October’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,206 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,206 of them categorized here).

THE BEST FUN VIDEOS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN 2020 – PART TWO

THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES – 2020 (PART TWO)

THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES TO PLAY DURING DISTANCE LEARNING – SHARE YOUR ADDITIONS!

THE BEST SOCIAL STUDIES WEBSITES – 2020

THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART TWO

THE BEST VIDEOS FOR EDUCATORS IN 2020 – PART TWO

ALL END-OF-YEAR “BEST” LISTS FOR 2020 IN ONE PLACE!

MY BEST POSTS ON NEW EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIES IN 2020 – PART TWO

THE VERY BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT TEACHERS DEALING WITH SCHOOL CLOSURES IN 2020 – PART TWO

THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF RESILIENCE

2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG!

THE BEST ED TECH RESOURCES OF 2020 – PART TWO

THE BEST THIRTY-FIVE WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN 2020

My Favorite Posts That Appeared In October

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 2020’S BEST POSTS FROM THIS BLOG!

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:

“NINE MISTAKES EDUCATORS MAKE WHEN TEACHING ELLS”

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING IN MATH CLASS

“PEAKSAY” IS LIKELY TO BECOME A “GO-TO” SITE FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS

ZOOM ADDS THE ABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS TO SELF-SELECT THEIR BREAKOUT ROOMS, BUT THERE IS A CATCH

“WHAT IS & ISN’T WORKING FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS THIS YEAR”

“AVOIDING COMMON MISTAKES IN MOTIVATING STUDENTS TO DO MATH”

STUDY FINDS EVEN “LIGHTLY TRAINED” TUTORS CAN HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING

ENROLLMENT IN SOME DISTRICTS IS GOING DOWN – SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

HERE’S THE “COLUMBUS DAY” LESSON I DID WITH MY ELL HISTORY CLASS

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON POSSIBLE RESPONSES WHEN TEACHERS ARE TOLD TO KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM

RESULTS OF WEEKLY “SELF-ASSESSMENTS” DONE BY MEMBERS OF “LEADERSHIP TEAMS” IN EACH OF MY CLASSES

HERE ARE STUDENT RESPONSES TO SURVEYS I USED ONE-MONTH INTO FULL-TIME VIRTUAL LEARNING

THE “WRITE. RIGHT. RITE.” SERIES WITH JASON REYNOLDS IS A GOLD MINE FOR TEACHERS & STUDENTS

STUDY SUGGESTS THAT WOMEN MAY NOT HAVE POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WHEN THEY ARE IN SMALL GROUPS THAT HAVE MORE MEN

NEW STUDY FINDS THAT ADDITIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION LEADS TO BETTER READING COMPREHENSION

MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON SUPPORTING MUSLIM & ARAB STUDENTS

LESSONS FROM FOUR WEEKS OF TEACHING FULLTIME DISTANCE LEARNING

THIS EDUTOPIA VIDEO OFFERS A CRITICAL POINT ABOUT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING IN OUR ONLINE CLASSROOMS – & I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT!

October’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. The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games

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

3. The Best Sites For Teaching About Latitude & Longitude

4. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures

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

6. All my “Best” lists

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

8. THE BEST VIDEO CLIPS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF BAD & GOOD LISTENING – CONTRIBUTE MORE!

9. ZOOM ADDS THE ABILITY OF PARTICIPANTS TO SELF-SELECT THEIR BREAKOUT ROOMS, BUT THERE IS A CATCH

10.The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”