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Monday, September 15, 2014

9-15-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

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







Two New Sesame Street Videos On Social Emotional Learning
© 2011 MadAdminSkillz, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Sesame Street has been sharing a series of videos on Social Emotional Learning skills, and you can see their previous ones on self-control at The Best Posts About Helping Students Develop Their Capacity For Self-Control. I think they’ve been pretty good, and my high school students enjoy watching them as a reinforcing/reminder activity after we’ve


Research Studies Of The Week
I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature. By the way, you mi
MOOC’s For English Language Learners & Teachers
© 2012 AJ Cann, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio MOOC’s seem to be growing in popularity, even with their well-documented challenges (see The Best Posts & Articles On MOOC’s). There are also popular ones for English Language Learners and ELL teachers. The British Council has 100,000 students in their recently-opened MOOC for English Language Learners. Here are some articles about it: Online Engli

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This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Ed Policy Posts — Part Two
© 2012 firedoglakedotcom, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio Usually, I just post one “round-up” of ed policy posts and article each week, but I’ve got a backlog. So here’s Part Two: How to Diversify Teaching is from The New York Times. Common Core: yes or no? A debate. appeared in The Washington Post. I’m adding it to The Best Articles Sharing Concerns About Common Core Standards. Focus on teacher ten


9-14-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Teachers Should Dress As Students’ Advocate, Not ‘Peer’”Teachers Should Dress As Students’ Advocate, Not ‘Peer’ is my latest Education Week Teacher post. In Part One of a two-part series, four educators – Roxanna Elden, Renee Moore, Jane Fung, and Rebecca Mieliwocki – share their thoughts on how teachers should dress. I’m