FEBRUARY’S “BEST” LISTS – THERE ARE NOW 2,233 OF THEM!
Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all 2,233 of them categorized here):
NOT NECESSARILY THE “BEST,” BUT SOME USEFUL RESOURCES FOR TEACHING ABOUT THE MARS ROVER PERSEVERANCE
THE BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN’S POETRY
A BEGINNING LIST OF THE BEST RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CONCURRENT/HYBRID TEACHING
MY FAVORITE POSTS THAT APPEARED IN FEBRUARY
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):
WHY IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DECISION TO HAVE STANDARDIZED TESTS THIS YEAR AN UNWISE ONE? LET ME COUNT THE WAYS
“THIRTEEN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR SUPPORTING ELL NEWCOMERS”
MY LATEST BAM! RADIO SHOW IS ON HELPING OUR STUDENTS DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
VERY GOOD VIDEO ON “TEXT ENGINEERING” TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ELLS & EVERYBODY ELSE
“TEN WAYS TO USE RETRIEVAL PRACTICE IN THE CLASSROOM”
UMM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE GOING HYBRID SOON….
I DID THIS SIMPLE THING TO TRY & HELP MY COLLEAGUES’ MORALE & YOU MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT WANT TO TRY IT, TOO
QUOTE OF THE DAY: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STOPS USING TERM “ILLEGAL ALIEN”
CHANGES I’M MAKING – & EXPERIMENTS I’M TRYING – IN MY ELL HISTORY CLASS THIS SEMESTER
WHAT WORKS CLEARINGHOUSE PUBLISHES ONLINE LEARNING RESEARCH REVIEW – POINTS TO ADAPTIVE LEARNING & GAMES
WASH. POST PUBLISHES MY COLUMN: “WHAT’S MISSING FROM CALLS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL TO STEM ‘LEARNING LOSS’”
“PUZZGRID” IS AN EXCELLENT INDUCTIVE LEARNING GAME FOR ELLS & ALL STUDENTS
MODIFYING “MESSENGER & SCRIBE” (THE BEST CLASSROOM ELL GAME!) FOR ZOOM
I TRIED A NUMBER OF NEW THINGS IN CLASSES THIS WEEK – AND MOST OF THEM FAILED
IT’S THE FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS
TRYING TO BRING RESEARCH, SANITY, TEACHER EXPERTISE & STUDENT VOICE TO THE “LEARNING LOSS” DISCUSSION
“STUDENTS RESPOND TO ADULTS’ FIXATION ON ‘LEARNING LOSS’”
HERE ARE MODEL LESSON IDEAS FOR OUR NEW ELL SUPPORT CLASS
THIS IS EXCITING – NEW CENTER & WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION FOR SECONDARY ELLS
I DISCOVERED TODAY THAT OUR DISTRICT HAD PUSHED OUT ZOOM UPDATES TO CHROMEBOOKS & OUR STUDENTS CAN NOW SELF-SELECT BREAKOUT ROOMS!
SHOULD SCHOOLS START PREPARING FOR A WAVE OF UNACCOMPANIED MINOR REFUGEES?
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS INFOGRAPHIC ON “HOW TO SPOT FAKE NEWS” COULD BE USEFUL IN CLASS
GUIDELINES FOR THE $130 BILLION SCHOOLS WILL GET IN THE NEXT STIMULUS LOOK AMAZING! WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!
FINALLY, GOOGLE CREATES A CENTRAL TEACHERS’ HUB FOR ITS AMAZING “ARTS & CULTURE” SITE
“SIX STRATEGIES I APPLY TO MAKE MY DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES NOT TERRIBLE”
INTRIGUING STUDY SUGGESTS UNIQUE (AT LEAST, TO ME) BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE STRATEGY
FEBRUARY’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 FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS BLOG – HERE ARE THE FORTY ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR POSTS.
Not to mention THE TWENTY MOST POPULAR POSTS OF THE YEAR – 2020:
1.The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games
2. The Best Online Virtual “Corkboards” (or “Bulletin Boards”)
3. THE BEST VIDEO CLIPS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF BAD & GOOD LISTENING – CONTRIBUTE MORE!
4. HERE ARE SIX LESSON PLANS ABOUT AMANDA GORMAN’S INAUGURATION POEM- SHARE OTHERS
5. My “Best Of” Series
6. The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”
7. THE BEST ONLINE LEARNING GAMES TO PLAY DURING DISTANCE LEARNING – SHARE YOUR ADDITIONS!
8. VIDEO: “AMANDA GORMAN PERFORMS AT SUPER BOWL LV”
9. The Best Sites For Teaching About Latitude & Longitude
10. The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures
