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.

I thought it might be useful for both readers of this blog and for me to review those monthly lists and pick a few that I think are the very best “tweets” of the year.

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

You might also be interested in:

Best “Tweets” Of 2011 — So Far

Best “Tweets” Of 2010

Best “Tweets” Of 2009

Here are my choices for The Best “Tweets” Of 2011:

Using inquiry in science education, San Francisco Chronicle

Forgotten Technologies, cute video

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

“How Google Translate Works”

Famous Inboxes (Thanks to Stephen Davis for the tip)

Funny “Facebook Comment Flowchart”

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

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

Feedback is welcome.

If you found this post useful, you might want to consider subscribing to this blog for free.

You might also want to explore the nearly 800 other “The Best…” lists I’ve compiled.

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.

I thought it might be useful for both readers of this blog and for me to review those monthly lists and pick a few that I think are the very best “tweets” of the year. I’ll publish a final list in late December.

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

You might also be interested in:

Best “Tweets” Of 2010

Best “Tweets” Of 2009

Here are my choices for The Best “Tweets” Of 2011:

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Ways to Help Students Ask Better Questions

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

Famous Inboxes (Thanks to Stephen Davis for the tip)

Funny “Facebook Comment Flowchart”

“Why Your Boss Is Wrong About You” NY Times

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

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

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

Forgotten Technologies, cute video

“Amid E-Book Growth, Students Still Prefer Paper Textbooks”

“The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved” Smithsonian

Feedback is welcome.

If you found this post useful, you might want to consider subscribing to this blog for free.

You might also want to explore the nearly 500 other “The Best…” lists I’ve compiled.

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.