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Today, Google announced a new feature they’re calling “Knowledge Graph.” I’m still having a little bit of a hard time understanding why it’s such a big deal. Basically, it seems that if you search for a popular topic (like “George … Continue reading Read More...
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What’s Going On In Ontario’s Schools? is the newest “question of the week” for my Education Week Teacher column. I added “Redux” to the title here because I asked the same question last month on this blog — What’s Going … Continue reading → Read More...
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Edutopia just published “Fostering Relationships in the Classroom,” another excerpt from my upcoming book on teaching English Language Learners. The book (“The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching Read More...
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Venngage is the newest easy tool for creating online infographics. Like several other sites on The Best Resources For Creating Infographics list, it has a number of templates where you just add your info, click publish, and you get an … Continue reading Read More...
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I’m doing a unit on writing a story with my Beginning English Language Learners, and, since I’m taking them to the computer lab tomorrow, I wanted to see if I could pull together some useful online interactives for them. I’m … Continue reading → Read More...
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Here’s a good and short video from the youngest person to ever climb Everest =- he talks about setting goals. I’m adding it to both The Best Sites For Learning About Mount Everest and to The Best Posts On Students … Continue reading → Read More...
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Zoho just announced Zolo Sites, a super-easy “drag-and-drop” website builder. It doesn’t get much easier to create a nice-looking website. You can read more about it at TechCrunch, and you can watch the video below. I’m adding it to The … Continue reading Read More...
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Here are two excellent videos called “Epic time-lapse map of Europe.” The first one is shorter and doesn’t have dates and other annotations while the second one is longer and has both: Read More...
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Helping Long-Term ELL’s & Evaluating ELL Teachers Fairly is my newest Education Week Teacher column. I think it includes a lot of useful information… Read More...
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I periodically post “most popular” lists of websites (and books) that I think educators might find useful. Of course, there are a number of ways to gauge “popularity.” I just view these lists as opportunities to check-out some new sites, … Continue reading Read More...
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Bilingualism Across The U.S. is a useful infographic I’m embedding below (I’m not sure if it will show up in an RSS Reader, so you might have to click through). I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning The … Continue reading → Read More...
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Storytelling advice from Joss Whedon, Stephen King, Salman Rushdie, Doris Lessing, Scott Simon, Damon Lindelof and a machine is a collection of videos offering good…storytelling advice. I’m adding it to The Best Digital Storytelling Resources, where I Read More...
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There are now exactly 900 “The Best…” lists — categorized and regularly updated. That’s a lot of lists Read More...
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I periodically post about examples of my own ignorance, and now have another opportunity to do so…. As a self-styled quasi-expert on intrinsic motivation (see my book “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” and my list, The Best Posts & Articles On … Continue Read More...
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The Pacific Standard reports on a study that suggests there is connecting between being a regular reader and staying thin. Here are some excerpts: A scale that measures interest in ideas, art, and knowledge—by surveying the amount of time spent … Continue Read More...
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