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Here are the newest additions to The Best Websites For Learning About Memorial Day:

The McClatchy Newspapers have a useful interactive.

Drawing Warriors is a great NY Times video:

Memorial Day 1911-1929 is a photo gallery from The LA Times.

I’ve just updated The Best Map-Making Sites On The Web.

Feel free to suggest others not on the list.

Here’s a good and short video from the youngest person to ever climb Everest =- he talks about setting goals.

I’m adding it to both The Best Sites For Learning About Mount Everest and to The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals.

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When Google bought PostRank last year (see Bye Bye, PostRank? I Hope Not…) many of us feared they would be closing it down, and that concern is now real.

PostRank just announced they were closing down on May 1st.

No more sidebar widgets letting readers know what blogs posts were the most popular, and no more ranked listings of popular education blogs.

PostRank, R.I.P.

Language Demands to Grow for ELLs Under New Standards is the headline of a lengthy article in Education Week by Lesli A. Maxwell.

It’s part of a much larger special feature on Common Core and all the content areas.

I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Common Core Standards & English Language Learners.

I’ve just updated “The Best Tools To Make Simple Graphs Online.”

Feel free to make additional suggestions.

Dani Lyra has posted specific info on the upcoming May 1st Edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival!

It will have two themes:

Critical Thinking and EFL/ESL

Using Technology to Raise Cultural Awareness

You can read more details at her post.

Either post your submissions at her Carnival post, or you can send them to me.

Adam Simpson posted the 27th Edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival. It’s filled with excellent posts where teachers are describes lessons when their students were in the state of “flow” — when they were completely absorbed in what they were doing.

Sharon Turner will be the host for the July 1st edition.

Let me know if you might be interested in hosting future editions.

You can see all the previous editions of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival here.

Dani Lyra has posted specific info on the upcoming May 1st Edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival!

It will have two themes:

Critical Thinking and EFL/ESL

Using Technology to Raise Cultural Awareness

You can read more details at her post.

Either post your submissions at her Carnival post, or you can send them to me.

Adam Simpson posted the 27th Edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival. It’s filled with excellent posts where teachers are describes lessons when their students were in the state of “flow” — when they were completely absorbed in what they were doing.

Sharon Turner will be the host for the July 1st edition.

Let me know if you might be interested in hosting future editions.

You can see all the previous editions of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival here.

I’ve just updated The Best Places To Learn About (And View Video Clips Of) Teachers In The Movies.

Additional suggestions are welcome…

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As regular readers know, the publisher of last book (and its upcoming sequel!), Eye On Education, sponsored an online conference last week that included Webinars from a number of educators (including me). It seemed to get good reviews from participants.

There were some very talented educators participating. You can see the list of presenters here, and the pricing plan for on-demand viewing (which is pretty inexpensive).

Eye On School Success looks like a pretty darn good online conference this week, and it will include a Webinar led by me on Helping Students Motivate Themselves. It’s sponsored by education publisher Eye On Education.

The two day conference will take place on March 20th and 21st, and includes some top notch presenters, including Vicki Davis and Todd Whitaker.

My Webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21st, from 4:15 PM to 5:15 PM EST, and is described like this:

Larry Ferlazzo will provide immediately applicably steps and lesson plans that can be easily incorporated into any curriculum to help students motivate themselves.

It’s basically Part Two of an Eye On Education Webinar I gave in December, with completely different content. I hope to “see” you there!

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I’ve just updated The Best Social Bookmarking Applications For English Language Learners & Other Students.

Additional suggestions are welcome.

Adam Simpson will be the host of the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival on March 1st, and has written an excellent post describing its theme of “Flow”:

What I’m looking for in your entries for the next blog carnival are those moments in your class when the students were utterly absorbed by the task in which they were involved.

It also has a video there of a great example of what he’s talking about….

Any blog post sharing a time when you had that experience in your class is welcome.

Send the link to your post directly to him or to me.

David Deubelbeiss posted The 26th EFL / ESL / ELL Blog Carnival last week. Bloggers from all around the world contributed posts connected to the theme of “fun.”

Dani Lyra will be hosting the May 1st edition.

Sharon Turner will be the host for the July 1st edition.

Let me know if you might be interested in hosting future editions.

You can see all the previous editions of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival here.

Go To Parent/Teacher Conferences Or Get Your TANF Benefits Cut-Off, Says D.C. Council Member is the title of a new post I’ve written at my other blog, Engaging Parents In School.

You might be interested in reading about this awful idea to increase parent involvement….

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Because of the holiday craziness, David Deubelbeiss has extended the deadline to contribute posts to the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival.

The submission deadline is now January 31st, and the Carnival will be published on February 1st.

You can get all the information at Enter the next blog carnival!