Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten (or several 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):

“Blinded By Reform”

“Planet Quest”

Great Picture Book Maker

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

Update On My Books

“Funniest videos about teaching / learning English”

Interview Of The Month: Claus von Zastrow From The Learning First Alliance

What Would Paulo Freire Do If He Was A School Superintendent?

Linklist Is A Winner

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

Want To Talk About Classroom Management Issues?

“I Was Disappointed With What Happened Yesterday…”

Getting Our Students & Their Families Thinking About College

“The Fun Theory”

Incredible New Site On Cave Of Lascaux

“Audience Sounds”

You Need To Check-Out “English Central”

When Are Teenagers In The “Flow”?

“One Survivor Remembers” Available For Free

“What Would You Tell Your Parents You Learned In Class This Month?”

“I Know My Brain Is Growing…” Slideshow Of Student Work

“Why Rising Test Scores May Not Mean Increased Learning”

I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten (or 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):

“ELL 2.0: How to Make the Most of the Web”

My Book On Teaching English Language Learners

“This Is Your Brain On Learning”

What Is School Leadership?

Job Voyager Is Very Cool!

“The Ten Worst Teaching Mistakes”

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

“How Much Is A College Degree Worth?”

“State’s exit exams deserve a failing grade”

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

Shamans In Hospitals — Wow!

The Hopes And Dreams Of My Students

“Seeing The Forest Through The Trees”

Scribble Maps

Concerns About Book “Leveling”

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

Use Storybird To Create A Story

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

The United States (& The World) As A 100 People

“Test scores poor tool for teacher evaluation”

I regularly highlight my picks for the nine or ten (or 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):

New Blog Reminder

Paying Students For Increased Test Scores

The League Of Scientists

“Fifty Stimulating Classroom Starters”

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

Do You Want To “Build Influence”?

When To Teach Vocabulary

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

“The Truth About Grit”

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

New Article On Teachers Making Home Visits To Parents

What Kind Of Feedback Should We Give Our Students?

“How Different Groups Spend Their Day”

Why I Support The Cellphone Ban At Our School

My Thoughts On A Very Intriguing Video On Motivation & Incentives

“Next Generation Learning”

“Data-Driven” Versus “Data-Informed”

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):

Make Neat Geography Games With “Map Battle”

Some Great ESL/EFL Resources

Google Voice & English Language Learners

PinDax Is Similar To Wallwisher

What Do You Do On The First Day Of School?

ProProfs Does It Again — This Time With Polls

“Rooh It!” Looks Good For Webpage Annotation

“Newsy” Is Neat!

Where To Find The Most Popular News Stories On The Web

Student Evaluations Of Summer School Class

Exceptional New History Site

Results From My Year-Long U.S. History Tech Experiment

Flash Meeting Looks Great For Real-Time Collaboration

“EFL Teaching Recipes”

My Entire U.S. History Curriculum Is Available Online

Bloom’s Taxonomy For Language Learners

“How To Use Leftover Class Time Wisely”

I’ve Begun A New Blog — “Engaging Parents In School”

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”

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”

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):

Titatok & Tar Heel Reader For Student Writing — Again

Wallwisher Is A Winner — Big Time!

“Come On, Our Schools Aren’t That Bad…”

I Really Like “Next Stop” For Student Writing

Note Pub Might Work Great For Publishing Student Work

Intriguing NASA Interactive

PodOmatic

Mindopia For Career Exploration

Extraordinary Photos

Word Ahead

“The Art Of Storytelling”

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

What Do You Do To Keep Students (And You!) Focused Near The End Of The Year?

NASA At Home & City

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Each month, I highlight what I believe are my “Top Ten” picks — the best posts of the month. You can find earlier choices at Websites of the Month. This time, I’m doing it for the summer.

Here are my picks for the best posts so far, excluding my many new “The Best…” lists:

Reach The World Geo Games

Human Footprint Interactive

After The Deluge

Talking Pets

Green Planet Search

Planet Science

The Broth Is A Great Find!

English Interactive

Upcoming Student Technology Projects

Embedded Learning Portal Again

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

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

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”

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

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