My Best of series
I’ve separated my “The Best…” lists here by topics. A number of the lists, though, can fit into multiple categories, so it still might be useful to scan all of them.
The Websites Of The Year page on this blog, on the other hand, has these lists in the chronological order in which they’ve been written. Please note that I continually update and revise all of the lists.
The Best Websites page on my website shows versions of these same lists that are designed for student self-access.
ART
The Best Art Websites For Learning English
The Best Ways For Students To Create Online Animations
The Best Ways To Make Comic Strips Online
The Best New Sites Students Should Use With Supervision
The Best Sites To Learn About Diego Rivera
The Best Ways For Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections
The Best Images Of Weird, Cool & Neat-Looking Buildings (& Ways To Design Your Own)
The Best Collections Of “The Best” Pieces Of Art Ever Created
CLASSROOM PRACTICE
When A “Good” Class Goes “Bad” (And Back To “Good” Again!)
Maintaining A “Good” Class
More About Maintaining A “Good” Class
“Why Do You Let Others Control You?”
Have You Ever Taught A Class That “Got Out Of Control”?
What Do Pit Bulls & Cockroaches Have To Do With Learning & Teaching?
What Do You Do When You’re Having A Bad Day At School?
What Do You Do To Keep Students (And You!) Focused Near The End Of The Year?
Writing Letters To Students
“I’ll Work If You Give Me Candy”
What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class (Part Two)?
What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class? — Part Two
Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”
ECONOMICS & JOBS
The Best Websites For Students Exploring Jobs and Careers
The Best Sites For Learning Economics & Practical Money Skills
The Best Websites To Teach & Learn Life Skills
The Best Sites For Students To Create Budgets
The Best Sites To Learn About The U.S. Financial Crisis
The Best Sites To Learn About The Recession
The Best Places For Students To Write Their Resumes
ELL/ESL — GENERAL
The Best Internet sites for English Language Learners 2007
The Best Web 2.0 Applications for ESL/EFL Learners — 2007
The Best of The Best 2007
The Best Online Video Sites For Learning English
The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2008
The Best Sites For Encouraging ELL’s To Attend College
The Best Sites For K-12 Beginning English Language Learners
The Best Sections On My Website
The Best Sites For Free ESL/EFL Hand-Outs & Worksheets
The Best Sites For K-12 Intermediate English Language Learners
The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners
The Best Online “Chatbots” For Practicing English
The Best Sites For Learning How To Tell Time
The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students — 2009
GAMES
The Best online Learning Games– 2007
The Best Online Video Games For Learning Language & Content Knowledge
The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too
The Best Websites For Creating Online Learning Games
The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
The Best Sites For Making Crossword Puzzles & Hangman Games
The Best Fun Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2008
The Best Online Games Students Can Play In Private Virtual “Rooms”
The Best “Cause-Related” Online Learning Games
The Best “I Spy” (Hidden Object) Games For Vocabulary Development
The Best Collections Of Online Educational Games
The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
The Best Places To Find Online Video Games For Language-Learning
The Best Online Learning Games — 2009
The Best “Fun” Sites You Can Use For Learning, Too — 2009
HEALTH
The Best Life Expectancy Calculators
The Best health sites for English language learners
The Best Sites For ELL’s To Learn About The Dangers Of Smoking
The Best Resources For Learning About World Malaria Day
The Best Sites For Learning About The Swine Flu Outbreak
The Best Web Resources For Learning About HIV & AIDS
HOLIDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES, OR CELEBRATIONS
The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween
The Best Online Resources About Christopher Columbus
The Best Resources For Hispanic Heritage Month
The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving
The Best Websites To Learn About Veterans Day
The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa
The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor
The Best Sites To Help Teach About 9/11
The Best Sites For Learning About New Year Celebrations
The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King
The Best Resources About President’s Day
The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day
The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History
The Best Resources For Chinese New Year
The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn About The Super Bowl
The Best Resources For Groundhog Day
The Best Sites For Learning About St. Patrick’s Day (and April Fool’s Day)
The Best Sites To Learn About Mardi Gras & Carnivals
The Best Sites For Learning About Women’s History
The Best Sites For Learning About Cesar Chavez
The Best Sites For Learning About Easter & Passover
The Best Sites To Learn About The Hindu Festival of Holi
The Best Resources For Teaching & Learning About World Water Day
The Best Sites To Learn About “Earth Hour”
The Best Earth Day Sites
The Best Sites For Teaching & Learning About Cinco de Mayo
The Best Sites For Learning About Mother’s Day
The Best Resources For Learning About World Malaria Day
The Best Websites For Learning About Memorial Day
The Best Sites For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
The Best Father’s Day Sites
The Best Websites For Learning About The Fourth Of July
The Best Sites For Learning About World Refugee Day
The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About Ramadan
The Best Websites For Learning About Labor Day
The Best Resources For Learning About Mexico’s Independence Day
The Best Websites For Learning About Multiple Holidays & Anniversaries
The Best Sites For Images Of Fall Foliage (& For Teaching About The Season)
The Best Sites To Learn About World Food Day
The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali
The Best Sites To Learn And Teach About The Hajj
The Best Resources To Learn About The Convention On The Rights Of The Child
The Best Resources For Learning About World Toilet Day & The Issue Of Public Sanitation In The Third World
The Best Sites For Learning & Teaching About The Day Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe
The Best Online Resources For Learning About Eid al-Adha
LISTENING
The Best Listening Sites For English Language Learners
MATH
The Best Math Websites For English Language Learners — 2007
The Best Science & Math Sites — 2008
MULTILINGUAL
The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Learning English
The Best Multilingual & Bilingual Sites For Math, Social Studies, & Science
MUSIC
The Best Music Websites For Learning English
The Best Online Sites For Creating Music
The Best Online Karaoke Sites For English Language Learners
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Music Sites
The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
The Best Places To Find Lyrics On The Web
READING
REFERENCE
The Best reference websites for English Language Learners 2007
The Best Reference Websites For English Language Learners — 2008
The Best Places To Find Quotations On The Web
SCIENCE
The Best health sites for English language learners
The Best science websites for teachers and students 2007
The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters
The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom
The Best Science & Math Sites — 2008
The Best Online Science, Nature, & History Slideshows
The Best Sites For Learning About Planets & Space
The Best Sites For Learning About Volcanoes & Mount Redoubt
The Best Sites To Learn About The Hubble Telescope
The Best Images Taken In Space
The Best Sources Of Ideas For Simple Classroom Science Experiments
The Best Sites Where Students Can Learn About Inventions
The Best Sites To Learn About The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
The Best Online Carbon Calculators
The Best Sites To Learn About Robots
The Best Online Resources To Learn About Charles Darwin
The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change
SEARCH ENGINES
The Best search engines for ESL/EFL Learners 2007
The Best Search Engines For ESL/EFL Learners — 2008
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Search Engines For Social Media
The Best Search Engines For ESL/EFL Learners — 2009
SOCIAL STUDIES
The Best news/current events websites for English Language Learners 2007
The Best social studies websites 2007
The Best Websites For Learning About Civic Participation & Citizenship
The Best Websites For Learning & Teaching Geography
The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL
The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidential Elections
The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About World History
The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. History
The Best “Today In History” Sites
The Best Websites To Learn About California
The Best Teacher Resource Sites For Social Justice Issues
The Best Websites For Learning About Natural Disasters
The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About The Olympics
The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom
The Best Websites To Learn About Various Religions & English
The Best Visually Engaging News Sites
The Best Sites To Help Teach About 9/11
The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About New Orleans
The Best Web Resources On The Iraq War
The Best Web Resources On Darfur
The Best Social Studies Websites — 2008
The Best Resources To Teach & Learn About The Terrorist Attacks In India
The Best Map-Making Sites On The Web
The Best Sites For Learning About Pearl Harbor
The Best Sites For Learning About The Presidential Inauguration
The Best Year-End Collections Of Images — 2008
The “Best” Resources For Learning About The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Best “Year-In-Review” Features That Aren’t Photo Collections 2008
The Best Sites To Learn About Street Gangs
The Best Sites To Teach About African-American History
The Best Sites To Learn About U.S. Presidents
The Best Places To Learn About President Obama’s Life
The Best Sites To Learn About San Francisco
The Best Sites For Learning About The Hudson River Plane Crash
The Best Sites To Learn About The Fires In Australia
The Best Sites To Learn About The Recession
The Best Online Slideshows About Current Events
The Best Online Science, Nature, & History Slideshows
The Best Tools To Help Develop Global Media Literacy
The Best Sites To Learn About The Tongan Volcano & Earthquake
The Best Sites For Learning About Yosemite & Other U.S. National Parks
The Best Sites To Learn About North Dakota Flooding
The Best Sites To Learn About The Earthquake In Italy
The Best Sites For Panoramas
The Best Sites For Learning About Volcanoes & Mount Redoubt
The Best Websites For Learning About Modern & Historical Pirates
The Best Sites For Learning About The Afghanistan War
The Best Sites To Learn About Mexico’s Drug War
The Best Sites For Learning About The Holocaust
The Best Sites Sites For Discussing The Morality of Torture
The Best Sites To Learn About The California Wildfires
The Best Sites For Learning About New York City
The Best “Week In Review” Sites For English Language Learners
The Best Sites For Learning About The Statue Of Liberty
The Best Sites To Learn About The U.S. Supreme Court
The Best Sites Where Students Can Learn About Inventions
The Best Tools To Help Develop Global Media Literacy
The Best Sites For Learning About The Protests In Iran
The Best Images Of Weird, Cool & Neat-Looking Buildings (& Ways To Design Your Own)
The Best “Language Maps”
The Best Sites For Learning About Nelson Mandela
The Best Resources For Learning About The Warsaw Uprising
The Best Resources For Learning About The Atomic Bombings Of Japan
The Best News/Current Events Websites For English Language Learners — 2009
The Best Sites To Learn About The September 2009 California Wildfires
The Best Sites Where Students Can Plan Virtual Trips
The Best Sites To Learn About Georgia’s Floods
The Best Sites To Learn About The Tsunami In American Samoa
The Best Online Resources For Drivers Education & Car Information
The Best Websites To Learn About The Hmong
The Best Sites To Learn About The Nobel Peace Prize
The Best Resources To Learn About The Loma Prieta Earthquake
The Best Sites For Learning About Diwali
The Best Sites To Learn About Walls That Separate Us
The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part One)
The Best Lists Of “Best Places To Live”
The Best Sites For Teaching About Latitude & Longitude
SPEAKING
TEACHER RESOURCES
The Best blogs for sharing resource links 2007
The best articles about Education 2007
The Best 10 tools for learning
The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary
The Best Books For Teaching & Learning ESL/EFL
The Best Resource Sites For ESL/EFL Teachers
The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current Education Issues
The Best Sites Where Students Can Work Independently & Let Teachers Check On Progress
The Best Ways To Keep-Up With Current ELL/ESL/EFL News & Research
The Best Ways To Create Online Tests
The Best Teacher Resource Sites For Social Justice Issues
The Best Places To Get Blog, Website, , Book, Movie, & Music Recommendations
The Best Online Sources For Images
The Best Personal Home Page Creators
The “Best” Articles About Education — 2008
The Best Online Resources For Teachers of Pre-Literate ELL’s
The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School
The Best Posts Of 2008
The Best Sources For Advice On Student Blogging
The Best Posts From Other Blogs That Made Me “Think” In 2008
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2008
The Best Collections Of Educational Links
The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL
The Best Sections On My Website
The Best Places To Learn About Education Grants
The Best Places To Find Free (And Good) Lesson Plans On The Internet
The Best ESL/EFL Software
The Best Places To Buy ESL/EFL Books. Software & Multimedia
The Best Educational Web Resources Worth Paying For…
The Best Places To Create (And Find) Internet Scavenger Hunts & Webquests
The Best Sites For Free ESL/EFL Hand-Outs & Worksheets
The Best Non-Web Resources, Online Tools, & Websites I Use Most Often With My Students
The Best Articles That I’ve Written
The Best Collections Of Web 2.0 Tools For Education
The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners
The Best Digital Storytelling Resources
The Best Places To Find Good Education Blogs
The Best Places To Find New Educational Websites
The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom
The Best Ways To Make Awards & Certificates Online
The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About
The Best Magazine/Newspaper Websites For Useful News & Intellectual Stimulation
The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
The Best Sources Of Advice For Making Good Presentations
The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects
The “Best” Blog Carnivals
The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers
The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks”
The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
The Best ESL/EFL Blogs
The Best (& Most Thoughtful) Blogs On “Big Picture” Education Issues
The Best Guides To ESL/EFL/ELL Terminology
The Best “Practical” Ed Tech Blogs
The Best Twitterers For Sharing Resource Links
The Best Resources To Learn About Copyright Issues
The Best Teacher Resources For Online Student Safety & Legal Issues
The Best Resources For Finding And Creating Virtual Field Trips
The Twenty Blogs I Read First…
The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues
The Best Resources To Learn About World Teachers Day
The Best Resources For Using Puppets In Class
The Best Sites For Teachers Of English Language Learners — 2009
The “Best” Articles (And Blog Posts) About Education Policy — 2009
The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2009
The Best Ways ESL/EFL/ELL Teachers Can Develop Personal Learning Networks
The Best Sites For Learning Spanish Online
My Best Posts & Articles About Building Parent Engagement In Schools — 2009
TECHNOLOGY
The Best Eleven Websites For Students To Learn About Computers
The Best Ways To Create Simple Screenshots
The Best Ways To Shorten URL Addresses
The Best Places To Learn Computer Basics & How To Fix Tech Problems
The Best ESL/EFL Software
The Best Sites For Learning Which Consumers Electronics To Buy
The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners
The Best Sources For Advice On Using Flip Video Cameras
The Best “Practical” Ed Tech Blogs
The Best Sites For Learning Online Safety
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Ways To Convert PDF & Word Documents
The Best Ways To Back-Up Your Computer & Online Work
The Best Tools For Keeping Your Own Website Or Blog “Healthy”
VIDEO
The Best Online Instructional Video Sites
The Best Online Video Sites For Learning English
The Best Ways For Students To Create Online Videos (Using Someone Else’s Content)
The Best Ways To Access Educational YouTube Videos At School
The Best Popular Movies/TV Shows For ESL/EFL
The Best Sites That Use Movie Trailers To Teach English
The Best Sites For News & History Videos That Won’t Be Blocked By Content Filter (At Least, Not By Ours!)
The Best Places To Find Theatrical Movies On Science, Math & History
The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom
WRITING
The Best Websites For K-12 Writing Instruction/Reinforcement
The Best Places Where Students Can Write Online
The Best Sites For Grammar Practice
Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Mindmapping, Flow Chart Tools, & Graphic Organizers
The Best Resources For Researching & Writing Biographies
The Best Resources For Learning How To Write Response To Literature Essays
The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience”
The Best Places Where Students Can Create Online Learning/Teaching Objects For An “Authentic Audience”
The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories
The Best Sites To Learn About Advertising
The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary
The Best Online Interactive Exercises For Writing That Are Not Related To Literary Analysis
The Best Online Resources To Teach About Plagiarism
The Best Resources For Learning Research & Citation Skills
The Best Sites For Students To Create & Participate In Online Debates
The Best Online Resources For Helping Students Learn To Write Persuasive Essays
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This is wonderful. Thank you for all you do!
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Very well organized Best Lists now. Thanks a lot! Take a look at another set of most highly rec’d CALL sites at http://www.CALL4ALL.us, a Virtual CALL Language Ed Repository. Links List and A-Z Menus at top and bottom make it easy to use. Send other Rec’d CALL links. Please check it out and share it among your rec’d Search Engines or wherever best!
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[...] sleep (I do) but I’m sure Larry doesn’t. If I want to know which online tool is “The Best of….” his site is the first place I [...]
[...] Just discovered Larry Ferlazo’s fantastic website, which includes updated ‘best’ lists. Sort of thing I’ve been meaning to do myself (maybe now I don’t have [...]
I have no words to tell you how wonderful is your work.
I´m suscribed to your blog and everyday when I open my google reader, here you are. When do you have a rest?
Thank you very much for all the information you give us. I´m a teacher and your links are amazing!!!!!
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hey there Dude
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Hi there, I enjoy your recommendations and try to tweet any good ones. I wondered if you might have a look at our site Gapfillers (www.gapfillers.co.uk) for more advanced English langauge learners. It’s a membership site and available on licence to schools, universities companies etc..but there is a free area to subscribe to as well.
Thanks Berni
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[...] Ed Sites May.18, 2009 in Uncategorized Larry Ferlazzo has apparently found the best educational sites for everything! Believe me, his list is not for the faint of heart (because of its magnitude), but [...]
Is that all? Do you have the unabridged list? Hahaha .. Great job … It will take me the rest of my life to review these tasty treats! Thanks Larry …
Frank
Mexico English Teachers’ Alliance (META)
http://metamexico.ning.com
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[...] really find his “BEST OF ” lists, invaluable. Here is a neat little “tag cloud ” of some of the entries which I put [...]
Thanks Larry…you are correct, teachers in other countries cannot afford $85.00 a year for example that equals 2975 Thai Baht. As for teachers pay it ranges between 300 to 450 Baht per hour. So it would cost me about 10 hours or 3.5 days to pay for it. Most teacher just can’t swing it. I am married so I could but I spend my “supplementary money” on brainpop.com; for ESL / EFL teachers I get more bang for my Baht with brainpop.
Thank you again Larry for the excellent resources.
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Since 1987, I have published 868 exemplary HS history research papers by students from 44 states and 35 other countries. I hope you will look at some samples of these essays on our website at: http://www.tcr.org
Will Fitzhugh
Founder/Editor
The Concord Review
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[...] games meet the classroom then look no further than the internet for information. A very popular blog run by Larry Ferlazzo provides access to numerous video games for use in the language learning [...]
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An amazing collection of up to date, helpful resources. Thanks for all of your hard work Larry.
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Dear Larry: Thank you again for all you do for all the ESL / EFL teachers all over the world.
I have a short tribute to you in my blogs: http://cmuteachandtech.blogspot.com/
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http://cmumedteachandtech.blogspot.com/
Great Job!
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[...] time for the annual update of my “The Best…” search engines [...]
What a great website you have! It’s just awesome.
With the closing of Geocities, I have moved my modest website to cynthia-ingersoll.info/index. My intermediate grammar page, which you list under Grammar at http://larryferlazzo.com/englishint.html is now cynthia-ingersoll.info/intermediategrammar. My most popular page, which is for adult beginners, is cynthia-ingersoll.info/ESLlinks.
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