I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• New Online U.S. History Game Goes Online Today
• I Didn’t Know That “The Language Guide” Had Interactive Exercises
• “Let’s Play ‘History As A List’” Is A Fascinating Idea
• “You Are Your Words”
• “Describe What It Means To Be A Great Teacher In Six Words”
• Who Is Saul Alinsky?
• “What Was There” Is A Neat Look At The Past
• “The Five-by-Five Approach to Differentiation Success”
• “Simple Booklet” Back Online
• My Ed Week Teacher Column & Article On Differentiation
• If You Like Libraries, You’ll Love This Video!
• Data Gone Wild
• 2Lingual Could Be A Very Useful Search Engine
• The Right (& Wrong) Ways To Get Student Feedback On Our Teaching
• Banning Books In Tucson
• Some New Social Media Guides
• What Books Do At Night When We’re Not Looking
• Highlights Of Twitter Chat With Daniel Pink
• My Guest NY Times Column Today — “Helping Students Motivate Themselves”
• “clubEFL” Is A Fantastic Site For EFL/ESL Teachers & Students
• “let some of the players with lower batting averages go”
• Hot Spot Interview — Report From Russia
• “This is, quite possibly, the best New York Times correction in history”
• My Most Popular Ed Week Teacher Advice Columns In 2011
• I Gotta’ Wonder Why Obama Talks So Much More About South Korean Schools Than Ones In Finland…
• Here’s Another Reason Why We Need To Be Data-Informed & Not Data-Driven
• Wow! “Lessons On American Presidents” Is A Great New Site
• My New Huffington Post Piece
• Standardized Testing & Creative Thinking
• This Is A Good Example Of Being A Bad Instructional Coach
• The “Three Good Things Exercise”
• “Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process”

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• “Speak And Spell” Looks Like An Excellent New Site
• Videos Of Students Celebrating Making Mistakes
• You Can Watch A Recording Of My Webinar (& Download Hand-Outs)
• “Classroom Management Suggestions — Part Three”
• Amazing Listening Exercises For ELL’s
• Hilarious Video!
• Oxford Owl Is Great For Reading & Math
• CNN’s “Explain It To Me” Videos Are Great!
• I Like This Interpretation Of “The Hawthorne Effect”
• BBC Learning For Adults Is A Treasure Trove
• NEA Announces “New Action Agenda”
• Sorry, Professors: Deliberate Practice Matters
• “Several Classroom Management Suggestions — Part One”
• “We Should Celebrate Mistakes”
• “How a Few Bad Apples Ruin Everything”
• Create A Fake Conversation With Siri
• I Love This Article! “The 5 Best Toys of All Time”
• The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011
• There Are Now 816 “The Best…” Lists
• “Several Ways Teachers Can Create A Supportive Environment For Each Other”
• Sage Life Advice — Via David Brooks?
• Thoughts On Today’s NY Times Column By Carol Dweck
• What Was The Best Education-Related Book You Read This Year?

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• “Icarus & School Reform”

• “Reading fiction can strengthen your social ties & even change your personality”

• “Loose Leaves” Is Another Easy Way to Write Online — Without Registration

• Interview Of The Month — Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

• Moonwalking Birds Video

• Excellent New Edutopia Resource On Brain-Based Learning

• What Can We Learn About Classroom Management From Abraham Lincoln?

• “Useful Charts”

• Want To Join My Students In Redesigning Their Report Card?

• I Like “Themeefy”

• “When Students Focus On Tests, They Are Not Taking The Time To Think About Why They Are Learning”

• Reminder About Free Resources From My “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” Book

• “Several Ways To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Education Research”

• “Parent Trigger R.I.P.”

• Another Amazing Video Taken From The International Space Station

• “How Does Our Brain Learn New Information?”

• Ask A Question, Any Question, About Education…

• Most Big Cable Companies Agree To Provide Low-Cost Internet To Low-Income Students

• “Several Ways To Teach Critical Thinking Skills”

• A “Must-Read” Column On Educational Technology

• “How Many Slaves Work For You?”

• “APPitic” Looks Impressive

• Amazing Bird Formations

• I Like “Reading Bear”

• Book Trailers From My Class

• 25th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival Just Published!

• “Can Teachers Be Friends With Students Using Social Media?”

• An Effective Five-Minute Lesson On Metacognition

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• This Is The Best Lesson Plan On Punctuation I’ve Ever Read

• Interview Of The Month — Larry Cuban

• Wow, Storify Has Just Made Some Great Changes!

• “Part Two — Can Teachers Be Friends With Students?”

• Empedia

• “Response: Can Teachers Be Friends With Students? — Part One”

• Very Thoughtful Report On Issues Around Teacher Seniority

• More Research Showing Why Inductive Learning Works

• Daniel Pink On Grades, Autonomy & Inquiry

• Easily Create Animations With “Disapainted”

• This Will Be A GREAT Project For ELL Students!

• “Why schools should not grade character traits”

• “SAS Curriculum Pathways” Looks Like A Winner

• “Criminal Penguins”

• “Several Ways To Respond To “Unpredictable” Student Behavior”

• Uh Oh, Harvard Goal Study Is An “Urban Legend”

• “In giving up a little control, Jobs found a lot more power”

• “The Benjamin Franklin Effect” In The Classroom

• “Standardized Test Critiques & Potential Alternatives”

• Another Fun Video For ESL/EFL

• “Ways The “Next Generation” Of Standardized Tests Should Treat ELL’s”

• “Live Minutes” Looks Like A Nice Collaborative Tool

• A Fun Video For English Practice

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• “Several Ways To Help Students Develop Self-Control”

• My Entire U.S. History Curriculum Online

• Sock Puppet Lollapalooza!

• Thoora Looks Good

• Great Resources For English Language Learners In Content Classes

• “Draw A Stickman” & Make Him Come To Life

• Chart on “Respecting Teachers” vs “Blaming Teachers”

• Simple, Great Chart To Show To All Students

• “Teach With, Not ‘To” The Test”

• Teachers & Parents Can Make A Difference With The “Little Things”

• Teens, Their Brains, & Working In Groups

• The School Reform Equivalent Of Playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” With A Stradivarius

• Tons Of Free Resources From My Books

• What Are The Most “Engaging” Education Blogs, According To PostRank?

• “Thoughts On Grade Level Retention & Social Promotion”

• “Study Ladder” Looks Great!

• “Jeez, What Was Ron Clark Thinking?”

• Is A Noun More Powerful Than A Verb?

• Make Your Own “Dilbert” Comic Strip

• “Response: The Best Ways To Use Tech In The Classroom”

• This Is My Simple Three-Day Lesson On 9/11 — Can You Help Me Make It Better?

• This Is Why I’m Careful About Finding The Sources Of Quotations

• “Stories Unbound”

• But Will Secretary Duncan Listen To Her?

• A Must-See Site For Social Studies Teachers

• Interview With Superintendent Pam Moran On Instructional Coaching

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• A Must-See Site For Social Studies Teachers

• 24th Edition of EFL/ESL/ELL Blog Carnival Just Published

• Several Ways To Help Students Become Better Listeners

• Is This The Most Important Research Study Of The Year? Maybe

• My Newest Piece In The Washington Post

• “Dr. King Was A Man Who Never Met A Stranger”

• “Book Club It” Lets You Easily Create Online Book Discussion Groups

• This Is Why Our School is “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”

• “Response: Several Ways To ‘Motivate’ The Unmotivated To Learn”

• Shoutomatic Looks Good For Speaking Practice

• “Teacher Home Visits Are Important, But The Post’s Jay Mathews Misses The Point”

• The Picture Word Inductive Model In Science & Social Studies

• “Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength”

• “Five Questions That Will Improve Your Teaching”

• How Incentives Can Be Productive (But Not In The Way You Might Think)

• Motivation & Rewards

• “Channel.Me” Is Great For Website Annotation

• Nice Computer Tutorials In English And Spanish

• This Looks Cool — A Site Where Only Students Can Create Slideshows

• Wow! “Curiosity” From The Discovery Channel Looks Fantastic!

• Viewbix Lets You Make Easy “Interactive” Videos, But Is It Useful In The Classroom?

• Nice Civil War Simulation

• Self-Control & Working Memory

• “The Best Of Educational Leadership”

• More Info On Comcast’s Internet Service For Low-Income Students

• Learning Inductively Works…

• Answers To “What Are You Going To Do Differently Next Year?”

• “Conversations With The Earth” Is An Impressive New Smithsonian Site

• What Are Free Online Math Sites That Let Teachers Register “Classrooms” For Their Students?

As regular readers know, I post a list of my choices for the best posts from this blog at the end of each month. Up until a year ago, in addition to making a separate post about them, I manually added them to a page on my blog called Websites Of The Month.

For the past year, though, I’ve been taking a shortcut and just making the monthly posts available in a blog category I call “Top Ten” and not manually moving them over to the Websites of the Month blog page.

For some reason, though, there’s been a problem with some of those monthly compilations over the past year and the links in them may, or may not, work. If you’re searching through them and having some difficulties, the alternative is to look at the archives of my free monthly email newsletter. I also post my “best” choices there, and the links there all work.

I hope this post is not as confusing as I fear…

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• New Study Says Ten Percent Of Committed Believers Is The “Tipping Point” — I’m Not Convinced
• What Are Good Inexpensive (& Simple!) Classroom Technology Tools?
• “Go Animate” & “Domo Animate” Update
• Summarizing Books In One Picture
• Interview Of The Month — Bill Ferriter
• The Art And Value Of Compromise
• What A Great Video To Get Students To Think More Carefully About Their Writing…
• Could This Put The Final Nail In Merit Pay’s Coffin? (We Can Only Hope)
• “You Are Not An Equation” (And Neither Are Your Students)
• Collective Punishment In The Classroom
• What Should Teachers Be Doing During Student “Free Voluntary Reading” Time?
• Really Impressive “State Of The Internet 2011″ Interactive Infographic
• Emphasizing Pride, Not Shame, In Classroom Management
• How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated The Class & Me This Past Year
• The People Who Want To Get Rid Of Tenure & Say Teacher Experience Isn’t That Important Should Read This Interview
• Learn English & Gain A 25% Salary Increase
• Contribute A Post To The Next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival
• If This Isn’t A Great Reason To Do Teacher Action Research And/Or To Write A Blog, I Don’t Know What Is…
• Slidestaxx Is A New Tool For Online Slideshows
• Whenever You’re Tempted To Use Punishment As A Classroom Management Tool, Remember This Comic Strip
• “Not everything that matters can be measured”
• Knovio Makes Creating An Audio/Visual Web Presentation As Easy As Pie
• Here’s A Comic Strip To Help Teach The Concept Of “Confirmation Bias”
• New Education Data Source From ProPublica
• Video Book Trailers
• “If Students Believe That A Teacher Has Taught Them Everything, They Will Be Less Motivated To Explore”

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• Wow, This Is Really Useful: A Bloom’s Taxonomy For Student Reflection

• “Best picks for 21st century teaching and learning”

• I Don’t Like “Accountability”

• Have Some Time This Summer? Here Are 7,000 TEDx Videos You Can Watch

• New Study Says Freedom & Autonomy More Important Than Money (& Classroom Incentives?)

• Using Storify For “Poverty Matters When…”

• Becoming What We Read

• eBook Version of “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” Now Available

• Recording Now Available Of “Helping Students Motivate Themselves” Interview

• Follow-Up To “How My Ninth-Grade English Classes Evaluated Me This Year”

• Excellent Resources For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners

• How My Ninth-Grade English Classes Evaluated Me This Year

• This Seems Like A Pretty Easy Way To Practice Speaking….

• What Do Immigrants Bring With Them?

• Making Book Trailers With Fotobabble

• You Can Continue To Make Music With Les Paul’s Google Doodle Beyond Yesterday…

• A Couple Of Useful Bloom’s Taxonomy Videos

• Dan Ariely On Pay For Performance

• My New Piece At Huffington Post

• This Is Such A Useful “How To” Video On Creating “Choose Your Own Adventure” Stories

• Here’s A Video On Self-Control I’m Showing My Students First Thing Next Week

• The Best Short Summary I’ve Seen Of Daniel Pink’s Book, “Drive”

• I Think educaplay Is A Winner!

• Shortcuts, School Reform & Private Foundation

• “Carrots and sticks: Procrastination fix?”

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

1. Videos On Making Good PowerPoint Presentations

2. What I’m Teaching Next School Year

3. Extraordinary “What If?” Student Project

4. What Does Learning From Mistakes Do To Your Brain?

5. “Many great innovators asked better questions than everyone else…”

6. What A Great Way To Get Comments On Student Blogs!

7. Might Some School Reformers Have Anything In Common With The Bahraini Monarchy?

8. “Turn-O-Phrase” Is A Fun Word Game For ELL’s

9. David Pogue’s “Big Book of Basic Technology Knowledge”

10. Wow, This Is A “Must-Read” Article On The Brain & Learning!

11. “Democracy Kids” Looks Very Accessible

12. Interesting “Take” On Why We Need Immigrants

13. Do Students Think Learning About Bloom’s Taxonomy Is Useful?

14. New Study Says Homework Has No Impact…Except In Math

15. Yale Makes 260,000 Images Available Online — With No Limitations On Their Usage

16. Surprise, Surprise! Study Says Cooperative Learning Is More Effective Than Lectures

17. “Relevance” & Student Learning

18. “Science On The Simpsons”

19. Wow! Web Doc Looks Really Neat!

20. Now, This Video Could Be A Fun Way To Introduce Personification

21. “Write About A Success That One Of Your Ancestors Had”

22. Why Is It Important For Students To Learn About Bloom’s Taxonomy?

23. “Print Friendly” Is A Good Tool For Printing Out Webpages

24. AOL Starts Super-Simple Video Chat Rooms

25. Interview Of The Month: James Farmer, Founder Of Edublogs

26. Wow! These Are Wild Visualizations Of Colors Across Cultures

27. “Lyrics Gaps” Is A Good Tool For ELL’s

28. My New Ed Week Article: “Finishing The Year Strong”

29. The Most Effective Thing I’ve Done To Prepare Students For Standardized Tests

30. “Involvement or Engagement?”

31. “What Can You Do To Stay Positive During The Last Seven Weeks Of School?”

32. Twenty-Third Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Posted!

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• Oh, New Yorker Magazine, How Could You?
• Using “Descriptive Norms” In The Classroom
• Really Interesting Perspective On Study Claiming Third Grade is Pivotal for Readers
• The Power Of Choice
• “Hot Spot” Interview — English Teacher Ayat Tawel From Egypt
• One Way To Help Students Learn The Difference Between Public & Private
• Students & Their Families “Are Not Consumers”
• What A Great Social Studies Site…
• How Do You Decide Where Students Can Sit? (Plus An Interesting Study)
• Bitesize Bingo
• Um, I Think These Studies Are Missing Something….
• “Think Alouds” In The Classroom & “Driving Alouds” In The Car
• Why Do So Many Ordinarily Thoughtful Columnists “Lose It” When They Write About Schools?
• Visualization Update
• Very Useful Articles On Motivation
• My Newest Piece In Washington Post
• Transcript Of My Ed Week Chat On Motivation Online Now
• “The Hook, Curiosity, and the Brain”
• “This is Your Brain on Shakespeare”
• “Hot Spot” Interview — Teaching In The Midst Of Drug War
• How We Made An Excellent Speaking Activity Even Better
• Study: Reading Books Is Only Out-Of-School Activity That Helps Students Get Better Job Later
• Excellent Info On “Value-Added” Approach To Teacher Evaluation
• Students & Visualization
• First Chapter of My Book, Hand-Outs & Links Are Now Online For Free
• Wordlings Is A New Word Cloud Generator
• Another Great Daily Show Video Clip
• Why The Start Of The School Day Might Be So Important…
• Education Week/Teacher Publishes Excerpt From My New Book
• Asking “Why Not?” & “What If?” As Well As “Why?”
• This Would Be A Nice Geography Assessment
• Ben Franklin’s Daily Schedule
• What Is The “Zeigarnik Effect” & How Did I Apply It In The Classroom Today?
• “Hot Spot” Interview With English Teacher Tarak Brahmi In Tunisia
• Helping Students Write Essays
• “As The Stakes Go Up, The Validity Goes Down”
• New Edition Of The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival Just Posted!
• How We Can Help Our Students Deal With Stress
• These Three Slideshows On “How To Create Sustainable Behavior” Will Keep You Occupied For A Long Time

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• Three Good Questions For Teachers To Ask Themselves (& Answer Them Here If You Feel Like It)
• Memidex Is A Great Dictionary…And More!
• Which Neighborhood Is Better?
• Students Really Do “Get It”
• How Stress Affects Our Students (& Their Parents) — Plus, How We’re Trying To Help
• “Hot Spot” Interview With An EFL Teacher — In The Middle Of The Japanese Disaster
• I Think This AASA Speech By Diane Ravitch Is The Best Commentary On Education I’ve Read Or Heard
• “Must-Watch” Texas Superintendent Speech
• Broadcastr Will Be A Hit With English Language Learners (& Other Students)
• “A History Of Poverty”
• “Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world”
• Houseplants “boosts one’s ability to maintain attention” — Glad I Have Them In My Classroom!
• Sacramento Bee Interview With…Me
• Short Excerpt From My Upcoming Book, “Helping Students Motivate Themselves”
• “Story Time For Me”
• Excellent Video Explaining Problem-Based Learning
• Ed Week Officially Announces Their Scheduled Ed Chat With Me
• A “Must-Read” Article On Increasing Intelligence
• This is Exciting! MSNBC Appears To Have Subtitles on ALL It’s Online Videos
• The Michigan Fish Test & School Reform
• Jon Stewart & Diane Ravitch Knock It Out Of The Park!
• Another Lesson Combining Metacognition, Writing, Speaking, & Listening
• “A picture is worth a thousand thoughts: inquiry with Bloom’s taxonomy”
• A Perfect Cartoon For Bill Gates
• Update On My Book(s)
• Interview Of The Month: Ted Appel, An Exceptional Principal
• Here’s Jon Stewart’s Great Piece On Teachers From Last Night

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• Good Comic Strips For IB “Theory Of Knowledge” Classes
• Study Says Self-Reporting On Our Behavior Tends To Be “Positively Biased” – How I’ll Use This In The Classroom
• Fourth Anniversary Of This Blog — What Have Been My Most Popular Posts?
• Visualizing Success
• A Simple & Easy Way To Practice Speaking
• Why Teachers Shouldn’t Blog….And Why I Do
• “What ‘Star Wars’ Can Teach Educators About Parent Engagement”
• A Creative Concept For A TV Show & How To Implement It In The Classroom
• Very Important Post On The Effect Of Teachers Unions On Student Achievement
• The Best Piece Written About Wisconsin Protests
• What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say About What’s Going On In Wisconsin?
• Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges
• “Brief Diversions Vastly Improve Focus, Researchers Find”
• Wow! Devastating Rebuke To LA Times “Value-Added” Report
• “TED Conversations” Looks Like It Has Potential
• “It Makes No Sense….”
• I Hope Secretary Duncan Reads Monday’s Edition Of The New York Times
• Private Foundations, English Language Learners & My Continued Skepticism
• Wow, Zondle Sure Is An Ingenious Site For Learning Games!
• The “Google Art Project” Is Amazing!
• Social Skills Training Report Is Even More Interesting Than I Thought…
• Talking To Students About Their Reading (& Their Data)
• For Theory Of Knowledge Teachers
• “Key Concepts In ELT”
• “Max My Dream”
• “Two Steps Back” Is A This American Life Episode Everybody Should Listen to — Especially Superintendents & Principals
• Guardian Teacher Network
• “The ultimate guide to getting started with blogging!”
• “Freedom Share” Is A Winner!
• How Intermediate English Students Evaluated Our Class This Past Semester
• A “Must Watch” Education Animation
• Dilbert’s Commentary Might Relate To Teachers & Schools, Too
• Excellent Tutorial On “How to Make an Interactive Lesson Using Youtube”
• Excellent Low-Tech Collaborative Storytelling Lesson
• This Has Got To Be One Of The Best Science Sites Around…
• Excellent Multilingual Science Glossaries
• Today, A Reporter Asked Me What I Thought Of Michelle Rhee. This Is What I Told Him…

I began this blog four years ago today.

Writing it has made me a better teacher for my students, and I hope it’s been helpful to others.

Feedburner, though sometimes erratic, consistently says almost 25,000 people subscribe to this blog daily. There’s bound to be overlap, but there are also 1,000 people who receive my monthly newsletter, and many thousands of others who read it through Facebook and Twitter.

I appreciate the people I have met — online or in person — through this blog, and everything I have learned from you.

Thanks, and forward to another year!

In addition to the above few words, I thought people might find it interesting to see what have been the most popular posts since this blog began.

Here are they are:

1. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
2. The Best Places To Get Royalty-Free Music & Sound Effects
3. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009
4. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2008
5. The Best Websites To Help Beginning Readers
6. The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
7. The Best Online Learning Games — 2007
8. The Best Sites To Learn About Valentine’s Day
9. The Best Internet Sites For English Language Learners — 2007
10. The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”
11. The Best Websites For Learning About Martin Luther King
12. The Best Websites For Learning About Halloween
13. The Best Sites For Learning About The World Cup
14. The Best Places To Learn About Christmas, Hanukkah, & Kwanzaa
15. The Best Online Learning Games — 2008
16. The Best Sites To Practice Speaking English
17. The Best Music Websites For Learning English
18. The Best Online Sources For Images
19. The Best Ways For Students (And Anyone Else!) To Create Online Content Easily, Quickly & Painlessly

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• Maybe This Is Why Attacking Teachers Is So Popular…And Why It’s So Important To Speak Positively About Our Students
• Boy, There Are So Many Problems With This Times’ Article, Or The Study It’s About, Or Both…
• “Voki For Education” Launches Today
• My Newest Piece In Huffington Post
• Alternatives To Collective Punishment
• “Newspaper Map” Is Really Neat
• Qwiki Is Now Open To The Public
• “Scoop.it” Lets You Create A Personalized…Newspaper?
• Great New Website For U.S. Citizenship Teachers
• Special Extra “Interview Of The Month” With Diane Ravitch
• “If It Were My Home” Shows You What Your Life Might Be Like In Another Country
• How I Milked A Lesson For Every Last Ounce Of Learning And Why I’m An Idiot For Not Thinking Of It Earlier
• My Most Popular Posts On Parent Engagement This Quarter
• “Projeqt” Looks Like It Could Good For Creating Interactive Slideshows
• Michelle Rhee Moves Her Headquarters To…My Neighborhood
• More Evidence That Bribes Don’t Work For Actions That Require Higher Order Thinking Skills
• “Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way)”
• Interview Of The Month: Two Authors Of The New Book “Teaching 2030″
• What Did Martin Luther King Say About Education?
• “Freire’s Learning Sequence”
• Wasting Money On New Tests For English Language Learners
• Listen To A Short Podcast On “Using Visuals to Teach Text” By….Me
• There Are Now 600 — Count ‘em — 600 “The Best…” Lists
• I Think This Article Is The Best Piece I’ve Ever Written….
• Two More Video Sites Like TED Talks
• Individualized Computer Support For Students Facing Challenges
• “7 Books” Has Potential
• A Final Decision On The Title For My New Book
• “This Tract” Is An Amazing Way To Access U.S. Census Data
• “What would be the long-term effect of doing that?”
• Laugh With Ed Tweak — “A Journal Of Opinion, Research, & Farce”
• A Good & Simple Collaborative Storytelling Lesson
• Popplet Looks Like A Winner — It’s Wallwisher On Steroids
• My Newest Piece In The Huffington Post
• Why I Write “The Best…” Lists — And Their Future
• The Art & Importance Of Compromise
• Education-Related Predictions For 2011
• My Most Memorable Classroom Moments In 2010 — Please Share Your Own
• “Parent Trigger Supporters Attack PTA, Compare Schools To Batterers”

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• My Book On Teaching English Language Learners Is Now Available For The Kindle
• Being Present
• My Latest Piece In The Huffington Post
• Useful New Site For School Data
• Hilarious Video — “I Wanna Be an Edu-Pundit!”
• You Can’t Miss This Video (If You Haven’t Seen It Already)
• “Isle Of Tune” Is A Super-Fun Way To Create Music
• My Holiday Gift To You…
• Posterous Launches What Might Be The Easiest Way To Create a “Social Network” On The Web
• The 2010 Edublog Awards Winners Announced!
• “Project Based Learning: Explained.”
• Might “School Reformers” Go “A Bridge Too Far”?
• “The Super Book Of Web Tools For Educators”
• Why I’m Afraid The Gates Foundation Might Be Minimizing Great Tools For Helping Teachers Improve Their Craft
• My Most Popular Blog Posts Of The Year — 2010
• My New Piece In The Huffington Post
• My Newest Washington Post Piece
• Puzzles, Fun & Insight
• “How Taking an Active Role in Learning Enhances Memory”
• There Are Some Right Ways & Some Wrong Ways To Videotape Teachers — And This Is A Wrong Way
• New Study On “The Influence of Positive Framing”
• What A Great Infographic To Use As A Model For Students
• Wow! “Step Ahead” Is A Great Site For ELL’s
• My New Guest Piece At The Washington Post
• “Experts Begin to Identify Nonacademic Skills Key to Success”
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I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

Here are some of 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):

• What Was The Best Education-Related Book You Read In 2010?
• My Post-Thanksgiving Letters To Students
• Voice Of America Expands Its English Learning Features
• New Gratitude Interactive
• What My Students Told Alice Mercer About Our TOK Class
• “Products Of Slavery” Is Amazing, Tragic & Frightening
• “Mr. Ferlazzo, I Need My Post-It, Too”
• Bit.ly’s New “Bundles” Are Perfect For Internet Scavenger Hunts
• “I Haven’t Been Feeling Very Respected….”
• Important Research For Writing Persuasive Essays
• My Newest Guest Column In Huffington Post
• “What Parent Engagement Posts Did Readers Find Most “Engaging” This Past Quarter?
• Is Teacher Handwriting Important?
• Additions To The “Interesting Ways” Series
• Some Wisdom From “This American Life”
• Wow! Wylio Is An Amazing Photo Site
• Student Metacognition & Instructional Strategies
• The Best Number For A Small Group
• What A Great ESL Site!
• My New Piece In The Washington Post

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

This month’s list is longer than usual.

Here are some of 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):

A Pretty Darn Good Lesson — If I Say So Myself

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

This month’s list is longer than usual.

Here are some of 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):

Why Am I Disagreeing With Someone Who Doesn’t Like Standardized Tests?

The (Ironic) Power Of Touch

Mission US Looks Like It Has A Lot Of Potential

“Scientifically Tested Tests”

Hilarious Video Clip On Motivation, Alfie Kohn, & “The Office”

Report On This Week’s Lessons On The Brain & Self-Control

“The Evolution Of Classroom Technology”

“Schools would be great if it weren’t for the kids”

The Gracelessness Of Michelle Rhee

The Best Response To The LA Times “Value-Added” Series

This Is What I Do When Students Are Late For Class…

Make Linkable Screenshots With clp.ly

Theory of Knowledge Class Resources

Class Size DOES Matter

What Would Anne Frank Say About Anti-Muslim Sentiments?

“Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits”

“Vote Easy” Is An Impressive Site

My New Piece In Washington Post: “Why paying parents to attend school events is wrong”

Saying “Thank You”

“Trust is a component that triggers academic success” — Are You Listening, Secretary Duncan?

Exceptional Interview With Daniel Pink

“A Guide For Advisors Of Undocumented Students”

(I shared a larger number than usual good resources in August, so divided my “Best Posts” list into two parts. This is Part Two)

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not including “The Best…” lists. I also use some of them in a more extensive monthly newsletter I send-out. You can see back issues of those newsletters here and my previous Best Posts of the Month 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. I have to admit, I’ve been a bit lax about writing those posts, though.

This month’s list is longer than usual. In fact,  I shared so many excellent resources this month that there are too many for one post, so this is Part Two.

Here are some of 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):

Paying Students To Attend School Events Is A Bad Idea

Now This Is Really A Great New Tool For Making Timelines & Slideshows!

Framing A Lesson As “Fun”

“Reconsidering Education ‘Miracles’”

Interactive Saying What People In One Country Think Of Another One

I’m In A Great Training This Week — Here Are Some Things I’m Learning….

The Value Of Sharing Positive Events

Surprise, Surprise! Study Finds Achievement Gap Progress Stops In Eighties (When Poverty Rates Begin To Rise)

Book Trailers

Create Your Own Mad Libs

“Drips” Lets You Make (& Save) A Jackson Pollock-Like Painting Online

My New Article In “Teacher Magazine” On New School-Year Resolutions

“Life Is” Is An Amazing BBC Website!

“What Do Latino Parents Say About Schools?”

I Think “Tripline” Is Going To Become a Student & Teacher Favorite

How My Theory Of Knowledge Students Evaluated The Class And Me

“Only Connect” Is A Great Game For The Classroom

“18 formats for handmade thinking in the classroom”

Excellent Edutopia Webinar On Brain-Based Learning

Helping Others Will Make You More Healthy

Interview Of The Month: Barnett Berry From The Center For Teaching Quality

A Gazillion “Theory Of Knowledge” Resources

“The Price Is Double” — Two Stories About School Reform & Money

“People who are angry pay more attention to rewards than threats” — No Kidding!

Now We Know How To “Fix” Schools — Fire 80% Of All New Teachers

The “Smell Test” & Education

L.A. Times Prints Cheap Shot At Teachers

“Bloom’s Taxonomy Book Review Questions”

“Learning Goals” versus “Performance Goals”

My Guest Washington Post Piece On Teacher Evaluation

English Language Learner Information Center Launched

Why I Think Arne Duncan Has Just Made His Biggest Mistake

How Should Teachers Respond To The Development Of New State Assessments?