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Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Website Newsletter -- March, 2013
February’s “The Best…” Lists — There Are Now 1,072 Of Them
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,072 of them categorized here):
The Best Resources For International Mother Language Day
The Best Multimedia On The Russian Meteor
The Best Resources For Learning About The Next Papal Election
The Best Info On Skills Employers Are Looking For In Job-Seekers
The Best Resources On Why Raising The Minimum Wage Is Important
The Best Resources About The New Push For Immigration Reform
The Best Geography Sites For Learning About Europe
The Best Resources For Learning About Flight
The “Best” Multimedia News Content In The World
My Best Posts On Parent “Academies” & “Universities”
The Best Posts On The Annual MetLife Survey Of The American Teacher
The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones
The Best Ways To Deal With Rudeness In Class
The Best Sports Videos To Use With English Language Learners
The Best Resources For Learning To Use The Video App “Twine”
The Best Tools For Creating Visually Attractive Quotations For Online Sharing
February’s Best Posts From This Blog
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 older Best Posts of the Month at Websites Of The Month (more recent lists can be found here).
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):
Summary: Week Four Of Twitter Chat On Student Motivation Using #selfdrivenlrng Hashtag
I Began This Blog Six Years Ago: Here Are My All-Time Most Popular Posts
Video: Excellent Classroom Example of Dan Pink’s “One Sentence Project”
What A Neat Lesson Idea For Using Photos!
Knowledge Isn’t Power — “Power is Power”
Study: More Power Equals More Self-Control & Less Power Equals — You Guessed It!
Free Book Excerpts — Lesson Plans On Bloom’s Taxonomy & Metacognition
“Teachers As ‘Persuaders’: An Interview With Daniel Pink”
The Harlem Shake As A Language-Learning Activity
“7 Qualities to Maximize the Impact of Your Lesson Plans”
“Several Ways to Balance Between District Mandates & Student Needs”
You Can Now Pre-Order My Book, Self-Driven Learning, On Amazon
I’ll Be A Guest At An Ed Week Webinar On “Developing Intrinsic Motivation in Students”
“What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen?”
“How Peer Assistance Can Improve Teacher Practice”
Brain “Priming” In The Classroom
What A Great New Financial Literacy Tool For English Language Learners & Everybody Else
“Creating a Culture of Improvement With Peer Assistance & Review (PAR)”
Student Reflection Form On Goals & Joy
New Research Shows Why Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Character Education Are Not Enough
One New Activity I’m Doing To Help ELLs Learn Academic Vocabulary – & Practice Speaking It
Washington Post Reprints My Evaluation Post
“Response: Do’s and Don’ts for Better Project-Based Learning”
