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Thursday, February 6, 2014

2-6-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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






“The Best Posts On The inBloom Data Fiasco”
I’ve just published The Best Posts On The inBloom Data Fiasco over at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School. inBloom is the company that’s basically trying to collect, store and share student data and is supported by the Gates Foundation.

Today’s New Resources On The Sochi Olympics
Boy, there sure are some interesting resources being created around the Sochi Olympics. Here are the newest additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: How do you pronounce ‘Sochi’? is from The Week. The Winter Olympics of yore is a slideshow from The Week. Here is a collection of interactive graphics from The Washington Post on the Olympics. are the winter


It’s Bob Marley’s Birthday Today — Check Out A Ton Of Resources About Him
Today is Bob Marley’s birthday. You might be interested in The Best Websites For Learning About Bob Marley. We teach a ninth-grade unit on Jamaica, and study a lot about him.


This Week In Web 2.0
In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth , I’ve recently begin a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2013): ExamTime is sort of a flashcard site on steroids that provides a number of other tools, too. I’m adding it to The Best Tools To Make Online Flashcards. Five-Minute Fi

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February’s Best Tweets — Part One
Every month I make a few short lists highlighting my choices of the best resources I 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 Twitter, yo
Sochi Olympics Resource Update
Here are some new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games: Winter Olympics resources from EFL Classroom 2.0. A GIF Guide to Figure Skaters’ Jumps at the Olympics is from The Atlantic. Putin’s Explosive Olympics is from TIME. An Olympics in the Shadow of a War Zone is an interactive from The NY Times. Here’s an interactive from the BBC on the history of t
Show Me The Money — Are Schools Really Getting An Extra Billion For Technology?
You have seen articles over the past couple of days about President Obama getting the Federal Communications Commission to add an extra billion dollars towards providing high-speed Internet to schools and libraries. Here are some of the better articles on it: Here’s Obama’s plan to give teachers and libraries $1 billion a year in extra funding is from The Washington Post. F.C.C. to Change Program
2-5-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Three Excellent Articles From ASCD On Teacher MoraleThe new issue of ASCD Educational Leadership is on teacher morale, and I’m adding these three articles to The Best Posts & Articles About The Importance Of Teacher (& Student) Working Conditions: Can’t Wait for Monday is by Rafe Esquith. Getting Beyond the Blame Ga