December’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,016 Of Them!
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 1,997 of them categorized here):
THE BEST RESOURCES, ARTICLES & BLOG POSTS FOR TEACHERS OF ELLS IN 2018 – PART TWO
THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES OF 2018 – PART TWO
THE BEST COLLECTIONS OF INFOGRAPHICS, CHARTS & MAPS – 2018
BEST YEAR-IN-REVIEW FEATURES FOR 2018
MY NINE BEST BAM! RADIO SHOWS IN 2018 – PART TWO
NEW & UPDATED: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHO TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER IN 2019
THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS IN 2018 – PART TWO
“2018’S MOST POPULAR CLASSROOM Q&A POSTS”
THE BEST THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES IN 2018 – PART TWO
THE BEST EDUCATION “YEAR-IN-REVIEW” ROUND-UPS FOR 2018
THE BEST ARTICLES I WROTE IN 2018
THE BEST EDUCATION-RELATED BOOKS VISITORS TO THIS BLOG READ IN 2018
ALL THE “BEST” LISTS POSTED IN 2018
THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – 2018
WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY ANNUAL LIST OF BEST & WORST EDUCATION NEWS
MY MOST POPULAR BAM! RADIO SHOWS OF 2018
THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2018 – PART TWO
A LOOK BACK: 2018’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO
THE BEST SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES OF 2018 – PART TWO
MY BEST POSTS ON NEW RESEARCH STUDIES IN 2018 – PART TWO
My Favorite Posts That Appeared In December
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. I’ve also been doing “A Look Back” series reviewing old favorites, too. Check out A Look Back: 2018’s Best Posts From This Blog – Part Two.
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):
ASSESSMENT REPORT ON USING VISUALIZATION WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
MUST-HAVE INTERACTIVE FOR EVERY GEOGRAPHY TEACHER
TO NO ONE’S SURPRISE, DEVOS MAKES BAD DECISION TO RESCIND DISCIPLINE GUIDANCE
“CLASSROOMS DON’T NEED ‘PINTEREST-Y LOOKING WALLS’”
WOW, TED-ED HAS HIT A GRAND SLAM WITH THEIR VIDEO POETRY SERIES
STUDENT-WRITTEN GROWTH MINDSET STORIES
A NEW STRATEGY I’M USING TO PROMOTE RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IN CLASS (STUDENT HAND-OUT INCLUDED)
“AUTHORITATIVE” SCHOOL CLIMATE CONNECTED TO REDUCTION IN STUDENT SUSPENSIONS
I LOVE THE ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT’S “THIS DAY IN HISTORY” FEATURE!
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED TO BE “DATA-INFORMED” & NOT “DATA-DRIVEN”
FIND THE EXPECTED LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR EVERY CENSUS TRACT IN THE UNITED STATES
“‘THE BEST PLACE TO START’ WHEN TEACHING ELLS ‘IS BY GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS’”
ANOTHER STUDY FINDS ELICITING EXPLANATIONS FROM STUDENTS IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TELLING THEM
STRATEGIES I USE TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DO ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC WORK OUTSIDE OF CLASS
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA – DISPLAYED VISUALLY
STUDY FINDS THAT READING INSTRUCTION MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN PAIRED WITH MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY ANNUAL LIST OF BEST & WORST EDUCATION NEWS
VIDEO: “YOUR BRAIN ON BOOKS”
‘NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS CREATED EQUAL’
AN OUTLINE FOR HOW STUDENTS CAN LEARN TO WRITE ESSAYS INDUCTIVELY
GUEST POST: WHAT DO BRAIN BREAKS AND ENERGIZERS LOOK LIKE IN THE LANGUAGE LEARNING CLASSROOM? (PART TWO)
“SCREENPLAY” LETS YOU EDIT VIDEOS JUST BY EDITING THEIR TRANSCRIPTS
YUP, WHEN A SCHOOL SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY ISN’T…
INTERESTING STUDY SUGGESTS THAT KEEPING CLASSMATES TOGETHER MAY REDUCE ABSENTEEISM
NEW META-ANALYSIS FINDS THAT READING FICTION IMPROVES OUR “SOCIAL ABILITY”
December’s Most Popular Posts
As regular readers know, at the end of each week I share the five most popular posts from the previous seven days.
I thought people might find it interesting to see a list of the ten most popular posts from the previous thirty days.
You might also be interested in Eleventh Anniversary Of This Blog: What Have Been My Most Popular Posts? (Part One) and Part Two: Eleventh Anniversary Of This Blog – What Have Been My Most Popular Posts?
Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – 2018.
Here are this month’s most popular posts:
- An Outline For How Students Can Learn To Write Essays Inductively
- List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations
- We’re Encouraging Students To Use This Outline For 2019 TOK Essays
- The Best Christmas Videos For English Language Learners – Help Me Find More
- Oral Presentation Suggestions For IB Theory of Knowledge Classes
- The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”
- The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games
- The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures
- The Best Online Learning Games Of 2018 – Part Two
- The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)
