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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

10-1-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL:

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Easily Create A “Portrait” Of Your Twitter Connections
I’ve previously used Vizify to make a thirty-second “greatest hits” animation of your time on Twitter You can read about it at Read Write Web, and check mine out below: Just made a movie of my twitter: vizify.com/mrferlazzo/twi… What do you think? #FollowMe #Vizify — Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) June 13, 2013   Now, it lets you create an interactive “circle of Twitter connections.” I can’t embe
The Best Resources For Connected Educators Month
October is Connected Educators Month. Here’s a description: Connected Educators is an initiative of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education and is conducted by the American Institutes for Research in collaboration with several partner organizations and a technical working group. Numerous other organizations and individuals have contributed to its success as organi


9-30-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Useful Resources On Natural DisastersHere are a variety of useful resources related to natural disasters: First, here are a couple of new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About Forest Fires: Is Living With Extreme Wildfires The New Normal? is from NPR. Into The Wildfire is an ambitious piece from The NY Times. This