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 “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.

This month’s list is longer than usual.

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):

Giving Students “Reflection Cards”

More On Test-Day Brain-”Priming”

Another Way For Students To Strengthen Self-Control?

“Connect With English” Video Series & Worksheet

Packing Away Your Troubles…

“Is Education on the Wrong Track?”

NY Times Launches Great Way For Students To Write For An Authentic Audience

“What Can You Do To Finish The Year Strong?”

Jeopardy!

“Requests Work Better Than Orders…”

One Way To Help Students Who “Shut Down”?

Crocodoc Gets Even Better!

“Self-Control As A Limited Energy Resource” In The Classroom

“Can The Brookings Institution Really Be That Clueless?”

Why I Oppose Teach For America Coming To Sacramento

More On Drinking Water & Test Scores

Drinking Water Helps Students’ Brains (& Their Test Scores)

“On The Importance Of Being Unprincipled”

“What Does It Mean To Be Human?”

Asking Questions Improves Your Memory

DocsPal

What Are The Oldest Living Things On Earth?

“When You Expect Rapid Feedback, the Fire to Perform Gets Hotter”

“High Learning Leads To High-Earning”

“How Do You Think Your Mother Felt When I Called To Say You Were Doing Well In Class?”

“To Hell With Good Intentions”?

How Do You Think Working Hard & Learning Everything You Can In This Class Might Help You Now & In The Future?

Make A Monster

“Prizing English Language Learners”

Why I Write This Blog

Nominate A Blogger For “Blog Of The Month” & A Twitterer For “Twitterer Of The Month”

Did You Know That THE Key To Saving American Education Is Firing Bad Teachers?

Display The Letter “A” On Test Days & Your Students Will Do Better?

The Importance Of Good Endings

What Snacks Do You Give Students On Test-Taking Days?

“Are You Going To Have A Good Day Or Bad Day Today?”

“Gotta’ Keep Reading” Is A Not-To-Be-Missed Video

“What’s Your Reading History? Reflecting on the Self as Reader”

Two Ways I’m Using Our School Library

Helping Students Who Are Grieving

Very Interesting NY Times Magazine Article On Teaching

“Rebuilding Destroyed Cities”

Movieclips Is Now Available “Globally”

“Should Have, Could Have: What Parents Regret About High School”

More Results From Students Visualizing Success

“How The Average American Spends Their Day”

What Does The Navy Seals Training Program Have To Say About Students Visualizing Success?

What To Look For In A Classroom

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 “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.

This month’s list is longer than usual.

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):

“Languages smarten up your brain”

I Like Fotobabble

Third Anniversary Of This Blog — What Have Been My Most Popular Posts?

“Myths of Independent Reading”

Crocodoc

A Question On Teacher Attire

The Power of “Touch” In The Classroom

A Lesson Highlighting Community Assets — Not Deficits

Have You Ever Felt Like You & Your Students Are “Enduring” Class Instead of Enjoying It?

The Saddest School-Related Statistic I’ve Heard In Awhile….

“Brain-Priming”

TIME Magazine Can Do Better Than This…

“Idolizing Just One Person Undermines The Struggle”

Students Annotating Text

If You Teach ELL’s In Grade Six Or Above, These Are “Must-Have” Resources

Call Me Cynical, But I Just Don’t Think This Workbook Is Going To Help Us “Close The Achievement Gap”

Useful Writing Exercise For Helping Students Develop Self-Esteem

Story Jumper Looks Good

I’ve Never “Motivated” A Student

“School Secretary Fired For Translating For Parents”

Persuasive Essays, Low-Income Communities & The Census Count

A Really Nice Online Writing Exercise

“Will Sleeping More Make Me Smarter?” — A Lesson I’m Trying This Week

Universcale Looks Pretty Amazing

On Rewards & Classroom Management

Are Some School Reform Technocrats Using Failed Urban Renewal Projects As Their Blueprint?

Interview Of The Month: Marvin Marshall On Positive Classroom Management

“A History Of The World”

“If it is familiar, it has not eaten you yet”

Excerpt From My Upcoming Book On Teaching English Language Learners

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 “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.

Since I put out December’s list early because of the holidays, this post contains some posts from late December, too.

Here are the posts I personally think are the best, and most helpful, ones I’ve written during this past month-and-a-half (not in any order of preference):

“Giving Classrooms a Purpose”

More “Fun Theory”

“Point, Quote, Connect”

Updates On Some Classroom Lessons & Research I’ve Been Doing

Update On My ELL Book

Newscred Looks Good

1 Cast For Video News

A Growth Mind-Set For Educators

“How to have more self-discipline”

How Do You Use Photos In The ELL Classroom?

How Much “Content” Knowledge Do You Really Need To Be An Effective Teacher?

Update On My Website For Students

How Do Students Feel About Using Computers To Help Learn English?
Newest Assessment Results From Family Literacy Project

TinkrBox

Interview Of The Month: Jim Burke
My Thoughts On Seth Godin’s Post “Without Them”

Class Blogs

A Few Reflections On Daniel Pink’s New Book, “Drive”

Thanks, Thomas Edison, For The Light Bulb, Phonograph and…the SAT?

More On Saying “I’m Sorry” To Students
I Love This Quote From Education Secretary Arne Duncan

“Dumb Arguments for Stupid Ideas”

“How Not To Communicate With Parents”

More Research On Self-Control

If You Drop-Out Of High School, You’ll Be Less Healthy

“William And The Windmill”

I Like Sprixi

Academic Research Has Its Place, But It Also Has To Be Kept In Its Place

Intriguing Study On Self-Control
Helping Students Respond To Writing Prompts

How I Organize My Classroom Library

Students’ Personal Space

Walking In Someone Else’s Shoes

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.

I’m publishing this list a bit earlier than usual because I’m going to focus my time over the holiday break on writing my third book, and wanted to get a head start on some regular posts.

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):

What Are Small Learning Communities?

Want To Know What’s Happened Since My “Marshmallow” & “Visualizing Success” Lessons?

“Looking At Every Problem As An Opportunity….” Lesson — More Advice Needed

Creating A Lesson On “Blaming Others” & Need Your Help

Interview Of The Month: John Norton From The Teacher Leaders Network

Kngine Might Be An Excellent Search Engine

“Earning Power: A Visual Survey of 80 Occupations”

Student Goal-Setting Lesson I’m Trying Out On Monday

Report On How Goal-Setting Lesson Went

Thinkmeter Looks Neat

“Shake, Rattle And Slide”

English Central Gets Even Better

The Importance Of Saying “I’m Sorry” To Students

“Movieclips” Is A Real Find!

Improvisation In The ESL/EFL Classroom — At Least In Mine

Evaluating Teachers In Order To Fire Them?

A Not To Be Missed New Website: Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History”

Is Figuring Out How To Make Schools Better A Puzzle Or A Mystery?

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):

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

Mugurdy Search Engine

“Be A Martian”

What Alice Mercer Saw When She Observed My Class

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

The Difference Between Praise & Acknowledgment

“A Parent Engagement Model That Works”

Meeting Testing Goals By Lowering Standards

“Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education”

A Few Simple Ways To Introduce Reluctant Colleagues To Technology

“I just thought it would end differently this time”

“I Notice”

Neat Lincoln Memorial Interactive

When You Have A Sub…

Compasses Or Road Maps

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