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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 2017.

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I’m not really sure how many of our students know who Bruce Springsteen is, but this is an amazing video for any who do (though there is one minor classroom inappropriate word)…

Daniel Coyle (see my Ed Week interview with him at “Teachers Need To Behave Like Johnny Appleseeds”: An Interview With Daniel Coyle) shared it at his blog (where I wish he posted more often!).

I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About The 10,000 Hour Rule & Deliberate Practice.

 

This a much more useful video than the infamous Allen Iverson “practice” video!

     

What Guidelines Should Teachers Provide for Student AI Use? is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns.

The goal is to teach students to harness AI to bolster learning and preserve their work’s integrity.

Here are some excerpts:

     

I’ve used “Spot The Difference” images with English Language Learner students – it’s fine, and it creates numerous language learning opportunities when they have to explain the differences.

You can read how I use them at Using “Spot The Difference” Pictures With ELLs and at Using ChatGPT’s New Image Creation Ability For Creating “Spot The Difference” & “Hidden Objects” Images For ELLs.

I recently learned about SpotDifferent, a site that offers many different Spot the Difference images that you can play online or, in a classroom, project on a front whiteboard and then have students write their answers down on mini-whiteboards.

     

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 2017.

One of my popular – and most useful – “Best” lists is The Best Scaffolded Writing Frames For Students.  It’s certainly one that I consult regularly.

I’m adding a new writing frame to that list.

Mary Osteen, one of my many talented colleagues, shared this one today at an English Department meeting.  She calls it “AREE!” with an explanation point so she can sound like a pirate 🙂

It stands for Assertion, Reason, Evidence, Explanation:

I think it’s a helpful frame.

However, what I believe really makes it stand out from some of the other frames on that “Best” list is this sheet that she’s developed to teach the frame:

She has students fill in the blank squares as a way to scaffold learning the writing frame progression.  For International Baccalaureate Theory of Knowledge teachers, this kind of form will look familiar because that’s how IB encourages us to teach the concept of Knowledge Questions.

You can download both of the documents pictured in this post here (Mary has given me permission to share). By the way, I’ve recently given up the use of my regular document scanner and instead use an amazing iPhone app called Genius Scan, which works great!

     

I’ve begun this weekly post where I’ll be sharing resources I’m adding to The Best Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Resources or other related “Best” lists.

Also, check out “Best” Lists Of The Week: Social Emotional Learning Resources.

Here are this week’s picks:

A 3-Step Framework for Teaching Students How to Apologize is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Saying “I’m Sorry”

I’m adding this next post to The Best Articles About The Study Showing Social Emotional Learning Isn’t Enough:

Pearls Before Swine illustrating when Social Emotional Learning goes off the rails www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefore…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) September 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM

COMIC: 7 signs it’s time to call it quits is from NPR. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Students Setting Goals.

The politicization of and misinformation about social-emotional learning is a new study.

Me, Myself, and Others: Emphasizing Identity through Social-Emotional Learningas a Contributor to Adolescent Development is another new study.