Jun
28
2009

Larry Ferlazzo
I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten (or, or in this month’s case, a few more) most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use these in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous “Top Ten” picks at Websites Of The Month.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read.
Here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):
Most Popular Education Articles On The Web
Solar Symphony Game
“Raising Walls”
“Does Slow and Steady Win the Race?”
“Interesting Ways” Series On Using Web 2.0 Apps In Schools
PhotoPeach Gets Even Better
The 200 Most Popular Museum Websites
“Welcome To The Web” Is An Exceptional Site
“New” Color Photos Of Hitler
Hypercities
What Do You Do On The Last Day Of Class? (Part Two)
I Like “Yarp”
May
30
2009

Larry Ferlazzo
I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten (or, or in this month’s case, a few more) most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use these in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous “Top Ten” picks at Websites Of The Month.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read.
Here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):
“Playing History”
“Tools For ESL Lesson Planning”
More On Engaging Parents
“The Last Day Of Class”
The “Most Popular” Blogs That Might Also Be Useful To Educators
“The Best Teacher I Ever Had”
TED Talks With Subtitles
My “Verdict” On Twitter
Blerp Is A Winner
Sketchcast Is Back!
Digital Research Tools
“The Seven Secrets Behind Great Teaching”
Ben Franklin Timeline
Kindersay Is Back
“I’ll Work If You Give Me Candy”
“How David Beat Goliath: When Underdogs Break The Rules”
Culture Crossing
“Fascinating Egyptian Mummies”
Mar
28
2009

Larry Ferlazzo
I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use these in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous “Top Ten” picks at Websites Of The Month.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read.
Here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month (not in any order of preference):
Updated Multilingual Glossary Of Academic English Vocabulary
Excellent Immigration Graphic
MapBuzz Is An Easy Tool To Use
Accessible Multiple Intelligence Test
Two Hundred “The Best…” Lists!
National Curriculum? No Thanks
Not Bad Advice For Teachers
Feb
25
2009

Larry Ferlazzo
I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best..” lists. I also use these in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous “Top Ten” picks at Websites Of The Month.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read.
Here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month:
* Awesome Stories Has Just Gotten More “Awesome”
* Virtual Grammar Lab
* Favthumbs Could Be Very Useful To Teachers
* I’m Adding “Themes” To Several “The Best” Lists
* Citizenship Quiz
* Simply Box Might Be A Winner For Research
* Kid Rex Search Engine
* USA Today Weather & Climate Interactives
* Top Notch Citizenship Resource
* Superb English Site Back Online
* A Good Collection Of Clozes
Jan
26
2009

Larry Ferlazzo
Each month I highlight a few posts that I think have been particularly useful. You can go to Websites Of The Month to see my choices from previous months. I also use these posts to create a free email monthly newsletter I send out to people who don’t want to receive daily blog posts.
This list is different from The Most Popular Blog Posts, which lists the ones readers have most “clicked-on.”
In addition to my most recent “The Best…” lists, here are my choices for this month’s “best” posts (not in order of preference):
* Dictionary Added To Best Reference Site
* Screentoaster Is Now Open To The Public
* Mel Zoo Is An Excellent Search Engine
* Simple Technology Guides
* Pixcetra
* Pete’s PowerPoint Station
* FinAid For College Help
* Capitol Words
* Miniature Earth
Dec
27
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
Each month I highlight a few posts that I think have been particularly useful. You can go to Websites Of The Month to see my choices from previous months. I also use these posts to create a free email monthly newsletter I send out to people who don’t want to receive daily blog posts.
This list is different from The Most Popular Blog Posts, which lists the ones readers have most “clicked-on.”
In addition to my most recent “The Best…” lists, here are my choices for this month’s “best” posts (not in order of preference):
Two Excellent Sites For Beginning Readers
Classroom Management Article
Grapevine Is Great For English-Speaking Practice
Gizmoz Is Good For Speaking Practice
Qitera
School Content Filters
Living Wage Calculator
ELL/ESL/EFL Carnival Is Up!
Nov
25
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
Each month I highlight a few posts that I think have been particularly useful. You can go to Websites Of The Month to see my choices from previous months. I also use these posts to create a free email monthly newsletter I send out to people who don’t want to receive daily blog posts.
This list is different from The Most Popular Blog Posts, which lists the ones readers have most “clicked-on.”
In addition to my most recent “The Best…” lists, here are my choices for this month’s “best” posts (not in order of preference):
* “The Best…” Lists Reorganized
* Wectar Adds Nice Feature
* Voice Of America Special English — From China
* A Good Question For Classroom Management
* Incredible Website Launches Today!
* Tar Heel Reader Update
* Smhoop
* Another Neat Online Spelling Bee
* Screentoaster Is Excellent For Speaking Practice
Oct
26
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
Each month I share my picks for the best posts of the month. You can see previous picks at Websites Of The Month. I also send out a version of this post as an email newsletter to about seven hundred people.
These posts are different from the ones I list under the monthly “Most Popular Blog Posts.” Those are the posts the largest numbers of readers “clicked-on” to read.
The ones here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written.
In addition to the most recent “The Best…” lists, my choices for the “Top Ten” posts of this month (not in order of preference) are:
* More Great Resources From Oxford Press
* Open Road TV
* Wectar For Recommendations
* An Exceptional Reading & Writing Site
* Messianic Arrogance?
* Bay Bridge 360
* Your Disease Risk
* Tizmos
* Excellent Flowgram On Web Tools For Language Learners
* “Why Do You Let Others Control You?”
* What A Great Way To Write A Book Review!
* Scribblar Is A Cool Tool
Sep
23
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
As regular readers know, near the end of this month I choose what I think are my most useful posts from the previous few weeks. You can find past picks at Websites Of The Month. I also send out a version of this list to several hundred people who don’t necessarily want to get daily blog updates but would like a monthly email newsletter.
Apart from recent “The Best…” lists that I’ve written, here are my picks for September (not in order of preference):
* One Of The Coolest Online Music Tools Ever
* Know How 2 Go
* Great Environmental Teaching Tools For California Students
* “Web 2.0 For Dummies”
* iKnow! Has Extraordinary Potential
* Cambridge Ventures Arcade
* Listen & Read
* Lessons For Living Well
* Communicating With Students
* Pic-Lits
Jun
20
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
As regular readers of this blog know, at the end of each month I share my picks for the “Top Ten” posts for the month. You can see previous picks at Websites Of The Month.
Because of other projects I have going, I wanted to “get this out of the way” early, so I’m publishing my choices for June now. They’re fewer than ten this month, too, because I’ve written several of my “The Best…” lists, and I’d include them here as well. You can find all of these lists at Websites Of The Year.
So, apart from those lists, here are my choices for this month:
Extraordinary U.S. History Site
“Seven Secrets Of Student Learning”
Wordle
Tox Mystery
280 Slides
Mingoville
Jun
01
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
Each month I highlight what I think are the most useful posts I’ve made over the past month. You can find previous Top Ten lists at Websites Of The Month. I also send them out as a free monthly email newsletter.
I don’t, however, usually include any of my “The Best…” lists, but I obviously think they’re pretty good, too.
Here are my choices for May (they’re not in any order of preference):
Tutpup Math & Spelling Games
More About Maintaining A “Good” Class
Beat The Clock
Listen And Write
Webon
Middlespot
Mapdango
Splashcast & Qlipboard
Interested In Joining Our Sister Classes Project In The Fall?
Gut Instinct
Explore A Pyramid
Apr
22
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
I regularly post my Websites Of The Month and highlight what I believe to be the most useful posts I write during the month. Generally, there are about ten of them.
This month, I wrote quite a few “The Best…” lists. Instead of listing all the new ones here, I’d encourage readers to just go to Websites of the Year to find them.
I’d like to list five additional posts, too:
YAKIToMe Converts Text To Speech
Tikatok Is Great!
Zip Code Census Dashboard
Play The News
“Burbank Students Use Blog To Learn English”
Mar
29
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
As regular readers know, I highlight my picks for the “Top Ten” (more or less) sites I’ve posted about each month. You might want to check-out previous Websites of the Month.
Here are my choices for March:
I’ve written several new “The Best….” lists. I won’t list all the new ones here, but you can find all of them at Websites Of The Year. By the way, I just discovered that the link to my recent The Best Websites For Learning and Teaching Geography was incorrect on that page listing all of the lists. It’s fixed now.
Here are my other favorite posts for this month:
ESL/EFL Sister Classes Project
Hospital Connection
Visual Geography
Article About Our School Getting Out of School Improvement
New “Best Search Engine” For English Language Learners
Home Computer Project Update
The “Digital Vaults” Are An Incredible Find!
The Goals Of Education
Feb
24
2008

Larry Ferlazzo
Every month I pick the Top Ten posts for the month. You can see previous picks at Websites of the Month. I also use this selection for a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see previous issues of the newsletter here.
This month includes several of the newest “Best of…” lists I’ve compiled. I won’t bother listing them here, but you can check them all out on my Websites of the Year.
The others include:
What Are You Doing In That Computer Lab?
Pixton Comic Strips
Plagiarism
Teacher Book Wizard
Breathing Earth
Create An Online Scavenger Hunt With Zunal