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bmoreprep / Pixabay Here are some very important and impressive additions to The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments : Confederate monuments are falling, but hundreds still stand. Here’s where. is from The Washington Post. A Monumental Shift is a Washington Post interactive.

As President Trump holds his rally in Tulsa today, I thought it would be useful to share some important new additions to MAY 31ST & JUNE 1ST WERE THE DATES OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES : Tulsa's story remains unheard by many Americans. In Oklahoma, we've worked hard & continue to work hard to tell that story. To learn more about Tulsa & #BlackWallStreet , fe

Wokandapix / Pixabay I have a number of regular weekly features (see HERE IS A LIST (WITH LINKS) OF ALL MY REGULAR WEEKLY FEATURES ). This is a relatively new addition to that list. Some of these resources will be added to The Best Advice On Teaching K-12 Online (If We Have To Because Of The Coronavirus) – Please Make More Suggestions ! and the best will go to The “Best Of The Best” Resources To

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Here are many new additions to The Best Resources For Learning About Juneteenth : Why Juneteenth Matters is from The NY Times. Five myths about Juneteenth is from The Washington Post. Usher: Why it’s so important that Juneteenth become a national holiday is from The Washington Post. Original ‘Juneteenth’ order found in the National Archives is from The Washington Post. Juneteenth celebrates ‘a mo

Even though I believe that New York Times columnist David Brooks actually does write a good column now-and-then, his track record on when he writes about education issues is absolutely abysmal . Today, though, he finally got one right when he wrote about the fallacy that better education leads to economic and social equality. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Why Improving Education Is Not T

is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. All Classroom Q&A posts talking about Race & Racism in education (from the past nine years!) are described and linked to in this compilation post. Here’s an excerpt from one of them:

BiljaST / Pixabay Six years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention. You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART ONE and THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2019 – PART TWO. A

Eight years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want to share, I began this occasional “” post where I share three or four links I think are particularly useful and related to…ed tech, including some Web 2.0 apps. You might also be interested in THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2019 – PART TWO , as well as checking out all my edtech resources . Here are this

johnhain / Pixabay Anders Ericsson, well-known researcher of “deliberate practice” and the “10,000 hour rule,” died yesterday, sadly. I interviewed him a while back for Education week ( ‘Peak’: An Interview With Anders Ericsson & Robert Pool ) and you can see quite a bit of info on his work at The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice . You could start with

StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay You’ve probably already heard the good news, but I thought I’d pull together some tweets and videos that provide a little more substance to it (including how it affects education): The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration's plan to end DACA. Here’s what to know about the policy, where it stands, and how it reached the Supreme Court. https://

OpenClipart-Vectors / Pixabay This new USA Today video is simplistic, but it’s useful because it’s short and highlights info and research I have in text on two “Best” lists. I’m adding it to those lists: The Best Sites For Learning About Protests In History The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change

G4889166 / Pixabay Saturday will be the longest day of the year. You might be interested in The Best Resources For Learning About The Summer Solstice .

As I do every June, I’ve begun publishing mid-year “Best” lists. I’ll list the ones I’ve already posted, and continue to update it here as the month goes on. There should eventually be about twenty of them. You can see all previous annual “Best” collections here . Here they are: THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2020 – PART ONE The Best Online Learning Games – 2020 (Part One) A LOOK

Another day, another mid-year “Best” list. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2020 – PART ONE The second was The Best Online Learning Games – 2020 (Part One) The third was A LOOK BACK: 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE The fourth was The Best Videos For Educators – 2020 (Part One). Now, it’s time for research studies. You can see all previous editions of this l

PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay Today, Twitter released a feature available for the iPhone where you can make a short audio recording: You can Tweet a Tweet. But now you can Tweet your voice! Rolling out today on iOS, you can now record and Tweet with audio. pic.twitter.com/jezRmh1dkD — Twitter (@Twitter) June 17, 2020 It will be rolling out over the next few weeks. It could come in handy for English

viarami / Pixabay TED has just released this video on YouTube, and you can read the transcript here . I’m adding it to New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominantly White Teachers To Reflect On How Race Influences Our Work .

It’s not just an issue of “self-discipline” or “character.” Student “misbehavior” also has other causes, which I’ve written about a lot in The Best Resources Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough. Even though today’s NY Times article, When Impulse Buys Make You Feel Safe , is written from the perspective a parent, it can easily be applied to how many our students see the world (again, as

What Anti-racist Teachers Do Differently is a new article in The Atlantic written by a San Francisco high school principal, Pierette McKamey. I’m adding it to: New & Revised: Resources To Help Us Predominantly White Teachers To Reflect On How Race Influences Our Work The “Best” Lists Of Recommendations About What “Effective” Teachers Do

Today marks five years since The Emanuel AME massacre. You might be interested in Resources For Learning About #Charlottesville . 5 years ago on this date, these 9 people were killed by a white supremacist at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. #Emanuel9 pic.twitter.com/Jl9AEvfIwZ — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 17, 2020

‘Teaching That Activates & Leverages Background Knowledge Is an Equity Issue’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Four educators share ideas on how to leverage student background knowledge, including through using The Question Formulation Technique, word splashes, and sticky notes. Here are some excerpts:

AlLes / Pixabay I’m adding this CBS News video to The Best Fun Videos About Books & Reading :

It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2020 – PART ONE The second was The Best Online Learning Games – 2020 (Part One) The third was A LOOK BACK: 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE Now it’s time for the Best Videos For Educators. You can see all my previous “Best” lists related to videos and movies (and there are a

dapple-designers / Pixabay Many of us now wear masks when we go to places where we will be in close contact with others, like stores. There’s now on-going discussion about if teachers should wear face shields instead of masks (for example, the State of California is providing a face shield to every teacher ). The idea is that it will help students hear what teachers are saying, and be particularl

Twice each year, I post my favorite posts that appeared in during the previous six months. This post is for my favorites from the first half of 2020. You can see my choices for each of the past twelve years here. And you can also see a list of my My All-Time Favorite Posts! Here are my choices: NON-“BEST” LISTS: IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING DOESN’T SEEM TO WORK – SO WHAT SHOULD TEACHERS & OTHERS DO, IN

PhotoMIX-Company / Pixabay I used to post weekly collections of my best tweets, and used Storify to bring them together. Unfortunately, Storify went under. Fortunately, however, Wakelet was a new tool that was able to import all of a person’s Storifys. So you can see all those previous Twitter “Best” lists here . You might also be interested in MY MOST POPULAR TWEETS IN 2019 – PART TWO and NEW &

The Whys & Hows of Activating Students’ Background Knowledge is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher. Seven educators explain the importance of tapping students’ background knowledge in order to learn new content, and they describe ways to do just that, including through the use of surveys and anticipation guides. Here are some excerpts: 24

These Kids Are Done Waiting for Change is a New York Times column that is likely to be read in many classrooms over the next several months and beyond. It’s about a group of Nashville teenagers who are fighting against racism by, among other things, having organized a 10,000 person march to protest George Floyd’s murder. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Sharing The History Of Teens Organizing

geralt / Pixabay “Citizen Science” typically is the term used to describe crowdsourced projects that citizens, including students, can help with and that contribute towards a common good. Having an “ authentic audience” – someone other than a teacher – can contribute to student engagement and intrinsic motivation. There are lots of these kinds of citizen science projects out there, and you can fi

Two years ago, the amazing ten-part series on a U.S. high school titled “America To Me” aired on the Starz. I shared clips and reviews about it at that time . In addition to continuing to be seen on the Starz service, it’s also now on Hulu . If you haven’t seen it already, I would strongly recommend you do so now….

In the wake of recent murders of Black citizens, like George Floyd, and subsequent protests, there has been a lot of attention being paid to the concept of implicit bias and how to combat it. There seem to be far fewer people questioning the existence of implicit bias than when Mike Pence was very confused about it at the Vice-Presidential debate. You can see tons of resources about how it affect

When teaching English Language Learners, many – if not most – of us have students repeat newly-learned words chorally. It encourages shy students to practice pronunciation and develop more self-confidence when speaking. And many of us – when teaching ELLs or English-proficient students – often have students pair-up and read text aloud to each other taking turns with each paragraph. It’s a very us

StockSnap / Pixabay I’m adding this great new video from the Nashville Public Library to The Best Sites To Teach ELL’s About Libraries :

qimono / Pixabay The latest TED-Ed lesson and video is on “How fast can a vaccine be made?” I’m adding it to A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS .

I’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE THIRTE

It continues to be time for mid-year “Best” lists. The first was THE BEST WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2020 – PART ONE You can see all my previous Online Learning Games “Best” lists (and there are a lot since I’ve doing this since 2007) here. Note that they’re also continually revised and updated. Here are my picks from the first part of 2020: Drawpoly is a neat Pictionary-like online ga

Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay Here are new additions to THE BEST POSTS PREDICTING WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL : Ed Week has published a very useful special project on the topic, including The Socially Distanced School Day and How Schools in Other Countries Have Reopened. When schools reopen, many children will be missing is from Al Jazeera, and gives a useful non-US perspective.

Make Learning Relevant by ‘Getting to Know Your Students’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. Five educators discuss strategies for increasing the relevance of lessons, including by learning student interests and sharing the stories of scientists. Here are some excerpts: I’m adding this series to The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The

Free-Photos / Pixabay Today is celebrated as Flag Day in the United States. To quote from Wikipedia : In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. You might be interested in: The Best Sites For Learning About Flag Day The Best Resources For T

As regular readers know, for the past thirteen years I’ve been publishing about twenty-five different bi-annual lists highlighting the best educational resources around (along with tons of other “Best” lists). You can see them all here. It takes a lot of time to compile those lists, so I now do them every six months. I’m starting off by focusing on Web 2.0 tools. It’s possible that a few of these

I’m adding this first Washington Post video to The Best Resources For Teaching About Confederate Monuments : I’m adding these next two to USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING WHAT “DEFUND THE POLICE” MEANS:

There have been several visual displays of the protests since George Floyd’s murder. These can be useful when teaching any class, and especially with English Language Learners. You might also be interested in: PART SIX: IMPORTANT TWEETS ABOUT THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING WHAT “DEFUND THE POLICE” MEANS TEACHING RESOURCES ABOUT IF POLICE SHOULD BE IN SCHOOLS H

The issue of if police officers should be stationed in schools is a big one these days, and one that will be considered in policy discussions – and in class discussions come the fall. You might also be interested in: USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING WHAT “DEFUND THE POLICE” MEANS The Most Useful Posts, Articles & Videos On South Carolina Officer’s Violent Arrest Of Student Here are recent

Clker-Free-Vector-Images / Pixabay I’m adding these resources to THE BEST IDEAS FOR ONLINE ACTIVITIES TO USE WHEN TEACHING ELLS REMOTELY – SHARE MORE! : 7 Strategies Designed to Increase Student Engagement in Synchronous Online Discussions Using Video Conferencing i