"Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day…" - 5 new articles

Eight years ago I began this regular feature where I share a few posts and resources from around the Web related to ESL/EFL or to language in general that have caught my attention.

You might also be interested in all my Best lists on teaching ELLs.

Also, check out A Collection Of My Best Resources On Teaching English Language Learners.

In addition, look for our latest book on teaching ELLs, The ELL Teacher’s Toolbox 2.0.

Here are this week’s choices:

Here’s a recent issue of my favorite ELL journal, Humanising Language Teaching.

Grammar: Used to, Get used to, Be Used To. Mixing Tradition and the Power of AI is from The Blog de Cristina.

From Classroom to Supermarket is from TESL blog.

Science of Reading for ELLs and MLs is from the New York State Education Department. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”

Stop Teaching Word Lists: Webb’s Research Proves There’s a Better Way is from The Language Gym.

What does research say about using computer-mediated collaborative writing (CMCW) in synchronous/anachronous way?

This infographic summarises evidence from 113 studies.

🧑‍🏫 Employing technological tools can enable Ts to assign a range of multimodal writing tasks, e.g. poster… https://t.co/Yo4nAKsmi5 pic.twitter.com/jLsgm0ar6E

— TESOLgraphics (@tesolgraphics) December 9, 2025

Dozens of community members ask the Detroit school district to offer more support to newcomers and English learners.

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— Chalkbeat (@chalkbeat.org) December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM

Supporting English Learners in General Education Classrooms is from The American Educator. I’m adding it to The Best Advice To Content Teachers About Supporting English Language Learners.

How a Podcast Gives Newcomer Students a Platform, and a Path to Belonging is from Ed Week.

     

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.  This post first appeared in 2019.

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The Pudding regularly publishes excellent infographics.

This month, they shared two exceptional ones related to United States History.

One they title A brief history of the past 100 YEARS as told through the New York Times archives. It shares very brief summaries of each decade based on which topics received the most coverage in The NY Times.

That one’s good, but this next one is fantastic.

It’s called This is a chart about the world through the eyes of the US. They analyzed NY Times headlines from the past 120 years and created an interactive showing which country received the most attention month-by-month. It would be a great tool in a U.S. History class.

I’m adding this info to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About U.S. History.

     

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At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM:

Axamy has AI create “trainings” on any topic, though who knows about their quality? They could be good starting points, though, followed by editing.

Tekadio looks like a potentially useful AI-powered quiz-creation tool.

MangaBanana lets you create and read Manga.

Tubeletter creates email newsletters from your YouTube channel. I’m adding it to The Best Applications For Creating Free Email Newsletters.

Tell Me What To Read is an AI-powered book recommendation engine.  I’m adding it to The Best Places To Get Blog, Website, , Book, Movie, & Music Recommendations.

Your chatbot keeps a file on you. Here’s how to delete it. wapo.st/4soMis2

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM

I still wonder about the AFT’s AI Academy’s back story—-AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM

How to generate Interactive Content with a Simple Prompt Using Dynamic View on Gemini (free)https://t.co/bvFugWLPc9

— Blog de Cristina (@blogdecristina) December 16, 2025

 

I hadn’t seen this coming. Has anyone tried it and, if so, what do u think of it?————Colin Kaepernick, Md. school district team to push more students to use AI. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM

     

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This video is weak on early North American history, but still useful.

I’m adding it to The Best Websites For Teaching & Learning About World History:

 

     

For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.  This post first appeared in 2019.

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Last fall, Katie Hull and I worked with Ed Week to create a very popular animated video introducing differentiated instruction.

Then, Ed Week send a videographer to our classrooms to do some filming and create two more: one on differentiating instruction for English Language Learners and the other providing advice for how all teachers can plan ahead to differentiate.

Ed Week just published those two new videos today under the title How to Differentiate Instruction (Without Losing Your Mind) and at Differentiated Instruction: How to Make Lessons Accessible for All: A Video Series. Each of those links has additional resources, along with the videos.

And the three videos are also embedded below.

I’m adding them to:

Best Lists Of The Week: Differentiated Instruction, where I have tons of curated resources on the topic.

I’m also adding them to my video page, where you can find quite a few other useful ones I’ve made or helped create on different topics. Those include an animated on transfer of knowledge, and we’ll be working with Ed Week to create more animated videos.