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Tons Of Parent Engagement Resources! finelightarts / Pixabay
Readers may or may not know that I post two-or-three times a month at another blog called Engaging Parents In Schools. They are mainly resources, and I also have a collection of related parent engagement “Best” lists (some which I need to update). I started the blog years ago to support my first book, Building Parent Engagement In Schools.      “World Wide Wood” Is Google’s New Site On…Trees
From Google: Celebrate the wonders and importance of trees with World Wide Wood, a Google Arts & Culture project dedicated to these incredible organisms. World Wide Wood features contributions from more than 100 partners in 36 countries, including natural history museums, intergovernmental organizations, conservation initiatives and research centers. Here are some highlights from the project. I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About Trees.  New Study Confirms What Most Teachers Know – Having A Sense Of Humor Helps Big-Time In The Classroom
I always found that having, and showing, a sense of humor had a huge impact on my success as a teacher, and anonymous student evaluations seemed to confirm that every year. A new study that is not behind a paywall, The impact of teacher humour on teaching quality and student learning: An experimental approach, confirms the importance of teachers using humor in the classroom, as long as it’s somehow connected to the lesson or its flow (in other words, not a random “joke-of-a-day”). I always found the self-deprecating kind to be particularly effective. I also think sarcasm can work great with high-schoolers, though it has to be used in the context of having solid relationships and not be “weaponized.” As a volunteer tutor now working with elementary-age ELL Newcomer students, I have to tame down my sarcasm tendencies, though it works well with the youth I’m tutoring at Juvenile Hall.  The Best Resources For Using The “Spot The Difference” Strategy With English Language Learners 2567670 / Pixabay
Students, and I, enjoyed using spot the difference images as a language-learning opportunity. Here are some of my previous posts about it, along with a video sharing an interesting “take” on how to use that idea in a text for listening: Using “Spot The Difference” Pictures With ELLs Using (Or, Trying To Use) Google’s Gemini To Generate “Spot The Difference” Images  You can find his playlist of similar exercises here. Bogglesworld has a ton of them for ELLs.  “Lucent Earth” Shows You Web Cams From Around The World
Lucent Earth lets you access webcams from round the world. That in itself is nothing special – several other sites on THE BEST TOOLS FOR TAKING STUDENTS “AROUND THE WORLD” list do the same. Lucent Earth, though, lets you identify them on a cool-looking 3D globe. Quozix News offers something similar, though you can access tv stations through that tool.
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