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April’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 892 Of Them

Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted in February (you can see all 892 of them categorized here):

The Best Photos & Videos Of The Space Shuttles’ Final Flights

The Best Displays Of Just-Released New York City Historical Photos

The Best Resources For Learning About The Great Depression

The Best Resources For Learning About “Flow”

The Best Resources For Learning About World War I

The Best Advice For New Teachers

The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates — Help Me Find More

Part Sixty-Four Of The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly

A Quasi “The Best” List On TPRS (TPR Storytelling) For Teaching ESL

The Best Posts About The Most Bizarre Standardized Test Question Ever

The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change

A Beginning List Of The Best Posts & Articles On Accelerated Reader

The Best Posts On Computer-Graded Essays

The Best Resources On How Exercise Helps Learning — Please Contribute Other Resources

The Best Resources On The Idea Of Extending The School Day

The Best Of Military Photography

The Best Resources To Remember Dr. Martin Luther King’s Death (& Life)

The Best Resources For Lessons On Trayvon Martin

April’s Best Posts

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I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month.

These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):

·The Value Of Student “Ownership”

·Easily Make Your Own Unique (& Fake) CNN, NY Times, Etc. Website With “News Jack”

·“Additional Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively — Part Two”

·TED Talks Unveils New Interactive Education Website Tonight

·“Several Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively — Part One”

·What Do New Studies Say Happens If You Are Treated Unfairly And/Or Feel Controlled?

·Two Articles In This Week’s NY Times Magazine — One Useful, One Relatively Useless

·“Several Kinds Of Grading Systems”

·“Seven Tips for Building Positive Relationships with English Language Learners”

·Which Communication Pattern Do You Recognize In Your School Or District?

·“D-Day To Victory”

·“The World Stories Project” Is An Excellent Site

·“Several Ways To Engage Students Without Carrots & Sticks”

·Student Writing & Metacognition

·If You’ve Ever Called Home About A Student Problem, I’d Encourage You To Read This Post

·“What I Cannot Create, I Do Not Understand”

·A Must-Read: “Teenage Philospher Defends Missing Her Curfew”

·“Life After College: A Guide For Undocumented Students”

·Ducklings Video Demonstrates Great “Differentiated Instruction”

·The Easiest & Most Fun Tool To Create Music On The Web Just Got Even Better!

·“greatest single commentary on flaws of data-driven school reform today”

·Study: Reading For Pleasure Makes Your Brain Grow (Literally)

·My Upcoming Book On Teaching ELL’s Is On Schedule

·A Neat Way To Use A Video In Class

·“Draw A Stickman” Gets Even Better!