TED-Ed develops some very high-quality video animations, and I periodically highlight their new ones.

Today, I spent a little time reviewing some of their older ones and identified several that I’m adding to my class blogs in United States History and in World History.

I’m not including the link to each full lesson that goes with each video — you can find it by viewing the video on YouTube. I’m just adding them to other videos about that particular topic that I have on the appropriate class blog post.

Here they are:

In addition to this blog, I regularly post at several other sites:

Engaging Parents In School:

Weekly Posts At Classroom Q & A With Larry Ferlazzo:

Monthly Posts At The New York Times Learning Network on Teaching English Language Learners:

Periodic Posts at Edutopia:

Monthly Posts At The British Council – Teaching English

MY CLASS BLOGS:

• Class Blog — World History
• Class Blog: Beginner & Intermediate ELD
• Class Blog: ESL/EFL Student Showcase
• Class Blog: Intermediate ELD
• Class Blog: Ninth Grade English 2012
• Class Blog: Theory of Knowledge
• Class Blog: U.S. History

You might also be interested in My Best Posts On How To Prepare For Standardized Tests (And Why They’re Bad).

Longer school days, school years: Somewhat helpful to boosting student learning, but amped-up teaching does more, study finds is the headline of an article in The Oregonian about the results of a major study.

Here’s an excerpt:

Ed Week has another article about the same study, Arne Duncan Asked Failing Schools to Add Instructional Time; Did It Help?

I’m adding this post to The Best Posts & Articles About The Importance Of Teacher (& Student) Working Conditions and to The Best Resources On The Idea Of Extending The School Day & Year.