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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

10-15-13 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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Trust Can Have A Pretty Powerful Impact In The Classroom
I’ll Take 90% Student Engagement Over 100% “Compliance” — Any Day has been my most popular post of the year so far, and was reprinted in The Washington Post as Getting students to engage — not just comply. In that post, I describe the weekly reading log that I have students complete about their reading at home, and how I specifically do not ask them to have their parents sign it — student signatu
October’s (2013) Best Tweets — Part Three
Every month I make a few short lists 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. I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post. If you don’t use Twit


Happy Fourth Birthday To The New York Times Learning Network!
The New York Times Learning Network celebrated their fourth birthday today by publishing a very useful listing of their most popular posts. The Learning Network is a great resource, and I’m not just saying that because I write a weekly post for them on teaching English Language Learners


Excellent Education Week Feature: “Inside Classroom Management”
Inside Classroom Management: Ideas and Solutions is a special feature from Education Week Teacher. It includes videos, interviews, columns — you name it. Most can just be clicked-on, though a few require free registration to access. It looks pretty impressive. You might also be interested in My Best Posts On Classroom Management, not to mention my new Ed Week book, Classroom Management Q&As:


Interview With David Deubelbeiss From EFL Classroom 2.0
Last month, I posted The Best Three Sites On The Web For ESL/EFL/ELL/ELT Teachers. I’ve since interviewed the people behind each of those sites, and will be publishing them over the next few weeks. I’m beginning with David Deubelbeiss, the founder of EFL Classroom 2.0: LF:  I interviewed you about three years ago. Would you mind quickly reviewing some of the things you mentioned then, particularl



10-14-13 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: More Columbus Day ResourcesHere are new additions to The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus: Columbus Activities from The Zinn Education Project. The New York Times Learning Network has a number of Columbus lessons. Christopher Columbus: 3 things you think he did that he didn’t is from Valerie Strauss at The W