August’s “The Best” Lists – There Are Now 1,472 Of Them!
Here’s my monthly round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,472 of them categorized here):
The Best Resources On Assisting ELLs With Special Needs – Help Me Find More
The Best Resources For Learning About The Perseid Meteor Shower
The Best Resources For Learning About The Blue Moon
The Best Posts/Articles On This Year’s Phi Delta Kappa and Gallup Education Poll — 2015
The Best Resources For Learning About School Desegregation (& Segregation) – Help Me Find More
The Best Articles & Posts About The “Teacher Shortage”
The Best Comic Strips For Students & Teachers In 2015 – So Far
The Best TV/Movie Scenes Showing Good & Bad Classroom Discussions
The Best Resources On Close Reading Paintings, Photos & Videos
Links To The Joint Projects My ELL Geography Class Did With Classes Around The World – Want To Join Us This Year?
The Best Resources For Using “If This Animal Or Image Could Talk” Lesson Idea In Class
The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More
The Best Resources For Teaching/Learning About How To Write Compare/Contrast Essays
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).
You can also see my all-time favorites here.
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):
Very Interesting: Poll Finds That Students’ Feeling Engaged & Hopeful Are Top Indicators Of Successful School
New Study Finds Value In Looking At Mistakes As Positive Learning Experiences
Two Good Articles – & A Student Writing Prompt – On The Importance Of Reading
Video: “How Language Makes Your Brain Bigger”
Our Book On Teaching English Language Learners Is Just About Done!
Weekly Student Interactives For ELLs Are Coming To The N.Y. Times Learning Network
Surprise, Surprise – Punishment May Not Be The Best Parenting (Or Teaching) Strategy
A Great Piece On Student Boredom & The Writing Prompt I’m Using With It
Growth Mindset – Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater
“Q & A Collections: Teaching Reading & Writing”
“Interactive Sites For Education” Is A Nice Collection Of Learning Games
New Studies Show, Unsurprisingly, That Stress Reduces Self-Control & Metacognition
Video: StoryCorps & A Ton Of Partners Announce “The Great Thanksgiving Listen”
BBC’s “Skillwise” Has A Great Collection Of English-Learning Games
Nice Review Of My Latest Book On Student Motivation
Quote Of The Day: Albert Einstein On “Flow”
Harvard Business Review Publishes Nice Guide To Positive Classroom Management
Guest Post: A List Of Useful Resources On Teaching Information & Digital Literacy
“Playbuzz” Is A Great Place For Creating Learning Games – If It Doesn’t Blocked By Your District’s Content Filters
Statistic Of The Day: How Long Does It Take To Learn English?
Plotagon Is A Free & Simple Tool For Creating Animations
Stop The Presses! Report Finds Most Professional Development Waste Of Time
Quote Of The Day: Teaching Social Emotional Learning Skills Is Not Enough
This Sounds Weird: PISA To Measure Student Ability To Collaborate By Pairing Them Up Anonymously Online
Yes, Schools Should Develop Active Citizens &, No, We Don’t Need Another Test To Do It
SAS Curriculum Pathways, Just About The Best Online Ed Site, Has Gotten Even Better…
Statistic Of The Day: What Character Strengths Predict Well-Being?
Statistic Of The Day: The Benefits Of Reading
Quote Of The Day: “What Does This Experience Make Possible?”
Links To The Joint Projects My ELL Geography Class Did With Classes Around The World – Want To Join Us This Year?
Do You Know Of Research Showing That Writing For An “Authentic Audience” Helps Students Feel Motivated?
You Can Now Create Your Own Activities With Amazing Math App Desmos
Send An Ed-Related Research Question To One Of The Regional Educational Laboratories – And They’ll Answer It!
This New Report May Provide The Best Overview Available On Social Emotional Learning
Google Translate Announces Another Big Update Today
“Zoom In!” Looks Like A Good Site For History Teachers
“BrainRush” Expands Its Learning Activities To Play & Create