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Nov 25 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

PostRank’s Top Posts For November

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts. I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of November:

The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2009

The Best Sites For Teachers Of English Language Learners — 2009

The Best Piece Of Classroom Management Advice I’ve Ever Read

An Interesting Thing In Obama’s Speech This Week

The Best Websites For English Language Learner Students — 2009

Do Teachers REALLY Come From The Bottom Third Of Colleges? Or Is That Statistic A Bunch Of Baloney?

So This Is What Obama Was Talking About…

Another Oxford University Press Site

More Sites For Copyright or Royalty-Free Photos

The Best Online Resources For Helping Students Learn To Write Persuasive Essays

Now This Sounds Like An Essential Quality A Teacher Should Have…

A Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology

The Difference Between Praise & Acknowledgment

The Best Ways ESL/EFL/ELL Teachers Can Develop Personal Learning Networks

The Best Sites To Learn About Walls That Separate Us

The Best Online Resources For Teaching & Learning About World War II (Part One)

Neat Lincoln Memorial Interactive

The Best Resources To Learn About The Convention On The Rights Of The Child

Submit A Post To The Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival

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Oct 30 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

PostRank’s Top Posts For October

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts. I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of October:

The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009

“I Like This Lesson Because It Make Me Have a Longer Temper” (Part One)

Do Your Presentation Slides Pass The “Glance Test?”

“I Made My Agreement With Mr. Ferlazzo And Kept It…”

“I Was Disappointed With What Happened Yesterday…”

Getting Our Students & Their Families Thinking About College

The Best Sites For Students To Create & Participate In Online Debates

“Building A Professional Learning Community At Work”

The Best Sites To Learn About Robots

When Are Teenagers In The “Flow”?

Part Forty Of The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly

The Best Online Personality, Career, Political & Just Plain Fun Quizzes

The Best Sites For Images Of Fall Foliage (& For Teaching About The Season)

October’s “The Best…” Lists

“How Rewards Can Backfire and Reduce Motivation”

The Best Resources To Learn About The Loma Prieta Earthquake

What Does The Wall Street Journal’s “Perfect Panel” On Changing Schools Have To Say?

October’s Best “Tweets”

The Best Ways To Back-Up Your Computer & Online Work

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Sep 29 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

PostRank’s Top Posts For September

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts. I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of September(actually, all of these posts tied for the highest rank — once a post reaches a “10″ in Post Rank, it can’t go any higher):

“10 Interesting Ways To Use A Wiki In The Classroom”

Reading Logs — Part Two (or “How Students Can Grow Their Brains”)

The Twenty Blogs I Read First…

Concerns About Book “Leveling”

The Best Part Of The President’s Speech & How I’ll Use It

The Best Online Interactive Exercises For Writing That Are Not Related To Literary Analysis

Great New Website From The BBC For Math, English & Science

Part Thirty-Nine Of The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly

Finding The Most Popular “Search” Terms

The Best Resources For Learning Research & Citation Skills

“Now I Know My Brain Is Growing When I Read Every Night”

The Best Online Resources To Teach About Plagiarism

Helping Students Develop Self-Control

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Aug 30 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

PostRank’s Top Posts For August

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of August:

The Best Resources To Learn About Copyright Issues

Answers To “What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?”

The Best Sites For Learning Online Safety

Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Ways To Convert PDF & Word Documents

What Do You To Make Sure Small Groups Work Well In Class?

The Best Sites For Students To Record Audio By Phone

BookRix

“Fifty Stimulating Classroom Starters”

The Best News/Current Events Websites For English Language Learners — 2009

The “Wizard English Grid” Is A Nifty Teaching & Learning Tool

Toobla Is A Winner!

The League Of Scientists

The Best Resources For Learning About The Atomic Bombings Of Japan

There Are Now 300 “The Best…” Lists

Storytlr Is Fantastic!

The Best Sites To Teach & Learn About Ramadan

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Jul 30 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Posts For July

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of July (actually, all of these posts tied for the highest rank — once a post reaches a “10″ in Post Rank, it can’t go any higher).

The Best “Practical” Ed Tech Blogs

Google Voice & English Language Learners

What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?

The Best Sites Where ELL’s Can Learn Vocabulary

The Best Sites To Learn About The Apollo 11 Moon Landing

The Best (& Most Thoughtful) Blogs On “Big Picture” Education Issues

Yack All

The Best Sites To Help ELL’s Learn Idioms & Slang

The Best Sites To Learn About Advertising

The Best Twitterers For Sharing Resource Links

The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly — 2009

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Jun 30 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Posts For June

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of June (actually, all of these posts tied for the highest rank — once a post reaches a “10″ in Post Rank, it can’t go any higher.  There are a lot of “10’s” this month.):

1. The Best Sites For Learning About The Protests In Iran

2. Learning Clip For Math

3. Room Escape Game

4. “Interesting Ways” Series On Using Web 2.0 Apps In Schools

5. Trulia Snapshot

6. Great American Flag Graphic

7. Unemployment & Education Level Graph

8. PhotoPeach Gets Even Better

9. Flowgram Is Ending On June 30th

10. The Best ESL/EFL Blogs

11. Interactive Stories

12. Reflections On The School Year (Part Two)

13. Results From Student Evaluation Of My Class And Me (Part Two)

14. The 200 Most Popular Museum Websites

15. Wordnik

16. K12 Online Conference 2009

17. “Welcome To The Web” Is An Exceptional Site

18. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”

19. The Best Sources For Advice On Using Flip Video Cameras

20. The Best Teacher Resources For “TED Talks”

21. Ophan Is An Engaging Way To Read The News

22. Hypercities

23. The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers

24. This Year’s ThinkQuest Winners Just Announced

25. A Beginning List Of The Best Resources For Learning About Facebook

26. What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class? (Part Two)

27. The Best Sources Of Ideas For Simple Classroom Science Experiments

28. Colorin Colorado Interview

29. The Best Ways To Find Other Classes For Joint Online Projects

30. Part Thirty-Six Of The Best Ways To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly

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May 27 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Posts For May

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Rank’s analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their rankings for the month of April (actually, all of these posts tied for the highest rank — once a post reaches a “10″ in Post Rank, it can’t go any higher):

1. The Best Collections Of Online Educational Games

2. National Geographic History Videos

3. Last Call For Submissions To ESL Blog Carnival

4. How Educators Can Use Facebook Effectively — Mark The Date!

5. Article on “Engaging Parents” Is Back Online

6. The Best Images Taken In Space

7. More Videos Of ESL Teachers & Students In Action

8.  The Best Ways For Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections

9. My “Verdict” On Twitter

10. Blerp Is A Winner

11. Sketchcast Is Back!

12. Great Presentation Tips!

13. What Is Going On With David Brooks?

14. The Best “Week In Review” Sites For English Language Learners

15. “Order In The Library”

16. The Best Online Videos Showing ESL/EFL Teachers In The Classroom

17. What Do You Do When You Have A Few Minutes Left In Class?

18. The Best Places To Read & Write “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

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Apr 27 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Postings For April

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Ranks’ analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

Here are their ranks for the month of April:

1. The Best Earth Day Sites

2. The Best Places Where Students Can Create Online Learning/Teaching Objects For An “Authentic Audience”

3. The Best Sources For Ideas On How To Use Technology With English Language Learners

4. The Best Digital Storytelling Resources

5. Post Rank’s Ranking Of The Top Education Blogs

6. The Best Sites To Teach ELL’s About Libraries

7. The Best Websites For Learning About Modern & Historical Pirates

8. What Do You Do When You’re Having A Bad Day At School?

9. The Best Sites To Learn About The Earthquake In Italy

10. Wallwisher Is A Winner — Big Time!

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Mar 31 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Postings For March

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I also share a list of Post Ranks’ analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

I’m not quite sure, though, if it’s possible to rank posts over a month-long period — at least, I’m not sure how to do it.  But these regular posts highlight what appears to me to be the ones they rank the highest during that period.

Here are their rankings:

1. The Best Places To Find Theatrical Movies On Science, Math & History

2. The Best Sites For Learning About Easter & Passover

3. “Metaphors We Teach By”

4. Google Voice

5. The Best Tools To Help Develop Global Media Literacy

6. Personalized Online Newspapers

7. Excellent Immigration Graphic

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Feb 28 2009

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Larry Ferlazzo

Post Rank’s Top Postings For February

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I regularly share my picks for the most useful posts of each month. I also publish a list of the month’s most popular posts, based on the number of times they are “clicked-on.”

I’m also going to start sharing a list of Post Ranks’ analysis of each month’s top posts. Post Rank uses a variety of ways to measure level of “engagement” that readers have with specific blog posts.  I have a constantly updated “widget” on my blog’s sidebar that lists these posts, but I thought a monthly post would be helpful/interesting to subscribers who don’t regularly visit the blog itself.

I’m not quite sure, though, if it’s possible to rank posts over a month-long period — at least, I’m not sure how to do it.  But these regular posts will highlight what appears to me to be the ones they rank the highest during that period.

Here are their rankings:

1. The Best Places To Create (And Find) Internet Scavenger Hunts & Webquests

2. The Best Sites For Learning About St. Patrick’s Day (and April Fool’s Day)

3. The Best Educational Web Resources Worth Paying For…

4. Virtual Grammar Lab

5. The Best Sites To Learn About The Recession

6. Awesome Stories Has Just Gotten More “Awesome”

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