August’s Best Lists – There Are Now 2,192 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,192 of them categorized here):

JOE BIDEN BEGAN HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH QUOTING ELLA BAKER – HERE ARE RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT HER

THE BEST VIRTUAL TOURS OF ZOOS

MY BEST POSTS ABOUT THE THE SCHOOL CLOSURE CRISIS & DISTANCE LEARNING

MOST POPULAR POSTS ON THIS BLOG OVER THE YEARS

THE BEST RESOURCES FOR HELPING STUDENTS PREPARE A PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATION – PLEASE SUGGEST MORE

FIFTY-THREE WAYS TO HAVE STUDENTS INTERACT WITH TEXT – ONLINE OR IN THE PHYSICAL CLASSROOM

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In August

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: 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE.

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:

HERE’S OUR CHAPTER ON DISTANCE LEARNING WITH ELLS & IT’S FREE TO DOWNLOAD (NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED!)

“CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES TO START YOUR ONLINE OR HYBRID NEW YEAR STRONG”

HERE’S THE VIDEO OF THE KEYNOTE I GAVE AT THE VIRTUEL CONFERENCE TODAY: “WE WILL FIND A WAY OR MAKE ONE: OVERCOMING COVID-19 CHALLENGES FACING ELLS & THEIR TEACHERS”

WELL, THIS IS STUPID: FEDS SAY THEY DON’T WANT TO CANCEL STANDARDIZED TESTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR

MY MIND WAS BLOWN TODAY AFTER LEARNING HOW TO COLLABORATIVELY ANNOTATE PDFS ON GOOGLE DRIVE

HERE’S THE FOUR-STEP PROCESS I’VE USED FOR PLANNING MY CLASSES THIS YEAR PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

INTERESTING: STUDY FINDS THAT “STUDENT-CENTERED” ACTIVITIES BETTER THAN “TEACHER-CENTERED” ONES – EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO PACING

HERE’S HOW I’M SETTING-UP MY IPHONE AS A DOC CAM

ASSESSMENT & HOMEWORK IN THE AGE OF COVID-19

“STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGING STUDENTS IN ‘MEANINGFUL’ ONLINE LEARNING EXPERIENCES”

‘TEACHERS NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN CONTROL THIS YEAR’

VIDEO OF STUDENT PANEL TALKING ABOUT THEIR DISTANCE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE SPRING

LISTEN: RADIO INTERVIEW WITH…ME, ON REMOTE TEACHING WITH ELLS

“LESSONS LEARNED FROM ‘QUARANTEACHING’”

VIDEO: WATCH…ME GET INTERVIEWED ON CNN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING IN THE FALL

A CHANGE IN MY REMOTE TEACHING PLAN – TELL ME IF IT’S A GOOD ONE OR NOT

HOW MANY HOURS CAN OUR STUDENTS BE EXPECTED TO BE “DOING SCHOOL” THIS FALL?

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “GOOD” TEACHING & “SUCCESSFUL” TEACHING – AND WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR

HERE’S THE WELCOME VIDEO TOK STUDENTS ARE VIEWING ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM

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

Not to mention A LOOK BACK: 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG – PART ONE.

Here are this month’s most popular posts:

1.MY MIND WAS BLOWN TODAY AFTER LEARNING HOW TO COLLABORATIVELY ANNOTATE PDFS ON GOOGLE DRIVE

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

3. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

4. Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”

5. The Best Sites For Teaching About Latitude & Longitude

6. All my “Best” lists

7. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom

8. HERE ARE DETAILED – & TENTATIVE – DISTANCE LEARNING PLANS FOR ALL MY FALL CLASSES

9. VIDEO: WATCH…ME GET INTERVIEWED ON CNN ABOUT SCHOOL REOPENING IN THE FALL

10. GET A FREE PDF OF THE NY TIMES’ “1619 PROJECT”