April 2020 edition of Larry Ferlazzo's Monthly Newsletter

I sent out two special editions of the email newsletter earlier in March. Here’s the “regular” monthly version.


March’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,139 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,139 of them categorized here):

THE “BEST OF THE BEST” RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES

THE BEST VIDEO TUTORIALS ON TEACHING REMOTELY – PLEASE SUGGEST MORE!

THE FOUR BEST TOOLS FOR TAKING EXISTING VIDEOS & MAKING THEM INTERACTIVE FOR ONLINE LEARNING

THE BEST RESEARCH RELATED TO CLOSING SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS

THE BEST ADVICE ON TEACHING K-12 ONLINE (IF WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS) – PLEASE MAKE MORE SUGGESTIONS!



My Favorite Posts That Appeared In March

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: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE and A Look Back: 2019’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) There are a lot of them this month:

“TEN STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS ONLINE”

NEW STUDY FINDS THAT PEER ASSESSMENT WORKS – PRETTY MUCH ANY WAY YOU DO IT

IF YOU WANT TO DO ANY RESEARCH, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT – JSTOR MAKES PAPERS AVAILABLE WITHOUT LOGIN

BRAINPOP IS OFFERING FREE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS FOR STUDENTS – WHAT A GIFT FOR ELLS & OTHERS

HERE’S THE MESSAGE I SENT TO STUDENTS LAST NIGHT AFTER OUR GOVERNOR TOLD US TO EXPECT SCHOOLS NOT TO REOPEN

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON MAKING LESSONS RELEVANT TO STUDENTS’ LIVES

“…LEARNING CHANGES THE STRUCTURE OF THE BRAIN”

NOT ONLY CAN IT BE MOTIVATING TO HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET, BUT NEW STUDIES FIND LEARNING ABOUT OTHERS WHO HAVE IT CAN BE MOTIVATING, TOO

‘CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING IS NOT A QUICK FIX’

VERY IMPRESSIVE INTERACTIVE ON SELMA FROM TEACHING TOLERANCE

NO SURPRISE – ANOTHER STUDY FINDS “ACTIVE LEARNING” IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN LECTURES

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON TEACHING ELLS, I RECOMMEND THESE PEOPLE TO HELP

“STEPS TO MAKE CLASSROOMS MORE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE”

WHAT ANOTHER GROUP OF OUR TEACHERS LEARNED ABOUT TEACHING ELLS

ANIMATED VIDEO: “VYGOTSKY’S THEORY: HOW RELATIONSHIPS EMPOWER LEARNING”

MORE OF WHAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT TEACHING ELLS

WE DID A SHORT & USEFUL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE TODAY TO EXAMINE HOW WE TEACH WRITING

COULD THIS BE A GOOD TEMPLATE FOR JUST ABOUT ANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSION?


March’s Most Popular Posts From This Blog

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 It’s The Thirteenth Anniversary Of This Blog – Here Are The Forty All-Time Most Popular Posts.

Not to mention THE MOST POPULAR POSTS FROM THIS BLOG IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2019 and A LOOK BACK: 2019’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART TWO.

Here are this month’s most popular posts:

1.HERE’S MY ONLINE TEACHING PLAN IF OUR SCHOOL CLOSES DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS

2. THE BEST ADVICE ON TEACHING K-12 ONLINE (IF WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS) – PLEASE MAKE MORE SUGGESTIONS!

3. List Of Knowledge Questions My TOK Students Are Using This Year For Their Oral Presentations

4. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

5. The Best Research Related To Closing Schools Because Of The Coronavirus

6. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)

7. THE FOUR BEST TOOLS FOR TAKING EXISTING VIDEOS & MAKING THEM INTERACTIVE FOR ONLINE LEARNING

8. The Best Video Tutorials On Teaching Remotely – Please Suggest More!

9. Guest Post: My School Was Closed Because Of COVID-19 & Here Is A Report About Our Online Teaching

10. Gold Mine Of Resources For Educators Preparing For School Closures



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