the American Federation of Teachers commented on Alabama’s new immigration law. She said: Teachers “are safety nets, not snitches. They are guardians, not guards.” Read More...
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Should Schools Help Catch Illegal Immigrants? is another useful article from The New York Times about Alabama’s new law. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& Its Impact On Schools). addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F05%2Fshould-schools-help-catch-illegal-immigrants%2F'; Read More...
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I’ve written extensively about how I use online video games with English Language Learners. They’re great language-development activities when students play them by following “walkthroughs” (instructions on how to “win”). Here are four new ones, along Read More...
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Response: Ways The “Next Generation” Of Standardized Tests Should Treat ELL’s is the title of my newest column at Education Week Teacher. It includes comments from both of the two state consortia developing the next generation of state tests and an analysis Read More...
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Animoto, which is on The Best Ways For Students To Create Online Videos (Using Someone Else’s Content) list, just unveiled a new and simpler video creation process. As TechCrunch writes, “The creation of a video slideshow used to take a minimum of 12 Read More...
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Last week, a court upheld several parts of Alabama’s awful immigration law, including the section related to schools. Here are my choices for The Best Resources To Learn About Alabama’s Awful Immigration Law (& It’s Impact On Schools): Alabama’s Shame Read More...
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There are quite a few sites out there that show historical photos or videos, along with their location on a map — you’re able to see what a particular street looked like fifty or one hundred years ago. Here are my choices for The Best Historical Photo Read More...
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Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to Read More...
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The next edition of the EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival will be published on November 1st by Berni Wall She just announced the details: The theme for this carnival is: The Most Popular Posts on your Blog So, go and search through your archives, dust off that Read More...
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I’ve recommended for awhile that people use diigo to save bookmarks and then automatically back them up on Delicious — you could do that by just clicking a box. However, just by chance today I discovered that diigo stopped doing that last week — they Read More...
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Live Minutes is new online conferencing app that is entirely browser-based and it doesn’t even appear you have to register in order to use it. You’re immediately given a unique url address for your conference that you share with the people you want to Read More...
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Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted in August (you can see all 775 of them categorized here): Best “Tweets” Of 2011 — So Far — September, 2011 The Best Resources On ESL/EFL/ELL Error Correction — September, 2011 The Best MATH Read More...
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I’ve just revised and updated a pretty big post, The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween. As always, additional suggestions are welcome. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F02%2Fhalloween-resources-galore%2F'; addthis_title Read More...
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The St. Paul’s Public Schools produces some great bilingual materials in English and in Khmer (Cambodia), Hmong, Oromo, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese. They’re not online, and you have to purchase them, but the prices are very reasonable. I’ve used their Read More...
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We’re in the middle of a unit on “Describing Things” in my Beginners English class, and I think this fun video would be perfect to show to students and write sentences describing what they see: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F01%2Fa-fun-video-for-english-practice%2F'; Read More...
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Here’s the newest addition to The Best Resources For Learning About Rube Goldberg Machines. The one advertises the first Google Science Fair. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Flarryferlazzo.edublogs.org%2F2011%2F10%2F01%2Fanother-cool-rube-goldberg-machine-video%2F'; Read More...
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My column in Education Week Teacher this week will respond to the question “How Should The “Next Generation” Of Standardized Tests Treat ELL’s?” and I thought a supplementary list like this post would be useful. This list is a bit of a Hodge-podge, and Read More...
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As regular readers know, each month I interview people in the education world about whom I want to learn more. You can see read those past interviews here. This interview, though, is an extra edition that I wanted to publish in coordination with Rethinking Read More...
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