Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

This month, I’m using Storify to “curate” my best tweets:

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

This month, I’m trying the embed feature the “new” Twitter offers. We’ll see how it looks…

Here are my picks for December’s Best Tweets (not listed in any order):

Graphic Organizers & Relationships, funny comic bit.ly/vdwBLB

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 27, 2011

I think this is an excellent New Yorker piece on mortgage crisis, Living by Default nyr.kr/sfT3K4

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 26, 2011

Pretty neat interactive on Galileobit.ly/tTlNwD

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 27, 2011

“#occupychristmas
Throughout much of history, the holiday was a celebration of rebellion against authority” Salon bit.ly/uo2WAr

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 25, 2011

RT @nancyflanagan: Worst. Christmas Tree. Ever. bit.ly/tr53lo Stand back, Charlie Brown.

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 24, 2011

“Dream Act students live in limbo” Sacramento Beebit.ly/uiOVST

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 26, 2011

RT @shighley: 3 reasons for numbered listsDoug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog bit.ly/rWZHjG

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 23, 2011

“Robert Geller was a teacher to the end.” NY TImesnyti.ms/w1SJiu

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 23, 2011

“‘Trampling Out the Vintage,’ by Frank Bardacke looks like it’s THE book on Cesar Chavez bit.ly/szqucu

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 23, 2011

RT @sbeleznay: Social media in the 16th Century: How Luther went viralecon.st/v71yOH

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 21, 2011

RT @DanielPink: Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 7 Books Every Intelligent Person on Earth Should Readbit.ly/uBQ4QX via @galleycat

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 20, 2011

RT @TPM: Wis Dems announce over half a million signatures to recall Walker. tpm.ly/s33Edf ^@erickleefeld

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 22, 2011

The Science of Why We Don’t Believe Science bit.ly/suyX96

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 19, 2011

“10 Years of Assessing Students With Scientific Exactitude” NY TImesnyti.ms/tGIBE9

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 19, 2011

RT @kikybot: BBC News – Food firms ‘market to children online’ bbc.in/rLpOxW

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 18, 2011

RT @educationweek: Blog: California to Offer ‘Seal of Biliteracy’ to High School Graduates bit.ly/tteKlw #ELLs

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 22, 2011

RT @criener: This is actually good, from college humor RT @DaveMosher: History of Earth, as retold on… Facebook? bit.ly/s8UtnR

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 13, 2011

RT @alexanderrusso: The famous yellow school crossing sign was invented in 1971 NYTimes.com ow.ly/7VcFx

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 10, 2011

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for November’s Best Tweets (not listed in any order):

“Californians willing to pay higher taxes for better schools” LA Times

“14 Punctuation Marks That You Never Knew Existed”

“LAUSD won’t release teacher names with ‘value-added’ scores” LA Times

Blackboard Jungle – What would you do if you were this teacher?

“The rigged rules of global trade” Good animations from Oxfam

“Occupy vs Tea Party: what their Twitter networks reveal”

The Wonders of Khan: It’s a video library, nothing more.

“Grim California budget forecast means more cuts to schools, social services” Sacramento Bee

“How crowdsourcing is changing science “ Boston Globe

Using inquiry in science education, San Francisco Chronicle

Khan Academy does not constitute an education revolution, but I’ll tell you what does

12 foods that take a toll on the environment (and in some cases, your body)

“Science channels explode onto YouTube” Guardian

“William Shakespeare, Gangster” Smithsonian

Tom Friedman’s column on India’s low-cost tablet

“How unfathomable were your odds of coming into being?” infographic

Myths about our minds, BBC

“Even Math Teachers Struggle to Understand Fla. Value-Added Formula” Ed Week

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for September’s Best Tweets (not listed in any order):

“America’s Exploding Pipe Dream,” New York Times

Mashable’s Top 10 literary fake tweets

“Best statistics question ever”

“Teacher evaluations are becoming big business for private companies” American Prospect

“Wall Street Isn’t Winning – It’s Cheating” Rolling Stone

The little-known history of traveling libraries

“Thoughts on the social role of books”

The 12 things we buy in a bad economy, TIME

“Immigration, Youth, and Education” Harvard Education Review fall issue theme

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for September’s Best Tweets (not listed in any order):

“‘Occupy Wall Street,’ a primer” Wash Post

Bill Page:“Ron Clark’s ‘Not Every Child Deserves a Cookie’ article is repugnant”

Mexican Teachers Push Back Against Gangs’ Extortion Attempt, NY Times

Mexico Turns to Twitter and Facebook for Information and Survival, NY Times

South Korea: high test scores, but little room for curiosity or creativity, TIME

Gaithersburg school says no homework — just free reading, Washington Post

“What It Takes to Ship Amazon Purchases to You Overnight” Atlantic

“Gamers succeed where scientists fail”

“How Shakespearean are you?” compare your words to his…

“India School Lunch Program” PBS News Hour

“Richard Feynman and “Her” — A love letter” a must-read for anyone who has ever lost a loved one

“How Google Translate Works”

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for August’s Best Tweets (not listed in any order):

“The Haimish Line” by David Brooks, NY Times

“Animated Sheet Music” makes music make sense (and looks cool while doing so) video

“The Nation’s Cruelest Immigration Law” NY Times

NYTimes: Commemorating Those Lost Through Time

“How to understand regret — and 2 ways to avoid it” by Daniel Pink

“Smartphone cameras bring independence to blind people” BBC

Language Lessons by the Peace Corps

Thoughtful article on differentiated instruction by Michael Petrilli

“Jon Stewart Has Had It with How Fox Talks About Class Warfare”

Storytelling to boost scientific literacy

Do we only save the endangered animals that are cute?

How a book is made, from the Middle Ages to today

Volleyball playing dog video

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for July’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

Clockwords is a new fun word game

“Books and Other Fetish Objects” NY Times

Augmented Reality in Plain English

Enron Emails Reveal What a Web of Deceit Looks Like-shape of social networks legal & illegal

What school is all about, according to Dolores Umbridge (and the US Dept of Education) by Stephen Krashen

“Google Is Making Us Stupid and Smart at the Same Time?” The Atlantic

“What’s a Metaphor For?” Chronicle of Higher Ed

“Stanford to Lead Creation of ELL Standards for ‘Common Core’”

“Kid gets gay marriage in one minute, plays ping pong” video

“How Many Hours of Sleep on Average Different Species of Mammals Require?” infographic

“Message From a Charter School: Thrive or Transfer” NY Times

Pearls Before Swine demonstrates the importance of correct English pronunciation

Teaching creationism in Doonesbury comic strip

“Famous first words” Guardian

“The 25 Documents You Need Before You Die” Wall St Jrnl infographic

“If you thought the do-it-yourself anti-immigrant schemes couldn’t get any more repellent, you were wrong.” NY Times

New York Times article on IB program

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for June’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

Understanding by Design Meets Neuroscience for compelling and memorable learning and executive function by Judy Willis

“Why U.S. Teachers Work the Most But U.S. Students Stay Average” The Atlantic

“Awesome People Reading”

Daily 10 min podcasts from BBC “Witness – history as told by the people who were there.”

How to know if hackers have stolen your password

Straight Up Conversation: Teacher Eval Guru Charlotte Danielson

“World’s scariest job? Meet the workers building a 1m-wide wooden road on a vertical cliff face”

NPR listeners pick the best book “thrillers”

“The Man Who Robbed a Bank for $1 to Get Health Care Coverage” The Atlantic

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for June’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

20 must know features and tricks on Youtube that you simply have to know (thanks to Sarah Pickles)

New National Geographic interactive site on Titanic

From The Onion: Man With Broken Foot Plunged Into World Of Human Kindness, Caring

Professor James Heckman has created a new website to share his research

Why is there a cat in that hamster ball? video

Infographic: What do Americans think the world will be like in 40 years?

“Top 10 Quotable Movies” TIME, with video clips

“The Math of Life” Wall St Jrnl

Education Week explains the Save Our Schools movement

“A Brief History of Military Camouflage” Atlantic slideshow, pretty interesting

Interactive graphic from WSJ on NAEP history test, try some questions

Smarterer lets you take, and create, tests on tech tools

45 Movie Titles That Got Lost in Translation

Magical thinking and school reform

“This American Life navigates a future that goes beyond broadcast”

The Eye On Education blog also regularly lists their favorite tweets.

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for May’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

Confirmation bias comic strip

Video: This teacher keeps her students calm as a gunfight emerges outside (Thanks to Vicki Davis)

“Teacher: Of 8,892 data points, which ones matter in evaluation?” from Washington Post

“Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello Dinner Plate” NY Times

“Teachers College Hopes to Empower Educators” local San Francisco NPR

“Otter and toddler laugh and frolick” video is really cute

“Children Learn Language in Moments of Insight, Not Gradually Through Repeated Exposure, Study Shows”

“The world’s most surreal landscapes” slideshow, Salon

“80 things we wish we knew before we started traveling “ CNN

“Choose Your Own Apocalypse” Slate interactive

“Educators, business team up to bridge student “digital divide”” San Diego Union-Trib

“What thinking in 140 characters does to our brains” NY Times

“Nice Guys Finish First” by David Brooks, NY Times

You might also be interested in seeing other people’s choices for their best tweets:

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for May’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“The disgraceful interrogation of L.A. school librarians” LA Times

“WOW: Gravity-defying cat filmed in slow-motion”

“The 10 most pristine places on Earth” slideshow

“For-Profit Colleges: Targeting People Who Can’t Pay” NPR

Google Doodle Gallery

Essential questions US history – Google Docs - (thanks to Mr. Potter)

“Library of Congress Launches A National Jukebox”

“Highlights of ‘The Final Edition,’ a New Parody of the New York Times”

“U.S. schools chief backs off on publication of teacher ratings “

“Over or under? The science of toilet paper orientation” infographic

” Parisian street dancer has some crazy moves” video

Onion: Budget MixUp Provides Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

Citizen children and life under the radar, LA Times

You might also be interested in seeing other people’s choices for their best tweets:

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for April’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

ADS FOR GOOD 10 Funny Public Service Ads About Serious Issues (VIDEOS)

“The eyes have it – incredible ways of seeing the world” slideshow

“The Future of Media: Storify and the Curatorial Instinct”

“Nature’s Living Tape Recorders May Be Telling Us Secrets” NPR

“Youth Organizing For Education Reform”

“A slide show of aerial photography, from pigeon-mounted cameras to Apollo 17 and beyond” Slate

“Amazing kinetic structure made from over 100,000 toothpicks depicts San Francisco” video

“How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance” SF Chronicle

“Your brain signals can drive how the movie ends” New Scientist

“The First Grader” is new National Geographic movie

Having trouble finding someone’s email address? Use Peepmail, The Atlantic

How To Tell Someone You’re Angry, Wall St Jrnl

You might also be interested in seeing other people’s choices for their best tweets:

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for April’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“The Mother of All Languages” Wall St. Jrnl

“The Tragic Death of the Flip” by David Pogue, NY Times

“New Orleans schools ‘miracle’ not so miraculous” by Valerie Strauss at Wash Post

“How to Fix (Or Kill) Web Data About You” NY Times

“Budget Idea: Divert Money From Prisons to Schools” Miller McCune

“Why people with a European background can’t help but judge a book by its cover” Mail Online

Field Museum exhibition on “The Horse” now online

“Meet Duolingo, Google’s Next Acquisition Target; Learn A Language, Help The Web”

Some day, you, too,can have a 360 deg video recorder in your classroom taping you & your students’ every move everyday

Very interesting interactive on Islamic face veils, Wall St Jrnl

“The Geography of Music on Google Maps”

David Brooks writes about the central role of metaphors in our thinking, NY Times

“America in 2010″ impressive interactive from Wall St Jrnl

“From Russia with love: The doting father bear who can’t help cuddling his cub “

10 Ways to Help Students Ask Better Questions

” Nick Kristof on Story Telling and Development”

“Feline fisticuffs: Cat goes Tyson on Dog” pretty funny video

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for March’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

What the now-found Bronx zoo cobra tweeted, NY Times

“Pay-4-Performance: Individual vs. Group Incentives” by Larry Cuban

“There are encouraging signs that the right’s war on labor is backfiring” Salon

“research finds a shift in emphasis in pop song lyrics over the decades, from “we” to “me.”

Impressive slavery interactive

Guide to Clouds, NY Times slideshow

“NCELA Quarterly Review: Spring 2011 – English Learners with Special Needs”

“Gadgets You Should Get Rid Of (or Not)” NY Times

“Hans Rosling and the magic washing machine” new TED Talk

LEGO Comic Builder

Famous Inboxes (Thanks to Stephen Davis for the tip)

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for March’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Schools Feeling New Immigration Pressure” NY Times feature

Bhoogolvidya is a simple online geography game

“Why Angry Birds is so successful and popular: a cognitive teardown of the user experience”

List of sites providing free animated e-cards

“What Education SHOULD be learning from Businesses”

“Your brain while multitasking, illustrated”

Samantha Bee of Daily Show highlights the extravagant lifestyle of teachers

Miccam is a strange/interesting site where you record/write words & people use them to make sentences

New TED Talk “The Birth of a Word”

“$9 Million Program Gives Students Wireless Internet Access At Home, Not Just At School”

In 1931, The NY Times published lots of predictions for 2011. Read them here

Funny “Facebook Comment Flowchart”

“Flailing After Muslims” by Bob Herbert, NY Times

“Bodies in motion: Dancing around the world” Great photos from Boston Globe

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists (and sometimes I’m a bit late).

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for February’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Detroit Public Schools Face ‘Draconian’ Cuts” NPR

“Why Your Boss Is Wrong About You” NY TImes

The Forgotten History of Muslim Scientists [Slide Show], Scientific American

“Could “micro-charters” fuel charter-school growth?” (This is one of most bizarre school reform ideas I’ve heard of..)

“An Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age: Maj. Harold Hering and the forbidden question that cost him his career.” Slate

“An ingenious way to get kids to eat healthy: Give cafeterias a psychology lesson” Boston Globe

“The Top 100 Words on Twitter”

“How to Make Oatmeal . . . Wrong” NY Times

“The irony of Obama’s ‘help’ for Wisconsin teachers” by Valerie Strauss

“A historian traces our long, complicated relationship with mechanical beings” Boston Globe

OK: How a little word conquered the world, BBC

“Reform: Another Questionable Urban Prep “Success” Story”

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for February’s Best Tweets — Part One (not listed in any order):

“Unfortunate Valentine’s Day Cards”

RSA Animate – Language as a Window into Human Nature

“Common-Assessment Consortia Expand Plans” Ed Week

“People, Not Things, Are The Tools Of Revolution”

“Ray Allen Scores in the Nature-Nurture Debate” Miller-McCune

“Texas schools nix Arabic classes over fears of Islam” Salon

Play “Spent”, an online game to teach about homelessness

“How Much Information Is There in the World?”

“Robots to get their own internet” BBC

A book commits suicide every time you watch Jersey Shore

Life lessons from 40 films in 7 minutes [video]

Funny or offensive, these 14 screenshots provide a wealth of info about cultural stereotypes

“U.S. Plan to Replace Principals Hits Snag: Who Will Step In?” NY Times

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education

Every month I make a short list highlighting my choices of the best resources I shared through (and learned from) Twitter, but didn’t necessarily include them in posts here on my blog. Now and then, in order to make it a bit easier for me, I may try to break it up into mid-month and end-of-month lists.

I’ve already shared in earlier posts several new resources I found on Twitter — and where I gave credit to those from whom I learned about them. Those are not included again in this post.

If you don’t use Twitter, you can also check-out all of my “tweets” on Twitter profile page or subscribe to their RSS feed.

Here are my picks for January’s Best Tweets — Part Two (not listed in any order):

“Flags of Every Country” interactive map

How fast the digital universe is growing, in an infographic

“The Difficulty of Discovery (Where Have All The Geniuses Gone?)” Wired

“Community Organizing as an Education Reform Strategy” from Annenberg (the report is disappointing)

From The Onion “Gap Between Rich And Poor Named 8th Wonder Of The World”

Word On The Street: Photos Of People With Words, NPR

“When a Friend Grieves, How to Get Sympathy Right” Wall St Jrnl

“Getting started with ebooks: a beginner’s guide”

NYC Public School Parents: Don’t believe Bloomberg, Black and Rhee: Teaching experience matters!

Nice quote by Mark Shields on PBS on US diversity and Arizona shooting

“Audio slideshow: Images of Nature” BBC

“New Language Discovered: Prairiedogese” NPR

You might also be interested in seeing a list of favorite tweets at:

Shelly Terrell’s blog

Kalinago English

Eye On Education