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My Best Posts That Appeared In March

Mar 29, 2023

I regularly highlight my picks for the most useful posts for each month — not...

Ed Tech Digest

Mar 29, 2023

Ten years ago, in another somewhat futile attempt to reduce the backlog of resources I want...

Google Announces A Ton Of New Education Features

Mar 28, 2023

Google just announced a ton of new education features. Even though there are a lot of...

March’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,379 Of Them!

Here’s my regular round-up of new “The Best…” lists I posted this month (you can see all...

“BookAI.chat” Does An Impressive Job Of Letting You Talk To Any Book

Artificial Intelligence tools seem to be advancing at an incredible clip. A few months ago,...

I Suspect That “Speakable” Is Going To Become A VERY Popular Online Tool For ELLs – If It Isn’t Already…

I’ve previously shared research that suggests we tend to not be good judges of our...

Video: “Should TikTok be banned? TikTok Ban Debate”

Twice last week I went over to students to ask them to put their cellphones away, and found...

“Teachers Share Their Best Ideas on How to Be a Better Teacher”

Teachers Share Their Best Ideas on How to Be a Better Teacher is the headline of my latest...

Research Studies Of The Week

I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the...

Slow “Twitter Chat” On “The Student Motivation Handbook” Begins Wed. Using #motivationhandbook Hashtag

My book comes out this Thursday, and I’ll be starting a slow “Twitter...

Here’s How ChatGPT Wrote Reviews Of My New Book In The Styles Of Different Fictional Characters

My new book is coming out this week and, for fun, I asked ChatGPT and Google’s Bard...

My Books

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Social Studies.

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of English.

Creative instructional techniques to help middle- and high-school teachers develop self-motivated and high-achieving students.

Includes real-life examples of parental involvement initiatives: home visits, the use of technology and more!

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Math.

Designed to help teachers implement the Common Core in the ELL Classroom. Sequel to ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide.

Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels.

Insightful research and strategies for helping students want to care more about school and learning with high interest lesson plans.

Practical resource with research-based instructional strategies to support all levels of Science.

Tips for helping students to motivate themselves. Includes steps and lesson plans to help students motivate themselves.

Q&A-style responses to a variety of pressing classroom-management and student-engagement questions.

Provides over 50 original lessons for English Language Learners with a five-step process to increase student achievement.

My Other work

My blog to support and follow-up my Engaging parents in school book.

My Bam Radio show.

My posts for Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo at Education Week Teacher.

My Teaching English British Council posts.

50 teaching practices divided into four main sections: autonomy, competency, relatedness, and relevance.

My education posts on the Learning Network for the New York Times.