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Monday, June 16, 2014

6-16-14 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 Good Resources On Bloom’s Taxonomy
Here are three new additions to The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom: Resource: Bloom’s Taxonomy for ELL Students. http://t.co/js7viCH52m #ELLCHAT — Judie Haynes (@judiehaynes) June 17, 2014 UNGOOGLEABLE QUESTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, A FIRST STEP. http://t.co/xx7QinDJNe — edublogs (@edublogs) June 16, 2014 Also this @Larryferlazzo: “@edublogs: UNGOOGLEABLE
More Resources On World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day takes place on June 20th. Here are new additions to The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day: World Refugee Day Videos comes from The UN. World Refugee Day 2014 also comes from the UN and has multimedia resources.
This Is Great — Legendary Organizer Fred Ross, Sr. Selected For California Hall Of Fame
The California Hall Of Fame has just announced that legendary community organizer Fred Ross, Sr. will “will join 81 Californians previously inducted for exemplifying California’s spirit of innovation.” Ross, longtime mentor to Cesar Chavez and a legend in the community organizing community, certainly deserves the honor. He’s inspired countless organizers over the years, and my “holiday gift” to r


Here Are Some Books I’ll Be Reading This Summer…
The above image shows some of the books I’ll be reading this summer. Look for interviews with a number of their authors at my Education Week Teacher column starting in July…

The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2014 – Part One
I use short, funny video clips a lot when I’m teaching ELLs, and you can read in detail about how I use them in The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL (& How To Use Them). In short, there are many ways to use them that promote speaking, listening, writing and reading. I’ve posted quite a few of them during the first six months of this year, and I thought it would be useful to readers —
Monday’s New Resources On The World Cup
Here are today’s additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil: Why do some people call it soccer? is from the History Channel. HOW WE PLAY THE GAME is a NY Times interactive. 2014 Brazil World Cup – Round-up 1 is an ELL lesson from Breaking News English. Slate has compiled a fun video collection of goal celebrations from The Cup.

Two Good Links About Curation
A lot has been written recently about the importance of “curation” in this age of information “overload.” In fact, I’ve previously posted The Best Posts & Articles About Curation. Here are two new additions to that list: Sue Waters has written a very helpful post, including lots of suggestions for web tools to use, at Curation: Creatively Filtering Content. A Boston Globe article, Information


6-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: Sunday’s World Cup ResourcesHere are today’s additions to The Best Sites For Learning About The 2014 World Cup In Brazil (some might not be visible on an RSS Reader): THE BEAUTIFUL BRANDED GAME: SEE THE 12 BEST 2014 WORLD CUP ADS is from Fast Company. 10 things non-soccer fans need to know about the World Cup is from Vox.by