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Two New Articles I’m Adding To My Artificial Intelligence Unit

May 29, 2023

I’m starting my unit on Artificial Intelligence this coming week (see HERE’S A DRAFT...

May’s “Best” Lists – There Are Now 2,388 Of Them!

May 29, 2023

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

“Beyond the Curriculum: Educators Reflect on Racism, Democracy, Purpose”

May 29, 2023

Beyond the Curriculum: Educators Reflect on Racism, Democracy, Purpose is the headline of my...

Classroom Instruction Resources Of The Week

Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources...

Lots Of New AI-Powered Sites To Help Teachers Prep – Are They Worth It?

Ten days ago, I published Not Necessarily The “Best,” But A List Of AI Teacher Prep Sites....

My Best Posts That Appeared In May

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

This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues

Here are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also...

Here’s A Way I’m Thinking Of Introducing AI To My Intermediate ELLs – Please Tell Me What You Think

I’ve previously posted Here’s A Draft Week-Long Unit On Artificial Intelligence I’m...

This Week’s Free & Useful Artificial Intelligence Tools For The Classroom

At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight...

Around The Web In ESL/EFL/ELL

Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from...

A Look Back: Important Research On What Happens To Children After They Are Taught About Racism

(I’m republishing my favorite posts from the second half of 2022) What Happens...

Here Is My Simple Recommendation For How Our ELL Summer School Class Should Go

A student teacher who spend two class periods a week with me is handling summer school this...

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.