I have a huge backlog of resources that I’ve been planning to post about in this blog but, just because of time constraints, have not gotten around to doing. Instead of letting that backlog grow bigger, I regularly grab a few and list them here with a minimal description. It forces me to look through these older links, and help me organize them for my own use. I hope others will find them helpful, too. These are resources that I didn’t include in my “Best Tweets” feature because I had planned to post about them, or because I didn’t even get around to sending a tweet sharing them.

Here are This Week’s “Links I Should Have Posted About, But Didn’t”:

National Geographic has a special site about animals. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Animals.

Color My Ride is an interesting infographic from the Wall Street Journal examining the color of people’s cars in different countries (yes, you read that right). I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The World’s Different Cultures.

Learn Alberta has a very unusual interactive about time. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning How To Tell Time.

Cigarette labels: U.S. smokers to see new warnings is an interactive from the Associated Press. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For ELL’s To Learn About The Dangers Of Smoking.

What is First Aid? has a series of closed-captioned videos on the basics of first aid. I’m adding it to The Best Health Sites For English Language Learners.

Evolution of the Map of Africa is an intriguing collection of…maps. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Historic Maps.

Celebrate Summer: Ideas for Teaching the Season is from The New York Times Learning Network. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About The Summer.

People Movin is a fascinating interactive infographic on world migration trends. Even though it’s not exclusively about the United States, I’m still adding it to The Best Sites For Learning About Immigration In The United States.

Social Brite has a series of tutorials on how to use social media tools. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn Web 2.0 Basics.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Storytellers shares some very thoughtful insights. I’m adding it to The Best Digital Storytelling Resources.

A timeline of women’s right to vote – interactive comes from The Guardian. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Women’s Suffrage.

Evidence that PBL Works comes from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Cooperative Learning Ideas.

Here are some other regular features I post in this blog:

“The Best…” series (which now number 701)

Best Tweets of The Month

The most popular posts on this blog each month

My monthly choices for the best posts on this blog each month

Each month I do an “Interview Of The Month” with a leader in education

Periodically, I post “A Look Back” highlighting older posts that I think are particularly useful

The ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival

Resources that share various “most popular” lists useful to teachers

Interviews with ESL/EFL teachers in “hot spots” around the world.

Articles I’ve written for other publications.

Photo Galleries Of The Week

Research Studies Of The Week

Regular “round-ups” of good posts and articles about school reform